prosper merimee translated lady mary (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Parys (illustrateur). English Language Edition. Hardback 1908. Four coloured plates after water-colour drawings by Parys. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. A little foxing. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 377.3. Columbia and Carmen by Prosper Merimee. Translated by Lady Mary Loyd. Critical Introduction by Arthur Symons. Published in 1908 by Heinemann, London.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Hard Back 1902. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. The French Classical Romances Series. Editor-in-Chief Edmund Gosse. Introduction by Arthur Symons. Portrait of the author and intro to his work included. Frontis and Other Portraits with Descriptive Notes by Octave Uzanne. Frontis tissue protected. Black cloth binding with blind stamped double border on front, two gilt outlined panels on spine with gilt lettering within-quite bright and clear. Fleur de lys in black to spine. Quite clean with light wear to corners and spine head and heel, hinge rubbed. Solid and tight sewn binding. Lime-green decorated title page. Former owner name on verso of frontis. Pages clean and unmarked, no tears, very slight toning. Prosper Merimee, 1803-1870, was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist and a master of the short story. This book has two of his most famous novellas: "Colomba", published in 1840, is the story of a young Corsican girl who forces her brother to commit murder due to a vendetta; and "Carmen", 1845, world renowned through the opera by Bizet, is about an unfaithful gypsy girl killed by a soldier who loves her. 208/99 pages. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. 1902, P.F.Collier & Son, New York, New York, USA.