Diving Bell and the Butterfly
by Bauby, Jean-Dominique
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375401156
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401152
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. As new. First United States Edition stated on the copyright page. Original price of $20.00 printed on front flap of dust jacket.
Synopsis
Jean-Dominique Bauby was born in France in 1952. He attended school in Paris. After working as a journalist for a number of years, Bauby became the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine in Paris in 1991. On December 8, 1995 he had a stroke which left him with the condition known as locked-in syndrome. Bauby died on March 9, 1997, two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly . He was the father of two children, Theophile and Celeste.
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- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1306110
- Title
- Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Author
- Bauby, Jean-Dominique
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375401156
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401152
- Publisher
- Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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