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First Decadent

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The First Decadent: Being The Strange Life Of J. K. Huysmans

by James Laver

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Used - Good

Published

1954

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Hardcover

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World of Rare Books

Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR

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Faber & Faber, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. First Published. 283 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. News clipping remnants glued to front free endpaper. Minor foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping… Read more about this item

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The First Decadent: The First Full-Length Biography in English of J.K. Huysmans

by Laver, James

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Used - Very Good

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About Very Good

Edition

First U. S. Edition

Published

1955

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Bertram Books And Fine Art

West Point, Virginia, USA

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New York: Citadel Press, 1955. 278 pages. Huysmans was a French writer. Also subtitled "The Strange Life of J.K. Huysmans". Book is lightly toned at edges; light foxing on page edges and endpapers; small sticker of previous bookseller on front pastedown endpaper. Dustjacket is edgeworn, escpecially corners and top/bottom of spine which are heavily chipped. Jacket a bit rubbed… Read more about this item