OLD GORIOT
by BALZAC, Honore de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine in torn glassine in a Fine slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
The son of a civil servant, Honoré de Balzac was born in 1799 in Tours, France. After attending boarding school in Vendôme, he gravitated to Paris where he worked as a legal clerk and a hack writer, using various pseudonyms, often in collaboration with other writers. Balzac turned exclusively to fiction at the age of thirty and went on to write a large number of novels and short stories set amid turbulent nineteenth-century France. He entitled his collective works The Human Comedy . Along with Victor Hugo and Dumas père and fils , Balzac was one of the pillars of French romantic literature. He died in 1850, shortly after his marriage to the Polish countess Evelina Hanska, his lover of eighteen years.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021585
- Title
- OLD GORIOT
- Author
- BALZAC, Honore de
- Illustrator
- Rene Ben Sussan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in torn glassine in a Fine slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, Hand-Colored Plates, Signed, Curwen Press, Limited Editions Club, 19th Century French Literature, Fine Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century French Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
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Charles Agvent
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