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Ouvres de George Sand / Works (only six volumes: La Petite Fadette; Francois Le Champi; Jean de la Roche; Le Marquis de Villemer; Tamaris; Indiana)
by George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant Aurore Dupin]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
-
Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1869. Nouvelle Edition. Leather bound. Very good +. Beautifully bound partial set in green half leather over black and green marbled paper boards. Gilt title on spine. Four raised bands. Rubbing to edges and bumped corners of paper boards on some volumes. Mauprat showing rubbing to spine. Blue marbled end papers. Previous owner's inscription and writing on some blank leaves. Binding is sturdy, square and strong. Foxing and toning to pages. Each volume about 300 pp. Sextodecimo, 4 1/2 x 7 inches tall. Text in French. Levy, Sand's official publisher, released this New Edition in the author's lifetime.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 294
- Title
- Ouvres de George Sand / Works (only six volumes: La Petite Fadette; Francois Le Champi; Jean de la Roche; Le Marquis de Villemer; Tamaris; Indiana)
- Author
- George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant Aurore Dupin]
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Nouvelle Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michel Levy Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- paris commune, women, feminism, writing, france, trans
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Classics;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Uncommon Works
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
Biblio member since 2014
Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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