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Droll Stories collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
by Balzac
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Camden Hotten, 1874. Hardback, red illustrative cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. xxxii, 650pp. Illustrated with 425 designs by Gustave Dore. Translated into English, complete and unabridged. Spine slightly faded and skewed. Front inner hinge splitting across end-papers but binding remains secure. Previous owner's name in pencil to half-title. A pleasing copy. (bs47). Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Dore, Gustave.
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- Bookseller
- Besleys Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BS47GLTRD155
- Title
- Droll Stories collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
- Author
- Balzac
- Illustrator
- Dore, Gustave
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- John Camden Hotten
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
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About the Seller
Besleys Books
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Diss, Norfolk
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.