The Letters of Madame De Sevigne: Vol. 6
by SEVIGNE Madame De
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
GLEBE, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Philadelphia, USA.: J.P. Horne & Company., 1927. hardcover. very good. Hardcover 8vo w/ dustjacket. Carnavalet Edition limited to 1,550 copies. One of seven volumes. Maroon clothbinding has very minor rubbing to spine edges and very light foxing to inside back cover. Prior owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Top edge gilt in very good condition, deckled foredge. Closed tears to jacket, spine browned/sunned.. Sappho - Behind desk Raq 04/11 Dim 03/13 Cathal 03/20 Cathal 3/23
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sappho Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61592
- Title
- The Letters of Madame De Sevigne: Vol. 6
- Author
- SEVIGNE Madame De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.P. Horne & Company.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, USA.
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 374pp.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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GLEBE, New South Wales
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Top Edge Gilt
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- Edges
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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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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