NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1917. Hardbound. VERY GOOD. Tight, faintest age tanning of pages, clean and square. No dust jacket. Owner's elegant signature on first free page. Slightly faded blue cloth with gilt design and lettering. Light softening of spine ends and slight rubbing to corners. 260 pages illustrated with 27 black and white, full page photo plates + 50 small sketches. "Two people never see a thing from exactly the same angle, nor in describing it present the same viewpoint; so out of something old we are constantly getting something new." Hilltowns of Poitou, Normandy, Brittany, Quercy, Languedoc, Provence, Savoie, Auvergne, Picerdie, La Beauce & Touraine.

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Bookseller: Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7-2T001
Title: The Hill-Towns of France
Author: Fryer, Eugenie M
Format/Binding: Hardbound
Book Condition: Used - VERY GOOD
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co.
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1917
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Bookseller catalogs: TRAVEL / Europe / France;

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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...
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....
E.P.: The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.