FLOWERS OF EVIL
by BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1977. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. Illustrations by Pierre-Yves Tremais. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. From the Easton series, "The 100 Greatest Book Ever Written". Occasional underlining and marginal notes in a neat hand. First published in 1846. Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a French poet, essayist, art critic. 201pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Brown Leather. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015089
- Title
- FLOWERS OF EVIL
- Author
- BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- Demy Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French Literature, Poetry, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Edges
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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