Ward Lockk and Co London New York No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good/Good. preface by author. Illustrated end pages being a floral design in green. Illustrated frontispiece showing a man fighting off an octopus � illustrator not credited. Bright blue coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured embossed design to the panels and gilt coloured decoration and titles to the back strip. Gilt to all text edges. First published in 1866 and sat on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel. It deals with a social outcast Gilliatt who falls in love with the niece of the local shipowner. When one of the shipowners' ships is wrecked upon a dangerous reef the niece promises to marry anyone who can salvage the ship's expensive steam engine. Gilliatt volunteers and has many adventures not the least of them being fighting an octopus to retrieve the engine. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. There is a significant cock of the spine. Some rubbing and stains to the book panels. Age toning of the text block edges with the occasional blemish. Pages 229 through to 244 have become slightly out of plumb with the rest of the text block due to cracking of the hinge. Fading of the back strip. Size: 16mo - up to 6 �" tall - Sextodecimo. 9 X - 12 1 2 - 343 1 pages. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; French; 19th century; Inventory No: 0127265. . Ward Lockk and Co hardcover
Tournai: Casterman 1995. 134 S.; mit SW-Zeichnungen; in franz�sischer Sprache. Erste Auflage. Kartoniert. Sehr gut. 295 cm. Graphic Novel. Casterman Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 070324 ISBN : 2203334584 9782203334588
Paris: Michel Lévy Frères 1874. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 28cm.; contemporary red morocco-backed marbled paper-covered boards gilt spine in five compartments top edge gilt marbled endpapers; 4viii280pp.; full-paged illus. and vignettes in text throughout. Boards a bit bumped and slightly rubbed early 20th-century bookseller's description mounted to front free endpaper verso else a Very Good or better copy. Generously illustrated edition of Hugo's epic poem of the Siege of Paris 1870-71. Michel Lévy Frères hardcover
1986-05-06. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 0871567741n ISBN : 0871567741 9780871567741
Vantage 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Actual book is in Very Good Condition and appears unread but dust jacket is sun faded. Beautiful book with crisp pages and tight binding. Great reading copy but shows slight shelf wear and edge rubbing. - All products inspected inside and out and shipped by USPS with a tracking number! I highly suggest that you choose expedited shipping. For a small fee you get priority shipping insurance and a padded envelope for the best protection. Vantage hardcover
Flammarion / Gf flammarion 1967. poche. Poche. 445 pages. La musique des vers de Hugo s'adapte aux profondes harmonies de la nature ; sculpteur il d�coupe dans ses strophes la forme inoubliable des choses ; peintre il les illumine de leur couleur propre. Et comme si elles venaient directement de la nature les trois impressions p�n�trent simultan�ment le cerveau du lecteur. Aucun artiste n'est plus universel que lui plus apte � se mettre en contact avec les forces de la vie universelle plus dispos� � prendre sans cesse un bain de nature Flammarion / Gf flammarion unknown