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Le "Tueur de Lions". The Life and Adventures of Jules Gérard, The 'Lion-Killer' Comprising His Ten Years' Campaigns Among the Lions of Northern Africa
by Gérard, Jules
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Lambert and Co., 1856. undated but 1856 first edition, in half green morocco and marbled paper on boards, mildly scuffed with age, with frontispiece and extra illustrated title page, endpapers with some discoloration, a few brown spots on outer couple of leaves. Aristocratic bookplate of previous owner pasted to front pastedown (I do not recognise it - photo available on request).. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Glenbower Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28585
- Title
- Le "Tueur de Lions". The Life and Adventures of Jules Gérard, The 'Lion-Killer' Comprising His Ten Years' Campaigns Among the Lions of Northern Africa
- Author
- Gérard, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lambert and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- Big-game Hunting, 19th Century, Africa,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Africa;
Terms of Sale
Glenbower Books
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About the Seller
Glenbower Books
Biblio member since 2006
Dublin, Dublin
About Glenbower Books
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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