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The Red and the Black (In Slipcase)
by Stendhal
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Special Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's quarter red cloth over black boards, black lettering on spine, red illustration on cover, all edges red, contains original Sandglass newsletter to subscribers of The Heritage Press, original black slipcase, contains B&W illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. . Spine sunned and lettering faded, previous owner's bookplate on ffep, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. VERY GOOD. . B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (xv), 450 pp .
Synopsis
Handsome and ambitious, Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins and make something of his life-by adopting the code of hypocrisy by which his society operates. Julien ultimately commits a crime-out of passion, principle, or insanity-that will bring about his downfall. The Red and the Black is a lively, satirical picture of French Restoration society after Waterloo, riddled with corruption, greed, and ennui. The complex, sympathetic portrayal of Julien, the cold exploiter whose Machiavellian campaign is undercut by his own emotions, makes him Stendhal 's most brilliant and human creation-and one of the greatest characters in European literature. Translated with an introduction by Roger Gard.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23202
- Title
- The Red and the Black (In Slipcase)
- Author
- Stendhal
- Illustrator
- Rafaello Busoni
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Special Edition. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Literature;, Fiction;, Novels;, Illustrated Books, Christianity, Catholicism, Holy Orders
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Sunned
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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