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1925137394London: John Long 1925. Octavo pp. 1-7 8-254 255: ads 256: blank original decorated brown cloth front panel ruled in blind spine panel stamped in black. First edition first printing. A lost race novel first published as a five-part serial in weekly installments of RAILROAD MAN'S MAGAZINE 16 November 1918-15 January 1919 set on Rangarok a warm polar island inhabited by two European lost races and the Trolls aboriginal pygmies who control delusional magic. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 653. See Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 663. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 77. Bleiler 1978 p. 67. Reginald 12504. Embossed stamp of William Hopkins noted collector of fantastic fiction on rear free endpaper. Cloth lightly rubbed along bottom edges some scattered foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves else a clean tight very good copy. An above average copy of this book. The first printing is very uncommon. #137394 John Long unknown books
17639001992London: J. Nourse and P. Vaillant 1763. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Translated from the French by Mr. Nugent. Bound in contemporary full-calf with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. First English language edition. Six engraved plates. Both half-titles present. Hinges attached by cords but little else. Rubbing and chipping to the head and heel of the spine and at the corners. Internally modestly foxed otherwise very good. <br/><br/> J. Nourse and P. Vaillant hardcover books
1779225996Dublin: Potts 1779. hardcover. very good. Translated from the French by Eloisa. 4 volumes. Frontispieces in volumes 1 & 4. Pages are age toned water stain on one frontispiece 12mo contemporary calf with red & black leather labels and gilt stamped spines rubbed. Dublin: J. Potts 1779.<br/><br/> Small ownership stamp at the bottom of each title page and inside front cover.<br/><br/> Potts unknown books
1762010459Paris: Salon la Copie de Paris 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 parts in 2 volumes. Old 19thC calf boards unattached text block binding firm internals better than very good worthy of rebinding. Engraved frontispieces in both volumes. Salon la Copie de Paris hardcover books
18021316693Paris: Chez Crapart Caille et Ravier 1802. Hardcover. 16mo; Fair/no-DJ; 1/4 bound brown leather binding with gilt text; rare edition; 5 volumes; boards have heavy wear to exterior; rubbed edges; textured exterior to boards; some cracking to spine exteriors; moderate wear to edges; text blocks marbled; frontispiece; cracking to gutters; previous owner's name in light pencil to title pages; illustrated; previous bookshop's label to front pastedown of vol. 1; interiors clean; French text. 1316693. FP New Rockville Stock. Chez Crapart, Caille et Ravier hardcover books
1848503851848. ROUSSEAU Jean-Jaques. EMILE OU DE L'EDUCATION. Paris: Charpentier 1848. 16mo. brown quarter-morocco leather with marbled boards stamped in gilt. New Edition. Very Good ink name on half-title page. $75.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
125093hardcover. 4 volumes. Frontis. other engraved plates. Thin 12mo finely bound in 19th Century full dark blue calf; elaborate gilt-decorated spines with raised bands gilt borders and inner dentelles a.e.g. Londres: Rousseau no date circa 1815. Near Fine.<br/><br/> unknown books
V01J-00323Barrons Educational Series Inc. Used - Good. Good condition. Stamped on page edges. Barrons Educational Series Inc unknown books
176136972London: Printed for R. Griffiths at the Dunciad and T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt at Tully's Head in the Strand 1761. 1st Edition in English Black. EPISTOLARY FICTION p. 155. Not listed in Grimm's TRANSLATIONS Of FOREIGN NOVELS. Period full calf with gilt decorated spines. Maroon leather title label in second compartment; black leather volume label in third compartment. Bindings as to be expected show some wear with a leather chip from the spine crown of Vol I and heel of Vol III. Faint vertical stress lines to spines. One protruding bifolium from Vol I. Withal a pleasing all-original VG set. 4 xiv xli 1 blank 291 1 blank; 4 285 3; 2 295 1 blank; 2 252 pp. Dialogue with separate dated title leaf. Printer's device to t.p. 12mo. 17 cm x 10 cm. <br/><br/>Rousseau a "Genevan philosopher writer and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political sociological and educational thought." Rousseau's epistolary novel Julie ou la nouvelle Héloïse was first published 1761 … and this the first translation into English was published in the very same year. "The novel's subtitle points to the history of 'Héloïse d’Argenteuil and Peter Abelard' a medieval story of passion and Christian renunciation. The novel was put on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Although Rousseau wrote it as a novel a philosophical theory about authenticity permeates through it as he explores autonomy and authenticity as moral values. A common interpretation is that Rousseau valued the ethics of authenticity over rational moral principles as he illlustrates the principle that one should do what is imposed upon him by society only insofar as it would seem congruent with one's 'secret principles' and feelings being constituent of one's core identity. Thus unauthentic behavior would pave the way to self-destruction." Wiki. The novel was extremely popular in its day touted by some as the top 'best seller' of the century. According to Black the novel saw 14 English editions by 1800. Today the first edition somewhat uncommon on the market. Printed for R. Griffiths at the Dunciad, and T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, at Tully's Head, in the Strand hardcover books
