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225pp, 1898. Quarter leather, with spine and front and rear corners in leather. Marbled cover boards and endpapers. Gilt top edgs. Four Spine bands, Gilt spine label. Smeall wear to corners, top and bottom edges and spine edges. Small tear at center top of front cover. Tight binding, good hinges. A light penciled notation on the half-title page, no other marks or tears. A very nice copy.

Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play is a fictionalized account of his life and incorporates larger-than-life elements. It explores themes of inner versus outer beauty, love, and heroism.