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1833046866Paris: Urbain Canel Adolphe Guyot 1833. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Scarce collection of 26 works of fiction by French women - contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Scattered foxing paper of mixed quality and some pages browned. Includes an early Sand "Une Vielle Histoire". 407pp; 429pp; 413pp; 491pp; 446pp; 403pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 6-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 046866. Urbain Canel, Adolphe Guyot hardcover books
187369672Madison WI: Published by Order of the State 1873. original cloth lacking backstrips. 8vo. original cloth lacking backstrips. 6371; 7191 pages. Printed by Atwood & Culver 1873. An alphabetical list by author of more than 50000 titles in the Wisconsin State Historical Society Singerman 3321. Ex-library copy from the Mercantile Library Philadelphia with markings. Each volume lacks back strip some wear to extremities corners bumped. Volumes 1-2 complete and self-contained from A to Z 1873 but lacks Vols. 3-7 1873-1887 which were issued later as supplements. Published by Order of the State unknown books
1871008609James R. Osgood and Company 1871. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in Decorative Cloth.First Edition Excellent Copy. James R. Osgood and Company Hardcover books
1869294Paris: Michel Levy Freres 1869. Nouvelle Edition. Leather bound. Very good . Beautifully bound partial set in green half leather over black and green marbled paper boards. Gilt title on spine. Four raised bands. Rubbing to edges and bumped corners of paper boards on some volumes. Mauprat showing rubbing to spine. Blue marbled end papers. Previous owner's inscription and writing on some blank leaves. Binding is sturdy square and strong. Foxing and toning to pages. Each volume about 300 pp. Sextodecimo 4 1/2 x 7 inches tall. Text in French. Levy Sand's official publisher released this New Edition in the author's lifetime. Michel Levy Freres hardcover books
1890006382London: John C. Nimmo 1890. Limited Ediiton. Full Morocco. Very Good. Extra-illustrated with 20 additional engravings besides the 11 hand-colored plates by Commedia dell'Arte costume by Maurice Sand and seven Lalauze etchings. Two volumes. No. 604 of 780 copies. 8vo. 23.5 by 17.5 cm. xii 4 371 2 379 pp. Contemporary full green morocco binding with fairly elaborate gilt ruling pips floral devices. Condition: binding heavily rubbed along joints and spine extremities. A few small abrasions on boards. Light age toning to leaves which are otherwise clean. <br /><br /> John C. Nimmo books
187414244New York: Scribner Armstrong & Co. 1874. 12mo. 2 xvi 17350 2 pp. <br><br>Publisher's "Bric-a-brac series" number 3. Volume edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. Includes "Twenty-five years of my life" by Alphonse de Lamartine and "Recollections" by George Sand. Translated by Lady Herbert. Publisher's white cloth stamped and decorated in black and gold. Spine sunned slightly cocked. Hinges inside starting and open signature separated. Soiling on back cover. Ex-library with bookplate rubber-stamps call number on spine in white charge pocket and date due slip at rear. Private owner's stamps including on title-page. Top and bottom of spine pulled with loss of cloth. Scribner, Armstrong, & Co. hardcover books
1840238533New York: DeWitt & Davenport 1840. hardcover. good. Translated by Francis G. Shaw. 3 vols. 8vo original calf backed marbled boards spines unlettered; worn especially at the corners. New York: DeWitt & Davenport. Fourth American Edition.<br/><br/> The front blank flyleaf of volume II is missing the bottom third; there is brown spotting throughout but in all a solid set of an early translation.<br/><br/> DeWitt & Davenport unknown books
184722615Boston: Ticknor 1847. First American edn. 8vo pp. 330 341 339. Three volumes bound in two with three title-pages and three half titles. Bound in calf and marbled boards little scuffed. A very good tight copy. The story of a strong-willed independent gypsy cantrice. Ticknor unknown books
18936004Boston Little Brown 1893. 1893. Small 8vo. Translated by Jane Minot Sedgwick. Frontispiece etching by E. Abot; title page printed in black and orange. Original blue/gray boards t.e.g. uncut spine darkened and slightly rubbed. Good. Signature of Ethel Rust Hay on the front free endpaper. Number 257 of 750 numbered copies on Windsor hand-made paper printed by the De Vinne Press. Hardcover. Good. Boston, Little, Brown, 1893. hardcover books
