A Daughter of Eve, A Woman of Thirty, and Other Stories
by Honoré de Balzac
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Nottingham Society, 1901. Hardcover. Good. 1901. Edition de luxe. 372 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound leather with green boards. Gilt to spine. Rough cut pages to text block edge. Limited to 1000 copies. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is weak. Some pages are dog-earred. Thumb-marking present. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends and some chipping. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Black staining present.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1627572293EWY
- Title
- A Daughter of Eve, A Woman of Thirty, and Other Stories
- Author
- Honoré de Balzac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Nottingham Society
- Date Published
- 1901
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Half Bound
- ...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....