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The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication
de Steinbeck, John (illus. William Pne du Bois)
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- Very good, 1st, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve); yellow cloth spine/salmon blind pressed covers (clean); copper spine titli
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New York: The Viking Press, 1957. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve); yellow cloth spine/salmon blind pressed covers (clean); copper spine titling (some rubbing); text block firm; pages crisp and unmarked. Some foxing on edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife Maria, his star-struck daughter Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd.
Sinopsis
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.
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El Dec 27 2011, Okfine dijo:
One of the greatest novelist of our time. He really knows how to describe our tainted lives.
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- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC132301
- Título
- The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication
- Autor
- Steinbeck, John (illus. William Pne du Bois)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good, 1st, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve); yellow cloth spine/salmon blind pressed covers (clean); copper spine titli
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Viking Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1957
- Páginas
- 188
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- 1st, fiction, historical fiction, satire, humour, politics, Steinbeck, illustration, Pne du Bois
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- 12mo
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