Lafcadio's Adventures
by Gide, Andre
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Monroe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
binding is tight, spine is lightly cocked, no spine crease,, spine ends are chipped, covers are rubbed and lightly worn, no tears, a few pages at the end are very lightly creased, text is clean and unmarked, pages and inside covers are lightly yellowed, page edges are lightly soiled
Synopsis
André Gide was born in Paris in 1869 and died there in 1951. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. His works include The Immoralist, The Counterfeiters, Strait is the Gate , the autobiography If It Die . . . , and three volumes of Journals . He also wrote plays, essays, short stories, and books of travel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Nook Monroe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 316211
- Title
- Lafcadio's Adventures
- Author
- Gide, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Books / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 242
- Size
- 12mo - over 6 3/4 - 7 3/4" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, unmotivated crime, French fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction - General;
Terms of Sale
Book Nook Monroe
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About the Seller
Book Nook Monroe
Biblio member since 2022
Monroe, Michigan
About Book Nook Monroe
We were a small independent new & used bookstore established in 1969 in historic downtown Monroe, Michigan. As of September 2021 we have closed the store to the the public and have transitioned to on-line selling only. We are diligently (most days) trying to add hundreds & hundreds of (so far ignored) books in two storage units along with the new books left in our inventory. This is gonna take awhile - stay tuned.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...