The Wife of the First Consul
by De Saint-Amand, Imbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, corners rounded and rubbed, front hinge cracked, light waterstain at page margins of fi
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson and Co. , Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, corners rounded and rubbed, front . hinge cracked, light waterstain at page margins of first ten pages.. 1892. Third Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding with gold stamping on front cover and spine, portrait illustration of "Leyagevie (sp? ) Bonaparte. Top edges gilt. Information about the French ladies of the court of Napoleon Bonaparte. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 357 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019335
- Title
- The Wife of the First Consul
- Author
- De Saint-Amand, Imbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, corners rounded and rubbed, front hinge cracked, light waterstain at page margins of fi
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson and Co. , Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- FRENCH, HISTORY, WOMEN'S, 19TH, CENTURY, BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR, EUROPEAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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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...
- Cloth
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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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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