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The Testaments François Villon
by Villon, François (Lepper, John Heron – Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Pushkin Press, London, 1947. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. biographical study by translator and notes. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. A small biographical study and translation of the mediaeval French poet François Villon. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping in rubbing to the book corners. Rubbing of the lower book edges with some rubs and marks to the book panels. There is a nasty coffee cup stain to the lower right hand corner of the rear panel. Fading to the back strip with light browning and foxing of the text block edges. Age toning of the pages with offset tanning and foxing to the endpapers. Previous owner's name to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], 2 - 104 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; France; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Inventory No: 0122676. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0122676
- Title
- The Testaments François Villon
- Author
- Villon, François (Lepper, John Heron – Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- BZDB2 François Villon, poems, mediaeval, France, humour, Pathos, Testements Poetry; France; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Unbranded Villon, François (Lepper, John Heron – Translator) The Testaments François V
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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