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189648306London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides listing to #272. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked with backstrip sun-tanned. Wrappers with some extremity wear & soiling Age-toning to paper. Old price penciled to front wrapper. A VG copy. 324 pp. Series adverts to covers. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648302London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides listing to #272. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked with backstrip sun-tanned. Wrappers with wear & soiling. Period pos to preliminary blank. Age-toning to paper. A VG copy. 293 pp. Series adverts to covers. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648465London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked. Wrappers with wear & soiling with minor chipping to extremities. Age-toning to paper. A VG copy. 4 viii 238 4 pp. Series advert last 2 pages. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648346London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". Cocked with backstrip sun-tanned. Wrappers with wear & soiling with rear joint seam starting in bottom 40%. Age-toning to paper. An About VG copy. 291 1 blank pp. Series adverts to covers. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648428London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides listing to #264. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked with backstrip sun-tanned. Wrappers with wear & soiling. Age-toning to paper. A VG copy. 293 pp. Series adverts to covers. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648482London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked. Wrappers with wear & soiling with chipping at spine ends. Age-toning to paper. Prior owner signature. A VG copy. 229 pp. Series adverts. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648484London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked. Wrappers with wear & soiling with chipping at spine ends. Age-toning to paper. Prior owner signature to top margin of front cover. A VG copy. 308 pp. Series adverts to front & rear of volume. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648322London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked. Wrappers with wear & soiling with reading creases to spine. Age-toning to paper. A VG copy. 6 xi - xv 1 blank 282 1 blank pp. Series advert last page. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648502London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". Cocked. Wear age-toning & soiling to covers with some spine paper loss. A Good copy only. 226 pp. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648462London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked. Wrappers with wear & soiling with chipping to spine ends. Age-toning to paper. An About VG copy. 4 vi ix - xii 382 4 pp. Series advert last 2 pages. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
189648300London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd 1896. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies.". A bit cocked. Wrappers with wear & soiling with diagonal crease to front cover lower corner. Age-toning to paper. A VG copy. 4 vi ix - xii 382 4 pp. Series advert last 2 pages. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon in the original wrappers. MacMillan and Co. Ltd unknown books
1855145459Paris: Ez Bureaux de la Societe Generale de Librairie 1855. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. VG Average wear and age to outer surfaces and edges; "extra" title block on spine is lifting slightly; hinges are only a tad loose; some limited foxing throughout the book; otherwise this one's in great shape for its age. Tan boards with brown leather spine gilt letters and decoration on spine blue marbled flyleaves 614 pp. 425 BW illus. housed in a library's custom archival box. An early and very nice edition of Balzac's "droll stories" well illustrated by French artist Gustave Dore 1832-1883. An old book in terrific shape and protected by a library's archival box. Ez Bureaux de la Societe Generale de Librairie hardcover books
1892135180Paris: Calmann Levy 1892. hardcover. near fine. 48 out of 50 volumes small 8vo 1/2 red leather spines lightly sun-faded over marbled boards gilt-stamped raised spine bands brown marbled endpapers. Paris: Calmann Levy 1892. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Calmann Levy unknown books
1892000246Boston: Roberts Brothers 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Subtitled: "With Colonel Chabert The Atheist's Mass La Grande Breteche The Purse and La Grenadiere." Early American edition; 8vo; pp. 8 1-338 6 publisher's advertisements; original red boards; gilt title to spine; several small spots and scratches to boards; spine slightly faded with minor wear to head and tail of spine; very faint marginal age-darkening to page edges. The stories in this collection are part of Balzac's influential series "The Human Comedy" in which he gives a fascinating account of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon. Boston: Roberts Brothers hardcover books
