CELLE QUI N'ETAIT PLUS... (DIABOLIQUE)
by Boileau, Pierre and Narcejac, Thomas (writing as Boileau-Narcejac)
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- first
- Condition
- New/very good +
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Denoël, 1952. First French Edition. New/very good +. First Printing. A Fine copy in a Very Good+ example of the rare dustjacket. The jacket has one shallow chip at the crown of the spine, with a light rubbing and a several short closed tears to the extremities. The French crime fiction duo's first novel, preceding the American edition ("The Woman Who Was No More") by two years. "Celle Qui N'Etait Plus" is the story of two womenâthe fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys' boarding schoolâwho hatch a daring revenge plot after enduring both physical and verbal abuse. Basis for "Les Diaboliques" (Diabolique), the 1955 masterpiece by directed by Henri-George Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, and Paul Meurisse. A cornerstone film source title, particularly scarce in the original dustjacket. Criterion #35.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 441
- Title
- CELLE QUI N'ETAIT PLUS... (DIABOLIQUE)
- Author
- Boileau, Pierre and Narcejac, Thomas (writing as Boileau-Narcejac)
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First French Edition
- Publisher
- Denoël
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- NOEBAY
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.