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Vie du General Marchand
by Delebecque, Jacques
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Crete, a Corbeil (France): Librairie Hachette, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 252, [1] pages. Hardcover bound in blue buckram with spine titles in gilt. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Prior owner's mid-20th century bookplate on the front pastedown. Library ink stamp on the verso of the title page. Text is toned but clean. Text is in French.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049854
- Title
- Vie du General Marchand
- Author
- Delebecque, Jacques
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Librairie Hachette
- Place of Publication
- Crete, a Corbeil (France)
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1936; Jacques Delebecque; General Marchand; Life; Biography; France; World History; Africa; Afrique; Congo; French Language.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Languages;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
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