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5169473Short description: In Russian. Merimee Prosper. Selected Works. Moscow: Goslitizdat 1937: Model type. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU5169473 unknown
189623328Winchester Mass: Edmund H. Garrett 1896. First edition. Garrett Edmund H. Original heavy vellum slightly marked with vellum-hinged clasp fasteners missing one clasp nice condition. One of 50 copies printed at the De Vinne Press on Japanese paper signed by Garrett. Additionally inscribed by Garrett as a wedding-present to a Miss Mary Bacon. BAL 6738 describes only the trade edition. Edmund H. Garrett unknown
193135015Paris 1931. Limited. hardcover. fine. Newly translated. With ten monochrome water-colours by Maurice Barraud. 175pp. Small 4to pictorial boards board slipcase. Paris: Harrison of Paris 1931. Fine.<br/> <br/> One of 595 numbered copies with stencil-colored illustrations printed on Rives pure-rag vellum.<br/> <br/> unknown
51262Hutchinson & Co. London. N.D. 4to 203pp lavishly illustrated in b/w illus & colour plates complete with captioned tissue guards. Original red cloth & gilt decorated boards extremities rubbed & slightly silverfish affected. Pictorial endpapers gilt top edge. Cracked at spine mid text binding sound. Offset browned prelim. A very good hardback copy no d/j. . Illustrated by Rene Bull. Hutchinson & Co., London. N.D hardcover
1014J867420Hardcover. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. Paris: La Pleiade 1930. Softcover with glassine jacket bound in the French manner with titled hardback chemise with matching slip case. With 23 full-page original back-and-white lithographs printed by Mourlot. 154 pages text in French. One of 15 special copies from a total of 115 "NON MIS DANS LE COMMERCE" printed for those who worked on the project and signed by the editors. In good condition with case edge worn & lightly age-toned; several spots on slipcase edges rubbed through head/tail peeling etc. Spine of boards is aged-toned with a few small stains; minor cracking in cloth at edges; boards lightly soiled and smudged. Soft covers binding with minor spotting. No markings NOT EX-LIBRARY. hardcover
1942807F37Paris: P. M. Le Blanc 1942. Leather. Near Fine. 11.5" by 9.5". Guy Arnoux. A beautifully bound and vibrantly illustrated Limited Edition of this historical novel set in the sixteenth century French court illustrated with colour lithographs from Guy Arnoux. In the original French.A vibrantly illustrated Limited Edition of French Romantic writer Prosper Merimee's historical novel set in the French court in the mid sixteenth century at the time of the St. Bartholomew massacre.Beautifully bound in half crushed morocco and with publisher's original paper wraps and back strip bound in to the front and rear of the work. Of only 410 copies produced this volume is no. 152 one of 125 copies printed with a suite of fifteen plates in black and white to the rear.Illustrated with fifteen colour lithograph plates by French artist Guy Arnoux alongside the further fifteen plates to the rear. Collated complete.Best known for the novella 'Carmen' this is a stunning edition of Merimee's historical novel first published in 1828. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards. Minor fading to back strip. Otherwise externally fine. The odd spot to fore edge of text block. With publisher's original paper wraps and back strip bound in to the front and rear of the work. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with the odd area of more significant spotting to page perimeters towards centre of text block. Near Fine P. M. Le Blanc hardcover
187548955Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1875. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1875 12 x 19.50 cm relié First edition. Bradel binding in full cherry red cloth with flaps smooth spine date and place gilt at foot brown shagreen title-label marbled endpapers and pastedowns contemporary binding. Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing. Michel Lévy frères hardcover
185721612Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1857. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1857 22.50 x 28.50 cm broché First edition. Three tiny marginal lacks to covers occasional light foxing. Work illustrated with 98 figures in the text. Rare. Imprimerie Impériale unknown
1902001708Paris: Librairie L. Conquet. L. Carteret et Cie 1902. Limited Edition. Half Morocco over Marbled Boards. Near Fine. A lightly racy posthumous novella by Merimee illustrated deliciously. No. 98 of 250 copies in the limited edition among the examples on Whatman paper. Small 4to. 58 pp. Watercolor wash illustrations throughout. A few light smudges in margins. Minor wear on lower board edges. A most elegant binding. Librairie L. Conquet. L. Carteret et Cie unknown
