Two Plays; Tartuffe and The Would-Be Gentleman
by Moliere
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine. No DJ, as Issued
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. First edition thus. Full Leather. Fine. No DJ, as Issued. 197 pp. Translated from the French by H. Baker and J. Miller. Introduction by Henri Peyre. Illustrated by Serge Ivanoff. Large octavo, bound in red leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, ribbon book mark.. Collector's Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3560
- Title
- Two Plays; Tartuffe and The Would-Be Gentleman
- Author
- Moliere
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine. No DJ, as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1980
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- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Printing/Illustrated;
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
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