The aristocratic Barthele family of the 1830s attempts to revive family member Maurice from a fatal lovesickness by bringing the object of his desires, Fernande, to their baronial country estate
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G070903346XI3N00
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # Q03OS-00134
Seller: Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First English edition ( 'First published in Great Britain 1988' ). I appear to have the Only Robert Hale first English edition for sale anywhere on the Internet. The book is in very nice condition. You can see the covers in the photos. They look perfectly clean. The gilt lettering on the spine is nicely bright. The cover edges and corners are in excellent shape, no rubbing. The page edges are very clean. The book is square and the spine looks straight. The binding is solid from cover to cover. The covers are nicely, tightly bound. The interior of the book is in excellent condition. The pages are exceptionally clean. I'm not finding any instances of soiling. There are no markings. No attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. The dust jacket is in quite decent condition. There are no tears, no conspicuous soiling. The blue coloring on the spine is sun toned, also off the front top edge adjacent to the spine. The flaps are in solid condition, clean, no tears. There is a thin crinkle just below the front flap's top edge. The jacket is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. I've always had it in a protective cover. I removed the protective cover because it had some minor wear. I will fit the jacket with a new protective cover after the photos are scanned. From the dust jacket: 'A savage and witty delineation of aristocratic hypocrisy from the author of The Three Musketeers, now at last available in English in a superb translation by Dumas scholar A. Craig Bell. The ever-popular Dumas is a writer famous by his historical romances. Fernande, in marked contrast, is an urbane comedy of manners and morals combining both charm and mockery in equal measure.'. Seller Inventory # 005660