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1858CE222510Paris: Librairie Hachette 1858. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 12mo green leather gilt-decorated spine over green cloth hardcover binding 1st ed. 1858 380 pages TEXT IN FRENCH. Spine slightly faded & worn top front joint starting boards edgeworn minor foxing otherwise clean / unmarked. Librairie Hachette unknown
1859204492New York: D. Appleton and Company 1859. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 219p.; ad pages in rear have been cut out. Good condition; cloth torn and chipped along both spine gutters. Text clean. A readable copy. A work analyzing the heavily disputed "Roman Question" regarding the government of the Papal States and the temporal power of the pope. The author Edmond François Valentin About was a French satirical novelist and journalist. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1884861M7Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1884. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 6". Gustave Dore. A novel by French writer Edmond François Valentin About with illustrations by Gustave Doré. A new edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding with cloth boards. All edges gilt. An adventure novel concerning brigands and corruption in 18th century Athens by French writer and journalist Edmond François Valentin About 1828-1885. First published in 1856 this was his best-known novel. The second edition to be illustrated throughout by French artist Gustave Doré 1832-1883. In a quarter morocco binding. Externally smart with a little shelf wear to the boards and extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
1861181776Paris : M. Levy Freres 1861. Second Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary 1/2 calf over marble boards. Matching gilt-titled wine leather labels to spine with gilt-decorated compartments and raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. All edges marble with marble endpapers. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 370 pages; Physical desc. : 370 p ; 22 cm. Subjects: Papal States. Italy - Description and travel. Rome - City. ""Collection Hetzel"" --title page. Language: French. Paris : M. Levy Freres hardcover
188270293Paris: Hachette & Cie 1882. Fine. Hachette & Cie Paris 1882 17.50 x 27 cm reliure de l'éditeur Edition illustrated with 52 original compositions by Adrien Marie. Publisher's binding in full polychrome boards smooth spine richly decorated with gilt ornamental motifs front cover also enhanced with gilt decoration blue paper endpapers and pastedowns all edges gilt. Some light foxing affecting mainly the very last pages of the work. Handsome copy presented in boards of beautiful freshness. Hachette & Cie hardcover
1860181774Bruxelles: Melin Cans et Compaigne 1860. Fifth Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary 1/2 calf over marble boards. Matching gilt-titled wine leather labels to spine with gilt-decorated compartments and raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. All edges marble with marble endpapers. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 306 pages; Description: xii 306p. 22cm. Subjects: Roman question. Church and State. Popes - Temporal power. Catholic church - Roman Catholicism. Language: French. Bruxelles: Melin, Cans et Compaigne hardcover
1872964H28Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1872 . Vellum. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A scarce edition of this satirical adventure novel by French writer Edmond François Valentin concerning brigands and corruption in 18th century Athens. Elegantly rebound in paper vellum wrapped cloth with gilt decoration.First published in 1856 this was his best-known novel. This volume is the tenth edition.Set in 19th-century Greece a time when the countryside was plagued by brigands and banditry this novel follows the adventures of a French botanist Hermann Schultz in search of rare plants. He meets two English women Mrs. Simons and her daughter Mary and befriends them before all three are abducted by a band of brigands led by notorious bandit chief the king of the mountains Hatzistavros. This work is a subtle satirical story of Greek institutions and corrupt authorities as well as European romanticism about the Orient and ancient Greece. Rebound in paper vellum wrapped cloth. Externally smart. The odd handling mark with slight soiling not unusual for this pale binding. Small spot of paper stuck to upper left corner of front board likely from an attempt to repair loss. Slight loss to paper of front board and joints from rubbing. Rubbing to spine label. Previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper from 1873. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if a little age toned. Scattered spotting to first and last few leaves and Page 50 the odd spot heavier to fore edge. Very Good Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
189101353THE PENTATEUCH OF PRINTING WITH A CHAPTER ON JUDGES McClurg 1891 first edition just about fine in the publishers original blind stamped and gold-gilt pictorial cloth binding. Profusely illustrated. A. C. McClurg hardcover
