Twelve Volume llustrated Sterling Edition Set: Lost Illusions, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, The Dramas, the Magic Skin, Quest of the Absolute, About Catherine de' Medici, Gambara, Seraphita, The member for Arcis, The Seamy Side of History, The Country Parson, The Peasantry, A Daughter of Eve, A Woman of Thirty, Eugenie Grandet, Ursule Mirouet, Physiology of Marriage, Repertory of the Comedie Humaine, The Lily of the Valley, The Country Doctor, Cousin Betty, Cousin Pons, The Thirteen, Father Goriot
by Honore' de Balzac
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Cambridge, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Twelve Volumes bound in original olive cloth with bright gilt titles and decoration. Top edges gilt. Frontis with tissue guards intact. Some volumes have the former owner's bookplate, in whole or in part. Bindings are tight, hinges sound. Only mild rubbing to lower edge of covers and corners. A beautiful set. Ships within 24 hours.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scout & Morgan Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20046376
- Title
- Twelve Volume llustrated Sterling Edition Set: Lost Illusions, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, The Dramas, the Magic Skin, Quest of the Absolute, About Catherine de' Medici, Gambara, Seraphita, The member for Arcis, The Seamy Side of History, The Country Parson, The Peasantry, A Daughter of Eve, A Woman of Thirty, Eugenie Grandet, Ursule Mirouet, Physiology of Marriage, Repertory of the Comedie Humaine, The Lily of the Valley, The Country Doctor, Cousin Betty, Cousin Pons, The Thirteen, Father Goriot
- Author
- Honore' de Balzac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- HONORE DE BALZAC SET ILLUSTRATED STERLING EDITION
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Scout & Morgan Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Scout & Morgan Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Cambridge, Minnesota
About Scout & Morgan Books, LLC
Founded in 2002, we stock over 20,000 used, new, rare and out-of-print books. Our books are neatly displayed and well cared for with most dust jackets in protective mylar. Want lists welcome. Libraries purchased. Bookseller: Judith A. Kissner.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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