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The Persian Letters
by Montesquieu
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / Dial Press, 1929. First printing of this edition, from the translation of John Davidson, by arrangement with George Routledge & Sons. One of the publisher's Library of Living Classics, edited by Manuel Komroff. Black cloth with gilt spine decoration and lettering. 328 pp. including index. Spots of wear to the spine ends and corners. Previous owners' names are on the front endpapers. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding with hinges intact.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Rien n'a plu davantage, dans les Lettres persanes, que d'y trouver, sans y penser, une espece de roman. On en voit le commencement, le progres, la fin : les divers personnages sont places dans une chaine qui les lie. A mesure qu'ils font un plus long sejour en Europe, les moeurs de cette partie du monde prennent dans leur tete un air moins merveilleux et moins bizarre, et ils sont plus ou moins frappes de ce bizarre et de ce merveilleux, suivant la difference de leurs caracteres.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010457
- Title
- The Persian Letters
- Author
- Montesquieu
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Lincoln Mac Veagh / Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
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