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Madame Bovary
by Flaubert, Gustave
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A touch of rubbing along top third of front joint and a little at corner tips. No cracking. No chipping. Overall fine condition
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. Fourth printing. 8vo. 3/4 blue leather with blue cloth boards. Gold rules and gold tooled panels. Raised bands. Laid paper. 441 pp. One page list of Borzoi Classics. Blue-green marbled endpapers. Title page with green embellishment. Top edge gilt. A touch of rubbing along top third of front joint and a little at corner tips. No cracking. No chipping. Overall fine condition. Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. With an introduction by Burton Rascoe.
Synopsis
Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first novel and considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 858
- Title
- Madame Bovary
- Author
- Flaubert, Gustave
- Illustrator
- Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. With an introduction by Burton Rascoe
- Format/Binding
- 8vo. 3/4 blue leather with blue cloth boards. Gold rules and gold tooled panels. Raised bands. Laid paper. 441 pp. One page list
- Book Condition
- Used - A touch of rubbing along top third of front joint and a little at corner tips. No cracking. No chipping. Overall fine condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Bovary French Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frogtown Books, Inc.
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Toledo, Ohio
About Frogtown Books, Inc.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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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