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Rabagas; Andrea; & Les Pres Saint-Gervais
by Victorien Sardou
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/N/A
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Michel Lévy Frères, Paris, circa 1886. Plays/French Plays/Drama/ Victorien Sard. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good/N/A. Half Leather with five raised bands to spine & marbled boards. Three plays by Sardou bound together in one volume: 'Rabagas' (1872) 18th edition, 240 pages; 'Andrea' ((1880) new edition; 164 pages; & 'Les Pres Saint-Gervais' (1875) 127 pages; French text; List of other works by the author to front; three loosely inserted contemporary newspaper cutting reviews (English) relating to Sardou & performances of his plays (one starring Madame Sarah Bernhardt); handwritten note in French on title page of Andrea stating that it was first performed on 17th March in 1873 at the Theatre du Gymnase in Paris; no other notations or marks; a handsome volume with light wear to edges & corners of leather. Gilt titles spine with gilt number '4' so probably one of a set of Sardou plays; Marbled endpapers. . Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 240 + 164 + 127 pages. Text is in French. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Top edge gilt in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; Literature; Drama; French Drama; France; 19th century; French Language; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: PLY00024. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PLY00024
- Title
- Rabagas; Andrea; & Les Pres Saint-Gervais
- Author
- Victorien Sardou
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Plays/French Plays/Drama/ Victorien Sard
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michel Lévy Frères
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- circa 1886
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Plays/French Plays/Drama/ Victorien Sardou/ French Text/Classics/Leather Bindings Theatre & Plays; Literature; Drama; French Drama; France; 19th century; French Language; Theatre & Plays. Unbranded Victorien Sardou Rabagas; Andrea; &am
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- 12mo
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