Les Aventures De Telemaque:. Suivies des Aventures D'Aristonous - Nouvelle Edition
by Fenelon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ [Textblock Very Good+/Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires, 1869. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good+ [Textblock Very Good+/Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Text in French. Overall, a very presentable copy. Light/moderate shelf/edge wear, small chip at lower corner exposing bit of board, light rubbing at head, heel and hinges, lower label missing at spine, owner bookplate at front pastedown, hint of toning at textblock edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, brown leather spine, five raised bands, marbled paper boards and endpages, brown leather label(s), gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, marbled textblock edges, frontispiece. 12mo. 496pp. Illus. (b/w plate). Table.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4340
- Title
- Les Aventures De Telemaque:. Suivies des Aventures D'Aristonous - Nouvelle Edition
- Author
- Fenelon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ [Textblock Very Good+/Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Garnier Freres, Libraires
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- Fiction
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
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