Product Type
Condition
Binding
Collectible Attributes
Free Shipping
Seller Location
Seller Rating
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982
ISBN 10: 0374125228ISBN 13: 9780374125226
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Special Edition. 1982 advance uncorrected proof. 116pp. paperback sm 4to: Good [blue cover paper is faded & darkened; publisher's info taped inside front cover; top & fore edges are age darkened; else a clean, complete & tight copy] In 1980 the Belgian-born writer Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) became the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise. This novel was first written in 1934 and completely revised by the author in the 1950s. Broadly speaking, it is about a plot to assassinate Mussolini and as such is said to be the first literary work from France to confront the reality of Fascism.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982
Seller: Strangford Lough Books, Killyleagh, DOWN, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1982 advance uncorrected proof. 116pp - tall slim paperback book in a beautiful mid-blue toned/fade at spine and edges. Publisher's notice taped to inside front cover.