Jean Gilles Schoolboy
by Lafon, Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/G condition
- Seller
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Kingston, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
VG/G condition GP Putnam's Sons NY 1914 1st US ed hardcover 8vo, 224 pages + ads, gilt titling and design. Translated by Lady Theodora Davidson. Awarded the first Grand Prix de Litterature by the Academie Francaise. Name stamped front free endpaper. Bright gilt spine and cover titling and design on blue cloth. Dustjacket worn with chipping and closed tears at edges and 2 small internal chips, light soiling and faint dampstain evidence. No affect to book. Scarce title especially in dustjacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OURBOOKS001860
- Title
- Jean Gilles Schoolboy
- Author
- Lafon, Andre
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- G condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US ed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- GP Putnam's Sons
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- fiction
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Books
All items returnable promptly for refund.
About the Seller
Pages Past Books
Biblio member since 2006
Kingston, New York
About Pages Past Books
Located at 75 Pearl St., Kingston NY with hours by Chance or Appointment. Website is www.pagespast.com
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...