Click for full-size.
The Complete Works of Guy De Maupassant: Queen Hortense and Short Stories
by de Maupassant, Guy
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Pearson Publishing Company, 1910 Limited To 1000 sets, our copy is unnumbered. One volume only of 17. Former owner bookplate on inside front board. Top edge is dust stained. Hinges are open. Spine is shaken. Boards and spine are heavily soiled. Edges of the boards and the spine are heavily sunned. Spine label is heavily chipped and missing pieces. Light foxing throughout. Boards are bent. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Text is clean and unmarked. . Limited / Numbered. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25835
- Title
- The Complete Works of Guy De Maupassant: Queen Hortense and Short Stories
- Author
- de Maupassant, Guy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited / Numbered
- Publisher
- The Pearson Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Recycled Records and Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs (not return shipping costs] for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
Recycled Records and Books
Biblio member since 2010
Milwaukee , Wisconsin
About Recycled Records and Books
We have been serving the city of Milwaukee for 30 years in various locations. Now we would like to invite you to take a look see at what we can provide for you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
This Book’s Categories
A Brief History of the Dust Jacket
When did dust jackets first appear, and what exactly are they for? Learn about this often-important detail as it applies to book collecting. More...
Collecting the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and ’70s was an explosive time in American history, and it inspired explosive literature. From Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr., browse some of the most collectible books from and about that era.
