This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...condition, repaired and provisioned, and the culverin, handled by Brother Bataillet and Galoffre the verger, set up in the prow, twenty militiamen, all well armed, went aboard under the orders of Escourbanies and the Marquis des Espazettes, and one morning they set sail. Their absence was to last three days, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...condition, repaired and provisioned, and the culverin, handled by Brother Bataillet and Galoffre the verger, set up in the prow, twenty militiamen, all well armed, went aboard under the orders of Escourbanies and the Marquis des Espazettes, and one morning they set sail. Their absence was to last three days, and these three days seemed extremely long to the colony. What would be the result of so adventurous a cruise? To what dangers would the expedition not be exposed? Would it come back at all? These anxieties were fostered by the perfidious machinations of Costecalde, who kept gnawing like a wood-louse at his rival's reputation, and went about saying, " What an imprudence! as if it would not have been much better to leave the wretches alone!" Towards the end of the third day the report of a cannon, rolling over the deep, brought down the whole population to the shore, from which the long-boat was seen to approach at a rapid pace, under all her sail, with her nose in the air, as if borne on a breeze of triumph. Even before she had reached the strand the joyous cries of her company--the " Let's make a noise!"' of Escourbanies--announced from afar the complete success of the enterprise. An exemplary vengeance had been extorted from the cannibals, heaps of villages had been burned, and, according to every one's account, thousands of Papuans slain. The figure varied, but was always enormous, and the accounts were rather different too. In any case, what was certain was that they had five or six prisoners of mark to show, among whom were King Nagonko himself and his daughter Likiriki. The prisoners were conducted to headquarters amid the ovations rendered by the crowd to the victors. The soldiers filed out in great array, carrying, like the companions...
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Add this copy of Port Tarascon: the Last Adventures of the Illustrious to cart. $19.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1891 by Harper & Brothers.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 359 pp. Illustrated. A very good copy in blue decorated cloth. No dust jacket, comes in mylar wrap. Rubbing and edgewear of cloth, including light chipping at corners and head and foot of spine. Minor scuffing and soil of boards. Interior shows some fading, but all contents clean; text and images bright and unmarked.
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Frontis Portrait of Daudet. Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. 8vo. First American Edition...decorative blue c w/gilt decoartions and titles; top edge gilt, 359 clean, unmarked pages+ads; moderate wear at extremities.
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Very Good. First edition, preceding the French edition. Translated by Henry James, his only translation. Paper over the hinge starting to split a little, moderate edgewear, a very good or a little better copy.
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None. Very Good Indeed. A 1902 new edition of 'Port Tarascon' by Alphonse Daudet. Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 16 December 1897) was a French novelist. The three Tartarins-Tartarin de Tarascon, Tartarin sur les Alpes, Port-Tarascon-and the short stories, written for the most part before he had acquired fame and fortune, constitute his life work. In a red cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Externally, generally smart with some minor shelfwear only. The spine is faded and there is some wear to the top and tail of the spine. The corners are also a little worn. Front and back pastedowns and end-papers are a little browned. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free-end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some age-toning to the edges of the leaves. There is a portrait of the author with a tissue guard opposite the title page. Very Good Indeed.
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New York. Harper & Brothers. 1891
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New York. Harper & Brothers. 1891
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8vo. 23cm, 359, [4]p., ads., many plates and illustrations from drawings, in the original blue cloth, gilt titles and silver stamped borders and decorations on the spine and upper cover, free fly frayed at the edge, some slight wear at the edges else a very good to fine copy of the first American edition (s8.1) French novelist (1840-1897) of the Naturalist school, known for his keen observations and his rendering of characters and incidents, most of which were autobiographical or belonged to the biographies of people he knew. This novel is one of a few which deal with life in Provence.
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Fine. First edition, preceding the French edition. Translated by Henry James, his only translation. Small, neat, and contemporary owner stamp on the front fly else fine in boards. A handsome copy.
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Very Good. First edition, preceding the English and French edition. Translated by Henry James, his only translation. Very good or better with a bit rubbing at the extremities and the paper over the hinge starting to split a little.
