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Les Diaboliques
by Barbey D'Aurevilly, Jules (intro. Peter Quennell; illus Dodie Masterman)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, red clothboards, some sunning at edges and spine; black spine titling; text block firm (slight f
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About This Item
London: Paul Elek, n.d. (?1947). 1st thus. h/b. Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, red clothboards, some sunning at edges and spine; black spine titling; text block firm (slight forward lean); pages crisp and unmarked; donor's inscription ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Les Diaboliques consists of six tales of female temptresses, or she-devils, in which horror and the wild Normandy countryside combine to send a shiver down the spine of the reader. Barbey D'Aurevilly (1808-1889) gave up the law for literasture and left Normandy for Paris where he led a very dissolute life until he converted to Catholicism. A dandy, literary critic and writer he was one of the most well-known figures of his days. The publication of Les Diaboliques when he was 66 made him famous as a writer and also very rich.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132839
- Title
- Les Diaboliques
- Author
- Barbey D'Aurevilly, Jules (intro. Peter Quennell; illus Dodie Masterman)
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, red clothboards, some sunning at edges and spine; black spine titling; text block firm (slight f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paul Elek
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- n.d. (?1947)
- Pages
- 250
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, suspense, Barbey D'Aurevilly, illustration, Quennell, Masterman
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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