Oevres Completes :14 Volume Set
by Victor Hugo, Eugene Hugues (Editeur)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: E. Girard & A. Boitte (Printers?), 1857. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Text in French. Publisher's not mentioned," E. Girard & A Boitte Editeurs Paris" printed in gilt at the base of the spine. Fourteen volumes identically bound in red cloth with 5 raised bands alongs spines with gilt titles and decorations. Linear decorations to front and rear boards. Hinges all tight, marbled end papers. Pages smooth and clean, lightly ageg-toned, abundantly illustrated throughout with gravures (with a table of gravures at the rear of each volume). A beautiful, very well preserved set. May incur additional postage charges, especially overseas.
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- Bookseller
- David's Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035422
- Title
- Oevres Completes :14 Volume Set
- Author
- Victor Hugo, Eugene Hugues (Editeur)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- E. Girard & A. Boitte (Printers?)
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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David's Bookshop
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