Anatole France : Histoire Contemporaine : Collection of 10 Volumes
by France, Anatole
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of 10 volumes, identically bound with leather over the spine, marbled paper covered boards, three raised bands on spines with gilt titles on leather title plates and gilt decorations. There is some wear, two volumes have the lower title plate missing but they remain robust and attractive. Hinges firm, pages smooth and clean as if unused, browned. Patterned end papers, no inscriptions. The volume titles are : Le Mannequin d'Osier ; L'Etui de Nacre ; L'Orme du Mail ; Jocaste et Le Chat Maigre ; Le Genie Latin ; L'Ile des Pingoouins ; Le Puits de Sainte Claire ; Crainquebille Putois, Riquet et Plusiers Autres Recits Profitables ; L'Anneau d'Amethyste and Balthasar. Text in French language. May incur additional postage charges overseas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036114
- Title
- Anatole France : Histoire Contemporaine : Collection of 10 Volumes
- Author
- France, Anatole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Calmann-Levy
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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David's Bookshop
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...