Atala and René
by Chateaubriand, François-René de (translated by Rayner Heppenstall)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963. VG. First edition.This is the hardcover only stated Oxford Edition from 1963. No DW. Both the cover and the book are in very good condition. Excellent gilt headings on spine are completely unfaded. No annotations or inscriptions. There are no rips, tears, etcetera, and the pages and binding are tight. 96 pages. "For his contemporaries, despite his other claims to fame, Chateaubriand was above all else the author of Atala and René." From the introduction by Robert Baldick. An immensely influential book featuring 2 hugely important tales for the Romanticist movement. .
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1804
- Title
- Atala and René
- Author
- Chateaubriand, François-René de (translated by Rayner Heppenstall)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963
- Keywords
- Chateaubriand Rayner Heppenstall French Literature Brittany North America Melancholy QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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