At The Sign of the Reine Pédauque
by France, Anatole
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good TEG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Library Press Brown portrait on gilt of author with gilt signature of author and decoration to front and gilt lettering to spine. Boards are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. Marbled paper endpapers. Top edge gilt. Drawing by Steinlein of Anatole France examining a print to frontispiece and a portrait from a woodcut by P. E. Vibert to flyleaf tissue protected. Translated by Mrs. Wilfred Jackson and with an introduction by William J. Locke. Not dated but c. 1920's. Uniform with the Minerva Edition of the Works of Anatole France edited by the late Frederic Chapman and J. Lewis May. *** SCARCE Library Press edition *** An attractive small volume in excellent condition. 22. Hard Cover. Very Good TEG/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000456
- Title
- At The Sign of the Reine Pédauque
- Author
- France, Anatole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good TEG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- The Library Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- French Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- French Literature in Translation;
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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...
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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