Balzac Quest of the Absolute & Other 1901 Touraine Ed. DeLuxe Ltd. Ed. #778/1250

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The Works of Honore de Balzac, The Quest of the Absolute and Other Stories, Volume II. This is part of the Touraine Edition Delulxe Limited Edition of 1250 sets of which this is number 778. Translated by Ellen Marriage with an Introduction by George Saintsbury. Sepia colored, detailed frontis & other illustration. 1901 Avril Publishing Company, New York.386 pps.
Green textured boards with pasted title on spine printed in black and red lettering.
Uncut page fore edges and bottom edges, upper page edges in gilt.
Binding is tight & square, no loose pages,no writing inside or out. Edge wear, corners bumped, worn; water staining to page fore edges,some raised horizontal lines front cover, pages are uneven due to water exposure. Book is not musty, pages are mostly very clean.
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