Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; Eleanor Marx Aveling [Translator] - 1929

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005-03-28. Paperback. Used:Good.

Sterling Publishing, 2005-03-28. Paperback. New. 82x14x128.

Sterling Publishing, 2005-03-28. Paperback. Very Good. 4x3x0. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pages unmarked.

New York: Boni & Liveright / The Modern Library, 1919. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 1919-25 printing of Toledano 028.1 (Aveling translation, no introduction), binding 2, Brodzky endpapers. Front hinge weakening, binding a bit shaken, spine creased and rubbed. [vi], 273 pp. Brown flexible boards, gilt titles. "For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for 'offenses against morality and religion.' What shocks us today about Flaubert's devastatingly realized tale of a young woman destroyed by the reckless pursuit of her romantic dreams is its pure artistry: the poise of its narrative structure, the opulence of its prose (marvelously captured in the English translation of Francis Steegmuller), and its creation of a world whose minor figures are as vital as its doomed heroine. In reading Madame Bovary, one experiences a work that remains genuinely revolutionary almost a century… Read More

NY: Modern Library, 1957. dj w/unclipped price ($6.95); in mylar; solid rust c w/gilt spine titles; 396 clean, unmarked pages+ ads. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12 vo ..

NY: Modern Library, 1950. dj w/lite rubbng at folds,tape repairs, clipped price, in mylar;rust-rred Blumenthal binding with gilt titles on blak; Rockwell Kent end papers; 400 clean, unmarked pages+publisher's listings (#28 in series) ownr's insc. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12 vo ..

the reader's digest association,inc, 2005-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Hardcover. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

New York, New York, U. S. A.: The Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. Good +/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Light Gray Lettered Wraps With Black Lettering On The Spine. The Title Is Within A Blue Field On The Front And Spine. No Ownership Information Present And The Text Appears To Be Free Of Notation. The Book Has A Bump To The Upper Spine. Some Wear At The Lower Spine And The Page Edges Are Tanned.

Paris, London, and New York: Societe des Beaux-Arts, 1912. Book. Illus. by Fourie. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark mauve cloth, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Spine panel cloth mildly sunned, rubbed spine extremities. Firm binding, clean interior. xxii,398 pp., illus. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover..

NY: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1969. 1st, thus edition; dj w/lite wear only, in mylar; red c w/gilt titles on maroon; 361 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by b/w Photos of Author, His Environment and the Setting of the Book. 8 Vo.