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Contes Du Temps Passe
by Perrault, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rosemont, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: L. Curmer, 1843. Dark green morocco spine and tips, 4 raised bands gilt. Green marbled boards, all edges sprinkled red. Some shelfwear and bumping on edges, especially bottom of lower cover, though this is a very sturdy binding. Spine expertly repaired with original spine laid down. Top corner of lower cover is new and beautifully matched to other tips. An engraved title page dated 1842 appears followed by the usual 1843 title page. Owner bookplates, one over the other, on front pastedown. Endpapers and pastedowns have some staining which extends into margins of book not affecting text or plates. First page of Sleeping Beauty repaired at top with Japanese paper. Heavily illustrated with Blanchard engravings after Paquet, Marvy, Jeanron, Jacque and Beauce. All of Perrault's most famous fairy tales included beautifully illustrated both in full page and in text. Probably the finest Perrault work extant.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M. Blanchard. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Title Page ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1002137
- Title
- Contes Du Temps Passe
- Author
- Perrault, Charles
- Illustrator
- M. Blanchard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L. Curmer
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1843
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About The Title Page ABAA
Approximately 60,000 books displayed in our storefront with another 50,000 in an available storage facility. It is a general, out of print, and antiquarian book store. A gem in the heart of Rosemont, we believe in personal service to the customer. We also search for books.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Marbled boards
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- Raised Band(s)
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- New
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