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The Black Tulip (Oxford World's Classics)
by DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0192837508
- ISBN 13
- 9780192837509
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About This Item
Oxford, UK: Oxford Univ Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Oxford World's Classics Paperback, 2000. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by David Coward. First published in 1993 as a World Classics Paperback. Reissued as an Oxford World Classic's Paperback in 2000. This new edition reprints the first classic English translation. Set in Holland in 1672, Dumas weaves the historical events surrounding the brutal murder of John de Witt and his brother Cornelius into a tale of romantic love. This is during a turbulent time of the Dutch Republic and the 'tulipmania' of the 17th century that brought wealth to some and ruin to many. A political allegory. Clean and bright wraps with light slight edge wear and small crease to upper corner. No spine creases. Tight and square binding. Pages and text block edges clean and free from any markings, no creases; lightly toned. Introduction, Notes on Text, Bibliography, Chronology of Alexandre Dumas. 258 pages with Explanatory Notes. 8vo. 2000, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv-xxv).
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- Title
- The Black Tulip (Oxford World's Classics)
- Author
- DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0192837508
- ISBN 13
- 9780192837509
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, UK
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- DUMAS, ALEXANDER (1802-1870) WITT, JOHAN DE, 1652-1672, FICTION NETHERLANDS, HISTORY, 1648-1714 TULIP MANIA
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- Fiction. Classics;
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- 0 oz
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