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Mademoiselle De Maupin. Double Love
by Gautier, Theophile
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Pierre Louys Society, 1927. Gautier's romantic erotic novel has been reprinted many times. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, "Privately Printed" for "The Pierre Louys Society" in a LIMITED EDITION of 1250 copies (960 For America). Highly decorative binding in gold and purple; the spine is olive green linen (faded to more of a brown) with gilt lettering. Clean text; 407 pages, rough-cut; with a List of the 12 Illustrations at the end. The illustrations are by Clara Tice (1888-1973), and are exceptional. Tice was an established member of the avant-garde whose work Comstock tried to suppress. She illustrated several books, which are uncommon today. Mild rubbing at margins; closed tear at bottom of Title Page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clara Tice. Privately Printed.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002645
- Title
- Mademoiselle De Maupin. Double Love
- Author
- Gautier, Theophile
- Illustrator
- Clara Tice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited.
- Publisher
- The Pierre Louys Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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