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Woman & Rococo in France Seen through the life and works of a contemporary Charles-Pinot Duclos
by TOTH, Karl; ABINGDON, Roger (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931. FIRST UK EDITION. Large 8vo, pp. + tipped-in colour frontis and numerous b/w plates and illustrations. Blue cloth, silver stamped lettering and decoration to spine and boards. Gilt top edge. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, a few pages uncut. Spine sunned, pushing to spine ends. 'Easton Neston Library' shelf sticker to front pastedown, but no other library markings. Else, clean, bright and tight. Near fine. An attractive copy, unusual in gilt-stamped boards.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1418
- Title
- Woman & Rococo in France Seen through the life and works of a contemporary Charles-Pinot Duclos
- Author
- TOTH, Karl; ABINGDON, Roger (translator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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