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1824V62576New York: Durell 1824. Hardcover. Very Good. Plates 22 by R. Smirke engraved by Neagle. Three Volumes later tree calf with red spine labels gilt marbled boards tips slightly rubbed 316pp 308pp 304pp some uneven foxing and two leaves where something laid in has left its outline area browned. A few plates offset onto text page opposite still a very neat copy of this favored Smollet translation with plates after Smirke's paintings. Durell hardcover
1841AN22GTRD2210London: Hutchinson and Co. 1841. Hardback gilt titles to spine. Edges gilt. 23.5cm x 16.5cm. xxiv 323pp. With colour and b&w illustrations by Kitty Shannon. A limited edition of only 50 copies in a deluxe binding signed by Kitty Shannon. This copy not numbered. Spine slightly darkened binding a little rubbed and marked. A pleasing copy. an22. Limited. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Shannon Kitty. Hutchinson and Co. Hardcover
181920975<p><b>1819 Adventures of Gil Blas Le Sage Literature Smollett English Illustrated 3v</b></p><p><i>"I am happy and content because I think I am." </i></p><p>― Alain-René Le Sage</p><p>Originally published in 1735 Alain-Rene Lesage's "<i>Adventures of Gil Blas</i>" is a picaresque novel dealing with the life of Gil Blas a true 'rags to riches' story. It is considered one of literature's first realistic novels. </p><p>This rare 1819 edition was translated into English from the French of M. de La Sage by Tobias Smollett. Note the impressive full-page illustrations throughout many hand-colored!</p><p>Item number: #20975</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>SAGE Alain Rene le</p><p><b><i>The adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane</i></b></p><p>London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean and others 1819.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete; 3 volumes</p><p>o Vol. I – xii 384</p><p>o Vol. II – viii 378</p><p>o Vol. III – xi 1 392</p><p>o 14 engravings </p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in 21.5cm x 14cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>20975</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> for Thomas M'Lean [and others] hardcover
1881019172London: J.C. Nimmo and Bain 1881. Full grey cloth with paper label on the spine modest shelf wear slight darkeneing from handing. Endpapers unevenly age toned. Internally in excellent condition. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. First Edition Thus. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. J.C. Nimmo and Bain Hardcover
1832022583Paris: P.Pourrat 1832. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Dated 1832 complete in three volumes. A very good set uniformly bound in contemporary half polished tan calf with decoration to the spine red and black spine labels. cloth boards lightly worn and marked corners rounded. Bindings very good. Contents clean and bright light signature to the front paste down of each volume unmarked very few spots to the first few pages internally bright. An attreactive clean set. P.Pourrat Hardcover
1813211572Paris: A. Belin 1813. 9th Edition . Leather. Good. 4 x 6 1/2. FRENCH text. Four volumes; 304 254 284 & 276 pages. Pages are in good condition; very readable. Foxing throughout especially on the endpapers and few first and last pages. Previous owner's name several times on the ffep of volume 1. Full brown pebbled leather bindings with gilt titles on the spines. Spines a little worn corners bumped. Covers stained and scuffed a little. Bindings tight. GOOD <br/> <br/> A. Belin hardcover
18091256471809. London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. <br /> <br /> 4 vols 8vo 8 462; 4 454; 8 467 1; 8 456pp. With 24 engraved plates by Robert Smirke mostly browned as usual. Old polished calf marbled edges neatly rebacked backstrips richly gilt. A very good set with the original Manchester bookseller's green label Thackray in each volume.<br /> <br /> § First edition of this version translated by Malkin whose memoir of his prodigy child was illustrated by William Blake. "Smirke was a renowned artist of the time. His pictures were usually of small size and painted in monochrome and so adapted for engraving. He designed illustrations for the Bible The Picturesque Beauties of Shakespeare 1783 Johnson's Rasselas 1805 Gil Blas 1809 the Arabian Nights 1811 Adventures of Hunchback 1814 Don Quixote translated by his daughter Mary Smirke 1818 and various British poets especially James Thomson." "Gil Blas is a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It was highly popular and was translated several times into English most notably as The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Tobias Smollett in 1748." Wikipedia. unknown
