Adolphe
$22.49 USD • Used
Batik-like, hand-crafted paper boards with black and gold spine text block are in excellent condition with small lower corner bumps and a little rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Same won...
Batik-like, hand-crafted paper boards with black and gold spine text block are in excellent condition with small lower corner bumps and a little rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Same wonderful paper is used on the inside covers and endpapers, bookplate on inside front cover, interior is tanned. Editions Maurice Glomeau 1929, stamped #474 All orders packed with care, dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011Adolphe is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellanore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit relationship serves to isolate them from their friends and from society at large. The book eschews all conventional descriptions of exteriors for the sake of detailed accounts of feelings and states of mind.
Product Info
Publisher: Editions Maurice Glomeau
Year: 1929
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Seller Info
ScottCraninIvyRidgeBooks
Address: 421 Elm St Fayetteville, New York
Website: https://www.ivyridgebooks.com
Country: United States
