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174157700C. Jephson In Wine-Office Court Fleet-Street: C. Ward And R. Chandler 1741. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Translated from the Spainish Original. Published in London: printed for C. Ward and R. Chandler at the Ship without Temple-bar and at York and Scarbrough; and J. Wood and C. Woodward at the Dove in Pater-Noster-Row MDCCXLI 1741 This copy was hand-bound and cased by Robert Smith in New York circa 1890 in half brown Morocco ruled in Gilt with marbled boards. 6 compartments with extra Gilt. the Title in Gilt on a red label and date in Gilt on lower spine. All edges dye'd red plus a silk cord marker sewn in. Marbled endpapers. 294pp Some scattered light foxing here and there. Very tight fine binding. pictures will be available. C. Ward And R. Chandler Hardcover
181923561London: J. Mawman 1819. Three volumes; octavo 22cm.; full contemporary mottled calf black gilt spine labels Vol. III recently rebacked in the same style all edges speckled brown later 19th-century endpapers; frontispieces to each volume that of Vol. II hand-colored; additionally 43 plates throughout including 15 hand-colored added plates from the McLean edition published six months later. Leather a bit dried and extremities rubbed some shallow loss of leather at spine ends of first two volumes Vol. II shows some soiling to four leaves else a Very Good and sound set housed in a recent cloth clam-shell box. J. Mawman unknown
155846Por Pantaleón Aznar 1792 Madrid. 15x10. 367 y 327 pgs. Escaso. V2985 Por Pantaleón Aznar, 1792, Madrid. unknown
17712581DB1771. Nouvelle édition 4 Bände. Paris Compagnie des Libraires 1771. Mit 30 Kupfertafeln. Lederbände der Zeit mit Rückensch. und Rückenvergoldung. Ex Libris von Marie-Louise und Werner Weber. Mit handschriftlichem Eintrag von Werner Weber "N'est-ce pas en act il n'y a pas de hasards" - "Non est pas d'excuses". - Vorsätze und Titelblätter zum Teil fleckig. Gebrauchsspuren. unknown
176654220London: Printed for T. Osborne J. Rivington Etc 1766. 'A new translation by the author of Roderick Random'. Third ed. Re-backed with new spines original boards with chipped edges and corners. Period owner names to recto of frontis. Pp VG clean and tidy set. Full Leather. Very Good. 16mo. Printed for T. Osborne, J. Rivington Etc Hardcover
175778830Libraeries affocies 1757. hardcover. Aceptable. Paris 1757. Libraires affociés.Cartoné lomo piel deteriorado cubiertas deslucidas.Un grabado. Tres primeras páginas y dos últimas con manchas que no afectan al texto. Contiene bonit0 ex-libris. 372 pp. 16x12. En francés. Libraeries affocies hardcover
1836011226London: J.J. Dubochet & Co.; Charles Tilt; Joseph Thomas 1836. Full-Leather. Very Good/Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Two Volumes. Tall thick 8vo. 486 478pp. Beautiful Early Edition. Bound in full dark green Morocco double gilt ruled with gilt decorations on each board. Raised bands with gilt ruled and decorated compartments. Spine titles in gilt. All edges gilt. Numerous head pieces and int-text b&w illustrations by Jean Gigoux. Square tight and clean throughout with perhaps an errant spot hear or there but barely. Gilt edges a bit dulled and blemished in areas. Mild rubbing to edges and tips. Small neat contemporary ownership signature on title page of both volumes. Better than a Very Good and not quite a Near Fine. A very pleasing collectable set at a great price. Please note: International and Priority shipping may require additional postage. J.J. Dubochet & Co.; Charles Tilt; Joseph Thomas unknown
183643718London: Willoughby & Co. 22 Warwick Lane & 26 Smithfield 1836. Embellished with 500 wood engravings after designs by Jean Gigoux. 770 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half black polished calf gilt spine marbled edges. Bookseller's ticket: Andrew C. Glover Bookseller Truro. Embellished with 500 wood engravings after designs by Jean Gigoux. 770 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Willoughby & Co., 22, Warwick Lane, & 26, Smithfield unknown
1937110145Oxford: Limited Editions Club 1937. Limited. hardcover. near fine/very good. John Austen. Translated by Tobias Smollett. Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Color frontispice and other illustrations by John Austen. 2 volumes. Tall thick 4to cloth d.w.; board slipcase. Oxford: The Limited Editions Club and The University Press 1937. A near fine copy in very good dust wrapper and poor box.<br/> <br/> Limited Edition one of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.<br/> <br/> Limited Editions Club unknown
180736430London: phillips 1807. hardcover. very good-. Newly translated by Martin Smart. Embellished with 100 copperplates. 4 volumes. 16mo full mottled calf gilt backs leather labels two missing hinges strengthened. London: Printed for Richard Phillips by T. Gillet 1807. A very good- set internally clean.<br/> <br/> phillips unknown
