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1968285272Rombaldi 1968. Très Bon Etat de conservation circa 1968 intérieur frais très bonne tenue. in4. 1968. Cartonné. illustrations couleurs et noir et blanc collections les Immortels Chefs d'oeuvres: 5 volumes comportant 8 livres: Le cercle de familile les silences du colonel Bamble - Les discours du docteur O'Gray - Nouveaux discours Ariel ou la vie de Shelley Climats Ni ange ni bête - L'instinct du bonheur Rombaldi unknown
1964SKU1045439Atheneum 1964. hardcover. Good. 12x9x0. Atheneum; New York 1964. Hardcover. A Good to Very Good blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine binding sturdy and intact heavily sunned spine buckram bumped top front board corner mild discoloration to board corners without Dust wrapper. In a Good moderate handling/scuff marks bumped top corner with abrasion some offsetting to buckram some shelf wear sturdy Slipcase. Oblong 4toquarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches. color illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Atheneum hardcover
196464203New York: Atheneum 1964. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcase worn torn and falling apart Some spine discoloration. Front board has some weakness. Ink notation on Preface page. Interior pages typically crisp and clean. de Joinville. 34. 40 p. Includes illustrations. Illustrations in color. This album of painings by the Prince de Joinville were drawn in 1861 and 1862. Preface by the Comte de Paris who said that this editon owed a great deal to Genral Bavin friend of France and former Ambassador of the United States. The Prince de Joinville was the third son of King Louis-Philippe. This book was designed by Neanine Fricker. The type was handset in Baskerville. The plates were made by Mansat Paris. The printing of the text and the illustrations was done on the presses of I. P.E. in Paris. The binding was ong by Prache de Franclieu at Choisy-le-ROi. This paper was made by de la Haye-Descartes at Balemes. Atheneum hardcover
1964009610New York: Atheneum 1964. 34pp text with 21 full-page Illustrations in color. This album of painings by the Prince de Joinville were drawn in 1861 and 1862. Preface by the Comte de Paris who said that this editon owed a great deal to Genral Bavin friend of France and former Ambassador of the United States. The Prince de Joinville was the third son of King Louis-Philippe. This book was designed by Neanine Fricker. The type was handset in Baskerville. The plates were made by Mansat Paris. The printing of the text and the illustrations was done on the presses of I. P.E. in Paris. The binding was ong by Prache de Franclieu at Choisy-le-ROi. This paper was made by de la Haye-Descartes at Balemes. purple silk cloth with gilt titles at front and spine in illustrated by The Prince De Joinville covers sunned around edges internally clean and bright book is in excellent-condition slipcase faded with some light stains and scuffs at edges in good condition in box of purple cloth. . 1st Edition. Silk. Near Fine/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall oblong. Atheneum Hardcover
1935857T1London: Penguin Books 1935-1940. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A seven volume set of Pelican Books as published by Penguin Random House. Seven volumes. This set includes: Ariel 1935. The first penguin edition of the work. Written by Andre Maurois a French author. Social Life in the Insect World 1937. The first pelican edition of the work. Illustrated with fifteen plates collated complete. Written by Jean-Henri Fabre a French naturalist entomologist and author. The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism Capitalism Sovietism & Fascism in two volumes 1937. The first pelican edition of the work. Written by Bernard Shaw an Irish playwright critic polemicist and political activist. History of the English People Epilogue: 1895-1905 Book 2 1939. The first Pelican edition of the work. Written by Élie Halévy a French philosopher and historian who wrote studies of British history. An ABC of International Affair: The Penguin Political Dictionary 1939. The first Penguin edition. A Penguin Special. Compiled by Walter Theimer a German scientist and non-fiction author. The Expanding Universe 1940. The first pelican edition of the work. Illustrated with two plates collated complete. Written by Sir Arthur Eddington an English astronomer physicist and mathematician. In the original paper wraps. Externally very smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light fading to the boards. All volumes have original unclipped dust wrappers other than Ariel. Dust wrappers are also very smart with light chipping and the odd crease. Minor fading to the spine. Internally generally firmly bound. Hinges starting but firm to a few volumes. Volume one textblock may detach from boards with further handling. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the edges. Very Good Penguin Books paperback
1956175407New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Farrar Straus and Cudahy hardcover
1960GB001NIBF20I3N00Grove Press Inc. 1960. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Grove Press, Inc. paperback
1953374537London: Jonathan Cape 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth printing of the English edition. Some spotting on the front board about very good without dustwrapper. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor with his ownership Signature dated in 1955 from Paris. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1961293845London: Jonathan Cape 1961. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Translated by Henry L. Binsse. 560 pages. 8vo blue cloth dust wrapper. London: Jonathan Cape 1961. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Jonathan Cape unknown books
194941121Paris: Hachette 1949. fair. 348 wraps ftnotes bibliography index some foxing to fore-edge covers soiled rear cover & some pgs bent. Inscribed by author. Some tears at spine and small pieces missing. Text is in French. Hachette paperback
