Edmond About — Germaine

Paris , Librairie Hachette Et Cie, 1884. Leather. A smart copy of Edmond About's novel, delving into themes of love and societal expectations of 19th-century France. A later edition of this French novel from Edmond About.In half crushed morocco binding, signed by Riviere and Son. With decorative paper covered boards. This book is a captivating tale of love and revolution that offers rich insight to 19th-century France. The work was adapted into two Italian films in the early 1920s. About initially made his name as an entertaining anti-clerical writer, later becoming best remembered as a farceur. In half crushed morocco binding with decorative paper covered boards. Externally, smart. With rubbing to the extremities, heaviest to the joints. With a bookplate of one W. U. L. Unwin to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Good . Ill.: None. Good .