Thais
de Anatole France
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 661.43EUR 595.29
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Sobre este artículo
London: The Literary Press Limited, c1902 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A very scarce early twentieth century English language edition of Anatole France's novel, billed by the publisher as about 'how a priest broke his vows for love of a beautiful woman'. A very scarce early UK edition of this work, in a very scarce illustrated dust wrapper, price unclipped.This novel, first published in 1890, is based on events in the life of Saint Thais of Egypt, a legendary convert to Christianity who is said to have lived in the 4th century.The work of Anatole France, often considered to be one of the greatest French writers of the Third Republic. Undated; dated c1902 via Jisc. This work was first published in the UK the year prior. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Fading to spine, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Slight discolouration to back strip tail. Boards bright. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned, with minor discolouration to wrap perimeters. Light tide mark to tail of rear wrap. Small losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with two small tears to tail of front wrap, and a further minor closed tear to head of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to first and last few leaves, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 891F31
- Título
- Thais
- Autor
- Anatole France
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Literary Press Limited
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- c1902
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- thais french literature Saint Thais of Egypt french literature
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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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