hugo victor hapgood isabel trans (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Illustrated by DUEZ,E.;.BICHARD,Cary Glossy Frontis Ilust (illustratore). old edition. GOOD Condition STRIP HAS BIT WEAR SPINE ENDS.name to eps. "Connie Stognau 1/31/58" endpaper; BROWN LEATHER SPINE STRIP & POINTS.DARK GREEN TEXTURED CLOTH HARD COVERS.GILT TOP EDGE. WHITE ENDPAPERS; Octopus fight illustration; 251+262pg pages; First published in 1866, Hugo's story unfolds the life of a reclusive fisherman, Gilliat, who lives on the Isle of Guernsey, where Hugo himself was exiled for a large portion of his life. When Gilliat becomes a young man, he falls in love with Déruchette, the beautiful niece of wealthy ship-owner Lethierry. When Lethierry's steamship mysteriously runs aground, Déruchette, who is in love with the new rector of the island, offers to marry the man who can recover the 'Durande'. Gilliat sets off at once to free the ship, and his feats of ingenuity and strength create some of the most memorable descriptions to be found in a romantic novel.

Limited Edition. Number 1258 of 1500 copies. Grey and green paper over boards, backed in blue cloth, in grey jacket and grey-green slipcase, top edge grey; plain endpapers; [xxii],578,[4]pp; wood engravings. Bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead. Signed by the engraver, Tranquillo Maragoni, and the printer, Giovanni Mardersteig, below colophon. A straight, clean copy with one or two small marks to covers and amateur tissue paper repair to rear hinge: Very Good. Jacket faded, chipped, and lightly stained at spine, with short tears at folds: Very Good.