The Destroyer of the Second Republic; Being Napoleon the Little
by Hugo, Victor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1870 Good/No Jacket. Octavo. 308 pages. Possibly the first US edition. "Translated by a Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopalian Church, from the Sixteenth French Edition." Nonfiction work by great French novelist. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Wear at head and tail of spine. Lower corners lightly bumped. Minor staining on boards. Bookplate and previous owner's name on front end sheet. Name on rear end sheet. Text is clean..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 999885
- Title
- The Destroyer of the Second Republic; Being Napoleon the Little
- Author
- Hugo, Victor
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Sheldon & Company, 1870
- Keywords
- LOUIS NAPOLEON
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...