The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau. [Translated and with Introduction by George Saintsbury.] FIRST APPEARANCE IN EVERYMAN
by BALZAC Honore de
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dent,, [1912]. 8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of red ribbed cloth, upper board framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, red top, pictorial endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. EL 596; Seymour 56.0. SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48642
- Title
- The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau. [Translated and with Introduction by George Saintsbury.] FIRST APPEARANCE IN EVERYMAN
- Author
- BALZAC Honore de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dent,
- Date Published
- [1912]
- Keywords
- everyman's library, everymans library, balzac honore de balzac
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- Paste-down
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- Bookplate
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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