The Deputy from Arcis (In Two Volumes): Definitive Edition of the Human Comedy (Military and Political Life Volumes IV & V)
by Balzac, Honore de
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
George Barrie & Son, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes, very good blue cloth hardcovers with pasted on labels to spines and gilt top page edges shows some rubbing and fading to spine labels, soiling and bit of rubbing to covers, soil at end papers and page edges, name stamps at various places, along with some other light trace wear. Combines for 718 partially uncut pages translated by George Burnham Ives and illustrated with four etchings. Still a solid copy of this edition of the classic works now for the first time completely translated into English.
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- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24134
- Title
- The Deputy from Arcis (In Two Volumes): Definitive Edition of the Human Comedy (Military and Political Life Volumes IV & V)
- Author
- Balzac, Honore de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Barrie & Son
- Date Published
- 1898
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- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Barker Books & Vintage
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Helena, Montana
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....