Nouveaux Contes Cruels
by Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle Adam
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$1,334.68A$1,201.21
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About This Item
Paris: A La Librairie Illustree, 1888. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 6" by 4". None. A first edition of this collection of horror tales by French symbolist author Auguste de Villiers. An important collection of horror stories, which pioneered the short story genre conte cruel. This genre of writing was adopted by Charles Birkin, Maurice Level and Roald Dahl. Scarce in the original wraps. This first edition is undated as called for. In the original French. Villiers' typically wrote in a Romantic style, with fantastic plots filled with mystery and horror. In the publisher's original wraps. Externally, smart. Chips to the extremities and loss to the head and tail of spine. Fading to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Several gatherings remain unopened at the top edge. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 779L5
- Title
- Nouveaux Contes Cruels
- Author
- Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle Adam
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- A La Librairie Illustree
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 6" by 4"
- Keywords
- Conte cruel 1st Edition Scarce 1st Edition
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- Gatherings
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...