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L'Ennui de Bouddha (La Vie Interieure) Signed limited edition
by Riou, Gaston
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1919. One of 60 copies printed on Verge d'Arches paper. This copy not numbered. Handwritten dedication to Mme Edouard de Bavier and signature of Gaston Riou. Hardback. 80pp. Contemporary quarter leather binding with gilt. Marbled paper covered boards and marbled end papers. Original paper covers bound-in. Silk page marker. Text in French. Book in very good condition. A little rubbing to extremities of spine and to lower edges and corners. Ex libris plate of Edouard de Bavier to front paste down. A little toning to end papers. Some discolouration to original cover. Very light spotting to text block edges.
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- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1307327
- Title
- L'Ennui de Bouddha (La Vie Interieure) Signed limited edition
- Author
- Riou, Gaston
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bernard Grasset
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1919
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellaneous;
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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