Les Trois Mousquetaires; [The Three Musketeers]
by Dumas, Alexandre
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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The 1st appearance was a daily serialization in the newspaper Le Siècle (The Century, or some translate it as The Age) from Mar. 14-Jul. 14, 1844. Our Alph. Lebègue edition holds priority over all other book editions, and it is also the rarest. The reason (in this case) that all the 1844 Brussels editions of Les Trois Mousquetaires precede the 1844 Paris edition, is because after the newspaper serial was completed, and with at least 4 of the Brussels editions fully published and being sold, Dumas casually opened Paris book publication rights for bidding while he (unnecessarily) wrote a short preface and slightly revised the text. Most who have read both texts concur that the original is better than the revised. The winner of Dumas' auction for Paris book rights (in a feisty rivalry) was finally Baudry, and he paid a lot for the privilege, so he published a larger edition than was usual for the Paris editions of Dumas' novels up to that time. And yes, it's odd (I'm amazed if there ever was one) that Baudry's (Paris) edition of Les Trois Mousquetaires is the most common of the Paris 1st editions of Dumas' major novels, while Lebègue's (Brussels) edition of it is the rarest Brussels 1st edition of them all, and yet most booksellers continue to offer the Paris edition at excessive prices, without mentioning that it's the 5th edition, because that's the edition they can find, and so they snuggle up against it like a sick kitten to a warm brick.
You think you've read it in English? Maybe not. Richard Pevear's 2006 translation is the first complete, uncut, unsanitized, unbowdlerized edition in English ever published.
Synopsis
This swashbuckling tale, beloved around the world, follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a country boy who travels to Paris to join the Musketeers, save his Queen from scandal, and outwit the devious Cardinal Richelieu.
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- Bookseller
- Biblioctopus (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 452
- Title
- Les Trois Mousquetaires; [The Three Musketeers]
- Author
- Dumas, Alexandre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alph. Lebègue
- Place of Publication
- Brussels
- Date Published
- 1844
- Keywords
- NYABF2023
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