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Les Civilisés: Roman
by Farrère, Claude [Bargone, Frédéric-Charles]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine -
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: P. Ollendorff, 1906. Hardcover. Near Fine -. Cent-onzième édition." viii, 319, [3] p.; 19 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine title and decoration. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Original yellow wrappers bound in. Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper. Red, yellow, and green ribbon bookmark separated but present. At head of title: Ouvrage ayant obtenu le Prix Goncourt en 1905. Binder's stamp on front free endpaper verso: Vald. Rasmussen, Paris. Claude Farrère was the pseudonym of Frédéric-Charles Bargone (1876-1957), a prolific French author. Sixteen movies made from 1918 to 1936 were based on his works. In Near Fine- Condition: edges lightly rubbed; pages are browning as usual but clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004288
- Title
- Les Civilisés: Roman
- Author
- Farrère, Claude [Bargone, Frédéric-Charles]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P. Ollendorff
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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