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1920Embry 190983J. M. Dent N.d Circa 1920. Light wear very good to near fine. Small blue leatherette. Translated by John Florio J. M. Dent, N.d, Circa 1920. hardcover books
19822312615Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1982. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Wald Carol. Near fine. 1982 Hard Cover. 481 pp. Burgundy cloth binding with gilt decoration and gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. CONTENTS: Introduction; To the Reader; On Man: Of Liars; That the Taste of Good and Evil Depends in Large Part on the Opinion We Have of Them; That Our Happiness Must Not Be Judged Until After Our Death; That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die; One Man's Profit Is Another Man's Harm; Of Friendship; Of Moderation; Of the Uncertainty of Our Judgment; Of Age; Of Conscience; Of Books; That Our Desire is Increased by Difficulty; Of Giving the Lie; Of Freedom of Conscience; Of Solitude; Against Do-Nothingness; Of Virtue; Of Anger. On Principle: Of Custom and Not Easily Changing an Accepted Law; Of the Education of Children; It is Folly to Measure the True and False by Our Own Capacity; Of Cannibals; Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes; Of Sumptuary Laws; Of Ancient Customs; Of Evil Means Employed to a Good End; On Some Verse of Virgil; Of the Disadvantage of Greatness. On Knowledge and Pride: Apology for Raymond Sebond. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1943UDEMMIC00efWalter J. Black 1943. Very Good. de Montaigne Michel. Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays. Frame translator Donald M. New York: Walter J. Black 1943. Classics Club. 364pp. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with faint abrasions and stains on fore- and foot-edge. Walter J. Black unknown books
2000115757Paris: Drouot-Montaigne 2000. Softcover. VG Former owner's address label inside front cover. Color illus. wraps; 91 pp.; Over 300 color figures and plates. Text in French; From the auction held 28 May 2000; Includes African Oceanic Southeast Asian and Pre-Columbian art mostly African; 314 items listed with annotations. Drouot-Montaigne paperback books
1950305121London Cassell and Company Ltd. 1950. 1950. First edition so stated. 8vo. Small 8vo. Woodcut frontispiece portrait. Dust jacket unclipped; small chips; rubbed. Very good. 138 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, Cassell and Company Ltd. [1950]. hardcover books
19496131New York: The Modern Library 1949. 1st ML edition. Later issue dj '344'. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG/VG sp darkened. 12mo. <br/><br/> The Modern Library hardcover books
1998268030New York: St. Martin's 1998. First. hardcover. very good/very good. A few text Illus. 8vo 1/2 red cloth d.w. New York: St Martin's Press 1998. Very good<br/><br/> Author fished throughout the former Soviet Union.<br/><br/> St. Martin's unknown books
192668954Paris:: Librairie Fernand Nathan. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. Text is in French. A later printing. Some of the illustrations have been hand-colored. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Librairie Fernand Nathan, hardcover books
192768953Paris:: Librairie Fernand Nathan. Fair. 1927. Hardcover. Text is in French. A later printing. Some of the illustrations have been hand-colored. Water damaged with bubbling and loss on rear board moderate shelf wear and aging else fair in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Librairie Fernand Nathan, hardcover books
192968952Paris:: Librairie Fernand Nathan. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. Text is in French. A later printing. Some of the illustrations have been hand-colored. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Librairie Fernand Nathan, hardcover books
190248698Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company 1902. Edition limited to 265 copies folio 3 volumes; portrait frontispiece title page with elaborate woodcut border decorated initials throughout bibliography with reproductions of title pages in volume 3; original light-green paper-covered boards backed in cream buckram paper spine labels; boards toned a very good copy. Designed by Bruce Rogers during his early years with the Riverside Press this set demonstrates the excellence in classical aesthetic for which he would become famous. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin & Company hardcover books
190231631London: Reeves and Turner 1902. 4 volumes 8vo 4 frontispieces folding 2-p. facsimile letter; slightly later half green morocco by Zaehnsdorf gilt spines in 5 compartments 3 disparate gilt-lettered in 3 t.e.g.; spines browned else near fine. "A fresh English rendering and a careful revision of the text throughout to which are added some account of the life of Montaigne notes a translation of all the letters known to be extant and an enlarged index ; with portraits and other illustrations." <br/><br/> Reeves and Turner unknown books
