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La Dame Aux Camelias (Camille). A Play in Five Acts [The Bernhardt Edition]
by Dumas, Alexandre (the younger) (written by); Sarah Bernhardt
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- fair to g-
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: F. Rullman, 1886. Bernhardt Edition. Softcover. fair to g-. Quarto. 45pp. [3]. Printed salmon-colored wrappers, with black lettering and decorative frame on the front cover. The front cover has a printed quote and facsimile signature, dated 1886, from Sarah Bernhardt stating "This is the only correct version of my plays, translated and printed from my prompt-books." This edition of the famed stage adaptation of "La Dame Aux Camelias" (1848, known in English as "Camille") by Alexandre Dumas fils reproduces the version of the work performed by world-famous French actress Sarah Bernhardt, starting in 1880. Each page is printed in a two column format, containing the original French text, and its English translation on the opposite page. The final three pages and interior covers contain publisher's advertisements.
Text In French and English.
Wrappers with chipping, sunning and some tears to the front cover and spine. Back wrappers almost completely missing, save some remnants at the top right corner. Interior with pages sunned. Chipping and some closed tears to pages throughout. Light water stains to the final five pages. Wrappers in fair, interior in good- condition overall. Scarce. Wrappers protected by modern mylar.
Text In French and English.
Wrappers with chipping, sunning and some tears to the front cover and spine. Back wrappers almost completely missing, save some remnants at the top right corner. Interior with pages sunned. Chipping and some closed tears to pages throughout. Light water stains to the final five pages. Wrappers in fair, interior in good- condition overall. Scarce. Wrappers protected by modern mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45378
- Title
- La Dame Aux Camelias (Camille). A Play in Five Acts [The Bernhardt Edition]
- Author
- Dumas, Alexandre (the younger) (written by); Sarah Bernhardt
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair to g-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Bernhardt Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- F. Rullman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- American Theater, American Theatre, literary adaptations, stage adaptations, French actors, French actresses, French theater,
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
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