ISBN: 9780720609660 - Afloat (7 results)

paperback. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Peter Owen, Published 1995. Hardcover, 143 pp.; 23 cm; First Edition of this translation; illustrated with black-and-white drawings by E. Riou from the original 1888 French edition; 3 maps. Translated from the French and with an introduction by Marlo Johnston. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Light blue cloth boards lettered in silver on spine; mild shelf and edge wear. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. White pictorial dust jacket with blue-toned photograph of open sea in a circular frame on front panel, title in red, and Riou drawing of a sailing yacht on rear panel; GBP 16.75 price on front flap. Mild shelf and edge wear, light bumping and creasing at top and bottom edges of rear panel, and a short crease at foot of rear flap. Jacket design by Thomi Wroblewski. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. [From front flap] There are few great books about sailing on pleasure boats, but this is one. Afloat is the story of Maupassant's voyage around the Mediterranean coast aboard his yacht, the Bel-Ami. It is not only the record of a voyage, but a portrait of life at sea and of French provincial life on the land. It is also a confession: Maupassant reflects on the literary life, society, women, and politics, and his intimate thoughts are accompanied by the rhythms of the sea and the wind. This edition includes previously unpublished translations of three articles by Maupassant. Sur l'eau was first published in 1888 by Marpon et Flammarion; the first English translation, by Laura Ensor, appeared from Routledge in 1889. Johnston later wrote the 1,336-page biography Guy de Maupassant (Fayard, 2012). Contents: Introduction; Acknowledgements; Maps (The Cote d'Azur as Maupassant knew it; Cannes to Antibes; Saint-Raphael to Saint-Tropez); Afloat; Appendices (War; In the Presence of Death; The Carthusian Monastery of La Verne); Chronology; Select Bibliography.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. ISBN 07206-0966-6. Hardback edition. Reprint edition. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 190 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st thus. Octavo Size. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black and white drawings by E. Riou from the original 1889 edition. Translated and with an Introduction by Marlo Johnston. 144 pages. This is the story of Maupassant's voyage around the Mediterranean coast aboard his yacht, the Bel-Ami. Not only a record of the voyage but also a portrait of life at sea and of late 19th century French provincial life on land. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. 144 pages. Ex-Library book with minimal library markings, covered in clear removable plastic. Illustrator: E Riou. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; France; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 0720609666. ISBN/EAN: 9780720609660. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52227. E Riou (illustrator). …