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Lettres Ecrites Au Comte De Chamilly
by Alcaforado, Marianna
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: La Bonne Compagnie, 1943. [2], 66pp, [6], full morocco, two raised bands, spine in three unequal panels, title in gilt to second panel, gilt rolls to inner edges, Cockerell peacock pattern marbled endpapers. Spine and edges darkened, slightly rubbed, small amount of loss of leather to inner edges. Occasional spot of foxing to text, but generally clean, previous owner's book plate to front pastedown. With colour frontispiece, title in red and black. Binding is by Zaehnsdorf. First Edition. Full Morocco. Good. Illus. by Sala, Grau. 16mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001213
- Title
- Lettres Ecrites Au Comte De Chamilly
- Author
- Alcaforado, Marianna
- Illustrator
- Sala, Grau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- La Bonne Compagnie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Illustrated
- Size
- 16mo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
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