Seven Gothic Tales
by Isak Dinesen (PSEUD Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke ) 1885-1962
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good to very good.
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
xiv+420 pages. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 5"0 bund in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover.
Seven Gothic Tales is a collection of short stories by the Danish author Karen Blixen (under the pen name Isak Dinesen), first published in 1934, three years before her memoir Out of Africa. The collection, consisting of stories set mostly in the nineteenth century, contains her tales "The Deluge at Norderney" and "The Supper at Elsinore".
Condition: Covers soiled, corners bumped some pages dog-eared else good to very good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L8729
- Title
- Seven Gothic Tales
- Author
- Isak Dinesen (PSEUD Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke ) 1885-1962
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- xiv+420 pages
- Size
- Duodecimo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Literature;
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