One of Cleopatra's Nights And Other Fantastic Romances
by Theophile Gautier
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Brentanos, January 1899. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable/No Jacket. Hardcover in acceptable condition, no dust jacket. Moderate wear to top boards, top spine. Boards are slightly bent/warped. Pages show light staining to top textblock. Otherwise, the binding is sound (somewhat cocked, but strong) and the book is totally readable. front abd boards show some rubbing. Previous owner's name is written on endpaper. This famous romantic work was thought to have inspired 'The King in Yellow', the gothic masterpiece by Robert W. Chambers. This edition published in 1899.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Beers Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 325670
- Title
- One of Cleopatra's Nights And Other Fantastic Romances
- Author
- Theophile Gautier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brentanos
- Date Published
- January 1899
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Beers Book Store
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Sacramento, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....