New York: George H. Doran, 1913., 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Large octavo, grey cloth spine over pale blue grey paper covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. Top edge gilt fore and bottom edges untrimmed. 384pp. Charming portraits of Parisian characters and places in pre-World War I Paris. Gone but not forgotten. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 45 sketches by E. Rickards. A very tight, square internally clean volume with neat prior owner signature on ffep (otherwise unmarked) and a bit of light soil to boards, else fine. Near fine..

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 00010A
Title: Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People
Author: Bennett, Arnold
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: New York: George H. Doran, 1913.
Date Published: 1913
Keywords: BENNETT, EXPATRIATE, PARIS, FRANCE, FRENCH, CITY, URBAN, CULTURE, SOCIETY, CHARACTER, STUDY, SOCIAL, MANNERS, PORTRAIT, REMINISCENCE, SKETCH, MEMOIR, CIVILIZATION, LITERATURE, CUSTOMS, LITERARY, MONTMARTRE, MOULIN ROUGE, FIN DE SIECLE, PRE-WAR, BON VIVANT
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