186119590Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1861. Fifth edition overall first edition with Dore illustrations. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo dark green morocco and boards spine elaborately gilt in compartments 3 fl 363 pp. 3 fl. All edges gilt. 158 engraved illustrations by Gustave Dore including 12 fine full-page illustrations. Slight wear to spine foot and corners of boards else fine. <br/><br/>A fairly early work by the prolific French artist and illustrator. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
185854174Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1858. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Half-leather and paper-covered boards 18 cm 380 pages. Table of contents lists the names of artists whose work is reviewed by the author. Good copy. Pencil notations on back blanks. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
1859216645Bruxelles : Londres : Meline Cans et Cie. ; Jeffs 1859. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern gilt-blocked leather over marble boards. Raised bands. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Light tanning to margins. New endpapers. Small edge tear to title page with no loss. Library stamp verso t.p. Particularly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 306 pages; Physical description: iii 2-306p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Popes -- Temporal power -- History -- 19th century -- Roman question. Italy - Politics and government -- History -- 1849-1870 -- Papal States -- Catholic church -- Roman Catholicism. Language: French. Bruxelles : Londres : Meline, Cans et Cie. ; Jeffs hardcover
1883105721Paris : Librairie des Bilbiophiles Jouaust 1883. 210x140mm. frontispice 7 eaux fortes lettrines bandeaux culs-de-lampe reliure dՎpoque demi-chagrin ˆ coins avec titre auteur filets ornementations et fleurons dorÂŽs au dos ˆ cinq nerfs. Trois filets dorÂŽs sur les deux plats. Plats et gardes papier marbrÂŽ. Tranche supÂŽrieure dorÂŽe. Belle reliure. TrÂs bel exemplaire tirÂŽ sur papier vÂŽlin non justifiÂŽ. 701 Librairie des Bilbiophiles, Jouaust unknown
189243454Washington D.C.: American Oriental Society 1892. 1st separate edition Original printed paper wrappers detached 8vo ccxxix 2 pages; 22 cm. "Reprinted from the proceedings of the American Oriental Society Washington April 21-23 1892."<br> "Paul Anton de Lagarde was a German biblical scholar and orientalist sometimes regarded as one of the greatest orientalists of the 19th century. Lagarde's strong support of anti-Semitism vocal opposition to Christianity his Social Darwinism and his anti-Slavism are viewed as having been among the most influential in supporting the ideology of Nazism." wikipedia.<br> <br> Gottheil "was an English American Semitic scholar Zionist founding father of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and one of the founders of the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York."He was also "president of the American Federation of Zionists from 1898 to 1904 and worked with both Stephen S. Wise and Jacob De Haas as organizational secretaries. Gottheil attended the second Zionist Congress in Basel establishing relationships with Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau" Wikipedia. <br> SUBJECTS: Bibliography. OCLC: 21968572. <br> Wrappers have grown brown and fragile with expected separation. Internal paper remains bright and strong. Good Condition Thus. BAMR-68-5A-DB. Washington (D.C.): American Oriental Society unknown
18322106290006New Haven-s. Babcock 1832. very aged with splotches. Whatever was on the cover has been rubbed off. Both covers are detached from spine. Corners are rounded and to boards. Text is intact. New Haven-s. Babcock hardcover
1860004288London: W. Jeffs: Foreign Bookseller to the Royal Family 1860. RARE SECOND EDITION. Full red pebbled cloth with stamped decoration and border to front cover stamped gilt decoration and lettering to spine moderate wear soiled with spottings endpaper split at gutter previous owner's name on front endsheet. Some bracketing and marginalia in pencil. n 1860. London W. Jeffs "Foreign Bookseller to the Royal family." 295pp. One signature pulling away from the text block Overall a GOOD book. Rare second edition. . Second Edition. Full Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. W. Jeffs: Foreign Bookseller to the Royal Family Hardcover
1860100102505Tübner & Cie / Paternoster Row 1860. tranche ternie bords frottés coins émoussés itnérieur propre bonne tenue de la reliure. in8. 1860. Relié. Tübner & Cie / Paternoster Row unknown
188384<p><strong>Dessins de Charles Delort gravés par Mongin. 300 pp.7 planches et un portrait de l'auteur d'après une photo de Nadar h.t. 207x133 cm.</strong><strong> Collection Bibliothèque Artistique Moderne / Librairie des Bibliophiles Paris 1883. Tirage limité. </strong></p><p>--- Some edgewear. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Very light occasional foxing. Beautiful engravings.</p> Librairie des Bibliophiles paperback
1858861N17Paris: Hachette 1858. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A first edition copy of Edmond About's novel signed by the author. A first edition of Edmond About's novel signed by the author. Published in French. With the author's ink inscription to the half title 'Monsieur Dosquet avec tous les remerciments et les compliments de l'auteur'. About was a French novelist publicist and journalist who is best known for his satirical novel Le Rois des Montagnes but also wrote a commentary on modern Greece pamphlets on contemporary issues and popular manuals of political economy. The present volume tells the tale of Master Pierre who gives up shepherding to become a solitary hunter until he meets a small girl and attempts to nurse her back to health. Bound in a full red leather binding. Externally generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards with a little soiling to the front board. A little rubbed to the head and tail of the spine and front joint. The front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Aside from some very light spotting to the front and rear of the volume pages are bright and clean. Very Good Hachette hardcover
