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Haussmann Ot The Distinction
by Lafarge, Paul
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374168334
- ISBN 13
- 9780374168339
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. An historical novel (the author's second) set in Paris. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Light green paper-covered boards with a linen spine; umber titling on the spine and "PL" on the front cover. Clean text; 382 pages, The dustjacket is an interesting design by Beth Middleworth, representing a rubbed cloth jacket that has what appears to be a tipped-in 19th-Century photograph of a street in Paris. Also Fine; in an archival plastic protector.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004664
- Title
- Haussmann Ot The Distinction
- Author
- Lafarge, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374168334
- ISBN 13
- 9780374168339
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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