Paris: E. Dentu, , 1890. Collection Guillaume (Edition du Figaro). Original colour pictorial soft cover wraps beautifully bound in quarter vellum. Binding by Birdsall & Son. Northampton. Vellum spine and corners, with raised bands on the spine, Gilt title on red leather label, with gilt decorated panels, and floral motif.Brown faced boards, with gilt decorated vellum edges. All edges gilt. 6.5 X 8.75 inches.Foxing to endpapers, original pages all quite clane throughout. Very good finely bound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bieler, Conconi, Montegut, Montenard, Myrbach Et Rossi.

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Bookseller: Jacques Gander (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008135
Title: Port-Tarascon, dernières aventures de l'illustre Tartarin
Author: Alphonse Daudet
Illustrator: Bieler, Conconi, Montegut, Montenard, Myrbach Et Rossi
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: E. Dentu,
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1890

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