L'Etui de Nacre: (Mother of Pearl)
by Anatole France
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1919. Reprint . Very Good. 5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm). Quarter mottled leather binding with marbled boards. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Spine has four raised bands, leather title and author labels, gilt decoration to compartments. Slight fading to spine and upper edges of boards. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Light browning to pages otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Previous owner's name to first blank. French language. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 315
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1159E313
- Title
- L'Etui de Nacre: (Mother of Pearl)
- Author
- Anatole France
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Calmann-Levy
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm)
- Keywords
- French language, Mother of Pearl, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...