The Complete Writings of Guy De Maupassant: Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life, 15 of 17 vols
by De Maupassant, Guy
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge Edition/limited #853/1000. Dark red cloth over boards with paper spine labels marked "Edition De Luxe"; colored, floral pattern end papers; top edge gilt; untrimmed fore & bottom edges; laid paper; tissue-guarded frontispieces & plates. Spine labels are age darkened, some chipping to edges; some covers have fading/light discoloration and some have minor damp-staining; all vols tightly bound & very clean interiors - many leaves unopened at tail edges. Index in vol. 17; missing two vols: 4 & 16 (both short story volumes). Includes novels, short stories, plays & verse. 12mo, 4600 pp; illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7492
- Title
- The Complete Writings of Guy De Maupassant: Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life, 15 of 17 vols
- Author
- De Maupassant, Guy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Akron, OH/Boston: St. Dunstan Society/Desmond Publishing
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- FICTION: GENERAL LITERATURE PARIS FRANCE DE MAUPASSANT France, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Poetry, Drama;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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....
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