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The Short Reign Of Pippin IV; A Fabrication
by Steinbeck, John
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- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1957. First English Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First English edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV, A Fabrication by John Steinbeck.. Small octavo, 164pp. Blue cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated "First published 1957" on copyright page. Slight lean to text block, a near fine example. Previous ownership inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, 12s 6d price on front flap. Sunning to spine and edges of front panel, a near fine example. Jacket design by Osbert Lancaster.
Synopsis
In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV , John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who “might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called “egg king” of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.
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On Dec 27 2011, Okfine said:
One of the greatest novelist of our time. He really knows how to describe our tainted lives.
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13309
- Title
- The Short Reign Of Pippin IV; A Fabrication
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Illustrator
- First English edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV, A Fabrication by John Steinbeck.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
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