182558650Metz Lithographie de l'Ecole Royale. 1825. Folio. 34 x 205 cm. Uncut in original blue blank wrappers. Original printed titlelabel on spine. Spine-ends strenghtened with tape. 283 pp. Throughout printed in lithographed handwriting. On good paper. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>Klaus Jordan 2172. </em> unknown
182558710Metz Lithographie de l'Ecole Royale. 1825. Folio. 34 x 205 cm. Uncut in original blue blank wrappers. Original printed titlelabel on spine. Spine-ends strenghtened with tape. 283 pp. Throughout printed in lithographed handwriting. On good paper. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>Klaus Jordan 2172. </em> unknown
1778146493London: Printed By John Rivington for W. Strahan T. Lowndes T Becket and E Johnston 1778. Original boards and title sticker still legible on spine. Boards are worn with one large scrape to front cover but page block remains clean tight and bright. An absolutely wonderful copy. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Printed By John Rivington for W. Strahan T. Lowndes, T Becket and E Johnston Hardcover
1835M3164Venice 1835. Excellent. Size : 262x228 mm 10.31x8.98 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: Maps South America Countries; unknown
193733330988Oxford: Printed for the Limited Editions Club at the University Press 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Austen John. Two volumes complete one of 1500 copies quarto size 700 pp. in slipcase signed by John Austen. Alain-Rene Le Sage 1668-1747 French novelist and playright had an immense influence over later authors such as Jonathan Swift Oliver Wendell Holmes Mark Twain Wilkie Collins Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This work originally published between 1715 and 1735 was instrumental in laying the foundation for 18th and 19th century novels. The protagonist is born in poverty and misery undergoes hardships and eventually through his adaptability and quick wit becomes a favorite of the king and enjoys a fortune and a hard-earned honest life. <br /> <br /> With artwork by English illustrator John Austen 1886-1948 who illustrated many books such as "Hamlet" "Tristram Shandy" and "Madame Bovary"; his style was at first influenced by Aubrey Beardsley and was later shaped by the Art Deco movement. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter grey cloth with gilt lettering and decorative borders on the spine blue cloth-covered sides decorated endpapers a different frontispiece in each volume these being two of the twenty full-page Austen illustrations hand-coloured by Daniel Jacomet bound in throughout with additional black-and-white illustrations in-text; monotype Fournier on William Nash special paper designed printed and bound by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press quarto size 11 1/2" by 8" pagination: Vol. I i-v vi-xxvi 1 2-329 1 blank; and Vol. II i-v vi-xi 1 blank 331 332-660 1 colophon signed by John Austen 1 blank this set number 631 of 1500. In jackets of light blue heavy paper illustrations on the front panels and spines by Austen in black and dark blue black lettering on the front panels and spines. Housed in the publisher's slipcase of heavy cardboard covered in the same patterned paper as the endpapers light blue paper spine label with black lettering and another small illustration by Austen in black and dark blue. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Volumes fine overall with clean boards straight corners without rubbing strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; light offsetting to the endpapers and two very light stray marks on the spine of Vol. I else fine. The dust jackets a bit better than very good the panels and spines clean and without noticeable wear the spines showing sunning scattered old dampstains with light wear at the heads and tails. The slipcase very good still strong and sturdy the paper with overall light sunning and soil with noticeable wear around the opening one seam split a prior owner affixed cello tape to that and one other seam. <br /> <br /> ___CITATION: LEC Bibliography no. 98. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusally large and heavy set and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Printed for the Limited Editions Club at the University Press hardcover
PBA 92015Limited Editions Club Book. Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. 2 volumes. Illustrated by John Austen. Translated by Tobias Smollett introduction by J. B. Priestley. 4to half gray linen gilt spines blue linen covered boards illustrated dust jackets. One of 1500 copies printed and bound by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press. Signed by the illustrator at the colophon. Limited Editions Club Hardcover
184025600Paris Ernest Bourdin 1840. Royal 8vo. Bound w. both lithographed and printed t-p. in a very nice cont. full mottled calf. Boards made like frames w. gilt decoratins in corners and gilt lines making a large centre of the calf framed this piece of the calf is a bit lighter brown than the rest of the boards. Back richly gilt. Bdg. w. traces of use. Hinges cracked at top. Somewhat brownspotted. Lithographed t-p. loose. Richly illustr. w. frontispiece and numerous woodcuts in text by Johannot. <br/><br/><em>First edition with the illustrations of Johannot. </em> hardcover
