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Celine: A Biography.
by Vitoux, Frderic
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Dust Jacket condition Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1557782555
- ISBN 13
- 9781557782557
- Seller
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Miller Place, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Paragon House, 1992. Maroon boards, tan gilt-stamped spine. Fine/Dust Jacket condition Fine. First American Edition, contains several printing flaws: on pp148-9, 152-3, 172-3, 176-7 there is an extra portion of a leaf printed on and laid over, effectively splitting the page of text, but all text is present and readable. Biography of Louis-Ferdinand Celine, 1894-1961, controversial French author of Journey to the End of the Night and Death on the Installment Plan. Awarded the prestigious Goncourt for Biography. Translated by Jesse Browner. This is the ""definitive Celine biography,"" according to Kurt Vonnegut. The volume has some shelfwear but is unread. 601 pages, index, 12 pp b/w photos.
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- Bookseller
- Monkey House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2255
- Title
- Celine: A Biography.
- Author
- Vitoux, Frderic
- Format/Binding
- Maroon boards, tan gilt-stamped spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket condition Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1557782555
- ISBN 13
- 9781557782557
- Publisher
- Paragon House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- literary biography, French literature, 20th century literature, first editions, printing flaws
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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About the Seller
Monkey House Books
Biblio member since 2010
Miller Place, New York
About Monkey House Books
Monkey House Books is a mail order, used book dealer located on New York's Long Island. We offer quality used books in a variety of categories at reasonable prices. A home-based business managed by a lifelong bibliophile, Monkey House offers personalized assistance and friendly customer service. For the holidays, or anytime, we provide gift wrapping and recipient shipping upon request. We ship within 24 hours of receiving payment, and packages are wrapped and boxed using recycled/reused materials.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
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