{"product_id":"therese-francois-mauriac-1st-edition","title":"Thérèse, François Mauriac — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\" id=\"p-rc_98ca4da0110ad4a0-728\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1744\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1744 citation-end-1744\"\u003e London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1947\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"5,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"5,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1743 citation-end-1743\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [iv], 338.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\" id=\"p-rc_98ca4da0110ad4a0-729\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. Bound in the publisher's original plum cloth, the boards remain relatively vibrant but display gentle rubbing to the extremities and a slight outward bowing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,2\"\u003e. The silver-stamped text and decorative tooling on the front panel remain bright and largely unoxidised\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,4\"\u003e. The spine shows minor wear at the head and tail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,5\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,6\"\u003e. The most pronounced defect is the foxing across the top, fore, and bottom edges of the text block, which moderately encroaches into the margins of the preliminary leaves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,7\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,8\"\u003e; this is a common consequence of the acidic, post-war economy paper stock utilised for this edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,9\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,10\"\u003e. Internally free of structural damage or previous ownership signatures. Lacks the original dust jacket.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\" id=\"p-rc_98ca4da0110ad4a0-730\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-1742 citation-end-1742\"\u003eFirst English edition, first issue, of Gerard Hopkins' acclaimed translation of Mauriac's definitive works on his most famous heroine\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1741 citation-end-1741\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e A crucial bibliographical identifier for this true first issue is the entirely blank cloth spine; later issues and subsequent editions corrected this anomaly to include standard author and title stamping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,4\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\" id=\"p-rc_98ca4da0110ad4a0-731\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1740 citation-end-1740\"\u003ePrinted in 1947, the copyright page explicitly notes the book's production \"in complete conformity with the authorised economy standards,\" an austere post-war British printing measure utilising thinner, heavily wood-pulped paper, which accounts for the surviving copies' typical age-toning and foxing\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1739 citation-end-1739\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003eThe omnibus uniquely collects the foundational novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9,2\" data-index-in-node=\"55\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003eThérèse Desqueyroux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003e alongside two bridging short stories (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9,2\" data-index-in-node=\"113\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003eThérèse chez le docteur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9,2\" data-index-in-node=\"141\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003eThérèse à l'hôtel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003e from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9,2\" data-index-in-node=\"164\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003ePlongées\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738\"\u003e) and the concluding novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9,2\" data-index-in-node=\"199\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1738 citation-end-1738\"\u003eLa fin de la nuit\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1737 citation-end-1737\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"8\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Early true first issues featuring the blank spine anomaly are scarce on the open antiquarian market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\" id=\"p-rc_98ca4da0110ad4a0-732\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1736\"\u003eFrançois Mauriac's profound psychological depth is fully realized in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,0\" data-index-in-node=\"76\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1736\"\u003eThérèse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1736 citation-end-1736\"\u003e, a masterful, brooding exploration of spiritual isolation, desperation, and the complex mechanics of grace and sin.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"9\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Set against the suffocating heat and oppressive pine forests of the French Landes region, the narrative intimately follows Thérèse Desqueyroux, a brilliantly tormented, unhappily married woman driven to the attempted murder of her husband. \u003cspan class=\"citation-1735\"\u003eThis comprehensive volume unites the original, acclaimed novel with two interstitial short stories and her ultimate conclusion in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,0\" data-index-in-node=\"570\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1735\"\u003eLa Fin de la Nuit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1735 citation-end-1735\"\u003e, presenting the complete, haunting trajectory of Mauriac's greatest protagonist to the English-speaking world for the first time\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"10\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan 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