New York: Atheneum, 1963 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. viii (ii), 237 (2) pp, b&w frontis, foreword; 1. The Childhood of a Perpetual Child; 2. With a Passion Aproaching My Own; 3. Nothing Human Is Allowed to be Perfect; 4. The Temptations of a Trio; 5. Her Benjamin; 6. The Center of the Stage; 7. The Unquerable Horizon; 8. Delphine; 9. The Crossing of the Rhine; 10. The Misfortunes of Corinne; 11. Benjamin the Incurable; 12. De L'Allemagne; 13. 'I Have Always Been the Same..." acknowledgments, a selected bibliography, index. First Edition, 1963. Price clipped. 1 1/4" closed tear to top edge rear panel dj with minor edge wear. Only the faintest wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with blind-stamped letterint to front board and gilt lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004120
Title: Germaine: A Portrait of Madame de Stael
Author: Andrews, Wayne
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Atheneum
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1963
Keywords: HISTORY EUROPE GERMAN INTELLECTUALS BIOGRAPHY DE STAEL MADAME (ANN LOUISE GERMAINE DE STAEL-HOLESTEIN, 1766-1817)
Bookseller catalogs: HISTORY;
Size: 8vo

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