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THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS by Edmond About, Introduction by Andrew Lang /1902!!!!

Edmond About

THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS by Edmond About, Introduction by Andrew Lang /1902!!!!

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Here for your delectation is the SPECTACULAR & RARE------------------THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS by Edmond About, Translated From the French, with a Critical Introduction by Andrew Lang, A Frontispiece and Numerous Other Portraits with Descriptive Notes by Octave Uzanne Edmond François Valentin About (14 February 1828 – 16 January 1885) was a French novelist, publicist and journalist. He made his name as an entertaining anti-clerical writer. The satirical Le roi des montagnes (1856; translated into English by Mary Louise Booth as The King of the Mountains) is the best-known of his novels. THIS IS A VOLUME IN THE SET "THE FRENCH CLASSICAL ROMANCES" COMPLETE IN TWENTY CROWN OCTAVO VOLUMES, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, EDMUND GOSSE, LL.D. NOT TO BE MISSED!!! A FABULOUS COLLECTIBLE!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! This is the hardcover only stated COLLIER FIRST EDITION from 1902 (gasp!). THIS IS A VOLUME IN THE SET "THE FRENCH CLASSICAL ROMANCES". Both the cover (no dj) and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find LITERARY COLLECTIBLE.

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