Portraits Contemporains
by C. -A. Sainte-Beuve
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1876. Reprint . Good Plus. 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18 cm). Two volumes (possibly of a larger set.) Quarter red morocco bindings with marbled boards. Spines have five raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration. Rubbing and wear to edges of spines, wear to board corners, browning to page margins, some foxing to text, good solid bindings. French language. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 544 + 523
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1132E697
- Title
- Portraits Contemporains
- Author
- C. -A. Sainte-Beuve
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michel Levy Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18 cm)
- Keywords
- French Language, Fine Binding, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; French Language;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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.
- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...