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1884175770Paris: Ed. Monnier 1884. 1st Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. VG- light rubbing to boards at spine and edges. Full plum-colored crushed leather with matching silk end papers and doublures original covers bound in. 117 pp. BW and some color illustrations. Binding by Gruel. Illustrations by Arcos Gambard Grasset Jeanniot Le Natur Adrien Marie Merwart Myrbach Renouard Rochegrosse Roy and Tirado. Text in French. Ed. Monnier 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
18895729Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott 1889. Full-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1889 1st American edition sumptuously bound --and signed-- in full dark-green morocco by Bradstreet's of London. Raised bands gilt-ruled and decorated compartments. Solidly VG with light wear at the outer hinges light staining to the panels. Tall quarto 170 pgs. all edges gilt. Beautiful engravings thruout by E. Duez and A. Lynch. <br/><br/> J.B.Lippincott hardcover books
19237939Paris: Editions Albert Morance 1923. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. The 1923 1st thus #86 of 252 copies with the lavish wood engravings of Georges Le Meilleur complementing the text. Bound and signed by Vermorel of Paris in a 3/4 dark-green morocco over marbled boards. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns as well. Gilt-rule to the panels raised bands bright gilt-lettering and flourishes at the compartments. Solid and VG with light aging to the leather. Folio 58 pgs. top-edge gilt. Original blue wrappers bound-in. A very handsome edition of De Maupassant's short story. <br/><br/> Editions Albert Morance hardcover books
194566496Bel-Ami Limited to 275 Copies MAUPASSANT Guy de. Bel-Ami. Lithographies Originales de Grau Sala. Deuxieme Partie. Paris: Chez Jean Porson 1945. Two quarto volumes. Illustrated with color lithographs by Grau Sala. Limited to 275 copies of which this is number 224. Printed color wrappers printed boards matching printed slipcase. Fine. HBS 66496. $500 Chez Jean Porson hardcover books
1903316564New York and London: M. Walter Dunne Publisher 1903. The Flaubert Edition no. 60 of 500 copies. Frontispiece illustrations. 8vo. Three quarter green morocco red and yellow morocco onlays on spine. Spine browned some chipping. The Flaubert Edition no. 60 of 500 copies. Frontispiece illustrations. 8vo. M. Walter Dunne, Publisher unknown books
190833966Paris: Louis Cunard 1908. 26 of apparently 29 volumes 8vo contemporary half burgundy morocco gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2 t.e.g. fine set. <br/><br/> Louis Cunard unknown books
19301318853Paris: Editions Excelsior 1930. Limited Edition #141/302. Other. Large octavo 192 pages; VG; housed in matching red cardboard chemise and slipcase with gilt; chemise has tape repair; pages are loose in gatherings as issued; with 14 original etchings loose in rear 14 colored illustrations and colored headbands and vignettes; Limited edition of 302 numbered copies. One of 265 copies on vellum of Rives of which this is number 141; scarce; shelved case 11. 1318853. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Editions Excelsior unknown books
1888888621888. DESPRES Jules. MAUPASSANT Guy de. LE ROSIER DE MADAME HUSSON. STIKEMAN binding. Paris: Maison Quantin 1888. Quarto. vi40pp. First edition. #56 of 1000 on Velin du Marais out of 1050 copies. With two etchings by E. Abot after Jules Despres. Each text page decorated with illustrations by Habert-Dys. Illustrated wrappers bound-in. Carteret calls it "rare edition originale et premier tirage tres cote en grand papier" rare first edition and first printing highly desirable on large paper. Carteret 1946 p. 271. Bound by Stikeman in half red crushed morocco over marbled boards. Spine intricately gilt in compartments. T.e.g. Minor toning and faint rubbing to hinges otherwise fine. unknown books
1920005780Paris: L. Carteret 1920. Limited Edition. Full Morocco. Cloth slipcase. . Near Fine. No. 31 of 80 "exemplaires de grand choix sur Japon et Vélin du Marais and total limitation of 300 copies. 4to. 27 by 18 cm. 310 pp. Each of the illustrations is rendered thrice -- once in text and twice in two states as full page plates. Slight starting and rubbing by upper front joint about 3 cm long. Immaculate within. Gilt ornamented binding is very handsome with all edges gilt and silk doublures. <br/><br/> L. Carteret hardcover books
1889046694Paris: E. Plon Nourrit etc. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Near Fine Condition. Jean-Francois Raffaelli. Half green morocco over marbled boards spine a bit sunned original wrappers bound in. Black and white and hand colored illustrations throughout and 10 heliogravure by Raffaelli - number 29 of 40 on Japan and with an additional folding etching a version of the frontis signed in pencil by Raffaelli tipped in before the frontis. A lovely production. Size: Quarto 4to. Illustrator: Jean-Francois Raffaelli. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 046694. E. Plon, Nourrit etc. hardcover books
