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La Fayette
by Whitlock, Brand
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No dj
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: D. Appleton and Company, 1929 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Two volumes, dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped monogram on front board of each volume, top edges gilt; Vol 1: xi, 475 pp, 12 plates; Vol. 2: [ix], 452 pp, 12 plates, notes on sources, bibliography, index. Worn at spine, corners, edges, edge gilding faded, paper slightly browned, a few leaves in Vol 1 are wrinkled at top edge with 3 mm closed tears, but the main defect is water damage to the boards up to about ½ inch from bottom edge (sizing is soaked off, leaving a light blue strip), with minor staining to the bottom edges of endpapers, but no smell of mold or mildew. Because 200 pp of Volume 1 are concerned with La Fayette's role in the American Revolution, this book is catalogued as U. S. history; however, this biography spans his entire life from his birth in 1757 to death in 1834, a turbulent period in French history encompassing the French Revolution, Napoleon's Empire, the Restoration, the Revolution of 1830, and the establishment of the second republic. The plates consist mostly of portraits of La Fayette made throughout his life, and reproduced documents. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Edition. . Fair/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HIUS00025
- Title
- La Fayette
- Author
- Whitlock, Brand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 5.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History - United States France Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; History - United States; History - France;
- Size
- 23½ X 16 cm
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Twin City Antiquarian Books
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