About this title: His clothes were blood-stained, his shirt in tatters, and in his head there were still the fumes of alcohol. A mist was before his eyes, and it was with difficulty that he read the letter... The poor, confiding letter touched his heart; he kissed it fervently, and began to weep. Then he swore he would never drink again; and as the habit had not yet a strong hold on him, it was easily broken. -from "XIX: Francoise Peyral to Her Son" Called one of the finest descriptive writers of his day, and certainly one of the most original, French writer and sailor Pierre Loti, traveled the world in the ...
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Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Rand, McNally and Company., Chicago.
Date Published: 1890
Description: Duodecimo (7.75in x 5.5in) red cloth with gilt titling to top board and spine. Top edge gilt. 340pp. Spine is faded. Donation bookplate to pastedown. Endpapers partially toned. Else a clean and tight copy in near Vg condition. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (348 pages) lang=english (Paperback) read more
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00346 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781417911189ISBN:1417911182
Description: New. 1890. After joining the French Navy, Loti (pen name of Julien Marie Viaud) saw the world from shipboard. He spent long months among the palm groves of the South Seas; he visited the scorching coast of Senegal and the seas of Iceland. A prolific write... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780548016336ISBN:054801633X
Description: New. 1890. After joining the French Navy, Loti (pen name of Julien Marie Viaud) saw the world from shipboard. He spent long months among the palm groves of the South Seas; he visited the scorching coast of Senegal and the seas of Iceland. A prolific write... read more
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