1905032058New York: Croscup and Holby Company 1905. Book. Illus. by Edouard Toudouze; Fraipont Bramtot and Aranda; et al. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Eight volumes. Limited Large Paper Edition. This set is # 51 of 520 numbered copies. Contemporary blue leather over boards; with decorative gilt onlays to compartments and raised bands to spine. Top edge edge. Side and bottom edges deckled. Blue marbled endpapers. B&w illustrated tipped in plate with tissue guard to half title and an additional colour plate of the same illustration to fontis with red letter to tissue guards. Illustrated throughout with b&w plates accompanied by tissue guards with red lettering. Bookplate to endpaper. Volumes and titles included: A Chronicle Of The Reign Of Charles IX translated by George Saintsbury; The Double Mistake translated by Arnold Palmer and Waller; The Mosaic translated by Waller and Dey; Carmen translated by Waller Loyd and Thompson; Colomba translated by Loyd; Letters To An Unknown I translated by Palmer; Letters To An Unknown II translated by Palmer; Last Stories translated by Waller and Paul. Insides very clean and bright. Light toning to plates and half title. Leather and extremities near fine. A very good limited set. . Croscup and Holby Company Hardcover
1946438977Nice : L'Image Litteraire 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional copy finely bound in half calf over vellum boards. Light foxing scattered throughout. Limited and numbered edition: 346/450. Nice : L'Image Litteraire hardcover
1941010401New York: Limited Editions Club 1941. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine a little darkened as usual. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with mild staining. Jean Charlot. Quarto 8-3/8" x 11" bound in bright and colorful hand-blocked gypsy silk cloth. Illustrated with 37 beautiful lithographs in color drawn on the plates by Jean Charlot. Copy #1205 of 1500 SIGNED and numbered by the artist. Perhaps the most stunning and underrated of the early books from the press. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
194138004Casablanca: Société des Bibliophiles du Maroc / Editions de la Cigogne Jacques Klein 1941. A charming edition of this important "arabaizant" novella by Merimee illustrated with 17 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY HUNGARIAN-JEWISH ARTIST LASZLO BARTA. Published for French expatriate bibliophiles in Casablanca during the Occupation the movie came out in 1942 the following year. Edition limited to 110 numbered copies printed on fine Rives wove paper. Complete with the list of members of the Société which is often missing. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. <br/><br/> Société des Bibliophiles du Maroc / Editions de la Cigogne (Jacques Klein) paperback
4594086Short description: In Russian. Merimee Jean Francois. Ancient technique in oil painting. V.P. Pechatkin. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4594086 unknown
1839008893London England: Whittaker & Co. 1839. Book. Good-VG. Half-Leather. First U.K. Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The 1839 London translation of Merimee's book originally published in French in 1830. The standard technical recipe text of the mid-19th century referred to by both Eastlake and Merrifield. First English language first English edition. Half-leather scuffed with exposure and surface loss at various points some loss at spine extremities with marbled paper over boards four raised bands lettered in gilt. Front board detached along joint but still firmly anchored by both binding cords; rear board detached and anchored only by one binding cord. Former owner book plate of Henry D. Gilpin 1801-1860 Quaker lawyer and statesman U.S. Attorney General 1840-41 under President Martin Van Buren on front pastedown. Text block is fully intact. xliv 371 pp. w/ two hand-colored plates the first the frontis. of English Chromatic Scale Moses Harris's colour-wheel the second after p. 244 of the French Chromatic Scale Merimee's both with intact tissue guards. This translation of Merimee's famous French treatise was made at the suggestion of Mulready Etty and Wilkie. This volume contains substantial extracts from the original manuscript of Harris's "Natural History of Colours" which the author describes as a "work . . . so very scarce that I have never seen a copy of it" p.350. Recommended leather restoration would significantly enhance appearance but this copy is still quite presentable "as is" and could be recased to provide a complement to its near-immaculate interior. Noted condition as Good-VG weighs semi-detached boards and chipped leather against the quite tidy state of the text block itself which is solid Near Fine and its former ownership. Published by Whittaker & Co. Ave Maria Lane printed by Gilbert & Rivington in St. John's Square. Exceedingly scarce. Whittaker & Co. Hardcover
19201389963Zürich Switzerland: Rascher & Co 1920. Limited Edition #65/150. Hardcover. Large octavo 92 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is torn beige and red. Boards have mildew-stained covers moderate shelving wear and fraying along extremities cloth binding torn from spine and moderate bumping chipping and fraying to fore corners. Text block age-toned head edge gilded with mild denting along edges; plates are mildly foxed throughout gilt and black endpapers. Signed flat by Alastair Illustrator in purple ink on publisher's limitation page limited edition #65/150. PO Consignment. 1389963. Special Collections - Downstairs. Rascher & Co hardcover
