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First thus, published as a single volume by J. M. Dent and Co. There was an earlier English edition published by George Routledge and Sons, London in 1890. The book was originally published in three volumes by Samuel Tinsley in 1880, and in France by E. Dentu and Alphonse Lemerre, Paris in 1879. Translated by Laura Ensor and E. Bartow. Illustrated throughout with black and white woodcut vignettes by Bieler, Conconi, & Myrbach. Printed on high quality paper by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. at the Ballantyne Press. With a nice armorial bookplate for Norton Tucker on the front pastedown. Frontispiece illustration of Alphonse Daudet from a watercolour by L. Rossi. Scarlet titles and illustration to title-page. ***Very good in slightly discoloured cream decorated cloth-covered boards and spine. Front board and spine has green decorations. Gilt titles to spine. Gilt top edge. Fore-edge and lower edge of text block pages untrimmed. Three lower page corners creased (pages 79-84). Top corner of front board slightly bumped. Lower corner on back board bumped. Head of spine very slightly frayed. No inscriptions. Spine tight. 190 x 114 mm. 502 pages. ***'Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 - 16 Dec 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet (Mastani) and father of Edmée Daudet, and writers Léon Daudet and Lucien Daudet. ***Works: Les Amoureuses (1858; poems, first published work). Le Petit Chose (1868; English: Little Good-For-Nothing, 1885; or Little What's-His-Name, 1898). Lettres de Mon Moulin (1869; English: Letters from my Mill, 1880, short stories). Tartarin de Tarascon (1872; English: Tartarin of Tarascon, 1896). L'Arlésienne (1872; novella originally part of Lettres de Mon Moulin made into a play) Contes du Lundi (1873; English: The Monday Tales, 1900; short stories). Les Femmes d'Artistes (1874; English: Artists' Wives, 1896). Robert Helmont (1874; English: Robert Helmont: the Diary of a Recluse, 1896). Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1874; English: Fromont Junior and Risler Senior, 1894). Jack (1876; English: Jack, 1897). Le Nabab (1877; English: The Nabob, 1878). Les Rois en Exil (1879; English: Kings in Exile, 1896). Numa Roumestan (1880; English: Numa Roumestan: or, Joy Abroad and Grief at Home, 1884). Daudet's Grave at Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris L'Evangéliste (1883; English: The Evangelist, 1883). Sapho (1884; English: Sappho, 1886). Tartarin sur les Alpes (1885; English: Tartarin on the Alps, 1891). La Belle Nivernaise (1886; English: La Belle Nivernaise, 1892, juvenile). L'Immortel (1888; English: One of the Forty, 1888). Port-Tarascon (1890; English: Port Tarascon, 1890). Rose and Ninette (1892; English: Rose and Ninette, 1892). Batisto Bonnet (1894), Un paysan du Midi. Vie d'enfant (in French), translated by Alphonse Daudet, Paris: E. Dentu, p. 503. La Doulou (1930; English: In The Land of Pain, 2003; translator: Julian Barnes). The Last Lesson (Excerpt from Contes du Lundi). [Wiki] ***A lovely period 19th Century English edition of this French classic by Alphonse Daudet, nicely bound in decorative cloth. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***. Seller Inventory # 1422x
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Bibliographic Details
Title: KINGS IN EXILE
Publisher: J. M. Dent and Co., London
Publication Date: 1896
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Bieler, Conconi, Myrbach
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued
Edition: First Thus
