Un Divorce
by Paul Bourget
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1904. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None . A discussion on divorce by French novelist Paul Bourget, the first edition in a lovely quarter morocco binding. The first trade edition of this work, published simultaneously as some limited editions, printed on papier de Holland, Chine, and Japon. A French novel in which Paul Bourget defends the position of the Roman Catholic Church, which considered divorce as a violation of natural laws. In the original French.Paul Bourget was a novelist, nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature five times. In a decorative quarter morocco binding. In a quarter morocco binding over marbled boards and endpapers. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear. Minor previous ownership inscription to the recto of the limitation page. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are clean with some browning, as usual. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 791A46
- Title
- Un Divorce
- Author
- Paul Bourget
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Plon-Nourrit et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 7.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- paul bourget first editions leather first editions
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...