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New Moral Tales, now first translated from the French of M. Marmontel (Volume IV)
by Jean-Francois Marmontel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jane Bew, 1794. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.25 x 7 inches (10.5 x 18 cm). Volume 4 only of the four volume set. Full calf leather binding. Gilt border to boards. Spine has gilt decoration, lacking the title label. Rubbing to spine and board edges, wear to corners. Good solid binding, scattered foxing to text. Engraved bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Thomas Henry Little). An English language edition of Marmontel's 'Nouveaux Contes Moraux' (1792). Scarce, ESTC lists 5 copies and no additional copies noted on WorldCat. ESTC: T90270. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches (10.5 x 18 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 12mo. 135
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1086E929
- Title
- New Moral Tales, now first translated from the French of M. Marmontel (Volume IV)
- Author
- Jean-Francois Marmontel
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jane Bew
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1794
- Size
- 4.25 x 7 inches (10.5 x 18 cm)
- Keywords
- Fiction, Tales, Contes moraux, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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