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The Vicomte De Bragelonne; The Three Musketeers; The Man in the Iron Mask; Loiuse De La Valliere (4 volumes)
by Dumas, Alexandre
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and Glasgow, UK: Collins. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A four volume matching set of Alexandre novels, all published between 1952 and 1955. In deep green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Top edges sprayed green. Decorated endpapers. Pen sketch portrait frontispiece in each volume. 12mo. A large and heavy set which may incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. Cloth gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. All internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In worn and slightly faded dust jackets, rubbed at edges and lightly chipped around corners and spine ends. A few marks and spots. Louise De Valliere and the Man in the Iron Mask have some loss and short tears at spine heads, with the latter also having a short tear from the top edge on the verso, crack along leading edge and small paper scar on front panel. A nice vintage set with the patina of use and age.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references. Translated from the French.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022973
- Title
- The Vicomte De Bragelonne; The Three Musketeers; The Man in the Iron Mask; Loiuse De La Valliere (4 volumes)
- Author
- Dumas, Alexandre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London and Glasgow, UK
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 3.86 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, Novels, Vintage Books
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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