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Thais
Anatole France
c1902
The Literary Press Limited : London
8" by 5.5"
4-258pp
SUMMARY
A very scarce early twentieth century English language edition of Anatole France's novel, billed by the publisher as about 'how a priest broke his vows for love of a beautiful woman'.
Publishers' Original Binding,Very Scarce,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
A very scarce early UK edition of this work, in a very scarce illustrated dust wrapper, price unclipped.
This novel, first published in 1890, is based on events in the life of Saint Thais of Egypt, a legendary convert to Christianity who is said to have lived in the 4th century.
The work of Anatole France, often considered to be one of the greatest French writers of the Third Republic.
Undated; dated c1902 via Jisc. This work was first published in the UK the year prior.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Fading to spine, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Slight discolouration to back strip tail. Boards bright. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned, with minor discolouration to wrap perimeters. Light tide mark to tail of rear wrap. Small losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with two small tears to tail of front wrap, and a further minor closed tear to head of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to first and last few leaves, with pages otherwise clean and bright.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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