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La Vie des Termites Limited edition
by Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Bibliotheque Charpentier, 1926. Limited edition of 650 copies, this being number 463 and one of the copies printed on papier de Hollande. Hardback. 217pp. Contemporary leather over marbled paper covered boards. Gilt to spine and top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Original covers bound-in. Leading edges untrimmed and quite a number of the pages are unopened. Black & white frontispiece drawn by Charles Doudelet. Maeterlinck's celebrated analysis of totalitarian systems compared to the life of an ant colony. Text in French. Book in good condition. Some rubbing to boards and spine, which has a little wear at the extremities and hinge. Some spotting throughout.
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- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1307338
- Title
- La Vie des Termites Limited edition
- Author
- Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bibliotheque Charpentier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics;
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About the Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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