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Priscilla Séverac. A study from the life.

Marcelle [Marguerite Suzanne] Tinayre, translated by F. Mabel Robinson

Marcelle Tinayre (1870-1948) was a French author. This novel was first published in Paris by Calmann-Lévy in 1922. The dust jacket is known only from Blampied's personal album of book wrappers.




First English edition

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Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin

Series: none

Year: 1923

Format: 8vo

Pages: 252, 3 pp ads

Binding: Plain grey paper boards backed with cream cloth. Spine: cream cloth with title and author in relief on red background, publisher in red below

Size: 195 x 132 mm

Dust jacket: signed Blam, lower left

Internal illustrations: none

Price: 6 shilings (from advert)

Printing history: First edition

Printed by: not known

Notes: Printed on laid paper, uncut, so pages of slightly different sizes. The copy in the Bodleian Library is described here. It does not have the dust jacket, which has not been seen with the book.

Image of dust jacket

Dust jacket from Blampied's personal album (click to enlarge)