Prometheus Life Balzac by Maurois André (96 results)

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc 1st ed softcover. Near fine condition book shipped on the next working day of order from the U/K.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with some edge wear, marks and is price clipped.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with even toning. Good DJ with some edge wear and light toning.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Boards are clean. Content is clean with even toning and a pen mark on the ffep. Good DJ has tears and toning.

Condition: Fair. 1965. First Published. 273 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front free endpaper is removed. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Sticker to rear panel.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Impression. This copy is in near fine condition bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in fine condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Maurois ends the enormous, sprawling life of Balzac with the question, ""But who would wish to be Balzac?"" A man's query perhaps. A woman might write to him admiringly, at first anonymously, as so many did then. What Maurois evokes here so strongly is the writer and the lover and the always hungry dreamer of fame, greatness and happiness. Balzac's feats were prodigious. Hounded by creditors throughout his life, he bought antiques and jewelled walking sticks, and indulged in one ruinous financial deal after another. He worked for months at a frenzied pace. With a passion for unity, he tried to make a comprehensive world from his many works-- ""La Comedie Humaine."" He was lover to many women but he loved only two-Madame de Berny, his mistress in youth and twenty years his senior, and Madame Hanska, whom he married just before his death. Most of the time the narrative is just shy of the many quotations. Maurois is a little like the wise ""friend of the family"" who tells the story with all the intimate speculations, small reproaches and loving (sometimes sentimental) praise one might expect. Names, places and figures abound, and while many of these particulars are only scantily examined, one doesn't mind. Such a French abundance of ""givens"" is in keeping with the rush and energy of Balzac's life. There are good but simple summaries of Balzac's thought but for the most part this close biography draws one headlong into a fantastic life. This copy is from the library of actress, author and playwright Gwen Cherrell (1926 - 2019) Ref K7.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st UK edition, 8vo, 573pp, translated Norman Denny; photo reproductions; slightly musty smelling o/w VG Copy in lightly edge-worn DJ a little damaged, grazed and worn in one patch maybe 2" along upper hinge Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good hardcover copy with no d/j, 573 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1965, with dustjacket, clean copy, inscription on endpaper, no other markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Cloth. Condition: VG, or Better. Dust Jacket Condition: Lacking Dustjacket. Second Printing. Life of the great French writer, Honore Balzac. 2nd printing of the first edition in English. 8vo, 573pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in red cloth with gilt titles on spine. Lacking dustjacket. Good copy, tight binding, clean interior, bright boards. VG or better. Weight, 792g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

hardcover. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 573 pp. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.

Paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with minimal loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 573 pages; 24 cm. Subjects: Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850; Biography; Novelists, French 19th century; French fiction, 1815-1848. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. The price has been clipped from the jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paper Back. Condition: Acceptable. paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Illus (illustrator). dj w/lite chipping, price clipped, in mylar; 573 clean, unmarked pages/index.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). (Book Club--unstated) Large, heavy book, red cloth, bright gilt facsimile signature on front, very bright gilt lettering on spine, spine lightly sunken at center, gray inside covers and adjacent end papers, 573 lightly browned pages, illustrated section. DJ price-clipped, b/w photo of Balzac on front with red background, praise on back from New York Times Book Review, Rebecca West, Leon Edel, and more. DJ has slight wear to top front tip, very tiny tear and micronick at top front edge, micronick at bottom front spine indentation, tiny nicks at spine top edge, light wear at spine bottom edge, tiny tear at back spine indentation, microtear and tiny tear at bottom back edge, back very slightly browned. Near Very Good DJ/Near Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Fine. Price clipped. Large, heavy book, 573 pages. DJ has microtear at spine top left edge and near top back tip. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Bound book, minor traces of us, in good condition. Please see description or ask for photos.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. (1st) Large, very heavy book, red cloth, gilt facsimile signature very bright on front, very bright gilt on spine, blue inside covers and adjacent end papers, 573 heavier lightly browned pages, illustrations throughout. DJ has b/w photo of Balzac on front with red background, black spine, white back very slightly and uniformly browned, praise from Francis Steegmuller, New York Times Book Review, Rebecca West, Leon Edel, Orville Prescott, New York Times and others. DJ has nick at top front tip, two very tiny tears at spine top right edge, micronick at spine bottom edge, two tiny tears and light crease at top back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 573pp, index, chronology, bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Corners bumped, slight edge toning to pages. Jacket slightly creased at corners where bumped. Maurois brilliant biography of Honore de Balzac in English translation. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ torn. May have inscription on flyleaf/pastedown. Text in English, French. 573 p. illus., ports. 25 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits. Bibliography: p. 563-564.

Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Exlibrary with markings. ; Translated from the French by Norman Denny.; Ex-Lib; B&W Illustrations; 573 pages.