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18975818Boston: Little Brown and Company 1897. First U.S. Edition. Very Good. Translated from the Policy by Jeremiah Curtin. Bound in green cloth over boards with gilded profile of Nero on the front and gilded lettering on the spine. Edgewear slight rounding of two corners square but getting towards a lean. Navy blue endpapers. Split along gutter between title and "The Works of Henry Sienkiewicz." The interior is lightly and evenly toned; it is otherwise clean and clear throughout. Solidly bound. With four pages of advertisements at the back. <br /> <br /> Pages: 10 541 1 4 ads 2 Dimensions: 8 x 55/8 x 1½. Little, Brown, and Company unknown
190046405179Paris, Éditions de la Revue Blanche, 1900 ; in-12, broché, couverture imprimée. 3 ff., 645 pp., 1 f. de table.ÉDITION ORIGINALE de la traduction du best seller polonais Quo Vadis, publié en 1896 et qui vaudra le prix Nobel à H. Sienkiewicz (1846 - 1916). Ce roman qui relate la persécution des chrétiens sous Néron a suscité un enthousiasme invraisemblable. Il fut traduit rapidement en plus de 40 langues. En 1900 il fut le roman le plus vendu en France, les chevaux du Grand Prix de Paris ont porté les noms des personnages de Quo Vadis. Il fut adapté au cinéma dès 1901 et encore en 1910, 1912, 1924 jusqu’au fameux peplum de Mervyn Le Roy en 1951 avec Robert Taylor et Deborah Kerr. En 1909 un opéra de Cain et Nouguès a été créé à la Gaité-Lyrique, donné en 1911 au Metropolitan de New York.Exemplaire tel que paru, non coupé, papier jauni.
1897002176Boston: Little Brown and Company 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Binding designed by Julius Adolph Schweinfurth with his monogram to front cover. Two volumes in paper-backed cloth dust jackets hardcovers full blue cloth binding with gilt decoration and lettering to front covers and spines top edges gilt other edges untrimmed magenta clay-coated endpapers dust jackets with gilt lettering and decoration to spines 8-1/4" tall 355 352 pp. illustrations in photogravure by Howard Pyle Edmund H. Garrett Evert van Muyden with photos of sculpture and architecture color maps. Both front hinges over-opened white soiling to front and rear panels of dust jacket of volume one. Extra postage required for priority or international shipping. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1897001817Boston: Little Brown & Company 1897. After the literary and popular success of "Quo Vadis" in 1896 the publisher issued this "New Edition" a luxurious production in two volumes containing maps and illustrations. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus. Translation from the original Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Highly decorative cloth binding: dark blue cloth ruled and stamped in gilt. Gilt top-edge. Clean text; 355 pages and 352 pages. Previous-owner bookplates on the front paste-downs; contemporary Xmas gift inscription; discreet stickers from Brentano's on the rear. Laid-in are 2 musical programs from 1900. Books are mildly leaning with weakened gutters one has split. This set comes with the original dark blue dustjackets often missing; complete with just some rubbing and chipping at the margins. In archival plastic protectors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Little, Brown, & Company Hardcover
190053165Paris: Ernest Flammarion n.d. 1900. 8vo pp. 3-592; frontispiece vignette title page numerous illustrations throughout many full-page; early owner's inscription on flyleaf and 2 bookplates; contemporary full parchment elaborately decorated in gilt with gilt-decorated onlays and gilt morocco label on spine a.e.g.; fine copy. <br/><br/> Ernest Flammarion, n.d. unknown books
1898044643New York: R. F. Fenno & Co. 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. R. F. Fenno & Co. Hardcover
1899224Without Dogma by the author of the highly collectible Quo Vadis<br />1899<br />Beautiful Gift Edition!<br /> Little Brown hardcover
1897307360Boston: Little Brown & Company 1897. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Owner name inked on second front end page. Spine cocked. Front hinge cracked. Small closed tears on spine crown and heel. Light shelfwear on panel corners. Little, Brown & Company hardcover
189829486Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. "Popular Edition." Octavo; publisher's cloth in pale green dust jacket printed in red and green; 105411102pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece seven leaves of plates. External panels of jacket have faded to tan faint vertical crease to spine panel light shelf wear with brief tape repair to verso else Very Good and sound in an excellent example of the rare jacket. Little, Brown, and Company unknown
1898D20728London: J. M. Dent and Company 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Bound by Bayntun with original covers bound in. Red calf spine attractively gilt a.e.g. Housed in an open slipcase. A nice copy. <br/><br/> J. M. Dent and Company hardcover
1897514809Boston: Little Brown and Company 1897. Softcover. Good. First American edition wrappered issue of the first Authorized Unabridged Translation from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Octavo. 541 10 ads pp. Pictorial wrappers. Lacking rear wrap with a few short tears and thin chip on spine front cover has a small chip at one corner first few leaves have small holes in margin just a good but pleasing copy of a fragile volume. Henryk Sienkiewicz won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. Little, Brown and Company unknown
189757240New York: R. F. Fenno & Company 1897. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Hinge is just starting. ; 7.60 X 6.10 X 0.30 inches. R. F. Fenno & Company hardcover
1896180274Boston: Little Brown & Company 1896. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Front hinge cracked. Rubbing along panel edges. Little, Brown & Company hardcover
1897WRCLIT77369Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1897. Two volumes. Thick octavo. Full publisher's stiff vellum lettered and decorated in gilt with gilt medallion onlays t.e.g. others untrimmed. Portrait and plates. Vellum slightly bowed as usual with some minor hand-soiling to the vellum but a very nice set near fine. First edition in this format. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. With plates and photographs including work by Howard Pyle and others. One of 250 numbered copies specially printed on handmade paper and bound thus. Little, Brown and Co. hardcover books
19001687JANKE OTTO 1900. 6. hardcover. JANKE, OTTO hardcover
18972954521897. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. Numerous black & white illustrations tissue guards. 2 vols. Thick 8vo beautifully rebound in 3/4 green morocco spines evenly faded marbled boards t.e.g. Boston 1897. New Edition with Maps of Ancient Rome and Photogravures from pictures by Howard Pyle Edmund Garrett and Evert Van Muyden and from Ancient Sculptures. Six of the numerous photogravure plates are by Howard Pyle.<br/> <br/> unknown
18972954521897. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. Numerous black & white illustrations tissue guards. 2 vols. Thick 8vo beautifully rebound in 3/4 green morocco spines evenly faded marbled boards t.e.g. Boston 1897. New Edition with Maps of Ancient Rome and Photogravures from pictures by Howard Pyle Edmund Garrett and Evert Van Muyden and from Ancient Sculptures. Six of the numerous photogravure plates are by Howard Pyle.<br/><br/> unknown books
1897200724Boston: Little Brown & Company 1897. Illustrated Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Both volumes Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All flap corners clipped. Owner name on Vol. I 2nd FEP. Both volumes' front hinges starting. Little, Brown & Company hardcover
