Short Stories of De Maupassant
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: International Collectors Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1930s-1960s]. Hardcover. A selection of short stories by the master French storyteller Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) in a fancy edition. The stories are rendered into English by unattributed translator(s). --- In blue faux leather covers with gilt-stamped decorations and titling on covers and spine; sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. --- A small part of the leatherette covering the spine has been torn away, and with partial splits/tears to front & rear gutters, else a sound, tightly-bound, clean copy. ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall ; 523 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83272
- Title
- Short Stories of De Maupassant
- Author
- MAUPASSANT, Guy de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- International Collectors Library
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- [c.1930s-1960s]
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Good+
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