Paul and Virginia: Translated from the French of St. Pierre ; to which is Added The Indian Cottage, a Tale, by the Same Author
by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: W. Suttaby, Crosby & Company, and Scatcherd & Letterman, 1810. Hardcover. Good. 20mo, pp143 with 2 b/w engravings drawn by R. Corbould and engraved by C. heath as frontis and title pages. Hardcover no dust jacket. Full calf leather binding in good condition with some rubbing to all edges and tips with some rubbing and chipping to top & tail and sides of spine. Inside previous owners inscription to ffe paper dated 1833. All pages in very good clean condition with a little foxing throughout.
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- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000804
- Title
- Paul and Virginia: Translated from the French of St. Pierre ; to which is Added The Indian Cottage, a Tale, by the Same Author
- Author
- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Suttaby, Crosby & Company, and Scatcherd & Letterman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children / literature
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Nikki Green Books
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Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....