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An Historical Mystery (Une Tenebreuse Affaire)
by Balzac, Honore De
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, USA: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1891. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Ex-Library 1891 Hardcover Ex-Library Book in Fair Condition. No Jacket. Translated from the French by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Classic 19th Century Literature.Bound in brown cloth in library binding, stamped with library name on front, gilt lettered on spine. Quite solid, spine leans forward. Boards are worn, rubbed. Lib marks include pocket, remains of card, stamps. Text block edges dingy. Many pages with smudges. Toned, heavily on edges. No underlining or pencil/ink marks. Still has lots of reading life left in it and for an 1891 book that's pretty good. 337 pages, 4.75 x 7.25 inches, 1891, Roberts Brothers, Boston, Massacuhsetts, USA
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008543
- Title
- An Historical Mystery (Une Tenebreuse Affaire)
- Author
- Balzac, Honore De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FRENCH LITERATURE 19TH CENTURY. BALZAC, HONORE DE 1799-1850
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Library Binding
- A type of reinforced binding designed for libraries, schools, or other applications where a book might experience high...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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