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DIE MÄRCHEN DER WELTLITERATUR (2 VOL SET)
by Friedrich von der Leyen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Germany: Eugen Diederichs, Jena, 1923. Hardcover. Good +. Two Volume Set written in German. Leather-bound copy with six gilt double bands, star decoration and titling to spine; gilt-debossed rule to boards with debossed ship to front board. Moderate to heavy foxing to first few pages and light scattered foxing to margins throughout; text is unmarked. Text block is foxed; soiling to fore edge at volume two; top edge gilt and is moderately tarnished. Decorative endpages are tanned at top edge. Boards have scuffing to boards with chipping and rubbing to leather at edges, corners and ends of spine; heavy rubbing to spine of volume one and light to moderate rubbing and chipping to spine of volume two. Binding is tight, boards slightly bowed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64487
- Title
- DIE MÄRCHEN DER WELTLITERATUR (2 VOL SET)
- Author
- Friedrich von der Leyen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eugen Diederichs, Jena
- Place of Publication
- Germany
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Mythology & Folklore
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
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