EDMOND ROSTAND ~ CYRANO DE BERGERAC ~ 1898 CHARPENTIER, FIRST EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION, WITH A HANDSIGNED LETTER BY THE AUTHOR EDMOND ROSTAND TO PAUL CLAUDEL TALKING ABOUT THE LATTER'S STYLE OF WRITING IN SUPERLATIVES ~ FULL LIMP RED MOROCCO LEATHER, WITH THE IMPORTANT PORTRAIT OF ROSTAND ~ IMPRINTED INTO THE LEATHER THE INITIALS OF PAUL CLAUDEL PC. WONDERFUL SCARCE ITEM, AND ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST AND MOST ROMANTIC STORIES OF ALL TIME ~
WE ALL KNOW THE STORYLINE, WHERE CYRANO FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIS NIECE (BASED ON A TRUE STORY) THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE HE SHOWS HIS LOVE TO HER, WITHOUT HER KNOWING THAT IT IS HIM WHO MAKES THE ADVANCES TOWARDS HER. THERE IS A FAMOUS BALCONY SCENE, WHERE HER ASSUMED LOVER (SHE THINKS IT IS HIM THAT WRITES POETRY TO SING HER PRAISES) CYRANO WHISPERS THE WORDS TO THE YOUNG LOVER, SO THAT HE KNOWS HOW TO WOW HER ~
CYRANO DIES IN HIS NIECE'S ARMS AT THE END OF THE PLAY, WHERE WHE FINDS IT THAT INDEED IT WAS HIM WHOM WROTE THE POETRY, AND WONDERFUL SONGS.
CYRANO IS NOT A NATURAL BEAUTY, BUT HIS WAPONS OF CHOICE ARE HIS SHARP TONGUE (KNOWS NO EQUAL) AND HIS ABILITY TO FIGHT ~
CONDITION VG+/ AS PUBLISHED, FINE BINDING ~ VERY SCARCE IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION
)