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La Barbe Bleue La Belle au Bois Dormant
by PERRAULT, CHARLES / DE BEAUMONT, EDOUARD (ILLUSTRATIONS)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1888. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket . Illustrated board cover. QUARTO. - In French - Elaborate gilt illustrations and lettering to red cloth covers w/ gilt dentelle - Top edge of text block gilt - Illustration and text only to recto of pages - Covers worn and marked w/ gilt faded - Edges and joints rubbed w/ some chipping and boards somewhat exposed - Some staining including a circular mark to front bottom corner - Corners bumped and crushed w/ some fraying and boards moderately exposed - Hinges breached but not open - Edges of text block tanned - Endpapers unevenly toned - Content slightly age-toned, foxed and stained throughout - Book ow/ solid and clean - 72 pages
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 635479
- Title
- La Barbe Bleue La Belle au Bois Dormant
- Author
- PERRAULT, CHARLES / DE BEAUMONT, EDOUARD (ILLUSTRATIONS)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- Illustrated board cover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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