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The Works of Guy De Maupassant: Short Stories
by MAUPASSANT, GUY DE
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Black's Readers Service, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition. No Jacket. Clean, tight, solid book. Bound in golden-tan faux leather with gilt lettering and border on front, red title panel on spine with elaborate gilt decoration and title within panel. Gilt is sharp and bright. No wear to boards. Other than a faint smudge on the lower left of the front panel, there are no other marks or wear to boards. Top edge gilt . Red silk page marker. Interior clean, no marks of any kind, no creases. Bottom edge of text block has a few tiny pale spots. Text in two columns. A very handsome, solid, clean volume. Short stories by French 19th century author Guy de Maupassant,(1850-1893) generally considered the greatest French short story writer. His short stories (he wrote 300) are often robust comedy, and are usually built around simple episodes of everyday life that reveal the hidden side of people. 606 pages. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Black's Readers Service, Roslyn, New York, 1941.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022372
- Title
- The Works of Guy De Maupassant: Short Stories
- Author
- MAUPASSANT, GUY DE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Black's Readers Service
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FRENCH LITERATURE, 19TH CENTURY GUY DE MAUPASSANT 1850-1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
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