8192Evanston IL: The Schori Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tight bright and unmarred. Black and green faux leather boards gilt lettering and decorative elements rhinestone gem rosette on front cover aeg with 23k gold leaf marbled endpapers unattached colophon gilt black clamshell box. 65x55mm. np. Illus. b/w plates. 1 of 5 deluxe binds by John Lariviere. <br/><br/> The Schori Press hardcover books
1993163829Catania Italy: Orizzonti bibliofilia italiana 1993. 54/90 LiV/XC. Hardcover. VG. The whole contained in a portfolio of loose signatures. The whole is contained in a green gilt embossed cloth portfolio with three cloth ties. Within there are loose signatures. The first contains the Title-page The there is a folded signature containing three hand-printed signed original color prints by Fabio Nicola Grasso numbered and signed in pencil. These are followed by a series of signatures beginning with page 11 and moving forward through the end at page 66 followed by a colophon sheet. Contains 38 colored serigraphs within the text by Aldo Turiano as well as the works by Grasso. A translation of part of the printers statement is: ".In the construction of this book Mario Grosso has used the most sought after and effective silk-screen effects to best represent the expressiveness of the artists. In the course of so much work Elsa Sormani Marie Luce de Vautibault Michèle Campagne Concetta Centamore Claudia Di Giacomo and in the concrete and essential form Mario and Lina Garraffo were close to us without whom this book would have seen no light. Hand-rolled by Mario Grosso Emma Cacciola and Fabio Nicola Grosso this book was entirely made at the OBI office in Catania and finished printing on 23 November 1993. This book has 68 numbered pages and three original off-text compositions Fabio Nicola Grosso signed by the author. At the end of the run all the plates have been destroyed so that this edition will no longer be available as justified below: n. 90 specimens with Arabic numeration; n. 90 specimens with Roman numeration; 7 specimens marked in alphabetical letters as mandatory copies; n.13 specimens in proof of printing out of trade reserved for collaborators." Orizzonti bibliofilia italiana 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
1968121083New York NY: The Limited Editions Club 1968. cloth slipcase. Limited Editions Club. small 4to. cloth slipcase. xii 266 2 pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies and signed on colophon by illustrator Bernard Lamotte 1903-83 LEC 405. The illustrator's own copy with his initials on colophon under "copy number." Printed at the Press of A. Colish of Mount Vernon New York. Introduction by Alec Waugh. List of Lamotte's 12 color illustrations which were reproduced by William Mangini and Michael Pagliaro of Hazardville Connecticut. Lamotte also illustrated works by Emile Zola and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He is also known for painting a mural in the White House Swimming Pool room during the presidency of John F. Kennedy. Sold with three of the original paintings by Lamotte which were reproduced as illustrations in the book: "George Duroy on the Boulevard" the frontispiece of this work "A Visit to the Notary's" and "En Route to Rouen with Madeleine" the second two in the text. Paintings in gilt frames. Slipcase sunned at fore-edge and lightly soiled. Lower front corner of spine scuffed. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1929104568Paris: Editions Louis Conrad 1929-1955. Finely bound set of the complete works of Alexandre Dumas and Guy de Maupassant. Octavos 63 volumes text in French bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers illustrated with engravings. In near fine condition. A very sharp set. Two of France's most renowned and prolific writers Alexandre Dumas and Guy de Maupassant were both masters of literature. Maupassant is remembered for his mastery of the short story form and as a representative of the Naturalist school which depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms; while Dumas' thrilling historical novels of high adventure including the Three Musketeers and Count of Monte Cristo have been adapted since the early 20th century into nearly 200 films. Editions Louis Conrad unknown books
1905312910London and New York: M. Walter Dunne Publisher 1905. Edition Suprème Letter R of 26 copies printed on Japan Vellum. Illustrated from Original Drawings by Eminent French and American Artists. 17 vols. 8vo. Bound in full blue morocco with full citron morocco doublures and waters silk endpapers t.e.g. Edition Suprème Letter R of 26 copies printed on Japan Vellum. Illustrated from Original Drawings by Eminent French and American Artists. 17 vols. 8vo. M. Walter Dunne, Publisher unknown books
