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Les Grandes Routes des Peuples. Essai de Géographie Sociale. Comment la route crée le type social - Les Routes de l'Antiquitie - Les Routes du Monde Moderne. Two Volumes
by Demolins, Edmond
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie./ Librairie de Paris No date, circa 1900. Two volumes finely bound in half blue calf over marbled boards, five raised bands with three red morocco labels lettered in gilt, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, tidy pencil notations verso of fold-out map at rear of tome II, original map wrappers of tome I bound in at rear. A quite handsome set. . First Complete Edition. Half Calf. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009025
- Title
- Les Grandes Routes des Peuples. Essai de Géographie Sociale. Comment la route crée le type social - Les Routes de l'Antiquitie - Les Routes du Monde Moderne. Two Volumes
- Author
- Demolins, Edmond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Complete Edition
- Publisher
- Firmin-Didot et Cie./ Librairie de Paris
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History; Fine Bindings; Geography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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