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Paul and Virginia
by Bernardin Saint Pierre and Helen Maria Williams
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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West Molesey, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Verner Hood and Sharp and Longman Hurst Rees and Orme, 1806. Paul and Virginia translated from the French of Bernardin Saint Pierre by Helen Maria Williams, seventh edition 1806. Contains 170 pages in mostly clean condition but some heavy to medium foxing to plates and a few pages the plates are on a heavier paper and seems to have attracted the foxing. Book opens up to rear of frontispiece, believe the original front blank enpaper is missing old ink name on this blank page. Four B/w illustrations plus frontispiece and title page illustration, six in total all present as listed. NO dustwrapper.full leather boards are a little rubbed and worn to edges and spine has split down front hinge and been repaired not perfectly but not unsightly, probably done a while ago.Though not perfect still a reasonable example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Seventh Edition. Full Decorated Leather. Good/No Jacket. 6 ½ x 4 Inches. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Books Bought and Sold
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008545
- Title
- Paul and Virginia
- Author
- Bernardin Saint Pierre and Helen Maria Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Seventh Edition
- Publisher
- Verner Hood and Sharp and Longman Hurst Rees and Orme
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
- Size
- 6 ½ x 4 Inches
- Keywords
- Antiquarian, Leather Bindings, Literature,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
Books Bought and Sold
Books sent by cheapest post unless requested otherwise.Books of value 50 or more will be sent air insured.Postage at cost,books can be returned within 7 days of receipt and by prior notice if not as described, for full refund.
About the Seller
Books Bought and Sold
Biblio member since 2005
West Molesey, Surrey
About Books Bought and Sold
Formerly a bookshop in East Molesey since 1994,now trading solely on internet and at book fairs.Stock can be viewed by appointment only, all books for sale are clean and in a desirable condition.www.booksinstore.co.uk Books described accurately and despatched promptly.Books removed from lists as soon as sold.All books packed in Tuf Pac book boxes for safe transit.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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