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Subject: book search
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: petersbooks-ga
List Price: $12.00
Posted: 16 Jan 2005 13:49 PST
Expires: 15 Feb 2005 13:49 PST
Question ID: 458246
A Life/A womans Life by Guy De Maupassant. Published by T Werner
Lawrie. Translator Majorie Lawrie.Where is it to be found?
Answer  
Subject: Re: book search
Answered By: pinkfreud-ga on 16 Jan 2005 14:26 PST
Rated:3 out of 5 stars
 
I have located several copies of the book, at prices ranging from
$9.00 to $65.00 (based upon condition, edition, and rarity).

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"Title: Womans Life. 
 Author: De Maupassant, Guy Translated From The French By Marjorie Laurie. 
Illustrator: Edy Legrand illus. 
Publisher: Nonesuch Press 
Place Published: London 
Date Published: 1942 
Book Condition: VG/no DJ, scuffed boards, clean. , grn 
Category: Fiction 
Price: $9.00"

Aaron's Books: Woman's Life
http://www.aaronsbooks.com/cgi-bin/abc455/MASTER025595I.html

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"A WOMAN'S LIFE. Author: Maupassant, Guy de.. Published by London: The
Nonesuch Pr./N.Y.: The Heritage Press, (1942).. Trans. by Marjorie
Laurie, intro. by Edmond Jaloux. Sm. 4to; 216 pp., illus. by Edy
Legrand. Bookplate. Fine copy in off-white slipcase which is a bit
darkened and very lightly rubbed. Sandglass brochure laid-in.. Price:
US$12.50. Quantity available: 1."

TomFolio: A Woman's Life
http://www.tomfolio.com/bookdetailsmem.asp?book=07335M.&mem=628

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"MAUPASSANT., Guy De.
 A LIFE.
London, T. Werner Laurie 1949 second impression. 226pp. 8vo. Original
cloth in dustwrapper, a little faded. A few spots on endpapers,
otherwise a very good copy. Translated by Majorie Laurie.
Bookseller Inventory #75289 
Price: US$ 17.26" 

ABEbooks: A Life
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookDetails?bi=86832112

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"Author: Maupassant, Guy De 
 Illustrated by: Legrand, Edy 
 Title: A Woman's Life 
Publisher: Nonesuch Press And Heritage Press, PublishPlace: New York,
PublishYear: 1942, Binding: Half-Cloth, Notes: 4to ; NF in VG
slipcase. Half-cloth boards, gilt lettering. Slipcase has minor wear
to corners. Translated from the French by Marjorie Laurie;
introduction by Edmond Jaloux; illustrated by Edy Legrand. NF/VG
(Fiction)
     
Item No: 1372 Price: $27.50" 

Michael's Books: A Woman's Life
http://www.michaelsbooks.com/q_book_1372_A-Woman's-Life.html

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"Author: de Maupassant, Guy.
 Title: A Woman's Life. 
Description: Translated by Marjorie Laurie. With an introduction by
Edmond Jaloux. Illustrations by Edy Legrand. London: Nonesuch Press,
1942. 8vo. xiv, 216pp. Publisher's gilt cloth. Paperboards. Item #
8604 $30.00"

Krown & Spellman Booksellers: A Woman's Life
http://www.krownspellman.com/cgi-bin/spellman/8604.html

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"Title: A Woman's Life. Author: Maupassant, Guy de.
Description: NY: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Illustrated by Edy
Legrand. Translated from the French by Marjorie Laurie; with an
Introduction by Edmond Jaloux. NEWMAN & WICHE 226. Marbled boards and
white, quarter calf with brown leather spine label. Fine in very good
marbled slipcase. Item # 2739 $55.00"

Royoung Bookseller: A Woman's Life
http://www.royoung.com/cgi-bin/ryb455/2739.html

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"(Limited Editions Club) 
 De Maupassant, Guy WOMAN'S LIFE.
Translated from the French by Marjorie Laurie; with an introduction by
Edmond Jaloux, and illustrations by Edy Legrand. New York The Limited
Editions Club 1952 tall 8vo. white pigskin spine over marbled paper
covered boards, leather spine label, slipcase. xiv, 216, (2) pages.
Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Legrand. Produced using the
typographic plans "originally prepared by Sir Francis Meynell for the
edition published by the Nonesuch Press." Printed at the Marchbanks
Press and colors applied by hand in the Studio of Walter Fischer.
Pigskin spine shows small tear at top along front hinge.
Price: $ 65.00"

OakKnoll Books: De Maupassant, Guy
http://www.oakknoll.com/results.php?s_Author=De%20Maupassant%2C%20Guy&s_ShowPics=1

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Many more copies are available from online merchants. This list,
sorted by price from low to high, may be useful:

AddAll: Rare, Used and Out of Print Book Search
http://used.addall.com/SuperRare/RefineRare.fcgi?inAuthor=guy+de+maupassant&exAuthor=&inTitle=life&exTitle=&inDesc=marjorie+laurie&exDesc=&id=050116140329540538&order=PRICE&ordering=ASC&dispCurr=USD&match=Y

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My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "guy de maupassant" "marjorie laurie" life
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22guy+de+maupassant%22+%22marjorie+laurie%22+life

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I hope this is precisely what you need. If not, please request
clarification; I'll be glad to offer further assistance before you
rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud
petersbooks-ga rated this answer:3 out of 5 stars
Only one of the results matched the request, but...that one was
spot-on and has been bought. Many thanks,H Sykes

Comments  
Subject: Re: book search
From: pinkfreud-ga on 17 Jan 2005 09:45 PST
 
I am sorry my work was not fully satisfactory. In the future, please
remember that if a Researcher is off the mark in any way, you can
request clarification (as I mentioned in my answer) before assigning a
rating.

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