La Croisiere Du Hachich
by De Monfreid, Henry
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1933. In French. With plates in black and white. Stunning binding in three quarter python snakeskin leather over marbled boards, brown spine label lettered in gilt. The book was once the property of a family that lived in the Belgian Congo during the time period the book was published. Good condition with slightly darkened spine, good hinges, firm text block, lightly foxed endpapers, pages uniformly age-toned but clean, creases to the far outer margins of several pages toward the end of the book, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045494
- Title
- La Croisiere Du Hachich
- Author
- De Monfreid, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Bernard Grasset
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- EXOTIC SNAKE SKIN BINDING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture; Fine Bindings, Distinctive Press, Early Printing;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...