Balzac
by Pritchett, V.S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039448357X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394483573
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Alfred KnopF, New York, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Very Good. 272pp., includes a list of the complete works, acknowledgements, colour plates, select bibliography, illustration acknowledgements and index. Yellow coloured end papers. Coloured illustrated frontispiece, being a reproduction of a painting attributed to Gerard Granville, "Balzac with Frederick Lemaitre the actor and Theophile Gautier.". Within the text there are 39 coloured and 162 black-and-white illustrations. Yellow tint to top paper edge. Yellow coloured boards with blind stamped title running down the front fore edge of the book and black writing on the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing "Balzac wearing his monk's robe" by Boulanger, with orange and white writing on the front panel and spine. A biography of the French 19th century writer Honore Balzac. The rear panel of the dustjacket is slightly rubbed, and the book has a musty smell. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 039448357X. ISBN/EAN: 9780394483573. Inventory No: 0231778. . 9780394483573
Synopsis
V.S. Pritchett was a novelist, short-story writer, critic and traveller. He was the leading critic of the New Statesman .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0231778
- Title
- Balzac
- Author
- Pritchett, V.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039448357X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394483573
- Publisher
- Alfred KnopF
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Balzac -- Biography, French Literature, 19th Century Writers Biography & Autobiography; Unbranded ISBN: 039448357X EAN: 9780394483573 Pritchett, V.S. Balzac
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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