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1846788R53New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1846. Cloth. Good. 10.5" by 7". Various. A lavishly illustrated English translation of Eugene Sue's successful French novel complete in two volumes. First published in 1844 'The Wandering Jew' features the eponymous mythical figure condemned to wander the Earth until the Rennepont family has been wiped from the earth.Written by Eugene Sue 1804-1857 a French novelist best known for this work as well as 'The Mysteries of Paris'. His work 'Mathilde' coined the French expression 'La vengeance se mange tres-bien froide' later coined in English as 'Revenge is a dish best served cold'. Many of his works were historical in nature and he himself dramatized a number including this novel.Complete in two volumes.A new and 'elegant' English translation of this work.Illustrated by various French artists throughout.An uncommon edition of this illustrated translation. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with some noticeable wear to the head and tail of the spine as a result of bumping. Frontispiece portrait of the author is loose to volume I. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages have the odd spot. Good Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1900mon0002918174H.M. Caldwell Company 1900. Hardcover. Good. . 3 volume set in green pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering on spines. General shelf wear minor rubbing at edges. Pages/boards clean and vibrant bindings sturdy. H.M. Caldwell Company hardcover
1846799A7New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. Leather. Near Fine. 10" by 6.5". Various . Two Stikeman uniformly bound volumes from the tale of 'The Wandering Jew' by Eugene Sue a new translation lavishly illustrated. Vol. I part II and vol. II part I of Eugene Sue's story of The Wandering Jew in lovely half morocco bindings signed Stikeman & Co. Originally published in French in 1844 popular in Paris upon its serial publication. The novel was considered intensely and deliberately anti-Catholic according to historian John McGreevy. The story evolves around the mythical figure of 'the wandering Jew' condemned to wander the Earth until the Rennepont family has been wiped from the earth.These copies are the 1846 edition lavishly illustrated with numerous illustrations in text by various artists. These copies were also grangerised with two-hundred-and-twenty-six full page plates some tipped in. In uniform half morocco bindings with marbled boards and endpapers and gilt to the top edge. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and minor rubbing. Internally firmly bound. The pages are generally bright and clean only the odd minor faint spot or faint handling mark to the odd leaf. Lavishly illustrated with numerous illustrations in text by various artists. These copies were also grangerised with two-hundred-and-twenty-six full page plates some tipped in. Near Fine Harper & Brothers hardcover
1884813J13London: John Dicks c1884. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". H. Valentin. A handsomely bound English translation of this French dramatic novel by Eugene Sue complete in three parts bound as one. A compelling nineteenth century French novel that tells the story of 'the wandering Jew' and his sister who are condemned to wander the earth protecting the Rennepont family a family of persecuted Huguenots from harm. The 'wandering Jew' also represents cholera an epidemic that was sweeping Europe and America during this time. Originally written by Eugene Sue. Complete in three parts bound as one. Containing thirty-six illustrations by H. Valentin collated and complete. An early English translation of this work. In half morocco with cloth covered boards and five raised bands to the spine. Externally smart some rubbing to the spines raised bands and extremities. Some light shelf wear to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages contain the odd spot and bit of offsetting otherwise they are clean throughout. Very Good John Dicks hardcover
19006391Imprimerie Francaise January 1900. Limited. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/No Jacket. 2 volume set. No dust jackets on these editions. Numbered editions both books numbered 104. Minor shelf wear on top and bottom of spine. Spine tight. Boards crisp. Pages neat. Imprimerie Francaise hardcover
1857feb1188751857. Used. For more details please contact me unknown
184578507set2Paulin libraire-éditeur 1845. leather_bound. Acceptable. 8x4x10. Paul Gavarni. In French. Complete set of 2 volumes published by Paulin 1845. Leather over cloth boards; substantial wear to the leather including boards exposed at the bottom edges of both volumes. Volume 1 with rear hinge partly opening. Pencil notations on front endpapers of Volume 1. Both volumes with moderate foxing throughout. Marvellously illustrated with many engravings. NOTE: because of these volume's heavy weight extra charges may be requested for shipping and handling. Paulin, libraire-éditeur hardcover
