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Cyrano de Bergerac (Modern Library #154.1)
by ROSTAND, Edmond
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. [c.1951]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of author's famous play which features the silver-tongued Cyrano, who was endowed with a remarkable nose. Translated from the French by Brian Hooker. With an introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Volume wrapped in grey/orange/yellow variant jacket. --- In Toledano spine 8 / rust cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 352 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (though 1923 date appears in book). ML #154.1. --- An unmarked, tightly-bound copy, though with dulling to cover gilding. Price-clipped dust jacket with sunned spine and tears to edges, but mostly intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xix, 322, (8, ads) pages .
Synopsis
The legendary romance about a quick-witted swashbuckler whose nose is as big as his heart Set during the reign of Louis XIII, Cyrano de Bergerac is a play about one of the most estimable characters in literature. Desperately in love with the beautiful Roxane but convinced she will never look past his titanic proboscis, Cyrano helps the tongue-tied Christian pen exquisite verse with which to woo her. Presented in an elegant new translation, this comic adventure continues to be popular for its dramatic power and, above all, its magnetic hero. * Includes an introduction, chronology, explanatory notes, and historical note
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86806
- Title
- Cyrano de Bergerac (Modern Library #154.1)
- Author
- ROSTAND, Edmond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1951]
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- Sunned
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- Reprint
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