Skip to content

The Collected Stories of Colette

The Collected Stories of Colette Hardcover - 1983

by Colette; Robert Phelps (ed. and intro.)

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first

Description

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First printing. Hardcover in decorated vioet paper covered boards over deep blue cloth spine. xvi+ 605 pp. Near fine with some foxing to the outer half of the top edge of the text block, in very good dust jacket, sunned at the spine and with a very short closed tear front panel and also slong the top inner rear panel. Presneted here for the first time in one volume in any language is the comprehensive collection of the short stories by the novelist known worldwide as Colette. The one hundred stories in this collection date from 1908 to 1945 and range from a thousand-word fable to a twenty-thousand worrd novella. Many of the classic stories appear here in English for the first time. The setings move from Paris to the Brittany coast, Mediterranean gardens to theater dressing rooms, disreputable yet wholesome bars to the fresh, sane countryside of the author's native Burgundy.
Used - Fine
NZ$35.90
NZ$7.18 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (New Jersey, United States)
The BIBLIO Guarantee | Ask Seller a Question

Details

  • Title The Collected Stories of Colette
  • Author Colette; Robert Phelps (ed. and intro.)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 624
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
  • Date 1983
  • Bookseller's Inventory # E26118
  • ISBN 9780374126292 / 0374126291
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 1.11 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 2.82 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Colette - Translations into English, France - Social life and customs - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 83016449
  • Dewey Decimal Code 843.912

About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) New Jersey, United States

Specializing in: American Literature, Baseball, Mystery, New Jersey, Sports
Biblio member since 2005
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

Terms of Sale:

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

Browse books from The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

Categories

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.