Salon De 1892; Societe des Artistes Francais et Societe Nationale Des Beaux-Arts
by A. Hustin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good minus
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Paris, France: Ludovic Baschet, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. French text. Number 144 of a limited edition on fine paper. Folio, 13" tall, 108 pages (text) plus 73 full page plates of 77 listed (4 plates missing) decorative beige cloth. A good copy only, internally good +, paper cream white with scattered light foxing primarily at the margins, a few marginal dampstains not affecting text, BUT binding is completely broken, front cover loose, worn, frayed and stained, back cover and backstrip cloth missing. Covers of soft cover edition bound in (French books of the period are often published simultaeously in soft and hard cover editions ). Includes intertextual vignette illustrations of artists. Approximately seven illustrations have been cut out from the pages. Because of damage already done, this is probably just a breaking copy, but the gravures are quite bright and clear. Overseas shipping cost is prohibitive.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14112
- Title
- Salon De 1892; Societe des Artistes Francais et Societe Nationale Des Beaux-Arts
- Author
- A. Hustin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ludovic Baschet
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Engraving; Illustration; Painting; Sculpture; Fine Arts; Arts & Crafts; History; Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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