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La Comédie Humaine of Honore de Balzac Volume VII: Scenes from Private Life: A Daughter of Eve. A Commission in Lunacy. The Rural Ball
by Honore De Balzac (translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/No DJ
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
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About This Item
La Comédie Humaine of Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. A volume from the Cour de Franch Edition, limited to twelve hundred and fifty numbered sets, of which this is No. 50. Unjacketed hardback, cloth cover as shown with this listing is rubbed and scuffed, the paper label on the spine is mottled and chipped. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper. Gilt top, head and tail bands, rough cut edges which are aged. The black & white in-text illustrations are protected by tissue guards. There is a four-color plate in the front-matter, also with a tissue guard. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi
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- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 908
- Title
- La Comédie Humaine of Honore de Balzac Volume VII
- Author
- Honore De Balzac (translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley)
- Illustrator
- St Rejchan
- Format/Binding
- Sewn Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Cour de Franch Edition Volume VII
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hardy, Pratt & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Balzac
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic lit;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
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About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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