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Salammbo
by Gustave Flaubert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Editions de Cluny , 1937. Leather. Near Fine. 7" by 4.5". None . A lovely copy of Flaubert's incendiary historical novel in charming half morocco binding. A violent and sensual novel set in Carthage during the third century BC, before and during the Mercenary Revolt shortly after the First Punic War. The novel was enormously popular when first published and is credited to have renewed interest in the history of the Roman Republic's conflict with the North African Phoenician outpost of Carthage.Originally published in 1862. This is a modern 1937 edition from Editions de Cluny of Paris, volume four in the 'Bibliotheque de Cluny' series. Gustave Flaubert was an influential French novelist in the nineteenth century, considered to be a leading exponents of literary realism. Original publisher's wraps bound in with the volume. Rebound in quarter straight up grain morocco over paper covered boards, new marbled endpapers. Externally lovely with only light fading to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 860A49
- Title
- Salammbo
- Author
- Gustave Flaubert
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Editions de Cluny
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 7" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- gustave flaubert french literature rebound world literature french literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
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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- Morocco
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- Fine
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- New
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