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THE TALES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT 1850-1893
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Gunter Bohmer. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in blue linen buckram with inlaid panels of brown linen, 522 pages. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. The Translations by Lafcadio Hearn and Others Chosen & With an Introduction by Justin O'Brien. Illustrated with 32 color plates including 17 full-page by Gunter Bohmer. Copy #958 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021052
- Title
- THE TALES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT 1850-1893
- Author
- MAUPASSANT, Guy de
- Illustrator
- Gunter Bohmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Signed, Color Plates, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, Gunter Bohmer, Francis Meynell, 19th Century French Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century French Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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