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Oeuvres Complètes de Victor Hugo: Poésie
by Hugo, Victor
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Eugène Renduel, 1838. Red Calf Spine/Marbled Boards. Very Good. 2 volumes. Marbled covers match pastedowns and endpapers. Darkened spines with gilt titles and decorations. Volume 1 with slight rubbing to spine edges and cover corners, darkened patches at pastedowns and endpapers, mild foxing through text that does not hinder readability. Volume 2 with slight rubbing to spine ends and cover corners, small creased dent top edge front cover, darkened patches at pastedowns and endpapers, mild foxing throughout text that doesn't detract from readability. Bindings tight and firm, no previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Hugo was one of the most important facets of the French Romantic movement, and some consider him to be the greatest French poet in history. He is most famous his concern with social injustice, as exemplified in his novels Les Misérables and the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hugo declared himself a traitor when Napoleon III took power with an anti-parliamentarian stance, and lived in exile until the Third Republic was established in 1870. He was in Paris during the Prussian siege of that city in the same year, and survived by eating zoo animals. He died at age 83 and was buried in the Panthéon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008884
- Title
- Oeuvres Complètes de Victor Hugo: Poésie
- Author
- Hugo, Victor
- Format/Binding
- Red Calf Spine/Marbled Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eugène Renduel
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
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- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
returns within 10 days of purchase
About the Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
19thC cottage surrounded by gardens in small CT village in foothills of Berkshires. 2 hr drive from Manhattan, 2:45 from Boston. Open Sat 11-5 and Sun 12-4, and by chance or appointment M- F. We are usually here weekdays but please call ahead to confirm. Curated general selection 6000 titles, emphasis on architetcure/design, landscape/gardening, arts, photography, illustrated, American literature, Litchfield County, fine bindings, decorative arts.
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.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.