The Coachman's Story and Other Tales
by Tubieres, Ann-Claude Philippe De, Comte De Caylus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good TEG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman Hall, 1927. Translated by Eric Sutton with an introduction by George Saintsbury. Limited Edition of 1000 copies for England and America of which this is number 1. Gilt title on light brown cloth boards with decorative paper sides. 4 and a half inch Split to side of spine. Fore and lower edges uncut. Top edge gilt. Age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Uniform with XVIII Century French Romances edited by Vyvyan Holland. Bound and printed at the Curwen Press. Comprises: The Coachman's Story; Love's Ordeal in the Four Elements; The Story of a Young Lady Who Slipped; The Memoirs of the Magistrate Guillerin; The Loser Wins; A 'Persian Letter' from a Parisian to a Turkish Friend; The Turk's Reply to the 'Persian Letter; Thw Way Things Happen; The True Story of a Gentleman's Supper Party; A Dog Fight which Broke off an Engagement; Two Birds with One Stone; Dialogue in the Form of Questions and Answers; The Water Carrier, or the Seamstress's Love Story. B2E. Limited. Hard Cover. Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000107
- Title
- The Coachman's Story and Other Tales
- Author
- Tubieres, Ann-Claude Philippe De, Comte De Caylus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good TEG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Chapman Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- French Literature, 18TH CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE, COMTE DE CAYLUS
- Bookseller catalogs
- French Literature in Translation;
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