FRANKLIN LIBRARY: buy The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Collector's Edition, SCARCE, 1980, Leather bound

VERY GOOD condition — Tight binding. Crisp extremities. Clean, unmarked pages. NOTE: Minor scratches to textblock foredge; gilt loss to foot. Minor shelf rubbing. Very small nick to gilt design on front board; small dent to bottom border of same. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.


This text was featured in the Franklin Library series "The 100 Greatest Books of All Time". Published as a Collector's Edition in 1980 and beautifully illustrated by Maurice Leloir, the book is 1st Edition thus. This edition is a rare find and scarce.


All Franklin Library genuine full-leather editions feature:

• Full genuine leather binding.
• 22k. gold lettering and stampings on the spine and covers.
• Attached silk page marker.
• High quality paper.
• Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding.
• Gold gilded page edges on all three sides.
• Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look.

Included with the book is an insert of historical/background buy notes on the work, compiled by seller.


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" 'The Three Musketeers' (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires, [le tʁwɑ muskətɛːʁ]) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice. ... 'The Three Musketeers' is primarily a historical and adventure novel. However, Dumas frequently portrays various injustices, abuses and absurdities of the Ancien Régime, giving the novel an additional political significance at the time of its publication, a time when the debate in France between republicans and monarchists was still fierce. ..."

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"Adventurous and spirited in tone, 'The Three Musketeers' is considered one of the greatest historical French novels. When Athos, Porthos and Aramis befriend a young and determined country boy d'Artagnan, together they confront the scheming King's Minister, Cardinal Richelieu and the female spy Milady who threaten to undermine the King. Swashbuckling, romantic and often humourous, Dumas' novel is a timeless tale of friendship and intrigue."

The above text was taken, respectively, from Wikipedia and Harper Collins Publishers (via Google Books)
[Dumas, Alexandre. The Three Musketeers. United Kingdom: HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2011.]