Monsieur Beaucaire
by TARKINGTON, Booth
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press. Near Fine. 1961. Hardcover. A handsome Heritage Press illustrated edition of Booth Tarkington's 1900 novelette. This story is set amidst high society in Bath, England. The title character is an honest man who wishes to be accepted in elite society. With illustrations and decorations by T. M. Cleland and with a preface by J. Donald Adams. Sandglass leaflet laid in (New York, no. XII: 27). --- Bound in full dark red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover & spine titling. Volume wrapped in slipcase which is covered in faux tweed paper. --- An about Near Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked. Slipcase with minor scuffing; remains structurally sound.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 121 pages .
Synopsis
The young Frenchman did very well what he had planned to do. His guess that the Duke would cheat proved good. As the unshod half-dozen figures that had been standing noiselessly in the entryway stole softly into the shadows of the chamber, he leaned across the table and smilingly plucked a card out of the big Englishman's sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73230
- Title
- Monsieur Beaucaire
- Author
- TARKINGTON, Booth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
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About the Seller
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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