Histoires de la Famille Chester (Collection des Grands Romanciers)
by P.J. Stahl
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Hachette. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Simone Bougle. French text. Beautifully bound in red leather with elaborate gilt zig-zag design on the top board and spine, title also in gilt, front and spine. Faded along the spine. No publication date, but circa 1930. Neat school prize certificate pasted inside the front dated 1941-1942. Hinge and text block tight, pages smooth, clean, lightly handled and carefully preserved.
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- Bookseller
- David's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033655
- Title
- Histoires de la Famille Chester (Collection des Grands Romanciers)
- Author
- P.J. Stahl
- Illustrator
- Simone Bougle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Librairie Hachette
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....