A Coin in Nine Hands (collectible proof copy)
by Yourcenar, Marguerite (Marguerite de Crayencour) translated from the French by Dori Katz in collab. w/the author
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374125228
- ISBN 13
- 9780374125226
- Seller
-
Decatur, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1982 advance uncorrected proof. 116pp. paperback sm 4to: Good [blue cover paper is faded & darkened; publisher’s info taped inside front cover; top & fore edges are age darkened; else a clean, complete & tight copy] In 1980 the Belgian-born writer Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) became the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise. This novel was first written in 1934 and completely revised by the author in the 1950s. Broadly speaking, it is about a plot to assassinate Mussolini and as such is said to be the first literary work from France to confront the reality of Fascism.
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- Seller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7873
- Title
- A Coin in Nine Hands (collectible proof copy)
- Author
- Yourcenar, Marguerite (Marguerite de Crayencour) translated from the French by Dori Katz in collab. w/the author
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1982 advance uncorrected proof
- ISBN 10
- 0374125228
- ISBN 13
- 9780374125226
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1982
- Keywords
- EUROPEAN FRENCH FICTION MUSSOLINI FASCISM COLLECTIBLE ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF YOURCENAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- European Fiction;
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- Uncorrected Proof
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