La Provence
by Mauclair, Camille
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Grenoble, France: B. Arthaud, 1951. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small quarto, sewn signatures in heavy illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 199 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with 252 heliogravures. A commentary and pictorial tour of this renowned area of Southern France with images of a romantic and much more rustic Provence of more than half a century in the past. With a lovely watercolor cover illustration. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with flat uncreased spine. Very slightly evenly cocked forward. Very near fine..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08086
- Title
- La Provence
- Author
- Mauclair, Camille
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- B. Arthaud
- Place of Publication
- Grenoble, France
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- MAUCLAIR, ILLUSTRATED, HELIOGRAVURES, FRANCE, FRENCH, PROVENCE, SOUTHERN, PEOPLE, LANDSCAPE, RUINS, ARCHITECTURE, ART, TOWNS, COMMUNITIES
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Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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- Cocked
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- Fine
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