1898236277Vancouver.: Summer Wine. 1898. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket in mylar. . Folio. . Illustrated in black white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Summer Wine. hardcover
1899P-17835Boston MA: Niccolls 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES of which this is number 17. Tissue interleavings to the fine etchings. A tight clean unmarked copy in gleaming gilt with only a little rubbing to the corners and very light fading to spine color. Extremely scarce Sue title in any edition. Niccolls hardcover
1860021464New York: Derby & Jackson 1860. First Edition First Printing . Embossed Cloth Gilt. Very Good . 7 7/16" Tall. 416 Pp. Original Binding Of Blindstamped Purple Cloth Gilt Title On Spine. Cloth Worn With Some Fraying At Top And Bottom Of Spine Gilt Strong But Not Brilliant. A Few Small Faint Waterspots On Covers Spine Faded To Tan Covers Somewhat Faded But Still Purplish. Original Yellow Endpapers Are Immaculate Except For A Small Personal Ownership Label E. Peeter Mauk Jr.; Hinges Tight. Contents Fresh And Immaculate. Sue Petigru Bowen Published Her Novels All Set In The Deep South Just Before The Civil War. Bowen Deals With The Fashionable World Of Resorts And Balls And With The Maturation Of Young Girls Into Womanhood. Her Male Characters Are Charming But Weak And Untrustworthy And Her Novels Have Didactic Rather Than Happy Endings. The Vision Of Young Trusting Girls Destroyed Or Embittered Through Their Experiences With Men Haunts Her Novels. Scarce. <br/> <br/> Derby & Jackson hardcover
183835862Paris: F. Bonnaire; Dupuis Dumarsais 1838. First editions of vols. I-IV; second edition of vol. V. Illustrated with folding charts maps facsimiles and numerous engravings after Johannot Raffet and others. 5 vols. 8vo. Mid-nineteenth-century quarter calf and blue marbled boards. Bookplates. Some rubbing to extremities. First editions of vols. I-IV; second edition of vol. V. Illustrated with folding charts maps facsimiles and numerous engravings after Johannot Raffet and others. 5 vols. 8vo. F. Bonnaire; Dupuis Dumarsais unknown
1846321013New York: Richards and Company 1846. First edition. With two frontispieces on wrapper stock vignette title pages woodcuts throughout. Pp. i half title ii blank iii title iv blank v Author's Preface vi blank 7-231 1 blank; 7 ads 1 blank pp. Stereotyped by Francis F. Ripley. Text in two columns. 1 vols. 8vo. Original biscuit pictorial printed wrappers "Price 50 Cents". Very good plus copy minor foxing. Green cloth slipcase and chemise. First edition. With two frontispieces on wrapper stock vignette title pages woodcuts throughout. Pp. i half title ii blank iii title iv blank v Author's Preface vi blank 7-231 1 blank; 7 ads 1 blank pp. Stereotyped by Francis F. Ripley. Text in two columns. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL surmises the existence of wrappers and provides a collation omitting the half title leaf; Van Winkle's collation also did not see the half title; BAL and Van Winkle do not record the ads for works by Eugene Sue and others: 1 The Godolphin Arabian; or The History of a Throughbred E. Winchester. 2 The Temptation; or The Watch-Tower of Koat-Vën a Romantic Tale E. Winchester; 3 The Wandering Jew. Translated by William H. Herbert Richards & Company Agents; 4 Kernok the Corsair and other Tales of the Sea E. Winchester; 5 Lautreamont; or The Court Conspirator E. Winchester; 6 The Hotel Lambert; or The Engraver's Daughter E. Winchester; 7 The Nevilles of Garretstown. A Tale of 1760. By Charles Lever.<br /> Van Winkle notes The Godolphin Arabian and The Temptation among the writings attributed to Herbert.<br /> The inside front wrapper is blank; the inside back wrapper is an ad for Old Cro' Nest; or The Outlaws of the Hudson by Robert F. Greeley Ward & Co.; the back cover is an ad for The New-York Saturday Emporium Ward & Co. headed "To The Public".<br /> RARE IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS. BAL 8095 "Almost certainly issued in printed paper wrapper"; Van Winkle p. 104 "Issued in wrappers but no copy available for collation. Collation taken from a bound a cut copy". OCLC: 11978468 Princeton in wrappers Yale Univ. of Penna. UVa Richards and Company unknown
1840A141-465Leipzig, Englische Kunstanstalt, um 1840. Portrait / Portr?t, gravure sur acier / Stahlstich, Albert Henry Payne (1812-1902), Bild ca. 18x15 cm
1840A131-1302Leipzig, Englische Kunstanstalt, um 1840. Portrait / Portr?t, gravure sur acier / Stahlstich, Albert Henry Payne (1812-1902), Bild ca. 18x15 cm