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Oeuvres Completes de Alfred de Musset: Poesies I & II (Volumes 1&2 of 9)
by Alfred de Musset
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. M. Bida. Two elegant volumes bound in 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Boards are rubbed and corners are chipped, lacking leather tips. Maroon leather spines are lightly worn at extremities but very attractive and hinges are sturdy and functional. Spines decorated with five raised bands and gilt lettering/tooling. Gilt head edges, marbled endsheets. Green silk ribbon markers. Both volumes are illustrated with handsome engravings protected by tissue guards - plates and tissue foxed. Binding tight, pages are crisp and bright with uncut fore edge. Minimal soiling/creasing. Volume 1 has penciled notation in corner of endsheet. A beautiful set. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015400
- Title
- Oeuvres Completes de Alfred de Musset: Poesies I & II (Volumes 1&2 of 9)
- Author
- Alfred de Musset
- Illustrator
- M. Bida
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1866
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Literature, Literary Works, Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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