Institutions Annamites En Basse-Cochinchine Avant La Conquete Francaise Tomes I, II, & III
by Schreiner, Alfred
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Saigon: Claude & Co. Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 3 volumes. A married set, with Vols 2 & 3 in matched bindings of half leather and marbled paper boards; Vol I is bound in a full chromed leather binding. Vol I is bound with the text ending at page 288, thus missing the final 72 pages of the text. 288 (of 340) ; 324; 322, xlvii pp. Vols II & III complete. All volumes attractively bound. Vols II & III have period ink stamps of Saigon based institutions to front matter and one or two pages mid book: "Cochinchine ** Francaise ** [illegible] des Officiers" ; "Reunion des Officiers de Cochinchine." Scattered mild margin empasis marks and occasional mild underlining in latter 2 volumes. Titles brightly in gilt to spines of all 3, tooled to leather of II & III and on a faux morocco label of the 1st volume. Vols II & III trimmed for binding and nearly an inch shorter than the first Volume. Flawed example of the uncommon original edition in 3 volumes. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14065
- Title
- Institutions Annamites En Basse-Cochinchine Avant La Conquete Francaise Tomes I, II, & III
- Author
- Schreiner, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Claude & Co
- Place of Publication
- Saigon
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia / Southeast and Pacific;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
Glossary
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- 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 Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...