The Short Reign of Pippin IV
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good +, Not Price Clipped
- Seller
-
Carmel Valley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV , John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called egg king” of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.
Reviews
One of the greatest novelist of our time. He really knows how to describe our tainted lives.
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- eiew850S53
- Title
- The Short Reign of Pippin IV
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +, Not Price Clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- GOLDSTONE 36A, STEINBECK CALIFORNIA AUTHOR
Terms of Sale
California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud
About the Seller
California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud
About California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...