Stories
by DUMAS, Alexandre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. Illustrations by John Thompson. 8vo. Full red calf with gilt lettering and extensive decorations. 385pp. All edges gilt. Sewn-in red satin page marker. Color illustrations, red watered silk endpapers. Fine. A tight and handsome "Limited Edition" volume from this publisher's "The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers" series, this copy with choice and fine autograph addition: Tipped to the red watered silk front flyleaf are two fine heavy stock 5" X 3" cards signed by cast members from two Dumas film versions: Richard Chamberlain (born 1934), who plays Edmond Dantes in the 1975 "Count of Monte Cristo", boldly signs in blue fineline; and below this Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000), who plays Mario and Lucien Franchi in the 1941 "Corsican Brothers," signs and inscribes "To Richard C. Laade / Sincerely / Douglas Fairbanks Jr. / 6/18/69" in blue ballpoint. Laid in is this publisher's 12mo 22-page explanatory booklet and the ideal bookmarks: the two original Chamberlain (postally cancelled 19 February 1971) and Fairbanks transmittal envelopes. A superb and unique copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43056
- Title
- Stories
- Author
- DUMAS, Alexandre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; World Literature;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...