Contes Fantastiques; Hoffmann; traduits par X. Marmier, précédés d'une notice par le traducteur [provenance: Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill]
by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus); Marmier, Xavier, translator
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
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About This Item
Paris: Charpentier, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good +. viii, [2], 456 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title, author, and translator. Gilt-ruled border on each board. All page edges marbled; matching marbled endpapers. Blind-rolled decoration on board edges and turn-ins. "Nouvelle Édition augmentée d'une Étude sur les Contes Fantastiques d'Hoffmann par Théophile Gautier." Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper verso: "T.B. Clarke-Thornhill, Tokyo. Feb. 1888." Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill (1857-1934) served as Second Secretary in the British legation in Tokyo from 1887 to 1891. Over the years he gave over 70 East Asian textiles and other items to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Contents: Le Violon de Crémone -- Les Maitres Chanteurs -- Mademoiselle de Scudéri -- Le Majorat -- Maitre Martin et ses Ouvriers -- Le Bonheur au Jeu -- Le Choix d'une Fiancée -- Marino Falieri -- Don Juan -- Le Voeu. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; occasional light foxing in the margins; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Contes Fantastiques; Hoffmann; traduits par X. Marmier, précédés d'une notice par le traducteur [provenance: Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill]
- Author
- Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus); Marmier, Xavier, translator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charpentier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1874
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Science Fiction & Fantasy;
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.