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Cloth. Condizione: Good. The scarce fin-de-siecle novel by Guy de Maupassant, issued here as the "only and unabridged American edition". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Only and unabridged American edition. A sensational short novel by Guy de Maupassant, set within the decadent and morally complex society of the Parisian fin-de-siecle. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was one of the foremost French writers of the nineteenth century, celebrated for his short stories and novels including Bel-Ami and Une Vie. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, sound. Shelf lean. Soiling and discolouration to cloth with one or two minor handling marks. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rubbing to boards. Rear hinge slightly strained at lower extremity, slightly exposing webbing. Previous owner's contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned to fore edge. One or two minor handling marks to first few leaves. Good. None (illustratore). book.…