La Petite Fadette
by Sand, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- 3/7
- Seller
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Belen, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Levy Freres, 1883. 1/2 leather. 3. Good. Ex-library. 287 p. Text is clean and unmarked. Light foxing towards edges. Pages are wavy textured. Ex-university library. ! /2 black textured leather over red and blue marbled paper boards. Red and blue marbled endpapers. Gilt lettering on spine and raised spine bands. Binding is tight, hinges are tight and spine is square. Corners are straight and worn. Gilt on spine is bright and distinct. Heel is worn and missing a small patch. Thus, tight, bright, clean and sound..
Synopsis
La Petite Fadette is an 1849 novel by French novelist George Sand. Sand wrote the rural story together with Francois le Champi in the 1840s as she settled in Châteauroux from Paris. The novel was first officially published in 1900 by Henry Holt and Company. The novel has been adapted into a 2004 French Television movie by Michaëla Watteaux.
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Details
- Seller
- Carobok (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0000893
- Title
- La Petite Fadette
- Author
- Sand, George
- Book Condition
- Used - 3
- Jacket Condition
- 7
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Levy Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1883
Terms of Sale
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Belen, New Mexico
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.