The Limitations of Victory
by Fabre-Luce, Alfred, and Vesey, Constance (Translator)
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- Good in fair dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. DJ has some wear, soiling edge tears and chips. No
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Presumed first U. S. edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. DJ has some wear, soiling edge tears and chips. Notes inside back cover. Some marks to text and comments noted.. 367, [1] p. Includes index. Footnotes. This was originally published in France as La Victoire. Translated from Wikipedia: "Alfred Fabre-Luce, born in Paris May 16, 1899 and died in that city on 17 May 1983 was a French journalist and writer. In 1919, he was stationed in London as attache. A year later, he decided to return to Paris to begin a career in journalism. He began to publish articles in various newspapers and is dedicated to writing political and literary works. In 1924, his first attempt, Victory, is attacking the foreign policy of Raymond Poincaré whom he accuses of being partially responsible for the First World War. Three years later, after a trip to the Soviet Union, Russia published by Grasset, 1927, denouncing the living conditions and political events of the new USSR.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70122
- Title
- The Limitations of Victory
- Author
- Fabre-Luce, Alfred, and Vesey, Constance (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in fair dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. DJ has some wear, soiling edge tears and chips. No
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed first U. S. edition/first printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Bethmann-Hollweg; Berchthod; Edward Grey; Hotzendorf; Poincare; Sazonov; Paleologue; Isvolsky; First World War
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