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La Connestable. Conte drolatique dudit sieur calligraphie et ymage par Pierre Noel. Limited Numbered Edition.
by BALZAC, HONORE DE:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris, Rene Kieffer, 1927 Limited Numbered Edition 573/600.. Hardback, tall10.5 x 6.5 inches. Quarter bound leather to spine and corners and marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering, and gilt and embossed decorations to spine. Speckled page edges, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor handling to cover, some minor rubbing to edges, with some minor rubbing to paper on boards, with tiny chip to edge on rear. Inside pages all very clean and bright throughout. Endpapers clean and free of penned inscriptions. No spots or marks. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 51pp. Text entirely in calligraphy and decorated with color illustrations in and out of text by Pierre Noël. The Constable. Funny tale of said Sir. Calligraphy and illustrations by Pierre Noel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84058
- Title
- La Connestable. Conte drolatique dudit sieur calligraphie et ymage par Pierre Noel. Limited Numbered Edition.
- Author
- BALZAC, HONORE DE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris, Rene Kieffer, 1927 Limited Numbered Edition 573/600.
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books Balzac, Connestable, The Constable, Funny tale, rude, illustrated, Rene Kieffer, limited edition, numbered, fine binding, leather,
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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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