At the Sign of the Cat and Racket; A Daughter of Eve; Letters of Two Brides
by Balzac, Honore De
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 654 pp. (no date) Light rubbing to the cover edges. One-quarter inch label with the number "1" affixed to the spine covering. Previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Bound in red cloth with gilt spine titles. Volume 1 of a 25-volume set of Balzac's work in English translation.
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- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044293
- Title
- At the Sign of the Cat and Racket; A Daughter of Eve; Letters of Two Brides
- Author
- Balzac, Honore De
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Literature - French
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.