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DUMAS, ALEXANDRE (PèRE) - Celebrated Crimes: Massacres in the South (Volume Eight Only, of Eight)

Title: Celebrated Crimes: Massacres in the South (Volume Eight Only, of Eight)
Description: Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons, Publishers, 1895. Hardcover. ISBN: 0593331303. Volume VIII only of an 8-volume set which tells of notable European crimes and criminals by Alexandre Dumas (père). This entire volume is concerned with massacres committed in the south of France between 1551 and 1815, especially at Nîmes. Includes four 'typogravoure' black & white illustrations, including a captioned, tissue-guarded frontis image. Translated from the French by I. G. Burnham. --- A deluxe binding, in full maroon cloth-covered boards with cover decorations in blind, once-black & gilt spine titling and decorations. TEG (top edge gilt), the other two textblock edges are deckled. Text presented on high-quality, laid papers. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With sunning to spine, scratches to cloth and near-complete fading of spine titling and decorations, else a well-preserved, tightly-bound copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [8], 311 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 88673