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UDOLPHO
by Radcliffe, Ann
- Used
- Condition
- Very good plus.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Les Éditions de l'Élan, 1948. Very good plus.. Uncommon and stylish French edition of the ur-Gothic novel, with the finest paperback cover illustration ever offered to Ann Radcliffe in any language. For reasons best known to themselves, the US paperback publishing houses which frantically dredged up and reprinted any proto-gothic, semi-gothic, quasi-gothic, and not a few Not Gothic classics throughout the '60s and early '70s neglected to refurbish and re-issue Radcliffe (or Lewis) in the same style. Bram Stoker, yes; Lady Caroline Lamb, yes; Ann Radcliffe, no. For an excellent modern Udolpho that looks well on the bookshelf and better in the hand, one must go to France, which did and does very well by English authors in translation. Stylish, striking, and quite unlike the pulp covers familiar to an Anglophone readership. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Translated into French and with a historical introduction by G. Charbonnier and A. Frédérique. Series "Les Grands Romans Étrangers". Original printed wrappers. In original pictorial jacket. 316, [2] pages. Bookplate of noted collector Christian Galau to front paste-down. Moderate edgewear, minor chipping to jacket edges and toning to interior, faint markings to endpapers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44810
- Title
- UDOLPHO
- Author
- Radcliffe, Ann
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Les Éditions de l'Élan
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- 1940s,19th century,Woman Author,In Translation,Horror & Gothic,France,English & British
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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