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A L'Est du Soleil et a L'Ouest de la Lune. Contes Anciens du Nord
by Edmond Pilon
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris : H Piazza, 1919 A near fine copy of the French edition of East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Contes Anciens du Nord, limited to 1,500 copies of which this is no. 1370, printed on 12 November 1919. Printed on Japan paper with red and black title page and 24 colour plates by Kay Nielsen. The binding is half leather with marbled boards. The spine has raised bands, stamped designs in the compartments and title label. The spine is slightly darkened and the corners have light turning. Endpapers are marbled with a silvery sheen. What looks like the front cover of the original wrap with gilt and red decoration is bound in and precedes the half title. Contents with preface, text and 24 plates pasted to their mounts and with captioned tissue guards. Contents listing at the rear. Each story has a title in red and a decorative initial capital. Contents are very clean. There is toning towards the page edges; a small mark to the tissue guard and corresponding mark to the plate mount bottom margin of the plate at p16 accompanied by a small crease in guard and mount at the bottom edge. The plate is not affected.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032913
- Title
- A L'Est du Soleil et a L'Ouest de la Lune. Contes Anciens du Nord
- Author
- Edmond Pilon
- Illustrator
- Kay Nielsen
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H Piazza
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1919
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- kay nielsen; h piazza kay nielsen; contes anciens du nord
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Children's;
- Size
- 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- 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...
- Half Title
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- Marbled boards
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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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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