About this title: The famous opening line of Monsieur Teste -- "Stupidity is not my strong suit" -- is typical of Monsieur Teste, and of Valery as well. Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, the book is profoundly personal. Valery said he could not imagine the existence of the novel, vet he could not resist the character living in his mind. On the one ...
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfread A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1947
Description: Fair in Fair jacket. This book has some shelf wear as well as tanning, ripping and marks on the jacket and pages. This book is 94 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill book Company
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. No DJ Issued. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 94p. Audience: General/trade. First English Translation GOOD with minimal wear to cover and pages. Binding fully intact. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1947
Description: Near Very Good. No Jacket. This book is bound in black cloth boards with silver lettering and cover decoration. Some mild cover wear; spine slightly faded; owner's name on front endpaper; inner pages browned, but clean. Includes a note by the translator, Jackson Mathews. 94 pages; approx. 6"x9". read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780691018799ISBN:0691018790
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: paperback
Publisher: UNIVERSITY PRESSES OF CALIFORNIA, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON Country = USA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780691018799ISBN:0691018790
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 179 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (179 pages) part v. 6 (paperback) read more
Description: London: Peter Owen, 1951. 94 pages. 1st British edition. Hardcover in pictoral black cloth. Special edition limited to 300 copies. Translated by Jackson Mathews. Very Good, without dustjacket, as issued. read more
Edition: First British edition; one of 300 copies.
Binding: publisher's decorated cloth in dust jacket.
Publisher: [1951], Peter Owen Limited
Date Published: Translated from the French and
Description: London: One corner bumped; jacket tanned at spine and edges with some very minor use at edges. 94 [1] pp. 8vo, read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,, New York:
Date Published: 1947.
Description: First U.S. edition. Translated from the French and with a note on Valery by Jackson Mathews. Fine in slightly faded dustwrapper with some light rubbing to edges and folds, shallow chipping and a small closed tear at head of spine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Gallimard
Date Published: 1946
Description: Near Fine in No Jackert jacket. Non Ficition. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book is unread and near-flawless--just a whisper of shelfwear to the spine bottom and lower corner of the front cover. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1989. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gallimard, Paris
Date Published: 1946
Description: French text. Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a study copy.., 300grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Librairie Gallimard
Date Published: 1946
Description: Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy. Ships within 24 hours. No dust jacket. French text. Pages browned around the edges., 300grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780691018799ISBN:0691018790
Description: New. Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, Valery's novel is profoundly personal. Monsieur Teste reflects Valery's preoccupation with the phenomenon of a mind detached from sensibility, yet he is also an ordinary fictional character. This volu... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780691018799ISBN:0691018790
Description: New. The famous opening line of Monsieur Teste--"Stupidity is not my strong suit"--is typical of Monsieur Teste, and of Valery as well. Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, the book is profoundly personal. Valery said he could not imagine... read more
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