Désirée
by Annemarie Selinko (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Copenhagen, Denmark. : Gyldendal, 1952 Gyldendal, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1952. Hardcover. In Danish. Edition not stated. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear and nicks to leather head, tail, and tips; small chips out of paper wrap on the front board. No DJ. 3/4 brown leather binding; four bands; tweed and brown overlay on the boards; gilt lettering and emblems on spine; marbled endpapers; sprinkled textblock edges. Sound internal hinges without splits or breaks. 422 pp 8vo. Fourteen-year-old Desiree, a merchant’s daughter living at the time of the French Revolution, meets a dashing young military officer, Napoleon Bonaparte. They become engaged and, though they part, the emotional bond between them never completely breaks.The novel is written in the form of Desiree’s diary from 1794 to 1829. The author paints a vivid picture of France during the later years of the Revolution as well as Napoleon’s reign and its aftermath. A clean very presentable copy with a rare signature by Selinko.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008881
- Title
- Désirée
- Author
- Annemarie Selinko (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gyldendal
- Place of Publication
- Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Desiree, Annemarie Selinko, French Revolution. Napoleon Bonaparte, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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