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1964191299n.p.: privately printed for the Trade not for sale 1964. 36p 5.5x8.25 inches erotic illustrations on first page and both covers text and illustrations in blue ink some toning to covers otherwise very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Mildly erotic stories by an uncredited De Maupassant published "under the table" with mildly erotic drawings also uncredited. privately printed for the Trade, not for sale unknown books
1938448989New York: Press of A. Colish 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine press reprint. 12mo. 21pp. Leather over papercovered boards. Neat bookplate on front pastedown "Press Books" stamped in tiny letters at bottom of front endpaper spine lightly sunned with some rubbing at the ends light binding wear a very good or better copy lacking the slipcase. Interior is clean. Copy 22 of 200 printed. Press of A. Colish hardcover books
19392312540New York: Pocket Books 1939. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Collector's Edition with publisher's pamphlet laid in. Boards lightly toned. 1939 Hard Cover. 414 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction by Wallace Brockway; Love; Simon's Papa; Rose; An Affair of State; The Diamond Necklace; Clochette; The Signal; Useless Beauty; A Normandy Joke; The Wolf; The Duel; Madame Tellier's Excursion; That Pig of a Morin; The Mad Woman; Julie Romain; The Venus of Braniza; Toine; Moonlight; Ball-of-Fat; The Specter; How He Got the Legion of Honor; A Piece of String; A Country Excursion; A Strange Fancy; Mademoiselle Fifi; A Sale; One Phase of Love; The Vendetta; My Uncle Sosthenes; A Fishing Excursion; The Little Cask; The Story of a Farm Girl; Two Little Soldiers; The Orderly; The Dancers; The False Gems. Pocket Books hardcover books
193915554NY: Pocket Books Inc 1939. 'Collector's Edition'. Faux tan qtr-leather with marbled paper boards & elaborate gilt decorated spine. Speckled edges. NF light extremity wear. x 2 414 3 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Pocket Books Inc hardcover books
19038348New York. M. Walter Dunne. 1903. Attractively bound in 3/4 gilt ruled grain morocco and marbled boards. Gilt tooled spine compartments with elaborate fleural motifs. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 8vo 6" x 9". The Flaubert Edition which is Limited to 500 numbered sets of which this is number 334. Illustrated with illuminated chromolithographic Limitation and Title page and further by tissue-guarded duotone plates after original drawings by eminent French and American artists. A splendid opus of France's most masterfull story teller. This limited edition set was the first complete collection of the authors work to be published in English. Quite scarce. Spines and covers mildly sunned. Covers spines and hinges occasionally rubbed and mildly chipped. Mild chipping to two headpieces. Volume 4 presents an obvious repair at front hinge which has somewhat darkened that area covers well attatched. A Very Good clean attractive set. M. Walter Dunne. hardcover books
1889401221889. DE MAUPASSANT Guy. THE ODD NUMBER. Thirteen Tales. Translated from the French by Jonathan Sturges. Introduction by Henry James. NY: Harper 1889. 12mo. decorative silver-stamped blue cloth. First American Edition precedes the English edition by two years. Edel & Laurence B4. Signed presentation from Sturges the translator on the front endpaper: "To Junius Morgan. The friendship of Jonathan Sturgis. Oct. 30 1889. Junius Morgan 1813-1890 was the founder of the Morgan financial empire and father to J. Pierpont Morgan. He was a Yankee businessman and established the Morgan name in the world's financial markets during three decades as merchant banker in Victorian London. His son J. Pierpont Morgan inherited his father's business upon his death in 1890 and consolidated the firm's European and American interests. An interesting and early association copy- as the book was published October 29 1889. Very Good bright. $250.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1889277663New York: Harper 1889. First. hardcover. near fine. Translated y Jonathan Sturges. Introduction by Henry James. Small 8vo blue cloth stamped in silver and gilt. New York: Harper 1889. First Edition.<br/><br/> Gift inscription on flyleaf.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
197735277Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. Hardcover. Near fine. Near fine copy bound in gilt stamped red leather with silk endpapers and book mark; all edges gilt. Atlanta historian Franklin M. Garrett's Easton press bookplate affixed to front pastedown. <br/><br/> Easton Press hardcover books
1977299842Norwalk: Easton 1977. hardcover. fine. Bohmer Gunter. Illustrations by Gunter Bohmer. 472pp. Tall thick 8vo gilt-stamped red leather all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. A fine copy.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
1977135821Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1977. Limited edition. Part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn and others chosen and with an introduction by Justin O'Brien. Illustrations from water-colors by Gunter Bohmer. A very near fine copy in a decorated full leather binding and a bound in silk bookmarker. The Easton Press unknown books
1977TB23379Norwalk Conn.: The Easton Press 1977. Collector's Edition. Near fine in full bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/2" containing 472 pages of text. Some of the gilt filled tool work on the front board has deteriorated and is missing. Based on the translations of Lafacadio Hearn and others. Illustrated with drawings by Gunter Bohmer and with an introduction by Justin O'Brien. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Other than the missing gilt on the front board this is a very handsome tight clean copy with no names dates notations or book plates. The Easton Press hardcover books
192429822New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine book in a very good to near fine dust jacket evenly tanned at spine panel with a one-inch closed tear at bottom of spine but with virtually no paper loss. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
192429819New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine book in a superb fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
192429820New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine book in a superb fine dust jacket faintly creased at spine. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
192529818New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1925. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine book in a superb fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
192329821New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1923. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket evenly tanned at spine panel. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
192429816New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket slighlty browned at spine panel with a couple minor closed tears. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
