Une Soirée au Cirque ABC [ A B C ]
by Pierre Delcourt
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
-
Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Paris: A. Capendu, Editeur / Emrik and Binger, 1890. Soft cover. VG. Une Soirée au Cirque ABC, "Volume indéchirable sur toile." No publications date noted, but WorldCat says two editions were published in 1890 in France. 4to, stiff illustrated wraps, French text, [12] pages, linen cloth, illustrations by color lithography, front endpapers the alphabet A-Z in capital letters, rear endpaper has letters in lower case, each page provides a poem [in French] and color illustrations of various circus acts: acrobats, flying trapezes, bicycles, chariot races, dogs acts, elephants, horses, seals, kangaroos, pigs, ostriches, lions and tigers and bears (oh my!), ending with a yack and a zebra, and all including the various circus performers. Condition: VERY GOOD with some edgewear, crease to front cover, the spine is rubbed with the paper overlay on the canvas rubbed off in a few places, internally clean. A delightful and very rare piece of Circus and ABC lore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bygone Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17925
- Title
- Une Soirée au Cirque ABC [ A B C ]
- Author
- Pierre Delcourt
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- A. Capendu, Editeur / Emrik and Binger
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1890
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CIRCUS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, PIERRE DELCOURT, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, ALPHABET BOOKS, ABC, FRENCH BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Circus; Illustrated Books; Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bygone Books
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Bluffton, South Carolina
About Bygone Books
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- Cloth
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- Worldcat
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- Spine
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- VG
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