Enchantress : Marthe Bibesco and Her World by Sutherland, Christine

*Giftable - Enchantress: Marthe Bibesco and Her World - Sutherland, Christine, beautifully bound & presented first edition gray speckled boards, wrapped with a Aqua binding, gold titling on binding & front of the book. ... Printed on nice beige acid-free stock, the book does not appear to have been read. .. Just a small amount of wearing head / foot -book from being shelved. ..Princess Marthe Bibesco had looks, talent, a cosmopolitan education. Becoming, one of the most acclaimed international writers,intellectuals of her day." "Yet Marthe's life, for all its privilege, elegance, achievement, was a hostage to history. First English-language biography of Princess Bibesco, Christine Sutherland brings back to life this courageous, unconventional woman, whose passion for literature, European politics, folk traditions of her remote country sustained her through two bloody world wars,collapse of the old aristocratic order, a stormy marriage,eventually, losing her wealth,home, &promise; of a free, democratic… Read More

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, cocked, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1996. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Quarter bound green cloth with grey boards & gilt lettering, headband, 318 pages plus 8 pages of b & w photos, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fione condition. Contents include: Author's Note / Intro / The Lahovarys / The Virgin Bride / Journey to Paradise / In Proust's Paris / The German Kronprinz / Marthe in Love / The End of Old Europe / The Knight-Errant / The Hospital / In Exile / A New World / Fame / Thomson and Ramsay MacDonald / The Drift to War / From the German Hammer to the Red Menace / The Last Challenge / Epilogue / Bibliography / index. Check out the scans. . First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jacket cover "Marthe Bibesco" by Giovanni Boldini,. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996,. 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0374148147 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xvi,318pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / no dustwrapper. ISBN: 0374148147 .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1997-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!