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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. slight rubbing at the heel of the spine, and slight dustiness of the top edge of the textblock, erasure mark at the top of the front free end page, otherwise a clean and tidy copy. 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: 0242744. . 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 #
- 0242744
- 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
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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