Atala
by Chateaubriand / Gustave Dore illustration / James Spence Harry translation
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Cassell & Company, Ltd.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1884. Hardcover. Yellow cloth with bright gilt and black cover illustration - a beautiful binding with light wear / rubbing to corners and spine ends. All edges gilt. Heavy stock paper is bright. Exceptionally nice Dore item. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 172 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 890132
- Title
- Atala
- Author
- Chateaubriand / Gustave Dore illustration / James Spence Harry translation
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Novel Ideas Books
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About the Seller
Novel Ideas Books
Biblio member since 2004
Decatur, Illinois
About Novel Ideas Books
We are an open shop carrying about 20,000 hardcover books and have over 25 years in the book business.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...