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Memoirs of Vidocq, the principal agent of the French police [LeatherBound]
Publication Date: 2023
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 603 Language: English.
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Memoirs of Vidocq: the Principal Agent of the French Police
Published by T. B. Peterson & Brothers,, Philadelphia, 1859
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition (no additional printings listed). Original dark brown cloth, stamped gilt lettering and spine illustration, 5x7 ½ inches, 580 pp + publisher's catalogue on yellow endpapers, illustrated with six plates (all present, but two of them appear as the illustrated title page, rather than facing the pages listed in the contents). Hardcover, very good. Corners bumped with cardboard exposed there, light soil and faint drop marks on exterior, ½ inch chip towards center of rear board, approximately 1/32 inch fraying at head and foot of spine, 1 ½ inch tear and some lesser nicks and chips along front joint. Internally, lower corner on front endpaper creased, faint light tan stains and a bit of foxing on first and last few leaves, on plates and sporadically elsewhere, previous owner's inscription (in pencil) , otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked; probably never really read. True crime; mystery; autobiography; history; France.
