Item #4968 Pêcheur d'Islande. Pierre LOTI.
Pêcheur d'Islande

Pêcheur d'Islande

Paris: Calmann-Lévi, 1921. Reprint. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. 344. In French. Half bound in red pebbled leather with four raised bands and gilt lettering over black and white marbled boards. Red marbled endpapers, speckled edges. Boards rubbed, with a scuff the size of US quarter on rear cover. Leaves crisp and clean but a trifle age toned. With the bookseller ticket of G. E. Stechert & Co. on rear pastedown. Very Good+. Item #4968

The passion of a wealthy young Breton woman for a fisherman away on the cod grounds off Iceland half the year, dominated by sensuous descriptions. Loti's most successful novel, first published in 1886. A sturdy copy with handsome shelf appeal.

Price: $45.00

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