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L'Aiglon; Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1925. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5" . None . Two popular works by Edmund Rostand in bright uniform bindings. Two plays by Edmond Rostand in uniform bindings. Both 1925 editions from Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle. 'L'Aiglon' is a play in six acts based on the life of Napoleon II and his second wife Empress Marie Louise'; 'Cyrano de Bergerac,' the most well known of Rostand's work, is a fictionalisation of Cyrano de Bergerac's life, written in verse. The play was translated and performed numerous times, and is responsible for the introduction of the word panache into the English language.Edmond Rostand was a French poet and dramatist, associated with the movement of neo-romanticism. Rebound in uniform quarter straight up grain morocco over marbled boards, with titles in gilt to morocco spine labels, new endpapers. Externally very smart with light shelf wear and bumping to extremities of boards. Previous ownership ink inscription to front blank leaf of 'L'Aigon', dated 1926. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean with a touch of age toning, as usual with the type of paper used. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 860A40
- Title
- L'Aiglon; Cyrano de Bergerac
- Author
- Edmond Rostand
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- e rostand cyrano de bergerac l'aiglon cyrano de bergerac
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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