The Magic Skin / Quest of the Absolute and Other Stories. (The Works of Honore De Balzac Volume I)
by Balzac, Honore De
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, Pa: Avil Publishing Company, 1901 386pp. University Edition. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Boards have light stains. Gilt top edge has light scratches. Edges of text block have light foxing. Spine is a bit shaken. Text is unmarked. . Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Dust Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32646
- Title
- The Magic Skin / Quest of the Absolute and Other Stories. (The Works of Honore De Balzac Volume I)
- Author
- Balzac, Honore De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Avil Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...