The Tales and Novels of Jean de la Fontaine. Completely Translated into English
by Fontaine, Jea de la
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Privately Printed, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavos. 250; 329 pages. Two volumes. Hardcovers bound in black cloth. The bindings show moderate rubbing and wear. The spines are a little sunned. There is some dull spotting along the edges of the boards. A sound set with secure hinges and clean text. Although the title states Tales and Novels, the text is entirely in verse.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037300
- Title
- The Tales and Novels of Jean de la Fontaine. Completely Translated into English
- Author
- Fontaine, Jea de la
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- 1929; Jean de la Fontaine; Tales; Novels; Poetry; Poems.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...