The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
by Bauby, Jean-Dominique
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1857027795
- ISBN 13
- 9781857027792
- Seller
-
Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 1857027795 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 140 pages .
Synopsis
Jean-Dominique Bauby was born in France in 1952. He attended school in Paris. After working as a journalist for a number of years, Bauby became the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine in Paris in 1991. On December 8, 1995 he had a stroke which left him with the condition known as locked-in syndrome. Bauby died on March 9, 1997, two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly . He was the father of two children, Theophile and Celeste.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Haymes & Co. (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B5252
- Title
- The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
- Author
- Bauby, Jean-Dominique
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1857027795
- ISBN 13
- 9781857027792
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 1857027795, Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Haymes & Co.
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Kingscliff, New South Wales
About Haymes & Co.
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