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Winter in Majorca
by George Sand [Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin]
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Mallorca: Valldemosa Edition, 1956. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. A smart first edition copy of Robert Grave's translation of George Sand's autobiographical travelogue, 'Winter in Majorca.' The first English edition as translated by Robert Graves of George Sand's autobiographical travel novel written at the time in a relationship with Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer and pianist of the Romantic period. It first appeared in 1841 in the Revue des deux Mondes. Sand, pen name for Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was one of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, more renowned that Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England. Narrating her trip on the island of Majorca and Chopin's illness during their stay at in the charterhouse of Valldemossa until 1839. Illustrated with seven plates and a map of Majorca. Collated, complete. With the Celda Museo F. Chopin Y G. Sand's stamp to the front free endpaper. In the original publisher's wraps. In the original publisher's illustrated wraps. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only and some minor faint marking. With the Celda Museo F. Chopin Y G. Sand's stamp to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound, The pages are clean with only a hint of age toning, as usual. Illustrated with seven plates and a map of Majorca. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 781A3
- Title
- Winter in Majorca
- Author
- George Sand [Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin]
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Valldemosa Edition
- Place of Publication
- Mallorca
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- winter in majorca george sand robert graves george sand
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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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