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Tales from the Old French
by Isabel Butler (translator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable, 1910. First Edition. . Hardback. Good. First edition, first printing. Hardback bound in the original red cloth with gilt titling and printed design to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. 19.5 × 13cm, 265pp. A selection of lays, fables and tales from the old French, much to do with chivalry and knights, with some reference to King Arthur and Arthurian mythology. Condition: A fair to good copy. The cloth is a little rippled along the front gutter with one small scuff to the cloth, and is slightly faded to the spine. The contents, however, are in good, clean condition, with secure binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012882
- Title
- Tales from the Old French
- Author
- Isabel Butler (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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Cox and Budge Books
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Hythe, Kent
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- 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....
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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