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La Porte De Maletroit by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Bookseller: Idler Fine Books ABA, IOBA.
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 000852
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Fine
- Illustrator: Bethers, Ray
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Place: France
- Date published: 1952
Description
France, 1952. Printed for the Book Club of California. Illustrations by Ray Bethers. Hardcover glove wrapped in dust jacket with slip case as issued. One of Three Hundred copies, this book was hand-set in Garamond types, and was printed on a French handpress; the paper, hand-made, is from the medieval mill of Richard de Bas. A beautiful production. Slipcase shows shelfwear, else book is fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Bethers, Ray.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
slip case : A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow the book to "slip" in.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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