The Works of Honoré de Balzac, La Comédie Humaine: The Rise and Fall of César Birotteau (Grandeur et décadence de César Birotteau), and The Secrets of a Princess, Edition Royale de Luxe Volume XXVII [27]
by Balzac, Honoré De
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Avil Publishing , 1901. Green cloth hardcover with top edge gilt, xiii + 387 pages, plus tissue-guarded duotone illustrations, rough cut fore edges, this copy being number 537 of the Edition Royale de Luxe limited edition of 1250 copies; shelf wear to edges and corners, small patch of moisture damage to front cover, but gently read, still tight in binding although rear hinge starting to crack, interior very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Jean Delaire's extremely scarce The Lady of Robertval: An Episode [alternate Epistle] of the Peasants' War, 1526.. Hard Cover. Very Good -.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034244
- Title
- The Works of Honoré de Balzac, La Comédie Humaine: The Rise and Fall of César Birotteau (Grandeur et décadence de César Birotteau), and The Secrets of a Princess, Edition Royale de Luxe Volume XXVII [27]
- Author
- Balzac, Honoré De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Publisher
- Avil Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- FRENCH HISTORICAL ROMANCE FRANCE LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Historical Fiction;
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Eric James
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