The Jealousies of a Country Town
by de Balzac, Honore
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
J.M. Dent and Co, 1898. Hardcover. Good. Good brown boards with black lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for pencil on 1/2 title page with 1904 date. No dust jacket. 330pp. Shelfwear on cover, light crush to head and tail of spine. Bumped corners, gilt top page edge, deckled side and bottom page edges. Says limited to 1200 copies, but doesn't have a number written down. Translated by Ellen Marriage. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Imperial Books and Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041340
- Title
- The Jealousies of a Country Town
- Author
- de Balzac, Honore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent and Co
- Date Published
- 1898
- Weight
- 1.38 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Imperial Books and Collectibles
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
About Imperial Books and Collectibles
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- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.