192490381London: John Long 1924. Octavo pp. 1-7 8-254 255: ads 256: blank original decorated sea-green cloth front panel ruled in blind spine panel stamped in black and blind. First edition first printing. Originally published as a serial 1-22 June 1918 in ALL-STORY WEEKLY as "The Draft of Eternity" by Victor Rousseau. "Science fiction novel in which a drug a variant of Cannabis projects the hero into a New York of thousands of years in the future and under Mongol rule." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 77. "Fine novel of the far future when catastrophe has thrown the world back into a medieval society and the time traveling potion has turned the hero into a burly Conan-like hero." - Leon Gammell. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 604. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 652. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 661. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 51. Bleiler 1978 p. 67. Reginald 12503. Two tape ghosts on each free endpaper else a fine copy. A very nice copy of an uncommon book. #90381 John Long unknown books
1971UROUDIS00HMRGarnier-Flammarion 1971. Very Good. Rousseau Jean-Jacques. Discours sur les sciences et les arts et Discours sur l'Origine de l'Inegalite. Paris: Garnier-Flammarion 1971. 251pp. 16mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light soiling and old price sticker on rear cover. Garnier-Flammarion paperback books
175567840First Edition of Rousseau's Early Work on Equality ROUSSEAU Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inegalitÈ parmi les hommes. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1755. First original edition distinguishable from the counterfeit editions by the signatures on frontispiece and the spelling "Jaques" on p. lii. Small octavo 8 x 5 inches; 202 x 127 mm. lxx 2 262 2 errata pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Copper-engraved frontispiece signed by Dominique Sornique after Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen engraved vignette on title and head-piece on dedication page by Fokke. Nineteenth-century mottled calf covers double-ruled in blind. Board edges ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges red. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Binding a bit tight. Internally very clean. Overall a very good copy. One of Rousseau's earlier works the Discourse is a critique of conventional and social relations and a strong defense of the individual. With its emphasis on the equality of all it foreshadows his later work the Contrat Social which became the bible of the French Revolution. The frontispiece depicts a group of "civilized" men contemplating a man in Rousseau's state of nature the state of complete equality which was lost with the introduction of the trappings of civilization such as industry agriculture and property. Tchemerzine X 32. Kress 5470. BM 22:25 219. Norman 1850. Goldsmith 9064. HBS 67840. $2850 Chez Marc Michel Rey unknown books
175517646Dresde 1755. Contemporary ediiton the first edition was issued in Paris the same year. 8vo pp. 206. Bound in contemporary calf a very good clean copy. Tchemerzine Vol X pg 32d. unknown books
192020112401Potsdam: Gustav Keipenheuer 1920. Limited Edition. Vellum. Near fine. No. 164 of 200 copies bound in full vellum quarto size 383 pp. entirely in German. John-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778 remains a cornerstone today of modern philosophical thought; his work greatly influenced the Enlightenment and "the development of modern political economic and educational thought." <br/><br/>This work structured as a novel using the vehicle of letters between the protagonist ostensibly explores the themes of temptation sin betrayal and redemption. However "a philosophical theory about authenticity permeates through it as he Rousseau explores autonomy and authenticity as moral values." Immediately popular upon publication in 1761 the publisher was unable to keep up with demand resulting in copies being rented by the day "and even by the hour." <br/><br/>This publication in German is one of the 200 copies bound in full vellum with extensive gilt trim and lettering by Otto Dorfner and his Fachschule für Kunstgewerbliche Buchbinderei in Weimar and contains ten heliogravures from Moreau le jeune made in the shop of Franz Hanfstaegl in Munich. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full vellum with a decorative gilt border on both boards and a gilt decoration in the middle of the front board gilt decorations and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges rough-cut marbled endpapers the ten heliogravures bound in throughout limitation statement at the colophon this one of 200 copies bound in full vellum from a total edition of 1200 copies; printed in Didot-Antiqua on Zander laid paper by Mänicke und Jahn of Rudolstadt quarto size 9 7/8" by 7 7/8" pagination: 1-6 7-382 colophon. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine overall the vellum boards clean with some natural variation the bottom front corner gently bumped and the other corners all straight without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright with several signatures unopened and entirely free of prior owner markings; one small mark on the back board a bit of soiling to the spine the front board slightly bowed as is common with vellum bindings and some old bookseller pencil notes on the flyleaf. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Gustav Keipenheuer unknown books
