A Daughter of Eve/ Letters of Two Brides
by De Balzac, H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co., Ltd., 1899 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Library Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth on boards. Translated from the French to English by R.S. Scott. Previous owner's partial bookplate. Top edges gilt. Untrimmed front and foot. In A Daughter of Eve, a countess, happily married, gives in to the urging by her friends to take a lover. She falls in love with a brilliant journalist, who thereby thinks his future is secure. When his life turns sour she rescues him, and then.... Letters of Two Brides is a story of two friends in the convent who leave to continue their friendship in correspondence which lasts 17 years. One marries a commoner, whom she will help to achieve a higher station. A Daughter of Eve was first written in 1838, and Letters of Two Brides, three years later. Shows library card pocket removal. 383 pp..
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- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007449
- Title
- A Daughter of Eve/ Letters of Two Brides
- Author
- De Balzac, H
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Library Edition
- Publisher
- Gebbie Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NOISBN Literature. Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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