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  • THE AMAZON AND THE PAGE: Natalie Clifford Barney and Renee Vivien. by Jay, Karla.
    Jay, Karla.
    THE AMAZON AND THE PAGE: Natalie Clifford Barney and Renee Vivien.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1988). SIGNED first edition - A book which offers a fresh and thoughtful perspective on the lives of these two prominent lesbian writers living as expatriates in Paris from the early 1900s and discusses their major works. Although Barney was born in Ohio in 1876, and Vivien in England in 1877, both women chose to live in the relative freedom Paris offered and wrote extensively in French. SIGNED on the title page. Notes, bibliography, index. xv, 152 pp. ISBN: 0-253204763.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 89685
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  • VERDUN: The Prelude; The Battle (Men of Good Will, Volume VIII, Eight.) by Romains, Jules.
    Romains, Jules.
    VERDUN: The Prelude; The Battle (Men of Good Will, Volume VIII, Eight.)

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. dj. Hardcover - Although published in France as part of the 'Men of Good Will' series (Les Hommes de Bonne Volunte), the introduction emphasizes that this can be read and understood as a separate novel. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. Includes a Dramatis Personae at the beginning of the book, to introduce the reader to the characters who appeared in previous volumes plus an index of characters at the end of the volume. xii, 500 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very good in blue cloth in a fair only dust jacket (rubbing to the folds, loss of about 1 cm at top of spine.) BOMC brochure laid in.

    Book ID: 48187
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  • Verne, Jules.
    LE SECRET DE L'ILE. (L'”le mystŽrieuse. Troisime partie).

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Paris: Hachette. (1930.). Hardcover - Frontispice, illustrations noir et blanche de Henri Faivre. Texte en francais. Part 3 of The Mysterious Island, illustrated with black and white drawings, Text in French. 251 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in light green cloth with gilt lettering (spine slightly sunned.)

    Book ID: 32486
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