1994221709Darmstadt: Wissenschafteliche Buchgesellschaft 1994. Hardcover. vi 234p. text in German introduction bibliography index pictorial endpapers very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dh. Personal inscription to Hubert Kennedy signed by the editor. Contemporary reports by authors and philosophers on the 1775 Lisbon earthquake. Wissenschafteliche Buchgesellschaft hardcover books
1781232496Genève: n.p. 1781. 10 pp folding music; 13 folding plates. 524; 367 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf pink marbled boards red and black spine labels. Spines a bit rubbed one label of Vol. II chipped; interally clean. A nice set. 10 pp folding music; 13 folding plates. 524; 367 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. n.p. unknown books
1768232486Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne libraire rue Saint Jacques au Temple du Goût 1768. Pirated edition issued in the same year as the first. 13 folding engraved plates of musique at rear. xii 547 1 pp. Lacking A1 half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown morocco red spine label marbled boards. Near Fine. Pirated edition issued in the same year as the first. 13 folding engraved plates of musique at rear. xii 547 1 pp. Lacking A1 half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Dufour 251; Brunet VI 10105; Gagnebin V 1828 Chez la Veuve Duchesne libraire, rue Saint Jacques, au Temple du Goût unknown books
1803204879Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud 1803. First. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes 8vo polished calf with heavily gilt spines with a small repaired chips at the extremities hinges mended. Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud 1803. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> With the bookplate of Solomon Guggenheim.<br/><br/> Chez Giguet et Michaud unknown books
193066891Paris: Aux Éditions D'Art de L'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile 1930. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. This is exemplaire number 14 of 25 copies printed on Japon paper. Extra illustrated with two suites of six engravings by Gaston Nick. The colophon calls for a single suite of six engravings. This example houses two suites showing different images. Also includes a bio-bibliography by Fernand Mitton. 24mo. Original cream paper wrappers printed in red and black. Minimal wear; else near fine. Housed in a marbled paper-covered slipcase which is a bit edgeworn. Scarce. Aux Éditions D'Art de L'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile unknown books
18577866Paris: Caillon 1857. 8vo Pp. 358 aeg. Bound in patterned 19th century calf with later crude rebacking. Engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates endpapers pasted down. Rare the OCLC notes just the copy at Brown it seems to be the same imprint with no date. Caillon unknown books
198086885Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1980. Hardcover. B000C2KZOW . Translated from the French by A. S. B. Glover. Collector's edition. Octavo fully bound in gray leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon book mark. Near fine.; 635 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
192859191NY:: Brentano's. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. B001L6N1JO . Complete in two volumes. Translated from the French by W. Conyngham Mallory. Ornamented with thirteen engravings from the Jouaust edition of 1881 by Edmond Heddouin. First edition thus. Octavos bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and design top edges gilt in original red dust jackets with black lettering and portrait illustration s of Rousseau on front panels. Both volumes have a circle of fading at mid-spine where the holes in the dust jackets are the holes are there by design to show the volume numbers on the cloth spines else are near fine. The dust jackets are sun faded along the spines and show minor wear and tiny edge tears at the spine ends and around the aforementioned holes else are very good. Housed in a very good edge worn and unevenly faded slipcase. Scarce in the original dust jackets and slipcase. ; 1034 pages . Brentano's, hardcover books
S2558Gebbie and Company. Collectible - Very Good. Limited edition: # 51 of 56 copies. Philadelphia: Gebbie and Company 1902. 12 books in 6 volumes. 9.5x12.25" Brown leather with red/green/yellow highlights half leather hardcovers with light green cloth boards and gold lettering and design on spines. V1: 30 140pp; v2: 148pp; v3: 165pp; v4: 207pp; v5: 223pp; v6: 186pp. Includes B&W illustrations and light green cloth endpapers. Covers are clean corners & spine edges lightly rubbed/scuffed. Text blocks are tight. Pages lightly soiled. Gebbie and Company hardcover books
1904768861904. ROUSSEAU Jean Jacques. THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU. Now for the first time completely translated into English without expurgation. Illustrated with a series of etchings by Ed. Hedouin and two portraits. England: privately printed 1904. First complete English translation. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. orange cloth. Spine and labels somewhat sunned and lightly soiled and a touch of foxing to endpapers else near fine clean copies. unknown books
1904239378N.p. London: Privately printed 1904. 2 etched portrait frontispiece and engraved plates by Hedouin. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Three quarters green polished calf and marbled paper boards gilt spine with raised bands morocco lettering pieces. In matching slipcase. Spines slightly faded. 2 etched portrait frontispiece and engraved plates by Hedouin. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Privately printed unknown books
