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THE FABLES of LA FONTAINE: translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury
by (Dore, Gustave) 9f
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG book. 3/4 pebbled dark red Morocco. Early ed. 13"x9", 839pp.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London & NY: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. VG book. 3/4 pebbled dark red Morocco. Early ed. 13"x9", 839pp.. c1880s. Hardcover. GOOD to VG book. Worn. AEG. Tight.FINE text block. Spine panels labeled: "La Fontaine's Fables" & "Dore's Illustrations". . ALL EDGES GILT & smooth, bright & shiny as new. Bright gilt spine lettering. NO marginalia, soiling, foxing, dampstaining BUT: pages 75-113 were printed on a light tan paper. Marbled eps. Tight text block BUT: inner hinges cracked, 2" @ top & bottom of both hinges split. Cover edges & extrems worn. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001849
- Title
- THE FABLES of LA FONTAINE: translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury
- Author
- (Dore, Gustave) 9f
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. 3/4 pebbled dark red Morocco. Early ed. 13"x9", 839pp.
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter & Galpin
- Place of Publication
- London & NY
- Date Published
- c1880s
- Keywords
- GOOD to VG book. Worn. AEG. Tight.FINE text block. Spine panels, labeled: "La Fontaine's Fables" & "Dore's Illustrations".
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
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