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1897DC7203Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1897. Book. Good to Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1897. Green coth decorated in stamped back and gold with gold stamped lettering. In Bleiler's Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Hinges cracked but holding; light lean; worn at corners and edges. Houghton Mifflin Co. Hardcover
1895JBA02Atlanta: Third World Publishing Co. Press of C. P. Byrd 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1895. Blue cloth lettered in gold on front and black on spine; 313pp. Lost race of Polarians in arctic whose origin appears Roman. In Bleiler Science Fiction: The Early Years. Minor ink markings bottom of one page; small piece off margin of two pages at foredge; pages tanning. Rare. Third World Publishing Co., Press of C. P. Byrd Hardcover
1899005458New York: The Century Co. 1899. First Printing identified per BAL by introductory pages numbered with Arabic numerals instead of Roman. Near Fine in original green cloth lacking the rare dust jacket spine just a tad darkened. Top edge gilt. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Reginald B. Birch . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Century Co. Hardcover books
18985498<p><strong>The first Russian translations of the novel.</strong></p><p>This Russian translation was issued in the same year as the first edition of '<em>The War of the Worlds</em>' was published. The translation appeared in the magazine '<em>Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury Iskusstva i Nauki</em>' 'New Journal of Foreign Literature Art and Science' Nos. 6-9 and this particular copy is an offprint from the magazine. It was also published in 1898 as a separate book in a smaller format with different pagination.</p><p>According to some sources the translator might have been <strong>Konstantin Tolstoi</strong> 1842-1913 a doctor and publicist known for his attempt to translate Shakespeare's '<em>Romeo and Juliet</em>'.</p><p>Later that same year another Russian translation of the novel was released.</p> Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury hardcover
189824386Editions Plon 1898. In-8 relié de 295 pages au format 11,5 x 18,5 cm. Modeste reliure d'époque, demi chagrin, avec plats papiers. Signet en toile. Dos carré à 4 nerfs, avec fleurons, filets, titres et initiales de l'ancien propriétaire gravés. Couvertures non conservées. Plats avec petits frottis et tassements aux coins, ainsi qu'aux mors. Intérieur assez frais. Recueil de 26 nouvelles. Rarissime édition originale. Exemplaire enrichi Lettre autographe manuscrite de J.H Rosny aîné (Joseph Henri Honoré Boex) adressée à Monsieur Paul Strauss sénateur : " Monsieur, Permettez-moi de vous rappeler que nous avons sollicité ensemble la Croix de la Légion d'Honneur pour Jules Hoche. Je vous serais personnellement très reconnaissant si vous pouviez rapporter cette candidature au ministre.Veuillez croire Monsieur, à ma très sincère sympathie." J.H Rosny aîné. Provenance idéale.
18903754Paris, Guyot, sans date (circa fin XIXe siècle) ; deux tomes in-16 reliés en un volume demie-basane aubergine, dos à nerfs décoré de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre rouge (reliure de l'époque) ; 189 pp., (3) pp. de catalogue ; 184 pp., (8) pp. de catalogue.
1893008057London: Tylston and Edwards 1893. xxi iii 243 5 pp. 16 plates and numerous in-text illustrations by Ernest Griset. Volume V of Memorial Edition of Works of Burton. Bound in publisher's original decorated black cloth with gilt spine top edge dyed red. Bookplate of noted bookplate collector Arthur K. Brewer front paste dowan and The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research their unique bookplate front end page and Kinsey's call letters bottom edge of spine. Near Fine creases to cloth rear board offsetting from Brewer's bookplate front end page. A copy with a unique and interesting provenance. . Memorial Edition . Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tylston and Edwards Hardcover books
18380052121838 Paris, Fournier ainé, Furne et Cie, 1838. Deux volumes in-8 (129 X 208 mm) demi-chevrette aubergine foncé à grain long, dos à nerfs plats ornés d'une fine guirlande dorée, filets dorés, titre et tomaison dorés (reliure de l'époque). Rousseurs.
1899000745London: Harper & Bros. 1899. First Edition First Issue . Red Cloth. Very Good . 329 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition First Issue With Gilt Lettering On Spine And Front Panel. Very Good Front Panel Attractive Spine Slightly Faded And With Slight Soiling And A Few Tiny Spots Of Foxing. A Little Foxing To Edges Of Sheets And On A Few Pages. An Attractive Copy Of A Book Which Does Not Wear Well. Rear Hinge With 2" Long Crack. Front Free Endpaper With Partly Erased Ownership Signature Of Henry W. Bowders Dated July 1899. <br/> <br/> Harper & Bros. hardcover