The Police of Paris
by Stead, Philip John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Staples Press Ltd, 1957. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine. 224pp. includes Index. Foxed eps and edges. Ffep has been removed. Both pastedowns have tiny initials written near top edge. DJ is not priceclipped, has shelfwear, age discolouration and strips of brown paper have been pasted along inside edges as well as front and spine joints (the brown paper on spine has a list of handwritten numerals). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002178
- Title
- The Police of Paris
- Author
- Stead, Philip John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Staples Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Police Organization History Paris Prefecture of Police Napolean's Police July Monarchy Second Empire Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - General;
- Size
- 8vo
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- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...