MADELEINE (ET NUNC MANET IN TE). Translated from the French, with an Introduction and Notes, by Justin O'Brien
by Gide, Andre
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952.. 1952.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The spine is slightly faded with the head & tail lightly chipped & frayed. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped & its spine is slightly faded with tears to the head & tail. xxiv, [i] & 98 pages plus colophon. Black-and- white portrait frontispiece. The contents are very good. <p>First American edition.<p>Gide's memoir of his wife Madeleine, referred to in his Journals as "Emmanuele".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3948
- Title
- MADELEINE (ET NUNC MANET IN TE). Translated from the French, with an Introduction and Notes, by Justin O'Brien
- Author
- Gide, Andre
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952.
- Date Published
- 1952.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; MEMOIR; FRENCH; ANDRE GIDE; MADAME GIDE; MARRIAGE; ET NUNC MANET IN TE; JUSTIN O'BRIEN; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION;1ST AMERICAN EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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