Selected Novels - 21 Volumes
by Balzac, Honore De
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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AURORA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good +. Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons, 1895. Very Good +. 1895 - 1898 Bound in red cloth, paper spine labels, top edge gilt, rough cut. Bindings sound, clean, no interior markings. Illustrated with b&w plates. There are two volumes with a stain on the back boards. These are the titles that comprise the set: "Cesar Birotteau", "The Petty Bourgeois" (in 2 volumes), "Cat and Racket", "The Lily of the Valley", The Illustrious Gaudissart", "A Passion in the Desert", 'The Marriage Contract" (the lower half of the front hinge is cracked on this volume), "Eugenie Grandet", "The Chouans", The Civil Service", "The Unknown Masterpiece", "The Magic Skin", "The Village Cure", "The Poor Relations" (in 2 volumes), "The History of the Thirteen", "The Celibates" (volume 2 only), "Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans" (in 2 volumes), "Catherine de Medici".
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- Bookseller
- Books of Aurora (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001625
- Title
- Selected Novels - 21 Volumes
- Author
- Balzac, Honore De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Barrie's Sons
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1895
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- Literature;
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