Martine Rouchaud (6 results)

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 322pp, VG+(v sl bruised corners) d/w G+(minor tear to front fore edge, sl tears & chips to spine head & foot, sl worn/scuffed corners, sl sunned/rubbed).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. THE TIME OF OUR LIVES by Martine Rouchaud; Published by Pantheon, New York, 1946. A faithful description of family life under the German occupation, the family was not involved in the Resistance and was fortunate in having minimum contact with the Boche, it is essentially a record of changes of residence (determined largely by food conditions), life oil a farm, lessons, children s games, and food-purchasing expeditions throughout the French countryside. The only dramatic pages are the last twenty, describing the arrival of the first Americans and the family s return to Paris.All this could easily be dull, but is in fact far from dull. Martine Rouchaud is completely successful in communicating to the reader the exuberance, the vitality, and the gayety of youth which transformed the harassments and privations of the occupation into exhilarating adventure. You share wholeheartedly in her fun as she wheedles eggs out of grouchy farmers, plays pranks on her stuffy relatives, and demurely trips up swaggering Nazis in a crowded railway station. "jacket wear and tear, some light cloth wear, inside clean tight and very good".…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good+ in a Good+ dust jacket. Small open tears on front panel corners and spine crown. Small closed tears on top front and rear panels. Shelwear on panels and spine. Color fading on spine.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R150228096: 1945. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 281 pages - ACHEVE D'IMPRIMER LE 16 OCTOBRE 1945 - exemplaire de travail - 1 annotation au crayon à papier en page de faux titre. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle.…

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R150228095: 1945. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 281 pages - ACHEVE D'IMPRIMER LE 16 OCTOBRE 1945 - quelques rousseurs sur la couverture. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO40265994: 1945. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 281 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle.