Le Diable Boiteux
by Le Sage [Alain-René Lesage] (Author); Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin (Note)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie de Garnier Frères, Éditeurs 1874. (hardcover) xxxviii, 392pp. Very good. 12mo. Brown, polished quarter-leather over marbled boards; spine in six plain compartments, raised-bands; author compartment in red leather, lettered in gilt; title compartment in green leather, lettered in gilt. Period re-bind, with the distinctive marbled boards and trimmed, simple speckled edges. Leather on spine soiled; rubbed. Corners rubbed. Marbled EPs; the EPs were evidently once slightly stuck-together, with a few small corresponding surface transfers. Previous owner's stamp to title page. Else internally bright and clean. Frontispiece. Text in French. "Nouvelle Édition Complète précédée d'une notice sur le Sage par Sainte-Beuve" -title page (Bookseller's trans: "New Complete Edition preceded by a note on le Sage by Sainte-Beuve).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124505
- Title
- Le Diable Boiteux
- Author
- Le Sage [Alain-René Lesage] (Author); Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin (Note)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Librairie de Garnier Frères, Éditeurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Keywords
- Literature, Antiquarian Books, Classic Literature, French Literature, Literature - France, Literature - French
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Spafford Books
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
Biblio member since 2009
Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
50 + years buying and selling. Large stock dealing with western Canada, fur trade, Indigenous Peoples, general antiquarian. Open by appointment or chance! Call 1-306-525-4910.
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- Marbled boards
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- 12mo
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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...
- 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....
- Edges
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...