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1941C218902London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1941. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. viii 310pp. Original black cloth with gilt spine titles. Slight wear with curling to front board and slight lean otherwise very good with clean text in a very good dust jacket with slight marks to spine and chipping to ends. John Lane, The Bodley Head, hardcover
1938LTH17-E-7Middlesex: Penguin Books 1938. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. An amusing and highly detailed fictionalised biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Translated by Ella D'Arcy. Includes an advertiser's catalogue to the rear. Seventh impression of 1935 edition. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally a little shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. The pages have age toning but are generally clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good Penguin Books hardcover
0140000011.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1925969P3New York: D. Appleton and Company 1925. Hardback. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Mrs. Skinner Jacquier. The second U.S. edition of Andre Maurois' biography on Percy Shelley complete with colourful plates. The second U.S. edition translated by Ella D'Arcy.An insightful life of Percy Bysshe Shelley exploring the personal life and works of the Romantic poet.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates by Mrs. Skinner Jacquier. Collated complete. By French author Andre Maurois who also wrote biographies on Disraeli and Byron. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Spine is faded. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1961986b2London: The Bodley Head 1961; 1962; 1963. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. Lovely dust-wrapper-clad set of André Maurois texts including the popular biographies of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. With unclipped dust wrappers.In three volumes featuring:Ariel: A Shelley Romance;Disraeli: A Picture of the Victorian Age;Byron.Translated from the original French by Ella d'Arcy Ariel and Hamish Miles Disraeli and Byron.From prolific French writer and biographer André Maurois best-known for his fluid and engaging writing style and particular interest in the English-speaking world. Included here are two of his most popular works on English literary heroes Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrappers. Externally very smart with slight shelf wear and very faint marking to boards. Dust wrappers suffer from slight bumping and moderate spotting. Small chip to the back of Ariel and closed tears to the top edge of Disraeli. Moderate tearing along the spine of Byron plus a chip to the front of the wrap and additional small tears. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good The Bodley Head hardcover
1928mon0000069025D.Appleton 1928. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Previous owner's brief gift inscription ffep. Edgeworn boards. D.Appleton hardcover
8177693182.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
G0836929144I3N00Ayer Co Pub 1960. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Ayer Co Pub hardcover
1929321880New York: D. Appleton & Company 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Ex-library markings on spine heel title page and rear end page. Light sunning on spine.; From the personal collection of notable photojournalist Ted Spiegel who is known for his work with National Geographic and his portrait of John F. Kennedy. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
B9781494070823Paperback / softback. New. paperback
192849409Berlin Germany: S. Fischer Verlag 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Leather / Leder bound spine and corners hardcover with excellent unmarked pages and VG exterior: light wear on raised spine bands edges corners. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine blemished by a few pale spots gilt upper page edges. This deluxe German language volume includes an apparently original slip-case the upper and lower front edges are curved following the curved line of the hardcover spine. The slip-case is good with a tiny break and 5cm along one of the upper edges missing a small amount of the exterior surface. 366 pages. 1.8 lbs <br/> <br/> S. Fischer Verlag hardcover
192670441Paris: Nrf 1926. Fine. Nrf Paris 1926 17 x 22 cm broché sous chemise et étui First edition one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format deluxe issue. Our copy is presented in chemise and slipcase of vellum-style boards marbled paper covers. Fine copy. Nrf hardcover
1927300032New York: D. Appleton & Company 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1963177915London: Bodley Head 1963. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Bodley Head hardcover
1934927M4Paris: Bernard Grasset 1934. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A uniformly bound two-volume set of the first edition seventh printing of Maurois' biography of the notable Romantic poet Lord Byron. The first edition seventh printing of this work in a two-volume set uniformly bound in half morocco bindings with the original paper wraps bound in. A two-volume set of this biography of the renowned Romantic poet Lord Byron by the French author André Maurois 1885-1967. Written in the original French this work is one of Maurois' popular biographies; he also wrote a memoir of Benjamin Disraeli and Percy Bysshe Shelley among others. In half morocco bindings with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally in excellent condition except for small marks to the front board of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages with the odd spot to the first few pages of volume I; otherwise clean. Very Good Indeed Bernard Grasset hardcover
1930FIN1-C-7London: Bernard Grasset 1930. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Andre Maurois's biography of the poet Lord Byron. In French. First edition. André Maurois born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 9 October 1967 was a French author. Complete in two volumes. In half-tree-calf bindings with marbled boards. Externally smart with just one large mark to the front board of volume II. Internally firmly bound. Pages are browned throughout though generally clean. Very Good Indeed Bernard Grasset hardcover
193074951Paris: Grasset 1930. Fine. Grasset Paris 1930 17 x 22.50 cm 2 volumes reliés sous étui First edition one of 315 numbered copies on laid Marais paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format. Half dark green shagreen bindings with corners spines with five raised bands gilt dates at foot combed paper boards endpapers and pastedowns of matching paper covers and spines preserved slipcase edged with dark green shagreen boards covered with combed paper. Grasset hardcover
1930793L46Paris: Bernard Grasset 1930. First edition. Fine Binding. Fine. 8.5" by 6". None. A very smartly bound first edition set of Andre Maurois' biography of Byron. From the library at Julians Park once home to socialite and patron of arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. This work is numbered 516 of copies printed on Velin pur Chiffon. In the original French. Rebound in beautiful half morocco bindings. Complete in two volumes. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie Audrey Evelyn James Coats and Audrey Evelyn James Field at Julian"s Park. Pleydell-Bouverie was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire. Audrey was also alleged to be the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII although she was also rumoured to be his daugher or the lover of King Edward VIII. She bought Julians Park in 1940 following her third marriage to the Hon Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was a patron of the arts and it is believed that she bound several books herself as many books from her library were stamped with her name and she owned a group of bookbinding tools. Her circle of friends included Winston Churchill Coco Chanel and Nancy Mitford. She was featured in Cecil Beaton's 'Book of Beauty' and was regarded as one of the Bright Young Things. In uniform half morocco bindings with paper covered boards. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. A few light spots to the preliminary leaves. Otherwise just the odd spot. Fine Bernard Grasset unknown
192528416London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited 1925. Very Good /Very Good. London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited 1925. Octavo; publisher's cloth in grey printed dust jacket; 8157pp. Very light wear to jacket extremities spine panel a shade toned else a Very Good remarkably fresh copy. <br /> <br /> Philosophical dialogue between a young officer and the older philosopher/tutor "upon the nature place and scope of Leadership in War and Peace" front jacket panel. John Lane the Bodley Head Limited unknown
1982feb11765Minerva 1982. Used. 1982; Romanian Edition of Cei trei Dumas 1 BPT 1138; For more details please contact me Minerva unknown
1982feb11766Minerva 1982. Used. 1982; Romanian Edition of Cei trei Dumas 2 BPT 1139; For more details please contact me Minerva unknown
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ria9781443729062_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; CHATEAUBRIAND- Poet Statesman Lover by ANDREW MAUROIS. Contents include: Introduction ix I. Childhood and Youth i II. Soldier and Voyager 3 5 III. Exile 57 IV. Le Genie du Christianisme 87 V Journey from Paris to Andalmia 1 2 8 VI The hardcover
B9781443729062Hardback. New. hardcover