The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana [3 volumes].
by Alain-Rene Lesage, translated by Henri Van Laun:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1886. First edition thus, complete in three hardback volumes. 8vo (25cm by 16cm), lxii, 333pp; 431pp; 500pp. 21 plates (seven in each volume), designed and etched by Ad Lalauze. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the spines, gilt motif to the front boards. The bindings are a little rubbed and marked (the gilt remains bright), there is a bookplate to the first volume, and there is some straining of the inner hinges; overall, this set is in good condition. Signed and inscribed by the translator (Henri Van Laun) on the half-title of volume 1.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53067
- Title
- The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana [3 volumes].
- Author
- Alain-Rene Lesage, translated by Henri Van Laun:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1886.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
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Tewkesbury
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We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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