1980281989Franklin Center: Franklin 1980. hardcover. fine. Gonzalo Fonseca. Illustrated by Gonzalo Fonseca. 477 pages. Thick 8vo gilt-stamped black leather a.e.g. Franklin Library 1980. A fine copy.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books of All Time series.<br/><br/> Franklin unknown books
1979172132Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. First editions thus. Hardcovers. Three volumes of essays by Michel de Montaigne each translated by Donald M. Frame. All three books are in near fine condition in full leather bindings with all edges gilt and a bound in silk book marker but with a bookplate to the front pastedown of each book. A very nice set. The Franklin Library unknown books
1934289806New York: Knopf 1934. hardcover. fine. 3 volumes tall thick 8vo decorative black cloth brown printed d.w. edgeworn. New York: Knopf 1934-1936. A fine set in very good dust wrappers.<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
1979108814The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of "The Great Books of the Western World". Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
19081313362London: Grant Richards 1908. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo 453/657/498 pages; G/VG-/VG-; half bound in brown cloth; spines have faded gilt lettering; binding of volume one has heavy wear along the sides of the spine with chipping and an open tear has minor rubbing on both boards and heavy wear on the fore edge corners; bindings of volumes two and three have minor wear along the top and bottom of the spine have minimal rubbing on both boards have wear on the fore edge corners; original owner's name is written on the ffep in each volume; each volume has a plate with tissue guard next to the title page; shelved philosophy. 1313362. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Grant Richards hardcover books
1910311676New York: Edwin C. Hill 1910. The Emerson Edition #97 of 250 sets. 10 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco gilt spines t.e.g. marbled sides and matching endpapers. Fine. The Emerson Edition #97 of 250 sets. 10 vols. 8vo. VERY FINE SET. Edwin C. Hill unknown books
1982108668The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 1/4 leather bound with cloth covered boards gilt detailing and a permanent satin ribbon book marker. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
191067623The Emerson Edition MONTAIGNE Michel de. The Works of Michel de Montaigne. With notes life and letters. Complete in ten volumes. New York: Edwin C. Hill 1910. Emerson Edition. Limited to 1050 numbered copies of which this is number 73. Ten octavo volumes. Measures 9 x 6 inches. Comprising the Essays of Montaigne nine volumes translated by Charles Cotton revised by William Carew Hazlett i.e Hazlitt and the Life and Letters of Montaigne one volume with notes and index revised by William Carew Hazlett i.e. Hazlitt. With an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Photogravure frontispieces and plates. Frontispieces in two states one hand-colored. Full dark olive crushed levant morocco. Covers decoratively gilt-stamped with a floral motif and paneled in gilt spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt turn-ins maroon crushed levant morocco doublures decoratively tooled in gilt matching maroon watered silk liners top edge gilt others uncut. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Spines uniformly faded to brown. A fine and attractive set. HBS 67623. $3500 Edwin C. Hill unknown books
1910884311910. MONTAIGNE MICHEL DE. WORKS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE WITH NOTES LIFE AND LETTERS. Translated by Charles Cotton revised by William Carew Hazlett and with an Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Edwin C. Hill 1910. 1/1050. Illustrated. 10 volumes complete. Three quarters leather with marbled boards. A bit of rubbing to the extremes overall a very good set. unknown books
1946265657New York: Heritage Press 1946. Hardcover. xlvi 816p. introduction very good Heritage Club editionin faux marbled boards brown cloth spine and gilt in plain gray shipping slipcase Sandglass newsletter laid-in with some toning. The handbook and comments would be found in the missing volume two. Heritage Press hardcover books
197693842Paris:: Librairie Gallimard Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Text is in French. Edited by Albert Thibaudet. A later printing. Sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket without spine by design and acetate cover. No slipcase.; 1791 pages . Librairie Gallimard (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade), hardcover books
1982Embry 144427Franklin Library 1982. Fine. Full brown leather decoratively gilt. Franklin Library, 1982. hardcover books
1983WRCLIT84314London: The Bibliographical Society in conjunction with The Modern Humanities Research Association 1983. Large octavo. Navy cloth stamped in gilt. Plates and illustrations. First edition. Near fine without dust jacket as issued. The Bibliographical Society in conjunction with The Modern Humanities Research Association hardcover books