18432030Paris: Imprimerie de Schneider et Langrand 1843. First edition. Contemporary 19th century quarter calf binding with green boards; gentle wear to edges. Internally an excellent copy with original wraps bound in; occasional light foxing and small paper loss to margins of last two leaves neither affecting text. Octavo collates complete with 31 pages. An exceptionally rare copy of Sand's first work on social justice of which only 500 were printed. This copy is the only one known to have come onto the market with none in the modern auction records and the only other held at La Bibliotheque Nationale de France.<br/><br/>Having dedicated the first decade of her career toward writing novels about women's internal and social struggles George Sand made her first move into activism with Fanchette. Shocked by the story of a young girl with mental illness who had been refused refuge in a convent and was soon after discovered pregnant and arrested for begging Sand opted to expose the events in a set of letters printed in the Revue Independente. Following a wave of public outcry "Sand decided to have the letters printed in brochure form with the plan that half the copies would be distributed free to the workers of La Chatre the others sold for the benefit of Fanchette. Five hundred copies of this brochure of thirty-one pages were printed and circulated. The Fanchette case therefore revealing as it did an appalling lack of sympathy for the poor and misfortunate convinced George Sand that an effort should be made to awaken the citizens of La Chatre to their duties as members of a community" Bowes. This publication marked a new phase of Sand's writing career which more directly emphasized social justice particularly for vulnerable women. A rare and important work. [Imprimerie de Schneider et Langrand] unknown books
1865735901865. SAND George. FANCHON; THE CRICKET. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1865. First U.S. edition. 8vo. brown cloth pressed in blind and printed in gilt to spine. Pencil ownership to ffep and flyleaf. Foxed throughout. Cloth worn stained soiled with some puckering to lower and sun to spine. Book is skewed. As is. unknown books
1900RSANMAS00JNGeorge Barrie & Son 1900. Very Good. Sand George. Masterpieces of George Sand. 20 volume set. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. Edition de Nohant #254 of 1000 sets. 8vo. Green cloth with deckled edges and top edge gilt. Book condition: Very good. Lovely set with only faint shelf wear at extremities. Paper label is lacking on volume 1 and labels on several other volumes are chipped at edges with small pieces lacking but otherwise readable. The set has had little use evidenced by the fact that most pages are untrimmed and hence unopened. George Barrie & Son hardcover books
186156082Paris: Michel Levy Freres Libraires- Editeurs 1861. New Edition. 8vo. black quarter-morocco leather & marbled boards; 381 pages. Very Good some rubbing covers some occasional foxing text with ink name on front endpaper dated 1874 little damage edge of title page. <br/><br/> Michel Levy Freres, Libraires- Editeurs hardcover books
188365625Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers. Good. 1883. Hardcover. This is an ex-libray copy with usual marks. 6.75x5.25 inches. Green cloth covers with black and gilt printing. The contents are slightly toned but complete in 329 pages plus ads. Good for reading or reference. . T.B. Peterson & Brothers hardcover books
190040348Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. Hardcover. Complete 20-volume set. Translation by George Burnham Ives. 8vo. Half brown calf with compartments and gilt letterng and decorations and tan decorated paper over boards. Various paginations. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece with captioned tissue guards full-page illustrations with captioned tissue guards decorative tan endpapers. Very good overall. Bit of occasional edgewear only. A tight quite handsome custom bound full set of the "Edition de Nohant" with colophon noting the limitation to 1000 numbered sets this #83 and this set printed for Charles N. Mann likely the Philadelphia antiquarian and book collector1840-1912. Though not so marked this set hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III Illinois senator and before him the library of his father Adlai E. Stevenson II 1900-65 Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate -- whose wife Ellen Borden 1907-72 likely acquired it she being the family member who read and collected fine literature and poetry. Uncommon set nice condition unusual provenance. George Barrie & Son hardcover books
18453902Philadelphia: E. Ferrett & Co 1845. First American Edition of this translation the first book by Sand published in the United States translated by Elizabeth A. Ashurst and published in London in 1844. 16mo; drab paper over boards original brown cloth spine label with title on spine despite some wear to edges and some foxing this is a very good copy of this bookPublished in France in 1838 as Spiridion and described as a "mystical hotchpotch" the novel falls into the period when Sand was fascinated by various "isms" including Christian mysticism. . NUC lists only one location: LC. Scarce. E. Ferrett & Co unknown books
18571331993Paris: Michel Levy Frères 1857. Hardcover. 12mo; G-; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards spine head torn away worn exposed corners wear to hinges and edges shelfwear to paper; Text block has cracked hinges front and rear name in ink and pencil notation on front endpapers few interior pages with tanning from paper bookmark else clean and tight some age-toning to paper; 303 pages. 1331993. FP New Rockville Stock. Michel Levy Frères hardcover books
