Andre Maurois; Vera Fraser [trans]Biblio.com
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1938792A25London: Jonathan Cape 1938. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 6" . Not Stated . The first English translation of this biography of French author François-René de Chateaubriand in an exquisite Bayntun full calf binding. The first edition of this biographical sketch of François-René de Chateaubriand important French author and politician who had a great influence on French literature of the nineteenth century dominating the literary scene of the time. The first English edition translated from the French of André Maurois by Vera Fraser. Recounting from his childhood and youth his time as a soldier and voyager his exile in England and much more. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full page plates as well as a folding plate illustrating his genealogical tree. Collated complete. In a beautiful fine full calf binding signed Bayntun. In a lovely full calf binding signed Bayntun with five raised bands and gilt tooling to the spine pictorial endpapers and gilt to the edges. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and some sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. With a minor faint spotting to the first few leaves otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full page plates as well as a folding plate illustrating his genealogical tree. Collated complete. Near Fine Jonathan Cape hardcover
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1928FGN22-E-2Paris: Bernard Grasset 1928. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". Not stated. One of Andre Maurois' best-known works in the original French. One of Andre Maurois' best-known works in the original French. With an ink inscription by Andre Maurois to the title page. Ex libris William Tyrell. Tyrrell served in the Foreign Office from 1889 to 1928. He was private secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Thomas Sanderson from 1896 to 1903 and then secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence from 1903 to 1904 before being appointed as second secretary at the British embassy in Rome. He returned firstly as precis-writer from 1905 to 1907 and later with Louis Mallet as private secretary to Sir Edward Grey from 1907 to 1915. Tyrrell supported the Entente Cordiale with France and did not think a rapprochement with Imperial Germany was possible before 1914. In the spring of 1915 Tyrrell appears to have suffered an almost total breakdown and he was moved to a less stressful job at the Home Office before being made head of the Political Intelligence Department from 1916 to 1919. He was Permanent Under-Secretary from 1925 to 1928 and British Ambassador to France from 1928 to 1934. As Permanent Under-Secretary he did not think there was a military threat from Japan and that Russia was the enemy and as Ambassador he worked for an Anglo-French agreement. He was also suspicious of Nazi Germany. He was sworn into the Privy Council in 1928 and made a Peer as Baron Tyrrell of Avon in the County of Southampton in 1929. In 1935 he was appointed President of the British Board of Film Censors a post he held until 1947. This book seems to date from his time in Paris as British Ambassador. Numbered 95 to the verso of the title page. Maurois' first novel Les silences du colonel Bramble was a witty and socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English as they often dealt with British people or topics such as his biographies of Disraeli Byron and Shelley. In a quarter-morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally sound though with some rubbing and a few marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages have some slight marginal browning with just a few instances of foxing. Very Good Indeed Bernard Grasset hardcover
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1980181098Virginia: Time Life 1980. Special Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Near Fine in wraps. Time Life unknown
1980156003Virginia: Time Inc 1980. Special Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Near Fine in wraps. Time Inc unknown
1990189185Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in leather boards. Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines.; First Easton Press Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1990190790Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. The Library of Great Lives.; First Easton Press Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1990203087New York: Easton Press 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Library of Great Lives. Easton Press hardcover
1990174379Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in leather boards. Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines.; First Easton Press Edition. Easton Press hardcover
192890385New York: D. Appleton and Company 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. First Edition noted by Roman numeral "I" on last page of text. Spine sunned and soiled. Bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's signature on half-title page. Staining to pages throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1980309750New York: Time Inc 1980. Special Edition. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Light foxing on top text block edge. Time Inc unknown
19901748829382Easton Press 1990. Leather Bound. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Easton Press hardcover
