- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.Quercus Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since January 26, 2005
Association member: IOBA
View this seller's itemsCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 80.00
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New York: New Directions, 1953. Gide won the Nobel Prize in 1947; here are two of his early satires. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition, translated from the original French by George D. Painter. Published two years after his death. Brown cloth binding with titling in black and white on the spine. Clean text; 192 pages. There is a faint moisture circle on the front cover; else a Fine copy, very fresh. The dustjacket has a lightly faded spine with a shalow chip at the head. In an archival plastic protector. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller Inventory # 006762
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Marshlands and Prometheus Misbound
- Author
- Gide, Andre
- Publisher
- New Directions, New York
- Publication year
- 1953
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good Plus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Modern Literature
Quercus Rare Books
Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
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| First item | US$ 25.00 | US$ 40.00 |
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Store description
Quercus Rare Books has been an online resource for readers and collectors since 1999. We seek to provide noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our main focus is Modern Literature, in particular the great Irish writers of the early 20th Century. We also specialize in Irish History and the Politics of Ireland's liberation. Other areas of interest are American History and significant works of the 18th-and 19th-century. Quercus is a Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Specialty
Irish History and Politics, Irish authors, Modern fictionAssociation member
Seller's business information
Quercus Rare Books
CA, U.S.A.
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