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La Cigue ["The Hemlock"]
by Augier, Emile
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Furne et Cie, 1844. Emile Augier (1820-1889) became a very popular dramatist; thi is a Very Good (Plus) copy his first play, a comedy. Uncommon to scarce. Marbled paper-covered boards, quarter-bound with green leather tips and spine. Five raised bands and titling in gilt (with date "1844" at the foot). Clean text; 64 pages. Very occasional spotting throughout; textblock remains bright and clear; riibbon marker. Binding is signed by Poustoux. Armorial bookplate of Helen Vincent on the front paste-down .Lightly rubbed at the margins. A very attractive book.. First Edition. Quarter-Bound. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006253
- Title
- La Cigue ["The Hemlock"]
- Author
- Augier, Emile
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Furne et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1844
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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