1968304071968. S.l. Gallimard / BibliothÂque de la PlÂŽiade 1954 1954 et 1954. 3 vol. au format in-12 176 x 108 mm de xli - 1003 pp. ; 1224 et 1323 pp. Reliures uniformes d'ÂŽdition de plein skyvertex caramel dos lisses ornÂŽs d'un jeu de filets dorÂŽs piÂces de titre ÂŽmeraude titres dorÂŽs tomaisons dorÂŽes tÂtes saumon. Ensemble complet des trois volumes le constituant. Plut™t que le rÂŽcit d'une sÂŽquence dÂŽterminÂŽe d'ÂŽvÂŽnements cette Ãuvre s'intÂŽresse non pas ˆ la mÂŽmoire du narrateur mais ˆ une rÂŽflexion sur la littÂŽratureÊ: ÇÊJÕai eu le malheur de commencer mon livre par le mot ÇÊjeÊÈ et aussit™t on a cru que au lieu de chercher ˆ dÂŽcouvrir des lois gÂŽnÂŽrales je mÕanalysais au sens individuel et dÂŽtestable du motÊÈ ÂŽcrit Marcel Proust. Quelques rousseurs en gouttiÂres et gardes. Du reste trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
1949279581Paris: Hachette 1949. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. A clean copy of this 1949 edition in the original wrappers. Very Good binding. Hachette unknown books
193275931London Toronto Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company 1932. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v-vi 1-2 3-309 310-312: blank note: first and last leaves are blanks original black cloth front panel ruled in blind spine panel stamped in gold. First edition in English. Mostly nonfiction but collects several parts of Maurois' future history series including "The Earth-Dwellers" "The Next Chapter: The War Against the Moon" is part of this same future history series. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 3-40. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 153. Bleiler 1948 p. 196. A fine copy in near fine printed dust jacket with light wear at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips and a few internal mends of short edge tears with archival tape. The jacket printed on very thin paper is fragile and uncommon in nice condition. #75931 Cassell and Company unknown books
194229465New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated 1942. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated 1942. First American Edition with 1 on final leaf of text. Octavo; publisher's cloth black topstain decorative price-clipped dust jacket; 4203pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small closed tears spine panel a shade sunned foxing and dust-soil to rear panel and flaps jacket verso and endpapers also quite foxed else a Good to Very Good still attractive copy. D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated unknown
1942129706New York: D. Appleton-Century Company 1942. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. 203 p. 21 cm. Cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Top edge blue. Some wear to jacket edges including tear at top front. <br/><br/> D. Appleton-Century Company hardcover
195528487Brionne Eure: Amelot 1955. Very Good. Brionne Eure: Amelot 1955. First English-Language Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 52pp.; plates throughout. Very light wear to margins spine a shade toned else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by the author and one other. <br /> <br /> Short dramatic interlude first written for the "Light and Sound" production held at the Palace of Versailles during the summer months at dusk. Amelot unknown
1928905P6London: Jonathan Cape 1928. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Edward Carrick. The first edition in English of this satirical Utopian novel by Andre Maurois with illustrated by Edward Carrick. The first edition in English.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles' is a satirical sci-fi tale in which a man and woman travel to an Utopian island where the dominant class are artists who provide the other classes with their raisons d'etre.Originally written in French by Andre Maurois here translated into English by David Garnett.Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Edward Carrick. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Spine is faded. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is edge worn with chips to the head and tail of the spine. Head of the spine is lifting. Spine is a little age-toned. Only a few light handling marks to the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Jonathan Cape hardcover
19291813756D. Appleton and Compan;y. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1929. Hard Cover. Ex Library M167 . D. Appleton and Compan;y hardcover
1928229410London Jonathan Cope 1928. 1928. First edition so stated. Small 8vo. 4 full page woodcut illustrations by Edward Carrick. Translated from the French by David Garnett. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 63 pages uncut and partly unopened. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Butler & Banner. Bleiler p. 136. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London, Jonathan Cope [1928]. hardcover
1928229410London Jonathan Cope 1928. 1928. First edition so stated. Small 8vo. 4 full page woodcut illustrations by Edward Carrick. Translated from the French by David Garnett. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 63 pages uncut and partly unopened. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Butler & Banner. Bleiler p. 136. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London, Jonathan Cope [1928]. hardcover books
192927966NY: Appleton 1929. First Edition. Edward Carrick. 8vo pp. 76. With wood engravings by Edward Carrick. Translated from the French by David Garnett. VG. Appleton unknown books
1960WB16903Paris: Hachette 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. One of a total edition of ten thousand. Original wrappers. Gift inscription. Spine tanned otherwise a fresh copy. Housed in an attractive custom clamshell box. <br/><br/> Hachette paperback books
1960WB16903Paris: Hachette 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. One of a total edition of ten thousand. Original wrappers. Gift inscription. Spine tanned otherwise a fresh copy. Housed in an attractive custom clamshell box. <br/><br/> Hachette paperback
196176968Paris: Hachette 1961. Fine. Hachette Paris 1961 15.50 x 21.50 cm relié First edition one of 100 numbered copies on Marais vellum the only deluxe copies after 40 on Arches Half burgundy shagreen binding with corners spine with four raised bands set with cold fillets marbled paper boards endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers and spine preserved top edge gilt retaining deckled edges. Spine and boards very slightly and marginally lightened without gravity. Handsome copy beautifully bound. Hachette hardcover
19613547543París.: Hachette. 1961. Hardcover. Good. 20 cm. 570 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal en plena piel con nervios. Idioma francés . Biografías.929 929 Hachette. hardcover