Author: D'ORMESSON, JEAN
Title: The Glory of the Empire
Description: London, George Allen and Unwin. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0048231193). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear but with a little bumping to corner tips. Internally clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with some creasing and chipping with a few closed tears. Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. An historical novel spanning the centuries and recapturing the style and manner of the great historians, filled with legend and adventure, philosophy and warpassion and poetry and scholarship. It's principal and rival families the Porphyries and the Venostae. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.86 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT A BOOK CLUB COPY 16. Very Good/Good.

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