Catalogue 56 Ecrivains des XIXème et XXème siècles, éditions originales, manuscrits & lettres autographes [ bound with] Catalogue 57 Livres et Manuscrits XIIIe - XVIe siècles. [Pierre Berès, catalogues 56 and 57, bookseller's catalogue ]
by Berès, P. [bookseller]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- From the library of the bookbinding historian A R A Hobson (with 'Hobson' written on the front wrapper of the first cata
- Seller
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About This Item
Pierre Berès, Paris, bookseller's catalogues, n.d. [but 1955-1957]. 2 vols in 1, later blue cloth (original printed front wrappers bound in at end), gilt spine-title and top edge gilt, small 4to,. unpaginated catalogues, [180] + [248] pp, numerous ills. 691 + 345 entries. From the library of the bookbinding historian A R A Hobson (with 'Hobson' written on the front wrapper of the first catalogue). Near Fine.
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- Title
- Catalogue 56 Ecrivains des XIXème et XXème siècles, éditions originales, manuscrits & lettres autographes [ bound with] Catalogue 57 Livres et Manuscrits XIIIe - XVIe siècles. [Pierre Berès, catalogues 56 and 57, bookseller's catalogue ]
- Author
- Berès, P. [bookseller]
- Format/Binding
- 2 vols in 1, later blue cloth (original printed front wrappers bound in at end), gilt spine-title and top edge gilt, small 4to,
- Book Condition
- Used - From the library of the bookbinding historian A R A Hobson (with 'Hobson' written on the front wrapper of the first cata
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pierre Berès, Paris, bookseller's catalogues, n.d. [but 1955-1957]
- Date Published
- n.d. [but 1955-1957]
- Pages
- unpaginated catalogues, [180] + [248] pp, numerous ills
- Keywords
- Berès, P. [bookseller] 13th 14th 15th 116th 19th 20th century siecle
- Bookseller catalogs
- Booksellers' Catalogues;
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