Courtiers and Favourites of royalty: Memoirs of the Court of France with Illustrations and Facsimiles of Documents Collected from the French National Archives (volume I)
by Leon Vallee
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York and Paris: Merrill & Baker / Societe Des Bibliophiles, 1903. Edition De Luxe. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Memoirs of Talleyrand (volume I). Imperial Edition De Luxe. Fine bound in 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards,, gilt spine titling, marbled endpapers, 8vo, 352pp. #88 of of 500 copies. (light shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, spine lightly faded, tips and corners, light toning to page edges; ink name stamp to endpaper verso).
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0834896
- Title
- Courtiers and Favourites of royalty: Memoirs of the Court of France with Illustrations and Facsimiles of Documents Collected from the French National Archives (volume I)
- Author
- Leon Vallee
- Format/Binding
- Three Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition De Luxe
- Publisher
- Merrill & Baker / Societe Des Bibliophiles
- Place of Publication
- New York and Paris
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Connoisseurs Edition De lure: Courtiers and Favourites of royalty: Memoirs of the Court of France with Illustrations and Facsimiles of Documents Collected from the French National Archives
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Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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