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Pierre et Jean and Other Tales: A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant--VOLUME V
de MAUPASSANT, GUY DE
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
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USA: The Review of Reviews Co, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket, as issued. Binding of purple cloth with five low ridges on spine, gilt titled, with decoration. Spine sunned. Clean with light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge and lower edge of text block have a couple of pale smudged areas. Tight and solid sewn binding. A foxing spot on paste-down-didn't find any anyplace else. Frontis tissue protected, captioned in green on side facing frontis illustration, after the original drawing by Albert Lynch, in browntones. Chapter headings illustrated with small line drawings. Internals clean, no marks, no creases. Guy de Maupassant's stories have a self-renewing vitality, assuming fresh force for each generation of readers with changing standards. A French short story writer and novelist of the 19the Century (1850-1893) and a sometimes member of the naturalist school (but mostly his own 'school' which is hard to classify). He chose for subjects chiefly from Norman peasant life, the Franco-Prussian War, the behavior of the bourgeoise, and the fashionable life of Paris. 320 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. Publisher: The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1903.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 015686
- Título
- Pierre et Jean and Other Tales: A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant--VOLUME V
- Autor
- MAUPASSANT, GUY DE
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- The Review of Reviews Co
- Lugar de publicación
- USA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1903
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- LITERATURE, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction. Classics;
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
