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Eloge de Villon
by Jacques Lassaigne
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Manuel Bruker, Paris, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Jacques Villon. JACQUES LASSAIGNE. Eloge de Jacques Villon, Paris: Manuel Bruker, 1955. Folio, No. 89 of an edition of 200 printed on velin de rives paper by Madame J.G. Daragnes, unpaginated, cardboard covers with a parchment wrapper, 10 original gravures by Villon, text in French. Biographical information by a friend of Villon's, with comments by Villon in the form of a letter to the publisher. Condition of this book Some leaves loose, parchment wrapper is toning, very clean overall. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text is in French. 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: Jacques Villon. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; France; 1950s; French Language; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54379. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54379
- Title
- Eloge de Villon
- Author
- Jacques Lassaigne
- Illustrator
- Jacques Villon
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Manuel Bruker
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Art & Design; France; 1950s; French Language; Antiquarian & Rare. Jacques Villon Jacques Lassaigne Eloge de Villon
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
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