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19911338015Fort Washington PA: Copernicus Society of America 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; white spines with purple and black text; first editions; 2 volumes: vol. 1 pp 842 ISBN 0870520040; vol. 2 pp 919 ISBN 0870520040; dust jackets only mild tone to exteriors; some light rubbing also to exteriors; minor dings to edges; cloths show light spotting to exteriors; sturdy straight boards; text block exterior edges have slight foxing; illustrated endpapers; interiors clean; tight bindings; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1338015. FP New Rockville Stock. Copernicus Society of America hardcover books
03666Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni 1959. With Thirty-Five Tipped-in Monochrome Plates by Salvatore Fiume<br/><br/>SIENKIEWICZ Henryk. Quo Vadis Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni 1959. <br/><br/>Limited to 1500 copies signed by Salvatore Fiume and Giovanni Mardersteig this being no. 1483.<br/><br/>Large octavo 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches; 267 x 172 mm. 540 pp. Illustrated with thirty-five tipped in monochrome plates. <br/><br/>Publisher's natural gray blue patterned linen over boards spine with red cloth label lettered in gilt original gray dust jacket with spine lettered in blue. Housed in the publisher's red cardboard slipcase spine lettered in gilt. Spine of dust jacket spine very slightly darkened otherwise a very fine copy.<br/><br/>Quo Vadis A Narrative of the Time of Nero is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish. "Quo vadis Domine" is Latin for "Where are you going Lord" and alludes to the apocryphal Acts of Peter in which Peter flees Rome but on his way meets Jesus and asks him why he is going to Rome. Jesus says "I am going back to be crucified again" which makes Peter go back to Rome and accept martyrdom. The novel tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman Ligia or Lygia and Marcus Vinicius a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero circa AD 64.<br/><br/>Limited Editions Club Bibliography 302. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1959 unknown books
03665Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni 1959. With Thirty-Five Tipped-in Monochrome Plates by Salvatore Fiume<br/><br/>SIENKIEWICZ Henryk. Quo Vadis Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni 1959. <br/><br/>Limited to 1500 copies signed by Salvatore Fiume and Giovanni Mardersteig this being no. 1434.<br/><br/>Large octavo 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches; 267 x 172 mm. 540 pp. Illustrated with thirty-five tipped in monochrome plates. <br/><br/>Publisher's natural gray blue patterned linen over boards spine with red cloth label lettered in gilt original gray dust jacket with spine lettered in blue. Housed in the publisher's red cardboard slipcase spine lettered in gilt. Spine of dust jacket spine very slightly darkened otherwise a very fine copy.<br/><br/>Quo Vadis A Narrative of the Time of Nero is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish. "Quo vadis Domine" is Latin for "Where are you going Lord" and alludes to the apocryphal Acts of Peter in which Peter flees Rome but on his way meets Jesus and asks him why he is going to Rome. Jesus says "I am going back to be crucified again" which makes Peter go back to Rome and accept martyrdom. The novel tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman Ligia or Lygia and Marcus Vinicius a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero circa AD 64.<br/><br/>Limited Editions Club Bibliography 302. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1959 unknown books
1900185453Boston: Little Brown 1900. Hardcover. VG Cover has general wear staining fading. Bookblock has age toning. Previous owners library sticker on inside front cover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and blue graphics. 43 preliminary leaves 23 leaves 1 leaf frontispiece plates. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Little, Brown hardcover books
199234894NY:: Hippocrene Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0781800250 . The third part of the author's Trilogy. Translated from the Polish by W. S. Kuniczak. Stated first edition thus. Foxing on edges else very good in a very good sun faded along the spine dust jacket. . Hippocrene Books, hardcover books
199220736NY:: Hippocrene Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0781800250 . The third part of the author's Trilogy. Translated from the Polish by W. S. Kuniczak. Stated first edition thus. Foxing and dust soiling to text block edges else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Hippocrene Books, hardcover books
199139001NY:: Hippocrene Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0870529749 . The first part of the author's Trilogy. Translated from the Polish by W. S. Kuniczak. Foreword by James A. Michener. Stated first edition thus. Foxing and dust soiling to text block edges else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Hippocrene Books, hardcover books
192494188Boston:: Little Brown. Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. The first part of the author's Trilogy. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. A relatively early printing of this edition. Moderate shelf wear and aging previous owner's name and date 1934 on front free endpaper else very good in olive green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. No dust jacket.; 779 pages . Little, Brown, hardcover books
195125407New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1951. Later printing. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Later printing. 8 422 pages. 8vo. Paper boards. Illustrated dj. This copy has two dust jackets and more importantly two "belly bands" which are advertisements for the MGM film production starting Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr. There is minor wear to the extremities of the dust jackets and a small chip to the outer belly band lower edge. We love production extras when they put two dust jackets and two belly bands on the same book! Minor rubbing to the band mostly to the rear panel. The band has three scenes from the movie on it one front one rear one small it on the spine portion. Boards. On the belly band it notes that Quo Vadis has already sold 1500000 copies and is now a Six and a half million dollar MGM Motion picture. Originally printed by Little Brown and Co. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
