CITY OF DARKNESS, CITY OF LIGHT.
by Piercy, Marge
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some toning to the pages)
- Seller
-
Ione, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York:: Fawcett Columbine,, (1996). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some toning to the pages). Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Historical novel set during the French Revolution, which focuses on the role women played. - "Claire Lacombe escapes the grinding poverty of her youth by becoming an actress in a traveling troupe. Beautiful and filled with the determination that can be forged by enduring hardship, she becomes an inspiring symbol as she dares to participate in pivotal events. Manon Philipon, a jeweler's daughter, idolizes Rousseau and the life of the mind. Marrying an austere government bureaucrat, she learns that she has an innate grasp of politics. Pauline Leon, the owner of a chocolate shop, is galvanized when she witnesses the executions of poor people rioting for bread." (Publishers Weekly), 468 pp.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 85135
- Title
- CITY OF DARKNESS, CITY OF LIGHT.
- Author
- Piercy, Marge
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some toning to the pages)
- Publisher
- Fawcett Columbine,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1996)
- Keywords
- paris, french revolution, feminism, arc, uncorrected proof,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Bookfever.com, IOBA
Free media mail shipping in US included; priority is $7.50 and international at cost. Books are packed carefully, shipped promptly with delivery confirmation and insurance at our expense. It is important for our customers to be totally satisfied with their purchase and guarantee all of our books to be as described. Want lists welcomed.
About the Seller
Bookfever.com, IOBA
Biblio member since 2003
Ione, California
About Bookfever.com, IOBA
Celebrating our 30th year in business. We started selling books in the CompuServe Book Collecting forum in 1993, a few years before there was any commercial Internet. In 1998 we relocated our main business from Sacramento to the Sierra foothills of Amador County.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...