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Droll Stories (three volumes)
by Balzac, Honore de; Jacques le Clercq (translator); W.A. Dwiggins (designer)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dwiggins, W.A. Signed by Illustrator(s). Three hardcover volumes in slipcase. Copy #763 of 1500 made, signed by W.A. Dwiggins at colophon. Black cloth spines over paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spines, paper-covered slipcase with label on rear panel, 8-1/2" x 6". Wear to spine ends, rubbing to top of spine of vol. 1, slipcase with wear to edges, stain to paper label, good. The set is very good overall, and the text blocks are fine. Extra postage required for priority or international shipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002245
- Title
- Droll Stories (three volumes)
- Author
- Balzac, Honore de; Jacques le Clercq (translator); W.A. Dwiggins (designer)
- Illustrator
- Dwiggins, W.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Date Published
- 1932
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fine press typography design illustrated books biblio
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Crooked House Books & Paper
Returns accepted if seller is contacted within 7 days of receipt. Buyer pays postage on returns unless merchandise received does not match original description. If paying with check or money order, payment must be received and verified before order can ship.
About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
Biblio member since 2005
Portland, Oregon
About Crooked House Books & Paper
Welcome to the Crooked House, a one-of-a-kind bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in the beautiful and unusual: books by, for and about women, cookery, domestic science, decorative publishers bindings, weird how-to books and ephemera, 1920s-30s women's magazines, Modern Library, and more.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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