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Le Roi Des Montagnes
by Edmond About
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1884. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 6". Gustave Dore. A novel by French writer Edmond François Valentin About, with illustrations by Gustave Doré. A new edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding with cloth boards. All edges gilt. An adventure novel concerning brigands and corruption in 18th century Athens, by French writer and journalist Edmond François Valentin About (1828-1885). First published in 1856, this was his best-known novel. The second edition to be illustrated throughout by French artist Gustave Doré (1832-1883). In a quarter morocco binding. Externally smart, with a little shelf wear to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 861M7
- Title
- Le Roi Des Montagnes
- Author
- Edmond About
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie Hachette et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1884
- Size
- 10.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- French literature Edmond About Gustave Dore Edmond About
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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