Beyond Desire : A Novel Based on the Life of Felix and Cécile Mendelssohn
by La Mure, Pierre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Very Good
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1956. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 384 pages; very gently used, tight in binding, hardly a trace of shelf wear to covers other than gentle bumps to spine ends, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ rubbed along edges, several very tiny chip/tears, two short tears at front top repaired inside by clear tape, front panel illustration bright, clean and colourful, now in new mylar protector. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043951
- Title
- Beyond Desire : A Novel Based on the Life of Felix and Cécile Mendelssohn
- Author
- La Mure, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BRITISH ENGLISH GENERAL HISTORICAL FICTION ENGLAND Literature Popular Romance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
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