Short Stories of De Maupassant: A Selection from the Stories of Guy De Maupassant
by MAUPASSANT, GUY DE
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good/No Jacket
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USA: International Collectors Library, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Clean, tight, solid book. Dark green faux leather binding with sharp and bright gilt decoration and double border with scroll work on front, spine with elaborate gilt decoration and titles. Very clean. Spine head compressed and rubbed and there is a small scuff on the rear upper edge near spine head. Hinge has a one inch scuff mark. Red silk page marker. Rough cut. Internals are clean, no marks, no creases. A very nice, tight, solid, clean, attractive volume. No publication date. c. 1972. Short stories by French 19th century author Guy de Maupassant, generally considered the greatest French short story writer. His short stories (he wrote 300) are often robust comedy, and are usually built around simple episodes of everyday life that reveal the hidden side of people. 523 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. International Collectors Library, Garden City, N. Y., 1972.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010233
- Title
- Short Stories of De Maupassant: A Selection from the Stories of Guy De Maupassant
- Author
- MAUPASSANT, GUY DE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- International Collectors Library
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FRENCH LITERATURE, 19TH CENTURY GUY DE MAUPASSANT 1850-1893
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- Fiction. Classics;
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