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Désirée
de Annemarie Selinko (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Copenhagen, Denmark. : Gyldendal, 1952 Gyldendal, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1952. Hardcover. In Danish. Edition not stated. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear and nicks to leather head, tail, and tips; small chips out of paper wrap on the front board. No DJ. 3/4 brown leather binding; four bands; tweed and brown overlay on the boards; gilt lettering and emblems on spine; marbled endpapers; sprinkled textblock edges. Sound internal hinges without splits or breaks. 422 pp 8vo. Fourteen-year-old Desiree, a merchant’s daughter living at the time of the French Revolution, meets a dashing young military officer, Napoleon Bonaparte. They become engaged and, though they part, the emotional bond between them never completely breaks.The novel is written in the form of Desiree’s diary from 1794 to 1829. The author paints a vivid picture of France during the later years of the Revolution as well as Napoleon’s reign and its aftermath. A clean very presentable copy with a rare signature by Selinko.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 008881
- Título
- Désirée
- Autor
- Annemarie Selinko (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Gyldendal
- Lugar de publicación
- Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1952
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Desiree, Annemarie Selinko, French Revolution. Napoleon Bonaparte, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Historical Fiction;
Términos de venta
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
