The Life and Times of Louis the Fourteenth, a New Edition in Four Volumes
de James, G. P. R
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien/No Jacket
- Librería
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Richard Bentley, 1839. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jackets. 1839 Richard Bentley, London. Four Volumes. NOT ex-library. Hardcovers, half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in brown leather with stamped borders over marbled paper. Red, orange, blue and white marbling is in antique straight pattern with large spots of orange color. Spine has five slightly raised bands with gilt geometric decorations. Title "Life & Times of Louis XIV" and author & volume number in gilt on black panels. Remaining panels have elaborate gilt floral devices and dotted borders. Top edges are dark brown. Gray endpapers. Black and white frontispieces and plates. Bindings tight and firm except for vol. 1, which is cracked at the front hinge and loosening, but overall is intact. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with boards exposed at some tips. Spine leather has some very light surface cracking, but no flaking; gilt worn in some places. Covers have moderate surface and edge wear, with some rubbing and peeling to the surface of the leather along exterior hinge lines, edge, and corners. Covers light to moderate rubbing to the marbled papers. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. One pair of facing pages has a darkened rectangle where something of low-quality paper was stored in vol. 3. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Very light foxing present primarily on the first and last few pages of vol. 1. Volume 1 also has some pencil notations on endpapers. Volume 2 has tissue guard on frontispiece; other volumes do not. A few pages in each volume have some brown smudges in margins. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 468 + 450 + 434 + 450 pages. No dust jacket, as issued. Printed by Samuel Bentley, Fleet Street. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Librería
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 8044
- Título
- The Life and Times of Louis the Fourteenth, a New Edition in Four Volumes
- Autor
- James, G. P. R
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Editorial
- Richard Bentley
- Fecha de publicación
- 1839
- Palabras clave
- History,France,Biography
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography; History; France;
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
