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HOTEL PASTIS; A Novel of Provence
by Mayle, Peter
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0679402292
- ISBN 13
- 9780679402299
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. Like New/Like New. Ruth Martin. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's tipped in front endpaper, 8vo (8 1/8" x 5 1/4"), blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over light blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), publisher's orange topstain, 389 pages + [2] blanks + [3] A Note About the Author / A Note on theType. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark. Peter Mayle (1939 - 12018) was a British businessman turned author who moved to France in the 1980s. He wrote a series of bestselling memoirs of his life there, beginning with A Year in Provence (1989).<br /> <br /> Re: Simon Shaw, a forty-two-year-old advertising tycoon, worn down by insatiable clients and a rapacious ex-wife, wants to get away from it all. On impulse he drives to the south of France. When an accident leaves him stranded in Provence...<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in Like NEW CONDITION! Very Tight, bright, & clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks.
Synopsis
Peter Mayle spent fifteen years in the advertising business, first as a copywriter and then as a reluctant executive, before escaping Madison Avenue in 1975 to write educational books for children. In 1990, Mr. Mayle published A Year in Provence , which became an international bestseller. He is also the author of Encore Provence , Toujours Provence , A Dog's Life , Anything Considered and Chasing Cezanne . In addition to writing books which have been translated into more than twenty languages, Mayle has contributed to the Sunday Times, Financial Times, Independent, GQ and Esquire. He and his wife and two dogs live in the South of France.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8667
- Title
- HOTEL PASTIS; A Novel of Provence
- Author
- Mayle, Peter
- Illustrator
- Ruth Martin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679402292
- ISBN 13
- 9780679402299
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- copyrt page blurred;
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