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Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
£14.17£12.05
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover with slipcase, published by The Heritage Press, 1950. First published n 1856, this is the first Heritage Press edition. Classic. Madame Bovary, always searching for happiness, will it always remain out of her reach? 348 pages, 6-3/4" X 10-1/4", sewn binding. Includes the 'Sandglass' newsletter that provides further information on the book and on the printing. Translated by J. Lewis May, illustrated by Pierre Brissaud and Theo Schmied. A total of twenty illustrations. Sturdy deocarted cover boards, with bright purple cloth covered spine, the title is imprinted on the spine in gold. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased. This is not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Edges of the text block are clean. There is a crease mark to the top right corner of the text page from 340 through the end of the text block - about 1/2" X 1" diagonal crease at the top corner. Crease is not very visible, photo attached. Slipcase box is intact, a couple spots of staining to the box. Attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.
Synopsis
Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first novel and considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22-05331
- Title
- Madame Bovary
- Author
- Gustave Flaubert
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Heritage Press;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
Biblio member since 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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