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19799026182Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Mette Ivers. Published exclusively for subscribers to the Franklin Library collection : The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Bound in the publisher's original red composition leather spine stamped in gilt. Three raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. Silk moire end papers. <br/><br/> Franklin Library hardcover books
19809002252Norwalk: Easton Press 1980. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Rafaello Busoni. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Translated by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff introduced by Hamilton Basso and illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. Bound in the publisher's original red composition leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Four raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. <br/><br/> Easton Press hardcover books
1929WRCLIT39880New York: Brentano's 1929. Cloth and boards. First U.S. edition. Translated with a Preface by Jacques Le Clercq. Upper corners worn spine gilding oxidized top edge dusty else near very good in a partially perished dust jacket. Brentano's hardcover books
1972006483New York NY: Grossman Publishers 1972. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xxxii 370 pages of text including extensive translator's notes a bibliography of the works of Giuseppe Carpani 1752-1825 and an extensive biographical index. Red hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 12 historic black & white plates including the frontis. Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 Pietro Antonio Domenico Buonaventura Metastatio 1698-1782 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 Biography Composers Musicians. Grossman Publishers Hardcover books
1947040015Monaco: Editions du Rocher 1947. Introduction et notes par Henri Martineau. 2 vols. xxxv 321; 352 1p. original stiff printed wrappers lightly chipped on the edges mostly unopened Grands et petits chefs-d'oeuvre. Editions du Rocher unknown books
1955WRCLIT32151Paris: Amiot-Dumont 1955. Pictorial wrappers. First edition trade issue after thirty copies on Chiffon d'Annonay. Pencil price on lower cover wraps lightly soiled else a very good or better unopened copy. Amiot-Dumont paperback books
1955131074New York NY: The Limited Editions Club 1955. quarter cloth marbled paper-covered boards. Limited Editions Club. 4to. quarter cloth marbled paper-covered boards. xx 392 2 pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by illustrator Rafaello Busoni on colophon. Translated from the French by Lady Mary Loyd. Revised by Robert Cantwell. Introduction by Honoré Balzac. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by Busoni. Author's comments to readers follow text. Slipcase lightly soiled and tanned with a hint of moister damage. Spine of book spotted. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1955WB17206New York: The Limited Editions Club 1955. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by the illustrator Rafello Busoni. Introduction by Balzac. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Excellent copy in publisher's case carefully-preserved. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
194767411New York: Limited Editions Club 1947. Limited. hardcover. very good. Rafaello Busoni. Translated by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff. Introduction by Hamilton Basso. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. 450 pages. Tall 8vo red leather-backed cloth gilt-stamped emblem on cover spine ends slightly worn cloth slipcase. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1947.<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illiustrator.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
1980170905008Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1980. Hardcover. Like New. Collector's edition bound in maroon genuine leather lettered and edged in gilt silken endpapers. xvii 450pp. Fine. A nice copy. The Easton Press hardcover books
185424979Paris: Michel Lévy Frères 1854. Octavo. Full dark orange cloth spine with title label gilt original publisher's light green printed upper wrapper bound in. i series title i printer's note 1f. title 1-4 advertisement 1-4 advertisement 3 preface 4 blank 5-368 369-370 chronologic list of Rossini's compositions 371-375 table of contents i blank pp. <br/><br/>Some leaves uncut. Part of a series of volumes of the author's complete works see series title and second advertisement.<br/><br/>Spine very slightly faded; wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Moderate to heavy foxing to outer leaves light foxing throughout especially to edges. A later edition.<br/><br/>"Though best known today for his novels Le rouge et le noir 1830 and La chartreuse de Parme 1839 in which opera serves as backdrop and emotional correlative Stendhal was better known during most of his lifetime for his interdisciplinary and comparative criticism and chronicling of arts and letters in relation to modern French and Italian socio-cultural politics. He cast these writings in various generic guises: biography. art history. travel literature. and Romantic manifesto. " Janet Johnson in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>Originally published in 1824 the Vie de Rossini is a colourful although somewhat inaccurate biography of the famed Italian composer. Michel Lévy Frères unknown books
1945WRCLIT39881Paris: Le Divan 1945. Thick octavo. Printed wrappers. First edition. One of 1200 numbered copies. With the bookplate of poet/publisher James Laughlin. Spine faded light wear to edges but a near very good unopened copy. Le Divan unknown books
