La Pierre De Touche ["The Touchstone"]
by Augier, Emile and Jules Sandeau
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1854. The popular French playwright Emile Augier (1820-1889) wrote several plays in collaboration with Jules Sandeau (1811-1883). "The Touchstone" premiered on 23 December of 1853. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition, in a signed binding by Poustoux. Uncommon thus. Quarter-bound with marbled paper boards, spine and tips in green Morocco. Five raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; x, 110 pages, ribbon marker. Light spotting throughout, and with a contemoporary ink signature on Page One. Armorial bookplate of Helen Venetia Vincent on the front paste-dowm. Light rub to the margins, and a small abrasion on the front cover. The spine has faded to a dark brown. This remains very attractive book.. First Edition. Quarter-Bound. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006252
- Title
- La Pierre De Touche ["The Touchstone"]
- Author
- Augier, Emile and Jules Sandeau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michel Levy Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1854
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...