Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig - 1933: The Portrait of an Average Woman

Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co, 1933 early reprint, NEAR FINE/GOOD HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents Stefan Zweig's MARIE ANTOINETTE, along with the full ORIGINAL DUST JACKET--all in REMARKABLE CONDITION! The book was the basis for the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, Marie Antoinette, starring Norma Shearer. 6 3/4" x 10", 476 pages with Chronological Table, Postface and Index 9 illustration plates with Frontispiece Overall condition of book is NEAR FINE. Pages (both reverse covers and first and last fep's are blue with sharp white Fleur-de- Lys designs, top edges are stained blue) = NEAR FINE: tiny scratch on last decorated fep, small amount of foxing on outer edges, owner label on front reverse cover, finger smudge on page 28, else very tight vellum pages, sharp corner, clear text, no additional marks Cover (Blue cloth boards with drop stamped fleur-de-lys and particulars front, silver gilt fleur-de-lys and particulars on spine) = Fine: few light scratches on back, bit of sunning to lower 1/3" of front, else very tight, clear, sharp and square ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET (blue and gold glossy paper with curio portrait of Marie Antoinette topping an illustration of the Gardens of Versailles, with particulars in black) = Good: chipping on all edges, one inch tear on bottom of rear flap fold, rubbed and moderately faded throughout, else entire with no repairs, clear and colorful, no marks "A superb book, completely persuasive. It is irresistible--the best book on the Revolution I ever read" (Alexander Woollcott) VERY COLLECTIBLE!