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Old Touraine The Life and History of the Famous Chateaux of France
by Theodore Andrea Cook
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- near Fine/None
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Rivingtons, 1898. Publishers Cloth. near Fine/None. Two Volumes, Near Fine, Third Edition, Volume 1: 287 pages including index and folding map. Volume 2: 279 pages with folding map, complete, 2 page illustrated frontispiece Volume 1, publisher's blue cloth with bright gilt title to spine, gilt fleur coat of arms on front board, little wear to heel of spine and corners, tight and square with No previous owner bookplate or writing, very clean blue/green clay endpapers. A very nice 2 volume ser.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3946
- Title
- Old Touraine The Life and History of the Famous Chateaux of France
- Author
- Theodore Andrea Cook
- Format/Binding
- Publishers Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rivingtons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- France, Chateaux, French Chateaux
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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