193151628Paris: Harrison 1931. Limited edition no. 21 of 50 copies on Japanese vellum from a total edition of 665 copies 8vo viii 175 1 pp. 10 illustrations including that to the upper cover. Original maroon quarter morocco spine slightly sunned some light marks to the covers. Paris: Harrison unknown
182842970Paris: Brissot-Thivars 1828. Fine. Brissot-Thivars Paris 1828 12.50 x 20 cm relié First edition of the author's third work printed by Honoré de Balzac. Black paper boards smooth spine tan sheep title-label with two small angular lacks one joint slightly cracked then reglued at head red edges modest contemporary binding. Handsome interior condition. Brissot-Thivars hardcover
185589588Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1855. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1855 11.8 x 18.8 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition. Bound in black half shagreen spines with five raised bands decorated with gilt garlands gilt dates at foot marbled paper boards comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns gilt edges. Some foxing mainly at the beginning and end of the volumes. Preface by Prosper Mérimée. Michel Lévy frères hardcover
195672847París: Presses de Pierre Gaudin 1956. Cartoné original. Presses de Pierre Gaudin unknown
16-5599Circa 1798. Original engraving. 55 x 41 cm. Defect in lower right corner.Inscriptions / marques:Pinxit ; en bas à gauche ; Peint par MériméeInscriptions ; en bas au centre ; ENREGISTREE LE XIX GERMINAL DE L'AN VISculpsit ; en bas à droite ; Gravé par BervicTitre ; en bas au centre ; L'INNOCENCECachet ; en bas au centre ; SOCIETE DES AMIS DES ARTS / C. DEWAILLY SON / FONDATEUR / EN 1789Tampon ; en bas au centre ; à l'encre noire ; ECOLE NATIONALE DES BEAUX-ARTS / BIBLIOTHEQUE / 14680References:Yale University Art Gallery: Accession Number 1980.43.97; Beaux-Arts de Paris no. 13781 Circa 1798 unknown
1931dacs263New York: Harrison of Paris 1931. Of an edition of 50 copies on Imperial Japan vellum this is No. XVI. Octavo morocco-backed illustrated boards hardcover leather top edge gilt uncut viii 175 pp. Illustrated with ten monochrome watercolors that have been stencil-colored by Eugène Charpentier. Fine. Harrison of Paris, 1931. Of an edition of 50 copies on Imperial Japan vellum, this is No. XVI. hardcover
19062008260095Frank S. Holby 1906-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 8 volume set. Bound in publisher's 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Gilt decoration to spines. Top edges gilt. Minor shelf wear. Solid bindings and covers. Clean unmarked pages. Illustrated by Robaudi. Contents: v. 1. Carmen; Arsene Guillot; Abbe Aubain. Tr. by Emily M. Waller the Lady Mary Loyd and E.B. Thompson; with illustrations by G. Fraipont and S. Arco.--v. 2. Colomba tr. by the Lady Mary Loyd; with illustrations by G. Vuillier.--v. 3. The mosaic comprising Mateo Falcone and other tales. Tr. by Emily M. Waller and Mary H. Dey; with illustrations by J. Le Blant P. Sinibaldi L.O. Merson Myrbach E. de Beaumont and Lelauze.--v. 4. The double mistake; Souls in purgatory; The Venus of Ille. Tr. by W.M. Arnold Olive E. Palmer and Emily M. Waller; with illustrations by G. Fraipont A. Bramtot and J.J. Aranda. v. 5. Last stories and translations tr. by Emily M. Waller and Louise Paul; with illustrations by A. Robaudi: Lokis the "Viccolo" of Madam Lucrezia. The blue chamber. Djoumane. The Spanish witches. The pistol shot. The queen of spades. The Bohemians. The hussar.--v. 6. A chronicle of the reign of Charles IX tr. by G. Saintsbury; with illustrations by E. Toudouze.--v. 7-8. Letters to an unknown tr. by Olive E. Palmer. Frank S. Holby hardcover
1915377913New York: Jefferson 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 Volumes. Near fine copies in paper-labeled cloth. Top edge gilt. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 8 Volumes. Contents: Volume One- Carmen Arsene Guillot Abbe Aubain. Volume Two- Colomba. Volume Three- The Mosaic. Volume Four The Double Mistake Etc. Volume Five- Last Stories and Translations. Volume 6- The Chronicle of The Reign of Charles IX. Volume Seven- Letters To An Unknown 1. Volume Eight- Letters to An Unknown II. New York: Jefferson hardcover
190939224Paris: A. Blaizot 1909. WITH A SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM MERIMEE. A livre d'artiste with 41 ETCHINGS BY CHESSA AFTER LUC-OLIVIER MERSON. 3 287 pp. From a total edition of 289 copies this is ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE CHINESE PAPER. Laid in is a signed autograph letter c. 1864 from the author likely to his close friend and fellow polymath Francisque Michel 1809-1887 now best remembered for his contributions to medieval studies especially for being the first editor of the Chanson de Roland. In the letter Mérimée discusses a legal matter apparently connected to accusations of sexual misconduct. 4to. In original wraps as issued. A bit of foxing espectially on edges of text block as usual with Chinese paper else FINE AND BRIGHT. Letter also in excellent condition. <br/><br/> A. Blaizot paperback