1886FB6980(1to3) /1A<p>Red cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. Translated by H. Van Laun. Dimensions are for one volume. <strong>No. 1 of a 250 limited edition.</strong></p><ul><li><strong>We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available</strong></li></ul><p>Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed limited edition No 1 and dedicated by the translator. Quality engravings throughout with tissue guards.</p><p><strong><em>Gil Blas</em></strong> <strong><em>L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane</em></strong> is a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It was highly popular and was translated several times into English most notably by Tobias Smollett in 1748 as <em>The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane</em>. <strong>Plot summary</strong>: Gil Blas is born in misery to a stablehand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria and is educated by his uncle. He left Oviedo at the age of seventeen to attend the University of Salamanca. His bright future is suddenly interrupted when he is forced to help robbers along the route and is faced with jail. He becomes a valet and over the course of several years is able to observe many different classes of society both lay and clerical. Because of his occupation he meets many disreputable people and is able to adjust to many situations thanks to his adaptability and quick wit. He finally finds himself at the royal court as a favorite of the king and secretary to the prime minister. Working his way up through hard work and intelligence Gil is able to retire to a castle to enjoy a fortune and a hard-earned honest life.</p> William Paterson. hardcover
1820008019Paris France: Chez Lefevre Libraire 1820. Hardcover. Good-Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3vol.set: vol.1-440pp.; vol.2-524pp.; vol.3-454pp.; HB's brwn.leather w/gilt; heavy rub w/worn edges&corners; spines&edges sunned; slight foxing; marble endpaper w/cleantight pgs.; vol.1ft.hinge cracking; French picturesque novel. Full trans.of title: "History of Gil Blas of Santillane by The Sage; edition collated with that of 1747 corrected by the author with a preliminary review new summaries and notes historical and literary by Mr. Francis Neufchateau." in French. 3 volumes w/ 9 engravings. <br/> <br/> Chez Lefevre, Libraire hardcover
31083SMOLLETT Tobias translator. LE SAGE Alain Rene. THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS. Four volumes bound as two. Dublin: Peter Wilson 1767. Large 12mo. Matching contemporary calf. Illustrated with 8 full-page engravings. Gil Blas was written by Alain Rene Le Sage 1668-1747 and first appeared in 1715. While Thomas Jefferson had a copy of this French edition in his librar as a general rule he preferred English language translations. This version translated into English and first published in 1750. Light edge-wear and bookplate neatly removed else a very nice set. unknown
1795010788London: Chez F. Wingrave Successeur de M. Nourse dans le Strand 1795 Book. Good. Full leather. 407 25 pages frontisppiece. ESTC N50233 just 3 UK locations and 1 US. Old full leather binding darkened and spine worn. Joints split but boards holding with the cords. Front free end paper almost torn out. Ink owner's name to a front end paper. Spotting and light browning to pages. Chez F. Wingrave, Successeur de M. Nourse, dans le Strand hardcover
1792012654Lille: Collection de C.J.F. Lehoucq Libraire 1792 Book. Good. Hardcover. Set of 3 small volumes. Vol 1 - vi iii i 176 pages frontispiece. Vol 2 - iv 203 1 pages frontispiece. Vol 3 - ii 226 pages frontispiece. Bound in old marbled paper covered boards narrow leather spine and vellum tips to the corners. Some wear. Small hole to the spine of vol 2. Some occasional spots to pages. Ink stain to the margin of vol 1 p 141. Text in French. Collection de C.J.F. Lehoucq Libraire hardcover
60063R Taylor Berwick 1773. 2 vols second edition rebound in full leather with gilt to spine vol 1 sl taller than 2 vol 1 frontispiece 212pp vol 2 219pp VG v sl rubbed boards text edges browned & sl foxingthroughout nice tidy copy R Taylor Berwick 1773 hardcover
1761032132London: J. Rivington R. Baldwin T. Longman R. Horsefield S. Crowder and Co. B. Law C. And R. Ware and T. Caslon 1761. Full Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo. Complete four volumes with woodblock plates. Full leather is scuffed and worn and a couple of the covers remain only barely attached. A little light foxing and some age toning. Contents all remain tight and generally clean. <br/> <br/> J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, R. Horsefield, S. Crowder and Co., B. Law, C. And R. Ware, and T. Caslon hardcover
183113405BARCELONA: de Sierra y Martí 1831. 8º.- Media piel de época.- 2 tomos.- I: XXIV.- 452 páginas.- 2 hojas.- II: 498 páginas.- 5 hojas. Sello de anterior poseedor. Palau nº 136337 de Sierra y Martí unknown