188612827Edinburgh: William Paterson 1886. Edinburgh William Paterson 1886. En 4º. 3 volúmenes. I: Retrato 6 h. lxii-333 pp. 6 láminas grabadas. II: 9 h. 500 pp. 7 láminas grabadas. III: 5 h. 431 pp. 7 láminas grabadas. Fina encuadernación en holandesa marroquén en puntas hilo dorado en las tapas lomera ricamente ilustrada con hilos y grecas doradas; firmada por S. Moor. Bella edición como dice Palau estimada y rara. El retrato y las 20 láminas están finamente dibujadas y grabadas por A. Lalauze. La tirada fue de sólo 136 ejemplares. William Paterson hardcover
188616-1468Edinburgh: William Paterson 1886. 1886 333pp 431pp 500pp illus. teg marbled boards & eps Morocco leather gilt lettering to spines raised bars to spines no dj slight shelfwear to covers contents clean. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. William Paterson Hardcover
18226061London: Hurst Robinson and Co. Cheapside 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 v. set. Full calf bindings worn along spines. VG set each volume protected with an archival mylar jacket. Charming engravings. <br/><br/> London: Hurst, Robinson and Co., Cheapside hardcover
181517212Cormon and Blanc Lions 1815. Book Hardcover. Good. Half leather and grained boards. Boards worn at edges and leather also worn. Internally clean bright and tight. Very good for age. Cormon and Blanc, Lions hardcover
184539110Paris 1845. illustré par Tony Johannot. Précedé d'une notice sur Le Sage par Jules Janin Stockfl.auf den ersten Seiten Ernest Bourdin Gr.-8°. Hldr. Literatur unknown
1831005049London: T. Et T. Boosey; Baldwin et Cradock; Longman Rees Orme Brown et Green; C. J. G. E. F. Rivington; . 1831. Hard-to-find 1831 London issue of this French romantic classic in French. This is an abridgement most likely designed for teaching advanced French language skills but does not include any instructional materials just a preface and biographical introduction and the text. Also includes listings of New School Books published by Longman Rees Orme Brown Green & Longman mounted on both front and rear pastedowns dated July 1832 and a Longman's catalogue dated April 1832 bound in at the back of the book preceded by a single page catalogue of publications by T. & T. Boosey. Full marbled calf with gilt ruled spine xvi 379 1 12p. blank rear free endpaper absent. Some external wear mainly surface splits to the joints covers firmly attached and a bit of edgewear. Text block is sound pages clean with a name and date on the front free endpaper no other markings. A clean and sound copy. Quatrieme Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. T. Et T. Boosey; Baldwin et Cradock; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown et Green; C. J. G. E. F. Rivington; ... Hardcover
1822303072London: J. Robins and Co. Ivy Lane 1822. First edition of this Translation. 2 vols. 12mo. Quarter contemporary calf gilt spines marbled board. Ownership signature of Haliburton Fales father of DeCoursey Fales on ffep. First edition of this Translation. 2 vols. 12mo. <br/><br/> J. Robins and Co., Ivy Lane unknown
1819007417London: J. Mawman and Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1819. First edition thus. Full Morocco. Onlays. Near Fine. Beautiful onlay character vignette on the front board of each of the three volumes. Bound by Bayntun with gilt Rococo border decoration raised bands turn-ins. And extra-illustrated with 84 additional hand-colored plates interleaved from the 1807 edition by Tomlinson Warner et. al. for a total of 87 hand-colored plates. 8vo. 22 by 14 cm. Many of the extra colored plates done by Richard Phillips. Diced calf on boards with lotus ornamented gilt band around perimeter of boards and same as turn-ins wide raised bands on spine with gilt decoration both on bands and within compartments between. Condition: all spines are darkened somewhat dull in appearance. Light rubbing of joints. Clean tight otherwise. J. Mawman and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy unknown