188447228New York: R. Worthington 1884. Reprint. Octavo 19cm; dark red decorative cloth stamped in black and gilt; 240pp. Boards somewhat smudged scuffed and rubbed but stamped design still crisp and clean; leading corners slightly bumped. Gift inscription on ffep dated 1886; light foxing throughout interior; binding slightly shaken but stiff; all edges marbled top edge faded/dust-soiled. Overall Very Good Rare.<br/><br/>A reissue of a volume originally published in 1871 by J.S. Redfield this book compiles four short love stories including The Devil's Pool by George Sand and The Story of Leonard and Margaret by Robert Southey. Although the word "Illustrated" is stamped into the cover there are no illustrations within; it is unclear whether this book was ever issued with illustrations. This reprint also omits a small introduction present in the first edition stating the publisher's intention to create a "Lover's Library" series which presumably never materialized. R. Worthington unknown books
1848293976Paris 1848. unbound. very good. Important A.L.S. as Sand had recently began writing for the soon-to-be-banned Le Vrai Republique with integral address page personal stationary with blind stamped monogrammed initials: "G.S." 8vo. 1 page Paris March 16th 1848 to radical journalist and fellow supporter of the French Revolution Theophile Thore in French with translation explaining that she has not yet met with Louis and Charles Blanc and apologizes for not having responded to his letters because all of her time has been consumed writing material for the Republique. In closing she signs herself "a vous de tout Coeur / George Sand". Evenly toned and set into a white matte gatefold whereby both the letter and the integral address page are both visible then placed into a simple gold-stained wooden frame to 13" x 11.5". Louis Blanc 1811-1882 was a staunch French Socialist and reformer who only three months after this letter was written was exiled to England where he would remain until 1870. Also two weeks prior to this letter being sent George Sand had agreed to provide the Republique with no less than 13 original articles for publication. An exceptional letter written during the heart of the French Revolution of 1848.<br/><br/> French novelist and socialist whose works were immensely popular in Europe during her lifetime and whose fame eclipsed both that of Victor Hugo and Honore de Balzac in the 1840's and 1850's.<br/><br/> unknown books
187054701Boston: Roberts Brothers 1870. First American edn first edition in English. 8vo pp. 250 23 24 iii Bound in little rubbed drab green cloth little dust worn couple of signtures starting to pull but a good copy. This edition includes two appendices: the first is "The Novels of George Sand" 23pp and the second is: "George Sand" 24pp by Justin McCarthy. "The facts of GS's independent life and the declamatory assertion of her early novels . provide a significant model for English women writers and exerted a widespread influence on the traditions of the English novel"Blain pp. 943-4. Roberts Brothers unknown books
189396308Boston: Roberts Bros 1893. Hardcover. xi219p. frontis preface very good first edition in publisher's original gilt decorate cloth. The 1977 edition is noted in Grier C. Roberts Bros hardcover books
185628618Paris: Michel Levy 1856. 'Nouvelle Edition'. Period dark purple quarter-sheep binding with blue-green marbled boards. General scuffing to leather. Period pos to front paste-down. Bookseller stamp to preliminary leaf. Very Good. 4 205 3 pp. 12mo in 6s. 6-5/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>Prefatory leaf states: Oeuvres de George Sand. Michel Levy hardcover books
183747570Bruxelles: Meline Cans et Compagnie 1837. Early edition. Original publisher's linen cloth binding with gilt stamped orange leather spine label. Spine sun darkened. General wear. Bookplate. Rear eps extensively used for PO pencil notes. Overall Very Good. 302 pp. T.p. printer's ornament. 12mo in 6s. 5-15/16" x 3-15/16" <br/><br/> Meline, Cans et Compagnie hardcover books
187647312Paris: Ancienne Maison Michel Lévy Frères 1876. 'Troisième Edition'. Period red morocco quarter leather binding with marbled paper boards. Marbled eps. Only light wear. Spine a trifle sunned. A modest bit of foxing. A handsome VG - Nr Fine copy. 4 333 1 blank pp. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 1/2" <br/><br/> Ancienne Maison Michel Lévy Frères hardcover books
1895201336Boston: Little Brown & Co 1895. Hardcover. 232p. iii backlist engraved frontis-portrait of Titian with tissue-guard title page with rubricated colophon for Little Brown & Co. untrimmed deckled fore-edge top-edge gilt; textblock has a gaping crack at pp.2/3 no loosened leaves spine panel a little grubby otherwise very good first US edition in green cloth and gilt titles and designs. There was a limited edition of 750 copies released simultaneously. This is the unnumbered trade edition. Originally published in French in 1835. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
