The French Lieutenant's Woman

by Fowles, John

The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969), by John Fowles, is a period novel inspired by the 1823 novel Ourika, by Claire de Duras, which Fowles translated to English during 1977 (and revised in 1994). He was a great aficionado of Thomas Hardy, and, in particular, likened his heroine, Sarah Woodruff, to Tess Durbeyfield, the protagonist of Hardy’s popular novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891).

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by Fowles, John

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First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 1969). Original brown cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. Very good or better with a very slight slant and some spotting to edges and endpapers. Contents clean otherwise. The original price-clipped dust jacket has some rubbing in places, primarily to fore-edges, hinges and spine ends with a… Read more about this item
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VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping to laminate face at top and bottom corners of spine and all outside corners, both panels. Very light scratches across face of front panel. Small stain to upper back panel. BOARDS: Very good condition. Foot of spine soft. BOOK:… Read more about this item
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by FOWLES, John (John Robert), 1926-2005 :

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London : Jonathan Cape, (1969). First edition. Victorian Lyme Regis and the enigmatic Sarah Woodruff - a book for which the note on the dust-jacket about the pagination being correct is perhaps a necessary prelude. Filmed by Karel Reisz in 1981 with a Harold Pinter screenplay, Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, etc. Post 8vo (21cm). (446),[ii]pp. Pictorial endpapers by Tom Adams.… Read more about this item
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by John Fowles

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First American edition. Third novel by Fowles. Very good copy with some spotting along top, side and bottom edges; boards show some fading and slight discoloration along top of spine and edge of front cover; unobtrusive previous owner name on top edge of FEP. Dust jacket is bright with a small piece missing from front cover at top right… Read more about this item
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London: Jonathan Cape 1969. 8vo. Signed by the author on the title page and dated 1981. 445 pp. Publisher's hardback in dust jacket. Dj spine somewhat faded and jacket slightly edgeworn. Small stains to fore-edge. No ownership names. Internally clean. Jacket not price-clipped. 0224616544 . Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 1969.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. 445, [1]. Original brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, dustjacket printed in maroon and black and blocked in gilt, top edge maroon. Dustjacket a little rubbed with some loss to spine gilding, lightly discoloured in places. Bookplate signed by the author and dated August 2001 loosely inserted. The first edition… Read more about this item
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The is a first US edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman, a 1969 historical novel by the English author John Fowles (1926-2005). It is about the difficult relationship between an English amateur naturalist and the independent former governess he falls in love with. It was an extremely successful novel. It has been printed repeatedly and has been adapted for stage… Read more about this item
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The French Lieutenant's Woman

by FOWLES, John

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1969
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a very slightly darkened spine. A lovely copy of this *Burgess 99* title that is generally encountered at least moderately worn.
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The French Lieutenant's Woman

by John Fowles

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1969
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Little Brown and Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages, solid binding, clea. Clean pages, solid binding, clean boards with light bumping, missing dust jacket
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1969
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, with clipped d/j in good condition but with some scuffs around edges. Cloth boards in good condition with gilt titling bright. Pages clean. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). et in Victorian London. The novel explores the fraught relationship of a gentleman and amateur naturalist, Charles… Read more about this item
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The French Lieutenant's Woman

by John Fowles (Signed)

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1969
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UK: Cape, 1969. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good ++/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Proof Edition 1969. Very un-common proof edition and signed by the author to the title page. The book is very good and bright. Spine lightly creased. Contents good. Age toned to some of the signature edges. The… Read more about this item
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THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN

by FOWLES JOHN

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London: Cape, 1969. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof Copy in Proof D/W (PROOF ONLY provisional publication date: June 12, 1969). Usual Cape lime-green wrappers with logos. A near fine copy with slight creasing to the spine. The over-sized (as issued) proof D/W is complete and apart from a short closed tear at the head of the spine is in fine… Read more about this item
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The French Lieutenant's Woman

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1969-06
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Stated First Edition with no mention of subsequent printings; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by the author on the 2nd free paper. A handsome copy of this extraordinary novel, by the author of "The Collector" and "The Magus"; scarce in the true first edition and signed by Fowles. This copy is… Read more about this item
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

by Fowles, John [Harold Pinter]

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by both John Fowles and Harold Pinter on the title page. Pinter wrote the screenplay for the 1981 film bearing the same name. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. An excellent near fine example in a… Read more about this item
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by John Fowles

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London: Cape, 1969. A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1969. A very good book without inscriptions with a stain to the page edge. Some spotting. In a very good clipped wrapper with thin line of brown off-setting to the rear flap.
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The French Lieutenant's Woman

by John Fowles

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1969-06
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Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1969-06. Hardcover. Good.
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Lickity Split - The Art of Splitting Cards

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Martini's Magic, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good/n/s. Nice clean copy. Ring bound. How to make your own gimmicked cards. C22pp
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The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

by Fowles, John

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The French Lieutenants Woman

by Fowles, John

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1969
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Little, Brown, And Company, 1969. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. As New/very good. As New in Very Good jacket Authors second book. An original story of wartown acrisoty and a love story on the dark side. 606 pages. Dust cover has a few nicks but would easily rate very good, inside book clean and tight.
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

by Fowles, John

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1969
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams. Possibly the most beloved of Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents… Read more about this item
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