Click for full-size.
Maximes
by Balzac, Honore de
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
UPLAND, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Humphreys, 1912. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Published in 1912 by Arthur L. Humphreys. First Thus, near fine condition. In fine deep red leather, all edges gilt. With red ribbon page marker. Laid paper. Printed in French on verso pages, with English translation on recto pages. Appears unread. Textblock is tight, pages are bright with no foxing Beautiful binding of full red leather, gilt stamped and blind stamped with trefoils, with title and author gilt stamped on front cover. Spine has five raised bands with gilt title and gilt tooling. Binding on front inside cover bears a gilt stamped "Hatchards 187 Picadilly". Hatchards was formed in 1797 and continues in business today. It is a bookseller to the Royal Households, and is London's oldest bookshop. Corners have slight rubbing, Very slight rubbing to cover edges. Faint scuff on front cover. See photos. Bears two bookplates. On the front pastedown is a bookplate for "Castle Gould". On the front free endpaper is a bookplate for "Howard Gould". Howard Gould was a financier and son of Jay Gould, the railroad magnate. The bookplate "Castle Gould" depicts the home Howard Gould built in the early 1900's and is an exact copy of Kilkenny Castle in Ireland. There is a penciled "H.G." on front pastedown, very probably in the hand of Howard Gould.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Cedar Tree Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113583
- Title
- Maximes
- Author
- Balzac, Honore de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Humphreys
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Pages
- 197
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French
Terms of Sale
Cedar Tree Antiques
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cedar Tree Antiques
Biblio member since 2022
UPLAND, California
About Cedar Tree Antiques
Cedar Tree Antiques has been selling art, antiques and books since 1992, throughout Southern California.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
Frequently asked questions
Learn about Bayntun-Rivière Binders
Are you enchanted by books clad in fine bindings? This is the gallery for you to peruse! Learn more about Bayntun, Rivière & Sons, and their combined work as Bayntun-Rivière.
Collecting Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley was a well-known and highly controversial figure in the first half of the 20th Century. A writer, occultist, magician, and mountaineer, Crowley impacted a diverse collection of sub-cultures and interests. See collectible Crowley from Biblio booksellers.