190044055Boston: Little Brown 1900. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. frontis ill 23p. White cloth lightly spotted. 18cm. Top edge gilt. Original glassine jacket chipped along edges. Text printed in purple within decorative green borders. Also includes "Be Thou Blessed." <br/><br/> Little, Brown hardcover books
1897134514Boston: Little 1897. Octavo 551 pp. original decorated gray-green cloth stamped in red black and gold black coated endpapers. First edition in English. A short novel and nine stories by Polish Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz 1846-1916 author of major fantasy novel GGNIEM I MIECZEM 1884; translated as WITH FIRE AND SWORD 1890. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips inner front hinge repaired a very good copy. #134514 Little unknown books
1904119391Boston: Little 1904. Small octavo pp. 1-2: blank i-iv v-vii viii-x 1-2 3-65 66: blank 67-70: publisher's ads 71-72: blank note: first and last leaves are fly leaves original decorated green cloth stamped in lavender black and gold. First edition in English. Five stories by Polish Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz 1846-1916 author of major fantasy novel GGNIEM I MIECZEM 1884; translated as WITH FIRE AND SWORD 1890. Most of the stories in the present volume are legends and fables including one about a meeting of Peter and Paul with the old Greek gods on Olympus and another about the Hindu deities. Some bubbling to cloth on front panel a very good copy. #119391 Little unknown books
1894134516Boston: Little 1894. Octavo 247 pp. illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett title page printed in orange and black original decorated two-part gray-green and white cloth stamped in gold t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition in English. A short novel and three stories by Polish Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz 1846-1916 author of major fantasy novel GGNIEM I MIECZEM 1884; translated as WITH FIRE AND SWORD 1890. White cloth soiled and dusty a very good copy with clean interior. #134516 Little unknown books
189874319Boston:: Little Brown. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. First edition thus. Small octavo bound in gray cloth with red lettering and design. Moderate shelf wear and aging brief gift inscription from 1901 on front free endpaper else very good. Binding is solid. ; 147 pages . Little, Brown, hardcover books
200072441NY:: Hippocrene Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 078180762X . Translated from the Polish by Miroslaw Lipinski. First edition thus. Slight spine slant else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Hippocrene Books, hardcover books
193548008Lwow: Wydawnictwo Zakladu. Very Good. 1935. Hardcover. Lwow: Wydawnictwo Zakladu 1935. 315 pages hardbound. Pages uniformly toned hinges weak o/w good. . Wydawnictwo Zakladu hardcover books
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
1959130056Verona Italy: Officina Bodoni for the Limited Editions Club 1959. decorated cloth dust jacket slipcase with gilt-stamped spine. Limited Editions Club. 4to. decorated cloth dust jacket slipcase with gilt-stamped spine. xiv 594 4 pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by illustrator Salvatore Fiume and printer Giovanni Mardersteig on colophon. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. List of illustrations introduction by Harold Lamb. Tipped-in illustrations by Fiume. Spine of slipcase lightly scuffed. Dust jacket lightly tanned. Officina Bodoni for the Limited Editions Club unknown books
195948021Verona: Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni in Verona 1959. Edition limited to 1500 copies this no. 800 signed by the illustrator and printer; large 8vo pp. xii 2; 594; 4; illustrated with paintings by Salvatore Fiume translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin introduction by Harold Lamb printed by Giovanni Mardersteig; front hinge cracked rear starting else very good in full cream and blue patterned linen gilt-lettered red label on spine publisher's slipcase worn. LEC bibliography 302. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni in Verona unknown books
195947715Verona: The Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni in Verona 1959. Edition limited to 1500 copies this no. 800 signed by the illustrator and printer; large 8vo pp. xii 2; 594; 4; illustrated with paintings by Salvatore Fiume translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin introduction by Harold Lamb printed by Giovanni Mardersteig; front and rear pastedown lightly toned front hinge starting else a very good copy in full cream and blue patterned linen gilt-lettered red label on spine publisher's slipcase worn. LEC bibliography 302. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni in Verona unknown books
19602043New York: The Heritage Press 1960 Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Introduction by Harold Lamb. Illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Patterned light green cloth gilt lettering to spine. Spine darkened very minor rubbing to spine ends else a fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase slightly faded. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Illus. by Fiume Salvatore. The Heritage Press hardcover books
189824216Boston: Little Brown & Co 1898. Light red wrappers printed in black. VG sq & tight/minor wear & soiling. 540 1 10 pp. Adverts last 10 pp. 8vo. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>The Beacon Series. "Special Number". June 20 1898. Little Brown & Co unknown books
1899000426Boston: Little Brown & Company 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Early edition; 5" x 7 3/4"; pp. 16 1-541 1-10 publisher's list 8; original embossed red boards; gilt title; minor wear to covers; spine slightly faded; small closed cut to tail of spine; engraved portrait frontis; illustrations from paintings and photographs; very good. The famous tale of love between a young Christian woman and Marcus Vinicius a Roman patrician. 'Quo Vadis" translated from Latin means "Where are you going" referring to the apocryphal Acts of Peter in which Peter flees Rome meets Jesus on his way and asks him why he is going to Rome. Boston: Little, Brown & Company hardcover books
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
189976259Boston:: Little Brown. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. Made into the 1951 film. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. With 8 full-page illustrations by Howard Pyle Evert Van Muyden and others. An early printing. Octavo bound in red decorated cloth with gilt lettering and design top edge gilt. Previous owner's name and date 1900 on front free endpaper else very good or better. An attractive well preserved vintage copy. ; 541 pages . Little, Brown, hardcover books
