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EUGENIE GRANDET
by BALZAC, Honore de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Slight sunning to spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Slight sunning to spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full tan buckram with gold-stamped black leather labels. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Richard Aldington. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Of 1500 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered but labeled "Office Copy" with a presentation blindstamp by the publisher.
Synopsis
Eugénie Grandet (1833) is a novel by Honoré de Balzac about miserliness, and how it is bequeathed from the father to the daughter, Eugénie, through her unsatisfying love attachment with her cousin. As is usual with Balzac, all the characters in the novel are fully realized. Balzac conceived his grand project, The Human Comedy, while writing Eugénie Grandet and incorporated it into the Comedie by revising the names of some of the characters in the second edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015664
- Title
- EUGENIE GRANDET
- Author
- BALZAC, Honore de
- Illustrator
- Rene Ben Sussan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight sunning to spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Signed, Hand-colored, Signed, Curwen Press, Limited Editions Club, Fine Press, 19th Century French Literature, Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- French Literature; 19th Century French Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
Glossary
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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