Description: Droll Stories by Honore Balzac Published by Walter Black in New York circa 1927. In original blind-stamped and tooled full soft leather boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Octavo, [xi], 553 pp, 7.5” x 5.35” OVERALL CONDITION: VERY GOOD Honoré de Balzac (1799 – 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James. Droll Stories is a collection of humorous short stories by based on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron and influenced by François Rabelais. The stories are written in pastiche Renaissance French; although the title promises a hundred, only thirty were published, in groups of ten in 1832, 1833, and 1837. Condition info: the book is in Very Good vintage condition. Leather is dry and flaky. Rubbing to extremities. Front hinge cracked and binding a bit loose but holding. Darkening to page margins. A few areas of foxing, mostly around the endpapers. Former owner initials in ink dated 1932 on FFEP. No stickers or bookplates or writing. Some creasing/waviness of back end papers. Please see pictures as they are an important part of the condition description. As a fellow book collector, I know how frustrating it can be when items aren’t accurately described or poorly packaged for shipping. That is why I (1) take a lot of pictures and try to describe condition issues as accurately as possible and (2) pack your book purchases with the utmost care before shipping. I have been selling and buying on eBay for over 10 years and have a 100% satisfaction rating, and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee 30-day return policy. Please follow me as I have thousands of highly collectible books to list in the coming weeks and months!
Price: 34.97 USD
Location: Litchfield Park, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-06T22:17:47.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Author: Honore Balzac
Publisher: Walter Black
Topic: Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1927
