The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.
by STEINBECK, John. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1957. First edition / First printing. Gold cloth spine, orange cloth boards, Near fine in near fine dust jacket. $3.00 price present on front jacket flap.
Synopsis
In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV , John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called egg king” of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.
Reviews
One of the greatest novelist of our time. He really knows how to describe our tainted lives.
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- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17757
- Title
- The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.
- Author
- STEINBECK, John. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois
- Format/Binding
- Gold cloth spine, orange cloth boards,
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition / First printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1957.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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