MEMOIRES DE SAINT-SIMON (15 volumes)
by Boislisle, A. De
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1879. Book. Very Good. Quarter Leather. Nouvelle Edition. Small 4to (15 x 23cm). 1879-1901; vols 1-15. An attractive set uniformly bound in quater red morocco with red cloth boards, gilt lettering and decoration to the spines which have 5 raised bands. Bindings generally very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities and joints, a few volumes very slightly chipped at the head/tail of the spine and few with partial cracks at the head/tail of the joints, but all volumes remain strongly bound with boards fimly attached, vol. VIII has had the front joint inconspicuously repaired/strengthened with japanese paper. Top edge gilt, original marbled endpapers inred and gold. Contents clean and tight, previous owner's neat gift inscription to the front blank in vol. I dated 1901, library bookplates to the front paste-downs otherwise ummarked, but for a few pencil marks, occasionaly scattered spotting. A very good set in attractive uniform bindings...
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016753
- Title
- MEMOIRES DE SAINT-SIMON (15 volumes)
- Author
- Boislisle, A. De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Nouvelle Edition
- Publisher
- Librarie Hachette
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- Small 4to (15 x 23cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Non english;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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