About this title: A bestseller in a dozen languages and a favorite of readers for decades, The Story of San Michele is one of a remarkable life filled with fabulous experiences and ambitions. Axel Munthe was a fashionable physician in Paris who built one of the best-loved houses in the world, San Michele, on the Isle of Capri, on the site of the villa of the ...
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Binding: Cloth
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Date Published: 1937
Description: Good + to Very Good- No Jacket. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Very clean and shiny boards almost look varnished. No DJ. Light to moderate wear. Age yellowing, foxing. Binding tight, pages clean. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dutton Everyman Paperback
Date Published: 1957
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine curl, corner bumps, soiling to the book edges, ink stains to the inside front cover, scuffing to the rear cover, and other light shopwear. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: A/B Ljus Forlag, Stockholm, Sweden
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased and soiled; moderate edge wear/ corners, spine hinge and spine creased/ readers slant/ several pages and page tips creased/ gift inscription on front page/ inside of front cover water stained/ top corners of first several hundred pages water damaged. read more
Edition: Illustrated ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E.P. Dutton and company, inc., New York
Date Published: 1936
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. ~Mostly clean text, tight binding, minimal wear to exterior. Minimal underlining. Support Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! xxvii, 411 p. front, plates, ports. 25 cm. Reminiscences. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton and Company, New York
Date Published: 1930
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Covers and spine lightly worn. Binding intact. Portion of front end paper clipped. No underlining or other internal markings. 3 p.., ix-xvi, 534 p.; 23 cm. read more
Edition: First Edition, Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co., NY
Date Published: 1930
Description: Good Only. No Jacket. Cover has minor marks/wear; lacks front flyleaf; rear inner hinge cracked. 530 page autobiographical work on the life and experiences of this Swedish physician, who also authored the anti-German book "Red Cross and Iron Cross" in 1916. He also practiced in Paris and Rome. read more
Description: Poor. Pages and cover are in acceptable condition, pages are tanned from age, inside cover binding is still intact but shows wear, 1st pages of book is missing, copyright 1931 Dutton. read more
Description: Fair. Paperback in fair + condition. The cover has a few creases, the book has a couple curles, pages are browning, but this is still a good reading copy. read more
Edition: First Thus/2nd Ptg
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dutton, NY
Date Published: 1957
Description: Fine+ No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Very good reading copy. a couple of small corner creases. a very light spine crease. square and tight. stamped po name inside front cover. another po name on ffep. read more
"This 'embellished' auto-biography is filled with fantastic and interesting tales told by globetrotting Swedish doctor Axel Munthe. This is a uniquely styled book and really hard to describe what it exactly is except for a really fun and interesting read."
"I love this book. His voice flows freely and fluently, I really couldn't put the book down... I love the magical realism of the story, and he reminds me of my grandfather..."
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