![A Corner in the Marais: Memoir of a Paris Neighbourhood](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/311/356/814356311.0.m.jpg)
A Corner in the Marais: Memoir of a Paris Neighbourhood
by Karmel, Alex
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1567920748
- ISBN 13
- 9781567920741
- Seller
-
Flemington, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. AS NEW, first edition / first printing. Appears unread. Very tight and crisp. Clean, without marks. Dust jacket is price clipped, 1/4 " repaired tear on back cover, now under mylar wraps. Gift quality. Photos and maps, drawings. Including Atget reproduction(s). "For anyone who loves Paris and the mysterious allure of old houses, this charming, personal and informed memoir makes for perfect reading. In a knowledgeable, literate style that conveys (and makes contagious) Karmel s love of his subject, A Corner in the Marais traces the architectural and social development of the City of Lights, from its origins as a Roman settlement, through major redevelopments brought about by Henry IV and Baron Haussmann, through the recent, and sensitive, renovation and restoration of its old neighborhoods."
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- BohemianBookworm
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112705
- Title
- A Corner in the Marais: Memoir of a Paris Neighbourhood
- Author
- Karmel, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1567920748
- ISBN 13
- 9781567920741
- Publisher
- D.R. Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Mass
- This edition first published
- 1998
- LCCN
- 96033093
- Keywords
- TRAVEL
Terms of Sale
BohemianBookworm
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
BohemianBookworm
Biblio member since 2013
Flemington, New Jersey
About BohemianBookworm
Since 1991 BOHEMIAN BOOKWORM has been pleased to sell rare, vintage, antiquarian and distinctive used books to discriminating bibliophiles and other book and ephemera buyers searching for uncommon 1st editions and "out of print" gently used books and ephemera.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...