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Mademoiselle Roxane. Illustrations en couleurs de Leon Lebegue
by France, Anatole
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Kennebunkport, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, successeur, 1923. First Edition, limited, numbered and paraphed by the publisher, one of 1200 on velin teinte d'Arches from a total edition of 1520. Page size: 4-3/4 x 7 inches; 57pp. Bound: handsomely rebound in 3/4 navy blue morocco and blue and green paste-paper boards with gilt fillet, spine smooth, gilt decorated with mosaic onlays, title gilt, top edge gilt, original wrappres bound in, joints and spine ends rubbed, half-title foxed, else very good. Illustrated with titlecut and frontispiece etching in black plus four color etchings hors-texte plus 13 decorated capitals after pen and watercolor drawings by Leon Lebegue. A handsome little book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Priscilla Juvelis
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 696
- Title
- Mademoiselle Roxane. Illustrations en couleurs de Leon Lebegue
- Author
- France, Anatole
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, successeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
Priscilla Juvelis
Terms of Sale: All items are subject to prior sale. Payment should accompany order unless credit has been established. Mastercard and Visa accepted. ME residents please add 5% sales tax. Institutions may receive deferred billing. Posting is additional: $10.00 for the first item and $5.00 for each additional item. All items are guaranteed as described and may be returned for any reason, with notice, within seven days of receipt, providing they are in the same condition as when shipped. Please call in advance of a return.
About the Seller
Priscilla Juvelis
Biblio member since 2005
Kennebunkport, Maine
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- First Edition
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