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Droll Stories
by Balzac, Honoré De, And Boyd, Ernest Augustus, Ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/Missing
- Seller
-
Manlius, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover Book in Fair to Good Condition. Missing Jacket. Binding square and tight. Previous owner's book plate to fep. Covers rubbed, faded and lightly soiled. Pages show light aging. Spine sunned. Tips bumped. Nice except for the wear to the covers. Two Volumes in One. Edition not stated. Includes numnerous b&w glossy plate illustrations, some of which could be considered "risque".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Limestone Village Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1482
- Title
- Droll Stories
- Author
- Balzac, Honoré De, And Boyd, Ernest Augustus, Ed
- Illustrator
- Barton, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Book
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 291 & 266
- Size
- 24 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction; France; General; Short stories, French; Social life and customs; Translations from French; Translations into English; 19th Century Literature;
Terms of Sale
Limestone Village Books
Returns accepted for 15 days after receipt of book if book does not meet condition as stated in the description.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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