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Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art
by Christopher Moore
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- fine
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0061779741
- ISBN 13
- 9780061779749
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins / William Morris, 2012. Hardcover. Illustrated blue boards with half-band wrap. Map endpapers. 24 color illustrations. Text printed in dark blue ink. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Near Fine half-band. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers and half-band clean and bright. Spine ends lightly bumped. Crease to inner flaps of half-band. 403 pages.
Oh la la, quelle surprise, and zut alors! A delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history-with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac. Baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec vow to discover the truth behind the untimely death of their friend Vincent van Gogh, which leads them on a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late-nineteenth-century Paris.
Oh la la, quelle surprise, and zut alors! A delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history-with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac. Baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec vow to discover the truth behind the untimely death of their friend Vincent van Gogh, which leads them on a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late-nineteenth-century Paris.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of the World
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- RWARE0000000253
- Title
- Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art
- Author
- Christopher Moore
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0061779741
- ISBN 13
- 9780061779749
- Publisher
- HarperCollins / William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 2012
- Keywords
- fiction, fantasy, humor, humorous, absurdist, adventure, comic, van Gogh, art, artists, art history, bakers, blue, history, male friendship, painters, Paris, France
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Europe; Humor, Comedy, Satire, Funny stuff; Art, Architecture, and Photography; France;
- Size
- 8vo
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