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JEAN COCTEAU: PAST TENSE. VOLUME I: DIARIES. [And]: VOLUME II: DIARIES. Introduction by Ned Rorem. Annotations by Pierre Chanel. Translation by Richard Howard. (2 volumes).
by Cocteau, Jean
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
San Diego, New York & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1987-1988)., (1987-1988).. Very good. - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Hardcovers, two volumes each bound in gray boards backed with a violet cloth spine, in pictorial dust wrappers illustrated with portraits of Jean Cocteau. The dust jackets are slightly rubbed with glue remnants from a sticker near the top of the first jacket's front panel and the inner flap of that volume's jacket is creased. xx, [ii] & 376 pages; and [xii] & 354 pages, respectively. There is a remainder mark to the bottom edge of the second volume. Very good.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 98291
- Title
- JEAN COCTEAU: PAST TENSE. VOLUME I: DIARIES. [And]: VOLUME II: DIARIES. Introduction by Ned Rorem. Annotations by Pierre Chanel. Translation by Richard Howard. (2 volumes).
- Author
- Cocteau, Jean
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- San Diego, New York & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1987-1988).
- Date Published
- (1987-1988).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHICAL; JEAN COCTEAU: PAST TENSE; DIARIES; 2 VOLUMES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; DRAMA; ART; FILM; NED ROREM; PIERRE CHANEL; RICHARD HOWARD; TRANSLATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL.
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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