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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is the 1838 edition, NOT a modern reprint. Five volumes complete. Bound in three-quarter leather with marbled paper boards. Spine title gold-stamped on red leather label and gold-stamped spine decorations. Light wear to the bindings. We have dyed any scuffs with professional leather dye and have treated the leather with professional book conservator's leather dressing - to good effect. The set presents nicely on the shelf. No distortion of the books from improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No foxing. Illustrated throughout with steel engravings. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. Photos available upon request.
Condition: Good. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1847. 3rd American edition. 4 volumes rebound in 2. Sm 4to Hardcover. 435+458; 432+472pp. B/W plates. Good set in slipcase. Slipcase Good. Both volumes: Pages age toned. With typical period foxing. Volume 2: Slight dampstaining to several pages throughout. Owner's name on third blank. Slipcase lightly soiled. (history, france, military history, french revolution) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Published by Richard Bentley, 1838
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
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hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, five volumes complete, octavos, bound in green half calf which has faded to brown on spines, marbled paper covered boards, all edges marbled, lettered gilt on black morocco to two compartments of spines, rubbed to extremities, the bindings remains tight, small bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedowns together with the signature of a later owner in a small hand. There is a stamp of 'The Exiles Club' applied to either the front blank or the [blank] recto of the frontis. Whilst the text is free of marking there is some scattered browning and the b&w plates are foxed to varying degrees. Because of weight, a request for additional postage may be made if ordered from certain locations outside the United Kingdom.