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The French Lieutenant's Woman
by Fowles, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Stated first edition. Full grey cloth, silver lettering and gilt decoration on spine, grey endpapers. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Endpapers lightly sunned. The unclipped dust jacket shows mild wear, else fine. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (viii), 467 pp .
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12861
- Title
- The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Author
- Fowles, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Fiction;, Literature;, Novels;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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