About this title: Tells of the bizarre adventures of an 18th-century watchmaker and mechanical wizard - Claude Page. Maimed by surgery at the age of 12, his manual dexterity destines him to become one of Europe's most gifted inventors when he acquires the skills of the enamelist and watchmaker.
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Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Harvest Books, 2001. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Description: Very Good. GREAT BOOK! CLEAR TAPE ALONG SPINE & CORNER BEND ON COVER. A FEW LIBRARY STAMPS, SMUDGED ON EDGE BUT NO MARKING IN TEXT. Publisher: In France, on the eve of the Revolution, a young man named Claude Page sets out to become the most ingenious and daring inventor of his time. In the course of a career filled with violence and passion, Claude learns the arts of enameling and watchmaking from an irascible, defrocked abb, apprentices himself to a pornographic bookseller, and applies his ... read more
Edition: First Harvest Edition; Third Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books, San Diego
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780156012898ISBN:0156012898
Description: New. 0156012898. Unmarked book, no remainder marks; 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 Inches; 384 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780151157938ISBN:0151157936
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Book has usual library stamps & pockets in book & DJ, book is solid with clean pages, book & DJ show minor shelf wear. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 358 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780151157938ISBN:0151157936
Description: A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780156012898ISBN:0156012898
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780151157938ISBN:0151157936
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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