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Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Stock, 1971. Paperback. Good. 1971. No Edition Remarks. 280 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Textblock is in French. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Synopsis
Latelier etait plein de lodeur puissante des roses, et quand une legere brise dete souffla parmi les arbres du jardin, il vint par la porte ouverte, la senteur lourde des lilas et le parfum plus subtil des eglantiers. Dun coin du divan fait de sacs persans sur lequel il etait etendu, fumant, selon sa coutume, dinnombrables cigarettes, lord Henry Wotton pouvait tout juste apercevoir le rayonnement des douces fleurs couleur de miel dun aubour dont les tremblantes branches semblaient a peine pouvoir supporter le poids dune aussi flamboyante splendeur ; et de temps a autre, les ombres fantastiques des oiseaux fuyants passaient sur les longs rideaux de tussor tendus devant la large fenetre, produisant une sorte deffet japonais momentane, le faisant penser a ces peintres de Tokyo a la figure de jade pallide, qui, par le moyen dun art necessairement immobile, tentent dexprimer le sens de la vitesse et du mouvement. Le murmure monotone des abeilles cherchant leur chemin dans les longues herbes non fauchees ou voltigeant autour des poudreuses baies dorees dun chevrefeuille isole, faisait plus oppressant encore ce grand calme. Le sourd grondement de Londres semblait comme la note bourdonnante dun orgue eloigne.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1713800257DPB
- Title
- Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Stock
- Date Published
- 1971
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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.
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