1819006294London: J. Mawman 1819. First edition thus. Full Calf. Very Good Plus. Extra-illustrated with 84 additional hand-colored plates interleaved from the 1807 edition by Tomlinson Warner et. al. for a total of 87 hand-colored plates. 8vo. 22 by 14 cm. Many of the extra colored plates done by Richard Phillips. Diced calf on boards with lotus ornamented gilt band around perimeter of boards and same as turn-ins wide raised bands on spine with gilt decoration both on bands and within compartments between. Condition: rubbing along joints edges corners. J. Mawman unknown
1879S200011London: George Routledge 1879. Nice copy. octavo. orig. dec. cloth 419pp. ills. Front hinge a little weak o/w a nice copy in sl. worn cloth George Routledge hardcover
1841mon0000054414Joseph Thomas 1841-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1841 edition on illustrate boards gilded spine some loosness but otherwise good inner content all plates in tact WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE AUTHOR BY JULES JANIN. TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH THOMAS; Illusrated by Tony Johannot Joseph Thomas hardcover
1881005512800J.C. Nimmo and Bain 1881. First Edition. Leather Binding. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 2 volumes. Copy #80 of 100 copies issued with proof etchings on Japanese paper. Attractively bound in 3/4 dark green morocco over green cloth by G.P. Putnam's Sons spines with raised bands and gilt titling covers ruled in gilt with a single fillet top edge gilt green cloth endpapers spines faded to a lustrous brown; very slight edge wear.4 Original Etchings By R. De Los Rios. J.C. Nimmo and Bain unknown
1841010051London: Joseph Thomas 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Johannot Tony. Re-backed with care and taste covers and spine a little faded hinges tending to loosen but not parted yet; a little foxing of frontispiece but text and text engravings or rather lithographs from the originals are very clean. A great period piece. <br/> <br/> Joseph Thomas hardcover
1881005207London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1881. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With four original etchings by R. de Los Rios. #33 of 100 copies printed on laid paper with Proof etchings on Whatman paper. Very Good cloth boards rubbed at the extremities. corners bumped spine label rubbed top 1/8 inch end pages browned. J. C. Nimmo and Bain Hardcover
18814664dLondon: J. C. Nimmo & Bain. G: in good condition plus. Cover lightly rubbed. Title label missing. Light foxing to prelims. Marbled endpapers. Teg. 1881. Limited Edition 1/100. Red/gilt hardback tooled leather cover with dentelles. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xix 332pp plates. 4 b/w plates. Translated from the French. Stamp on verso of fep 'Bound by Rivere & Sons.'. . J. C. Nimmo & Bain hardcover
1841015147London: Joseph Thomas 1841. Book. Illus. by Tony Johannot. Fine. Full-Leather. First Edition. Cover is full leather and rates fine. Interior is nerar very good plus with a hint of foxing. Joseph Thomas Hardcover
184027133London: Willoughby and Co 1840. Translation from the French. Half-Leather. Very Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Johannot Tony. Leather wrap-around spine and corners marbled paper boards gilt trim and top edge 275 pages. Leather at spine fold and corners scuffed leather has darkened free endpapers along touching edges front endpapers at top and bottom 1" of gutters split a charming 1/4" ink bee doodled on top inside front endpaper. A beautiful book!; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Willoughby and Co unknown
18414664dcLondon: Joseph Thomas. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and edgeworn. Dampstain at prelims impacting on frontis. Inner hinges cracked. 1841. Reprint. Brown hardback cloth cover. 170mm x 100mm 7" x 4". xx 401pp ads. Frontis and illustrations by Tony Johannot within text some hand-coloured. . Joseph Thomas hardcover