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SCARAMOUCHE: THE KING-MAKER
by Sabatini, Rafael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Bookplate affixed to front paste-down, spine rubbed and worn, lettering perished, a good copy in a fair dust jacket heavily worn
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. First U. S. edition. Bookplate affixed to front paste-down, spine rubbed and worn, lettering perished, a good copy in a fair dust jacket heavily worn, tears, lower quarter of spine panel missing, creases and splits. A filler copy. (24768). Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1-3] 4-420, original black cloth, front and spine stamped in orange, fore edge rough cut, top edge stained orange. The story of Robert Carr who had the ear of King James the First, and his affair with the Countess of Essex.
Synopsis
Once he was André-Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among France’s lower class—until his best friend is mercilessly struck down by a member of the aristocracy. Now, he is Scaramouche. Speaking out against the unjust French Government, he takes refuge with a nomadic band of acting improvisers where he assumes the role of Scaramouche The Clown—a comic figure with a very serious message... Set during the French Revolution, this novel of swashbuckling romance is also a thought-provoking commentary on class, inequality, and the individual’s role in society—a story that has become Rafael Sabatini’s enduring legacy.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24768
- Title
- SCARAMOUCHE: THE KING-MAKER
- Author
- Sabatini, Rafael
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate affixed to front paste-down, spine rubbed and worn, lettering perished, a good copy in a fair dust jacket heavily worn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction . Historical Fiction
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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- Bookplate
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