Author: Alphonse Daudet
Title: Works by Alphonse Daudet
Description: Paris, C. Marpon et E. Flammarion; E. Flammarion; Alphonse Lemerre , 1887-1891. Leather. Two novels and a play by the French writer Alphonse Daudet. All are in the original French.Alphonse Daudet was a French novelist. He was a monarchist and opponent of the French Republic. Within L'immortel he bitterly attacks the Academie Francaise. Tartarin of Tarascon (1887) is set in the provencal town of Tarascon which is enthusiastic about hunting, so much so that no game lives anywhere near and was first published in 1872. Tartarin de Tarascon is illustrated by J. Girardet, Montegut, de Myrbach, Picard and Rossi with many in-text illustrations. This volume has been rebound with the original paper wraps of L'Illustration bound inside.  A limited edition of one hundred copies. L'Immortel (1888) is another novel by Alphonse Daudet that considers the lives of Parisians. L'Obstacle is a play in four acts with illustrations by De Bieler, Gambard, Marold and Montegut, dated 1891 from Jisc. With illustrations throughout the text. Each volume has a bookplate to the front pastedown for Elizabeth Sherman Cameron.Collated, complete.  In quarter leather with marbled boards. Externally, worn. Bumping and tears to the front board of L'Immortel. With marks to all the spines and boards. The rear hinge has failed to l'obstacle and the front hinge has almost failed and is loose. Each volume has a bookplate to the front pastedown for Elizabeth Sherman Cameron. Internally, generally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Good Only . Ill.: De Bieler, Gambard, Marold et Montegut; J. Girardet, de Myrbach, Picard et Rossi. Good Only .

Keywords: Works by Alphonse Daudet L'obstacle plays french literature L'obstacle De Bieler, Gambard, Marold et Montegut; J. Girardet, de Myrbach, Picard et Rossi


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