HIGH LIGHTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
by BELLOC, Hilaire (Joseph Hilaire Pierre René), 1870-1953 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York : Century Co., 1915. First edition. A handsomely illustrated history of the French Revolution, in six parts, differing in tone from Belloc's earlier and more formal history published in 1911. The present version was never published in the UK. Demy 8vo (225 x 150mm). [vi],(302)pp. Colour frontispiece. Plates. Portraits. Bound in a handsome contemporary half red morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; marbled sides and endpapers; a few minor signs of age and use; occasional mild spotting and browning, but overall a very good copy. With the pictorial bookplate of the collector Roy McWilliams.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43647
- Title
- HIGH LIGHTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
- Author
- BELLOC, Hilaire (Joseph Hilaire Pierre René), 1870-1953 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York : Century Co., 1915.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French History, Fine Bindings
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
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- Morocco
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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