1838251644Paris: H. Delloye et Victor Lecou Éditeurs Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas 13 place de la Course 1838. First Illustrated edition first printing with all first printing points as enumerated by Carteret. iv 402 2 pp. Title with vignette showing a man being pulled backward by skeleton armed with a scythe and 100 steel engraved vignettes in the text after drawings by Adam Baron Boulanger Charlet Daviid Devéria Fragonard Gavarni Grandville Grent Janet-Lange Johannot Raffet Vernet et. al. 1 vols. Royal 8vo 25.4 cm. Nineteenth-century quarter calf and marbled paper boards. Bookplate of Louis Auchincloss. Minor rubbing to spine and bands but near fine otherwie clean and crisp. Lovely copy with half title. Bookplate of Louis Auchincloss. First Illustrated edition first printing with all first printing points as enumerated by Carteret. iv 402 2 pp. Title with vignette showing a man being pulled backward by skeleton armed with a scythe and 100 steel engraved vignettes in the text after drawings by Adam Baron Boulanger Charlet Daviid Devéria Fragonard Gavarni Grandville Grent Janet-Lange Johannot Raffet Vernet et. al. 1 vols. Royal 8vo 25.4 cm. A Classic of French Illustration. First illustrated edition of Balzac's renowned 1831 novel his first major commercial success lavishly produced in a generous format with superb illustrations by many of France's finest illustrators of the period. From the library of American novelist LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS. Carteret III pp. 41-42; Sander 43; Brivois 15-17; Vicaire I 45 H. Delloye et Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas, 13, place de la Course unknown books
1842WRCLIT80081Paris: Charpentier 1842. 3253pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf and marbled boards spine gilt extra bound without wrappers but with the half-title and advert. Moderate foxing early and late but a very good copy. New edition revised and with corrections and the first printing in 12mo. TALVART & PLACE Balzac 31c. Charpentier hardcover books
1876WRCLIT17928Paris: Michel Levy Freres 1876. Twenty-four volumes. Large octavo. Contemporary calf and marbled boards ribbon markers. Binder's blanks tanned a few spines have small nicks or rubs occasional minor foxing but a very good set. The important "Edition Definitive" concluding with the volume of correspondence 1819-1850. TALVART & PLACE I p.176. Michel Levy Freres hardcover books
190031090Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co 1900. 33 volumes 8vo half blue morocco gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spines t.e.g.; 3 joints starting spines a little dry; all else near fine. Prefaces by George Saintsbury. Translated from the French into English by Ellen Marriage Clara Bell James Waring R C Scott and Jno. Rudd. <br/><br/> Gebbie Publishing Co unknown books
1860125157New York New York: Rudd and Carleton 1860. Hardcover. VG- Some wear to cloth at extremities; Light discoloration to page edges. Brown cloth with embossed decoration to front and back red and gilt titling at spine; 387 pp.; No illustrations. Translated from Balzac's French by O.W. Wight and F.B. Goodrich. Rudd and Carleton hardcover books
1895256800Philadelphia: Barrie 1895. hardcover. near fine. Over 350 fine full page etchings by various artists each with tissue guards. 52 volumes 8vo 3/4 blue morocco decoratively gilt spines t.e.g. Philadelphia: George Barrie 1896- 1900. One of 1000 numbered copies. Near fine.<br/><br/> Barrie unknown books
1897243472London: Leonard Smithers: Royal Arcade Old Bond Street 1897. One of 250 copes. Illus. 5 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter red polished calf. Slightly rubbed one frontispiece torn else VG by Bickers and Sons Leicester Square. Bookplates of Sir William A.H. Bass Bart Racehorse Owner and Ronald Lambert Tree Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree September 26 1897 - July 14 1976 in London was an American-born British journalist. One of 250 copes. Illus. 5 vols. 8vo. Leonard Smithers: Royal Arcade Old Bond Street unknown books
1897282130Philadelphia: George Barrie 1897. hardcover. near fine. 53 volumes numerous engraved illustrations all with lettered tissue guards. Rubricated titles 3/4 black morocco marbled boards and end papers top edges gilt. Philadelphia: George Barrie 1897. The Edition Definitive. A near fine set. Very good.<br/><br/> Previous owners bookplates.<br/><br/> George Barrie unknown books
1870201650Paris: George Barrie 1870. Limited. hardcover. very good. 45 volumes numerous engraved illustrations all with proof copies lettered tissue guards. Full brown polished calf colorful marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Paris: George Barrie circa 1870. An exquisite set with some wear to the bindings. Very good.<br/><br/> One of only 100 numbered sets on Japan paper.<br/><br/> George Barrie unknown books
1899164399Boston: Little Brown 1899. hardcover. very good. Girardet Jules & Guyon Maximilienne. Centenary Edition. 33 volumes. Illustratrations by Jules Girardet and Maximilienne Guyon with tissue guards. Short 8vo bound in pretty 1/2 bright red morocco over marbled boards; gilt-stamped fruit tree motif along spines and dotted raised bands marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Boston: Little Brown 1899. Very good.<br/><br/> A few spine ends are lightly rubbed but overall a very nice set.<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown books
1899022602Boston: Hardy Pratt and Co 1899. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to only 40 sets. The present set is #2. A few volumes unopened. In 40 volumes illustrated with photogravures hand-colored by Jeannniot Adrien Moreau and several others who were specially chosen by the firm Goupil & Co. The set has a total of 283 hand-colored plates 7 per volume except volume 40 which has 10. with tissue guards present. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley who most likely knows more about Balzac and his works than anyone in this country. He was her life's study. In the preface which was written by Balzac in 1856 was placed in volume I to give Balzac's own interpretation of his books. Balzac was an early pioneer of literary realism. He used incidents from his life and the people around him in works like Eugénie Grandet and Louis Lambert. His writings influenced several other writers including Henry James who wrote about him as did William Saroyan Marcel Proust adored him. He had been compared with Charles Dickens. An exceptionally fine set bound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt top edges gilt all others uncut. No names or bookplates spines are evenly faded but still quite beautiful. A monumental work. Hardy, Pratt and Co unknown books
