My Uncle Barbassou
by Uchard, Mario
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Vizetelly & Co, 1888. blue c w/gilt and black decorations;titles; moderate wear at extremities; lite chipping of end papers; 339 clean, unmarked, litely age-toned pages...wry, erotic story of a young Frenchman who is willed his eccentric uncles harem and finds himself literally seduced by the lifestyle it offers. The character of Uncle Barbassou was allegedly based rather loosely on Sir Richard Burton. The first edition was published in French in 1876, this is the 2nd English printing. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by 40 Etchings By Paul Avril. 4 vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dorley House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 088094
- Title
- My Uncle Barbassou
- Author
- Uchard, Mario
- Illustrator
- 40 Etchings By Paul Avril
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd
- Publisher
- Vizetelly & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Erotica
- Size
- 4 vo
Terms of Sale
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Dorley House Books
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Hagerstown, Maryland
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