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COLOMBA
by Merimee, Prosper
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, New York, 1897. Hardcover Small Volume in Very Good Condition. Translated from the French by Rose Sherman. First published 1841 by Macmillan. Prosper Marimee's novel, "Carmen", was made by Georges Bizet into one of the finest of operas. Bound in red leather with blind stamped borders, gilt wreath with flame design on front and spine, gilt titles. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Very clean, unmarked, solid and tight sewn binding. Hinges intact. . Prev owner name/address on ffep and name on back side of frontis. Frontis: illustration of a lady and a guard. Interior very clean, unmarked, lightly toned. This story of Colomba is of a firey lady, the "incarnation of the revengeful spirit of Corsica". She knew the wild marquis, the lurking places of the bandits; her slender hand was skillful with the stiletto--". Colomba is one of Merimee's finest "wicked fair ones". 223ages. 12mo. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, New York, 1897.
Synopsis
Dans les premiers jours du mois d'octobre 181., le colonel sir Thomas Nevil, Irlandais, officier distingue de l'armee anglaise, descendit avec sa fille a l'hotel Beauveau, a Marseille, au retour d'un voyage en Italie. L'admiration continue des voyageurs enthousiastes a produit une reaction, et, pour se singulariser, beaucoup de touristes aujourd'hui prennent pour devise le nil admirari d'Horace. C'est a cette classe de voyageurs mecontents qu'appartenait miss Lydia, fille unique du colonel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008638
- Title
- COLOMBA
- Author
- Merimee, Prosper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MERIMEE, PROSPER 1803-1870; HISTORICAL NOVEL; 19TH CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE; CORSICA;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Glossary
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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