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A Summer Amongst the Bocages and the Vines
Louisa Stuart Costello
1840
Richard Bentley : London
9.5" by 6.5"
xi [2], 2-411; 358pp
SUMMARY
The two volume first edition of Louisa Stuart Costellos account of a summer spent journeying through France.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs2 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The two volume first edition of this travel work from Anglo-Irish writer Louisa Stuart Costello.
Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, a number of vignette illustrations, and two further plates. Collated, complete.
Costello lived in Paris and was a prolific writer on subjects ranging from travel, art and literature.
In this work, she provides an account of time spent in the Loire, Nantes, St. Malo, Bretagne, Chambord and Paris. She describes the literature and poets associated with these regions, and encounters churches, cathedrals and castles.
CONDITION
In the publishers original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, and a touch of discolouration to back strips. Rear hinge of volume II strained and a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to frontispieces, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot or handling mark.
Overall Condition: 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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