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Aventures du Baron De Munchhausen: None
by Theophile Gautier Fils
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Honomu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
Paris : Charles Furne, Libraire-Editeur, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Gustave Dore. None. None 12.25 x 9.5 x 1inches volume. Beautiful Gilt cover and back. Cover has beautifully detailed coat of arms for Baron Von Munchausen with tooling and git. Gilt page edges on three sides, still shiny and bright. Spine has been rebound at some earlier date, Prior to 1970 when the book as acquired by this estate. Bottom edges of covers shows some wear. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrations are crisp and not bleeding to other pages. Beautiful marbled endpapers. First edition edition of the illustrations by Dore and the new translation by Theophile Gautier fils. 158 drawings engraved on wood after Gustave Dore, including a frontispiece, 1 vignette on the title, 31 full-page plates and 125 vignettes in the text. Preface by Theophile Gautier. Replaced spine is gilt and has four ribs Nicely don. Charming illustration of Gustave Dore, full of verve and wit. Carteret (The bibliophile's treasure). Tight binding. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2LR
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kama’aina Collection
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LM221025
- Title
- Aventures du Baron De Munchhausen
- Author
- Theophile Gautier Fils
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Furne, Libraire-Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1862
- Pages
- 230
- Keywords
- Dore, Munchausen
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About the Seller
Kama’aina Collection
Biblio member since 2021
Honomu, Hawaii
About Kama’aina Collection
Kama'aina Collection has been helping customers clear estates for 20+ years. We are located in Hawaii on the Big Island.
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- New
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- Tight
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- Rebound
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- Vignette
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Gilt
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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