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Elizabeth; or, The Exiles of Siberia
by Madame Cottin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
John Sharpe, London, 1817. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Richard Westall. MADAME COTTIN (Marie Sophie Ristaud). Elizabeth; or, The Exiles of Siberia, London: John Sharpe, 1817. 12mo, English edition of a French work published in 1806, pp. viii, 184, full brown calf with French fillets to covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spine with morocco label, marbled edges, title page and chapter title page vignettes but Richard Westall, gift inscription on flyleaf. Author says the story is based on a real-life occurrence in which a girl rescued her father from exile in Siberia. For the French editions, see Vicaire V.2, 1035, and Brunet V.2, 332. Condition of this book: Covers stained, front joint starting, clean and bright inside, overall good and sound. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Richard Westall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; France; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55102. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55102
- Title
- Elizabeth; or, The Exiles of Siberia
- Author
- Madame Cottin
- Illustrator
- Richard Westall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Sharpe
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1817
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Literature & Literary; France; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Richard Westall Unbranded Madame Cottin Elizabeth; or, The Exiles of Siberia
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Warwick, New York
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Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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