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The History of the French Revolution (five volumes complete)
by Thiers, M A (translated with Notes by Frederick Shoberl)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Richard Bentley, 1838. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, five volumes complete, octavos, bound in green half calf which has faded to brown on spines, marbled paper covered boards, all edges marbled, lettered gilt on black morocco to two compartments of spines, rubbed to extremities, the bindings remains tight, small bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedowns together with the signature of a later owner in a small hand. There is a stamp of 'The Exiles Club' applied to either the front blank or the [blank] recto of the frontis. Whilst the text is free of marking there is some scattered browning and the b&w plates are foxed to varying degrees. Because of weight, a request for additional postage may be made if ordered from certain locations outside the United Kingdom..
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- Bookseller
- Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 252626
- Title
- The History of the French Revolution (five volumes complete)
- Author
- Thiers, M A (translated with Notes by Frederick Shoberl)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- france french history
- Bookseller catalogs
- add;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
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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...
- 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...
- Edges
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