The Life of Marie Antoinette
by Maxime de la Rocheterie
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndonville, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1893. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Translated from the French by Cora Hamilton Bell. In Two Volumes. Tan boards with gilt lettering and scroll work on overs and spine. Spines are darkened, gilt top edge and deckle edge text block. Front hinge on Vol. 1 is starting. Both books contain former owner's name in ink on end paper. Slightly worn, but tight binding and clean interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Green Mountain Books and Prints
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005004
- Title
- The Life of Marie Antoinette
- Author
- Maxime de la Rocheterie
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Green Mountain Books and Prints
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About the Seller
Green Mountain Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Lyndonville, Vermont
About Green Mountain Books and Prints
Located in the center of Lyndonville Vermont we have served our community for over 45 years. Our in store stock is around 35,000 titles and we list about 1,000 books online. Customer satisfaction is our first priority.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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