1889000863Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1889. Bound by Pagnant in 3/4 teal morocco over marbled boards. Limited to 900 copies this is #675. Issued with a double suite of illustrations by Felicien de Myrbach. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine has five raised bands with elaborate gilt panels. Wide margined text in French. Light overall wear with an occasional nick else a thoroughly handsome clean tight volume. 224pp. . Limited Edition. Quarto. Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
1878903Q46London: Remington and Co. 1878 . Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The first UK edition of this very scarce science-fiction time travelling novel written by French author Edmond About translated into English by J. E. Maitland. The first UK edition. First published in France under the title 'L'Homme a l'Oreille Cassee' and then in the US as 'The Man with the Broken Ear'. Complete with two volumes bound in one. Written by French novelist and journalist Edmond Francois About known for his amusing anti-clerical writing. A number of his works including this one have been adapted into film; 'The Man with the Broken Ear' was a 1934 French drama film starring Robert Boudrioz and Thomy Bourdelle. This entertaining science-fiction novel presents the difficulties faced by a man who is stuck in the wrong time. A French soldier of the First Empire is suspended in time for fifty years being brought back to life in the Second Empire. Translated by J. E. Maitland. Bound in green cloth. Externally sound with slight rubbing to the joints and extremities. The odd mark to cloth with 'Ben' written in faint ink to the spine. Hinges are strained with boards tenderly held and cords visible. Internally generally firmly bound with binding a little tender in places. Pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional spot or handling mark. Good Remington and Co. hardcover
1883105784Paris : Librairie des Bibliophiles Jouaust 1883. 255x175mm. frontispice 7 eaux fortes lettrines bandeaux culs-de-lampe reliure demi-chagrin azure ˆ coins avec titre et auteur dorÂŽs au dos ˆ cinq nerfs. Plats et garde papier marbrÂŽ. Tranche supÂŽrieure dorÂŽe. Couvertures supÂŽrieure et infÂŽrieure conservÂŽes. Belle reliure. TrÂs bel exemplaire sur papier vÂŽlin de Hollande numÂŽrotÂŽ n.¡ 103 / 200. 1172 Librairie des Bibliophiles, Jouaust unknown
186124341Paris: Michel Lévy frères & Cie 1861. Fine. Michel Lévy frères & Cie Paris 1861 13.50 x 22 cm relié First edition. Half-shagreen binding in navy blue spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Light foxing primarily affecting the edges; Michel Lévy frères & Cie hardcover
189294690Paris : Librairie Hachette Et Cie. 1892. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Contemporary marble boards recased in analine calf. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands and gilt-blocked ttile. An uncommonly positive example - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 321 pages; Physical desc. : vi 321 p. 1 ; 19 cm. Subject: French literature - 19th century. Edition illustree de 52 compositions par A. Marie. Paris : Librairie Hachette Et Cie. hardcover
1861182043Paris : L. Hachette 1861. Fifth Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked and elaborately blind-ruled rich red buckram. Spine bands and panel edges slightly worn and rubbed as with edge. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 363 pages; Physical desc.: 363 7 p : illus. plates ; 24 cm. Genre: Illustrated books - France - 1861. Novels - France - 1861. Language: French. Paris : L. Hachette hardcover
185926306Paris: E. Dentu and others 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Titles as follows: 1 32pp; Lettre de Rome par le duc de Persigny; Paris E. Dentu 1865. 2 38pp; Question Italienne: Discours prononcé au Sénat dans la séance du 3 Mars 1862 par son excellence M. Billault; Paris E. Dentu 1862. 3 64pp; L'Empereur Napoléon III et l'Italie. Nouvelle Edition; Paris E. Dentu 1859. 4 61pp; La France Rome et l'Italie par A. de la Guéronniere; Paris E. Dentu 1861. 5 48pp; L'Empereur Francois-Joseph I et l'Europe; Paris Firmin Didot Freres Fils et Cie 1860. 6 63pp 1p; Le Pape et la diplomatie par Louis Veuillot; Paris Gaume Freres et J. Duprey Editeurs 1861. 7 46pp; Le Pape et le Congrès; Paris E. Dentu 1859. 8 32pp; La Prusse en 1860 par Edmond About; Paris E. Dentu 1860. 9 32pp; L'alliance Anglaise ou l'alliance Russe; Paris Chez E. Dentu 1860. 10 29pp; Mandement de mgr l'eveque de Poitiers au sujet des accusations portées contre le Souverain Pontife et contre le clergé Francais; Paris Victor Palmé 1861. All are first editions except one. Average condition is very good: all the pamphlets show the 5 cen. Timbre Imperial mild foxing and light chipping to the edges. ; Octavo. E. Dentu and others hardcover
