TOILERS OF THE SEA..Vol I (volume 1 one)&( II 2 TWO) IN ONE BOOK...
by HUGO, VICTOR.;.HAPGOOD, ISABEL F. TRANS
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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NY: THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.. Good+. 1888. old edition. Hardcover. 5x8". GOOD Condition STRIP HAS BIT WEAR SPINE ENDS..name to eps... "Connie Stognau 1/31/58" endpaper; BROWN LEATHER SPINE STRIP & POINTS...DARK GREEN TEXTURED CLOTH HARD COVERS..GILT TOP EDGE.. WHITE ENDPAPERS; Octopus fight illustration; 251+262pg pages; First published in 1866, Hugo's story unfolds the life of a reclusive fisherman, Gilliat, who lives on the Isle of Guernsey, where Hugo himself was exiled for a large portion of his life. When Gilliat becomes a young man, he falls in love with Déruchette, the beautiful niece of wealthy ship-owner Lethierry. When Lethierry's steamship mysteriously runs aground, Déruchette, who is in love with the new rector of the island, offers to marry the man who can recover the 'Durande'. Gilliat sets off at once to free the ship, and his feats of ingenuity and strength create some of the most memorable descriptions to be found in a romantic novel. .
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- Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
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- Title
- TOILERS OF THE SEA..Vol I (volume 1 one)&( II 2 TWO) IN ONE BOOK...
- Author
- HUGO, VICTOR.;.HAPGOOD, ISABEL F. TRANS
- Illustrator
- DUEZ,E.;.BICHARD,Cary Glossy Frontis Ilust
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- old edition
- Publisher
- THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- FICTION, Fiction, France Culture, OCTOPUS, Isle of Guernsey,, Guernsey,
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