Author: BALZAC, HONORé DE (AUTHOR); DORÉ, GUSTAVE (ILLUSTRATIONS )
Title: The Doré Illustrated Balzac Droll Stories: Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
Description: New York: Bell Publishing Company / Crown Publishers, Inc, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517226340. An English language presentation of 30 unexpurgated stories by Honoré de Balzac, known for their humorous (and sometimes bawdy) representation of the human condition. With 425 engraved illustrations by Gustave Doré. Translated from the French by an unattributed translator, who has supplied an introduction. --- In orange paper-covered boards with Doré illustrations and titling in gilt to cover and spine. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with more Doré illustrations on all sides. --- With a little binder's glue residue to endpapers, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Unpriced dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges and a bit of sunning to spine, else intact, bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (42), 651 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0517226340 >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Illustrated Classics
Title: The Doré Illustrated Balzac Droll Stories: Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
Description: New York: Bell Publishing Company / Crown Publishers, Inc, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517226340. An English language presentation of 30 unexpurgated stories by Honoré de Balzac, known for their humorous (and sometimes bawdy) representation of the human condition. With 425 engraved illustrations by Gustave Doré. Translated from the French by an unattributed translator, who has supplied an introduction. --- In orange paper-covered boards with Doré illustrations and titling in gilt to cover and spine. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with more Doré illustrations on all sides. --- With a little binder's glue residue to endpapers, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Unpriced dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges and a bit of sunning to spine, else intact, bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (42), 651 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0517226340 >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Illustrated Classics
Price: US$ 32.50 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 86636
- Book number: 86636