Madame Dubarry: The King's Mistress
by Morehead, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1902. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 205pp+ ads. Gold cloth, gilt lettering and black decoration. Spine sunned, covers lightly scuffed and rear cover wrinkled. Owner's name on front pastedown, mild foxing to endpapers and page edges, pages toned, binding is tight and sound. A romantic story from the French of Jean de la Hire. A very early edition by Morehead, not a recent reprint.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000909
- Title
- Madame Dubarry: The King's Mistress
- Author
- Morehead, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- M.A. Donohue & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Louis XV France Choiseul "Du Barry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature and Fiction; Romance;
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About the Seller
Old Bookshelf
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Wilmington, Delaware
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- 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.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
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