1948WRCLIT32137Paris: Le Divan 1948. Thick octavo. Printed wrappers. First edition one of two thousand copies on Chromotype Navarre after twenty-five copies on vélin. A few pencil notes on upper cover wrappers lightly soiled else a good or better unopened copy. Le Divan unknown books
1929115432Paris: Le Divan 1929. Hardcover. VG Slight wear to spine and extremities; A few pencil markings and stains throughout but rather clean; Binding tight. Red leather covered boards; Red marble paper over three-quarters of the covers; 337 pp. vol. I 341 pp. vol. II; No illustrations. Text in French; 2-volume set; An in-depth look at the life and work of Gioacchino Rossini; Number 1232 in an edition of 1825. Le Divan hardcover books
1955163470New York: Limited Editions Club 1955. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Rafaello Busoni. Translated by Lady Mary Loyd. Revised by Robert Cantwell. Preface by Honore de Balzac. Frontis. tinted illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. 392pp. tall thick 4to cloth-backed marbled boards board slipcase; small stain at head of spine. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1955. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase.<br/><br/> Limited Edition one of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
195291206Paris:: Librairie Gallimard Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. B01LYGRD5L . Complete in two volumes. Text is in French. Edited by Henri Martineau. Both volumes are very good in very good dust jackets and acetate covers. Both volumes have two sewn-in ribbon bookmarks. Both volumes are housed in very good age darkened cardboard slipcases. . Librairie Gallimard (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade), hardcover books
192740282Praha: Knihovna Kosmopolis 1927. First Thus. Slim 12mo 18cm.; publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in red and black; 106pp.; pictorial ads in rear. Tiny split at bottom spine edge of upper cover early signature including title page disbound at time of publication else Very Good and sound. Czech translation of Stendhal's 1832 novella "The Abbess of Castro" attractive avant-garde cover art by Otakar Mrkvicka. Knihovna Kosmopolis unknown books
90808Paris: Nilsson. paperback. near fine. KeezerRo. Vanina Vanini. 2 vols. in one numerous tipped-in and original aquarelles by Ro Keezer. 190pp. thick 8vo stiff pictorial wrappers with tipped-in color illustration on cover unopened small stain on spine. Paris: Editions Nilsson n.d. ca. 1930. Near fine.<br/><br/> "Collection Emeraude."<br/><br/> Nilsson unknown books
1926116871New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1926. Octavo original decorated teal cloth stamped in gold and blind fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. The second book of a projected collected edition of the works of Stendhal. Stories set in Italy. Contains five stories: "The Abbess of Castro" "Vitoria Accoramboni" "The Cenci" "The Duchess of Palliano" "Vanina Vanini." Named by Edward J. O'Brien one of the best books of short stories of 1926. A fine copy in nearly fine printed price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of darkening to spine. Uncommon in jacket. #116871 Albert & Charles Boni unknown books
195851539bdFirenze: Parenti Editore / Collection le Divan 1958. Three volumes. Octavo gilt-stamped white boards hardcover uncut text in French l ii 354 iii pp iv 426 i pp iv 11 fold-out plates. Including the plates in the third volume there are a total of 46 plates many in color most folding. Near-Fine with a trace of sunning to spines bookplates in original acetate jackets and slip case. Parenti Editore / Collection le Divan, (1958). hardcover books
790Stendhal Henri Beyle. D'UN NOUVEAU COMPLOT CONTRE LES INDUSTRIELS. "Trajectum ad Mosam" series 13. Maestricht A.A.M. Stols 1925. One of 60 numbered copies with two additional engravings of Stendhal laid in out of a total edition of 385. White printed wraps. Uncut. Near fine condition. <br/><br/> paperback books
1827173990Paris: Les Muses Francaises 1827. Paperback. VG- light edge wear and minor discoloration and soiling to portfolio and slipcase. Marbled paper wraps with a white paper label with black lettering on spine. Light blue-gray portfolio covers matching hardshellslipcase. 294 pp. Frontispiece. BW illustrations with tissue guards. Text in French. Illustrations by A.F. Cosyns. Les Muses Francaises paperback books
1971290703Paris: Bonnot 1971. hardcover. fine. 10 volumes. 8vo red leather with ornate in gilt black & blind-stamped decorations. Paris: Bonnot 1971. Fine.<br/><br/> Le Rouge et Le Noir Le Chartreuse de Parme Lucien Leuwen Lamiel Romans et Nouvelles Chroniques Italiennes.<br/><br/> Bonnot unknown books
1954WRCLIT17139Kentfield: The L-D Allen Press 1954. Large octavo. Decorated cloth. Trace of fading to the red dye used in the cloth decorations else a fine copy. One of 175 copies printed in Romanee type on Crown & Sceptre handmade paper. Wood engravings by Mallette Dean. Translated and edited by Francis Carmody. Although the fifteenth production by the Allens either under their own imprint or for others this is only the fourth book by them to be entirely produced by hand utilizing only handmade materials. ALLEN PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY 15. The L-D Allen Press hardcover books
1926122195Paris: Henri Cyral 1926. Softcover. VG- A few very light spots of discoloration to wraps; Some very faint discoloration to pages due to age; Set is in overall great shape. Andre Fournier. Off-white illus. wraps; Vol. I: 338 pp. Vol II: 379 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color illustrations. Text in French; Stendhal's 1839 novel about the adventures of Italian nobleman Fabrice del Dongo; 718 of 1000 copies in this edition. Henri Cyral paperback books