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The King's Secret: Being the Secret Correspondence of Louis XV. with His Diplomatic Agents, from 1752 to 1774
by de Broglie, Albert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Marshfield Hills, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London, Paris, and New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1879. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Complete two-volume set. No date, but appears to have been printed ca. 1879. Octavo (8 3/4" tall). Brown cloth. From private collection. Hinges of first volume are cracked, back hinge of second volume is starting. Foxing to edges of book block and prelims. Offered here as a serviceable reading copy of an uncommon set.
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- Bookseller
- Black Paw Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9057
- Title
- The King's Secret: Being the Secret Correspondence of Louis XV. with His Diplomatic Agents, from 1752 to 1774
- Author
- de Broglie, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter & Galpin
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris, and New York
- Date Published
- 1879
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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"...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reading Copy
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