The Toilers of the Sea
by Victor Hugo, Gustave Dore (Illustrator)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pleasanton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, [1870's]. 7 x 10 1/2". Brown cloth over boards with beveled edges, frontispiece etching of Victor Hugo is missing tissue guard, 2 illustrations by Gustave Dore have tissue guards intact, some stains and wear to covers, corners bumped and frayed spine ends show wear, minor foxing, good + condition. American version originally printed in 1867, but this is one of three possible later versions, either 1873, 1875, or 1878 according to their size. (Malan, p.279) Text in two columns. The book is dedicated by Hugo to the island of Guernsey, where he spent 19 years in exile. The novel setting is just after the Napoleonic Wars and portrays the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island
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- Bookseller
- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL-001115
- Title
- The Toilers of the Sea
- Author
- Victor Hugo, Gustave Dore (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1873
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The Book Lair, ABAA
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Pleasanton, California
About The Book Lair, ABAA
The Book Lair deals in rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on Miniature Books and Modern Firsts. We are especially interested in unique cookbooks, children's books, Californiana, Edward Gorey, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Ian Fleming/James Bond Books.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
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- 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....
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...