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On Life and Letters, 4 vol. set
by Anatole France (Evans, trans)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
4 vol set bound as 2. Good HCs, no DJs. 4 volumes trimmed (19 cm to 17.5 cm) and rebound to 2 volumes. Off-white grain-stamped paper over boards backed with blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Scuffed/lightly soiled covers and spines; some age darkening along cover edges; slightly rubbed at spine end corners and at fore corners; tightly bound; owner name and address stamp on text block top and bottom edges, on end papers and on title page; bright, clean interiors. Paged 318, 338, 379, 341. 16mo, 1376 total pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14914
- Title
- On Life and Letters, 4 vol. set
- Author
- Anatole France (Evans, trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FRANCE, FRENCH, SOCIETY, WRITERS, AUTHORS, HISTORY, ROYALTY, CRITICS, REVIEWERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Literature, Sociology;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Madden 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
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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