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The Book hunter in Paris: Studies Among the Bookstalls and the Quays
by Octave Uzanne
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Elliot Stock, 1893. 1st Edition First British edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book in Very good condition with gilded top edge and untrimmed fore and bottom edges. Book is quarter bound in original leather over green cloth boards. Corner slightly bumped and slightly worn. Spine lettering is gilded and in VG condition, except where publisher is noted, which is readable by chipped. An excellent copy of a 120 year old classic. Internally unmarked and still tight. may be signed on page xxv. I really can't tell. it may be printed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000607
- Title
- The Book hunter in Paris: Studies Among the Bookstalls and the Quays
- Author
- Octave Uzanne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition First British edition
- Publisher
- Elliot Stock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Pages
- 232
- Keywords
- Book on books. Preface by Augustine Birrell. Large paper edition
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Oshtemo Book Sellers
Biblio member since 2017
Kalamazoo, Michigan
About Oshtemo Book Sellers
Rare finds with an emphasis on fiction, art, and signed first-editions. Oshtemo Book Sellers has an eye for quality and quirk.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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