Cleopatra: The Story of a Queen
by Ludwig, Emil
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Viking Press, 1937. Limited Edition. Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st ed. Octavo. Rebound in a beautiful blue half leather with gilt spine titles and decorations, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Fine. ***** Front flap and part of the front panel of the dust jacket are laid in. ***.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6542
- Title
- Cleopatra: The Story of a Queen
- Author
- Ludwig, Emil
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- FINE BINDING, leather, jan
Terms of Sale
Frey Fine Books
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
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...