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Le Livre De Mon Ami
by Anatole France
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
318 pp. Gilt top edge text block. Ornate spine with gilt lettering. Green cloth bookmarker is attached. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Text is written in French. A very attractive book.
Synopsis
31 decembre 188... Net mezzo del cammin di nostra vita... Au milieu du chemin de la vie... Ce vers, par lequel Dante commence la premiere cantate de La Divine Comedie, me vient a la pensee, ce soir, pour la centieme fois peut-etre. Mais c'est la premiere fois qu'il me touche. Avec quel interet je le repasse en esprit, et comme je le trouve serieux et plein! C'est qu'a ce coup j'en puis faire l'application a moi-meme. Je suis, a mon tour, au point ou fut Dante quand le vieux soleil marqua la premiere annee du XIVe siecle. Je suis au milieu du chemin de la vie, a supposer ce chemin egal pour tous et menant a la vieillesse. Mon Dieu! je savais, il y a vingt ans, qu'il faudrait en arriver la : je le savais, mais je ne le sentais pas. Je me souciais alors du milieu du chemin de la vie comme de la route de Chicago. Maintenant que j'ai gravi la cote, je retourne la tete pour embrasser d'un regard tout l'espace que j'ai traverse si vite, et le vers du poete florentin me remplit d'une telle reverie, que je passerais volontiers la nuit devant mon feu a soulever des fantomes. Les morts sont si legers, helas !
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- lr00375
- Title
- Le Livre De Mon Ami
- Author
- Anatole France
- Format/Binding
- Re-bound in quarter morocco leather and marbled boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Calman - Levy, Editeurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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