GIACOMO CASANOVA: HIS LIFE AND MEMOIRS. 2 VOLUMES. (VOL 2).
by Giacomo Casanova
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG/ND/No Dust Jacket.
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, "VOL 2 OF 2." "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1930* Publisher: George Routledge & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Orange/brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. Covers grubby, spine slightly faded. One blemish to front board (board showing through. VG.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Some offsetting to end papers. Coloured margins to title page. (red). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. All edges aged. otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 362 pp. text. ix pp. notes & blank pages at rear.* Description: The memoirs of Giacomo Casanova, his life and memoirs, translated from the French by Arthur Machen. Selected and edited with connecting links by George Dunning Gribble. This book has been set, (on the Monotype,) in Suburban French type. This series was cut at the suggestion of J. Horace McFarland of the Mount Pleasant Press, who was impressed with its appearance in a French book. Chapters: 1) Paris Once More; The Man of Affairs. 2) The Fall & Rise of Gustina Wynne; 3) "Moving-on;" 4) Sentimental Journeyings; 5) From Paris to Augsberg; 6) "Chevalier de Senegal;" 7) Hocus-Pocus; 8) London; 9) The Charpillon; 10) Talks with the Great: Fredericus Rex and Catherine of Russia; 11) Story of the Famous Duel; 12) Castles in Spain; Epilogue.* A NEAR VG++ text copy of the 1st thus with some age and wear reducing it to VG+. No dust jacket.* Volumes 1&2 are available.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10167
- Title
- GIACOMO CASANOVA: HIS LIFE AND MEMOIRS. 2 VOLUMES. (VOL 2).
- Author
- Giacomo Casanova
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG/ND
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- George Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London UK.
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- 744
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- ND
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