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Tartarin Of Tarascon, Traveller, Turk And Lion-Hunter
by Daudet, Alphonse
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1887. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. Montegut. Octavo; pp. (13), 14-245 plus (10pp.) table of contents; Illustrated by Montegut, De Myrbach, Picard and Rossi; Color Vignette title ad leaf, half title, additional title, additional half title, woodcut illustrations throughout; three quarter patterned calf and green boards, gilt lettered spine, top edge gilt, untrimmed; light edge wear, some minor bubbling to the cloth at fore edge rear board; a nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12594
- Title
- Tartarin Of Tarascon, Traveller, Turk And Lion-Hunter
- Author
- Daudet, Alphonse
- Illustrator
- Montegut
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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