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La Fille aux Yeux D'Or
by Honore Balzac
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
La Tradition, Paris, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Maurice Leroy. HONORE de BALZAC. La Fille aux Yeux D'Or, Paris: La Tradition, 1946. Quarto, No. 686 of an edition of 700, pp. 182, 1 (colophon), green morocco boards with gilt lettering to spine and a gilt-stamped modern frame to the front, 18 hand-colored etchings by Maurice Leroy, text in French. No signature on the binding, which is a work of art in itself. Condition of this book: Spine and covers' edges sunned, else fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Maurice Leroy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; France; 1940s; French Language; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55448. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55448
- Title
- La Fille aux Yeux D'Or
- Author
- Honore Balzac
- Illustrator
- Maurice Leroy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- La Tradition
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Art & Design; France; 1940s; French Language; Literature & Literary. Maurice Leroy Unbranded Honore Balzac La Fille aux Yeux D'Or
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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