Balzac
by Frederick Lawton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Grant Richards. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Good: Shows wear to the extremities; rubbing to the panels and backstrip of the blue, cloth-covered boards; the hinges are starting but have been repaired with supple binder's glue; sparse pencil lines in the margins and several lines underlined in pencil also; former owner's name and date at the front free endpaper; the binding is square and, having been reglued, is secure. A well-worn, but intact reading copy. Publisher's note laid in. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.8 x 6 x 2 inches). 32 duotone plates. Frotispiece portrait of Balzac. Language: English. Weight: 37.8 ounces. Top Edge Gilt. Hardcover: No DJ as issued. A biography of Balzac and an evaluation of his work and infuence. The book has an Introduction, and chapters on Balzac's Boyhood, Letters from 1831 - 1846, Balzac's Last Years: Marriage and Death, The "Comédie Humaine", Value of the Work, The Author's Influence, Conclusion: The Man and his Portraits. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xi, 388 pages .
Synopsis
In remembrance of many pleasant and instructive hours spent in his society, to the sculptor
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Details
- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 58159
- Title
- Balzac
- Author
- Frederick Lawton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- Publisher
- Grant Richards
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Balzac, French, Novel, Classic, France, Nineteenth, Century, Literature, Prose
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prose & Criticism;
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Oregon City, Oregon
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