Author: DE KOCK, CHARLES PAUL (AUTHOR) / IVES, GEORGE BURNHAM (TRANSLATOR)
Title: The Masterpieces of Charles Paul de Kock, Volume XIV (14) - Paul and His Dog (Volume 2 of 2 Volumes) : Aquarelle Edition
Description: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George Barrie & Sons, 1903. Hard Cover. 381 pages: 5.5 x 8.5 in.: 2: Vol. 14: KB#003057: No Jacket as Issued. "Paul And His Dog (Volume 2 of 2 Volumes)". Printed for Subscribers. This is Copy #163. Only with limited to only 1000 numbered copies printed. Illustrated with one water-color facsimile and four photogravures after paintings by Gustave Fraipont. Boards are blue cloth cover with white title block on spine, somewhat darkened by age. Page edges are rough-cut with top edge smooth and gilt. Corners of pages are sharp and binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, but corners of boards are slightly worn or rubbed. If interested, I have several other volumes of this Set.. De Kock (1793-1871) was a "prolific French author whose discreetly pornographic novels about Parisian life were, in his day, popular reading throughout Europe ... Combination of vigour, coarseness, sense of plot, keen observation, sentimentality, brisk narrative, and descriptive power made his books widely appealing." (Encyclopedia Britannica) Scarce, Out Of Print, Book.. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued .

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