DELPHINE
by Stael, Madame de
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Charpentier, 1841. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, with no marks, underlining, or bookplates. Previous owner's name in ink of second ffep. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are somewhat square with moderate bumping, scuffing and wear. Covers are scuffed and worn and quarter leather shows considerable wear with bottom corner leather edges worn off. Interior pages very clean and tight. No dust jacket. This collectible, " GOOD" condition first edition is protected with a clear polyester archival cover. Collectible copy of a scarce French title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- rarefirstscom
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001619
- Title
- DELPHINE
- Author
- Stael, Madame de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charpentier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1841
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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