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1905245007Boston: Little Brown 1905. hardcover. very good. Girardet Jules & Guyon Maximilienne. Centenary Edition. 34 volumes. Illustrations by Jules Girardet and Maximilienne Guyon with tissue guards. 8vo bound in 1/2 deep red morocco over marbled boards; gilt-stamped fruit tree motif along spines and dotted raised bands marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Boston: Little Brown 1905. Very good.<br/><br/> A few spine ends are lightly rubbed but overall a very nice set.<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown books
1985313204London: Published by J.M. Dent and Co 1985. 38 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco t.e.g. Bookplate. About fine. 38 vols. 8vo. Ursule Mirouet 1895 La Grande Breteche and Other Stories 1896 The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau 1896 Beatrix 1896 The Chouans 1896 The Unknown Masterpiece and Other Stories 1896 A Harlot's Progress Volume I 1896 A Harlot's Progress Volume II 1896 The Peasantry 1896 The Country Parson 1896 Modeste Mignon 1896 Pierette and the Abbe Birotteau 1896 The Atheist's Mass and Other Stories 1896 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 1897 The Unconscious Mummers and Other Stories 1897 WITHOUT:About Catherine de Medici 1897 The Lily of the Valley 1897 A Daughter of Eve and Letters of Two Brides 1897 The Seamy Side of History 1897 Lost Illusions 1897 A Marriage Settlement and Other Stories 1897 Cousin Pons 1897 Seraphita 1897 The Thirteen 1897 Parisians in the Country 1897 At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 1897 The Jealousies of a Country Town 1898 The Middle Classes 1898 The Member for Arcis 1898 A Father's Curse 1898 A Gondreville Mystery 1898 A Princess's Secrets 1898 The Country Doctor 1900 The Quest of the Absolute 1901 Old Goriot 1903 The Wild Ass's Skin 1903 A Bachelor's Establishment 1904 Eugenie Grandet 1905 A Woman of Thirty 1907. Bookseller Inventory # 101962. Published by J.M. Dent and Co unknown books
19497577Paris: Maxime Cottet-Dumoulin 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good Slipcase. A few tissueguards creased pale sporadic foxing else bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows minor shelf/edge wear else tight and clean. Case and boards in paper faux-snakeskin loose signatures tissueguards. fo. Illus. color and b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 98 of 123 110 10 3. Signed by Jouve and the publisher at the colophon. <br/><br/>Illustrated by Paul Jouve with 13 colored etchings 3 of which are double-page and a separate suite of the etchings in black and white. Text printed within red borders each page with Egyptian-themed headpiece heightened in brownish gold. Maxime Cottet-Dumoulin hardcover books
1938122371Paris: Editions Valere 1938. Softcover. VG Light wear to extremities. Guyot. Off-white wraps; Dark yellow dj. with color plate affixed to front cover; 60 pp.; 27 color illustrations. Text in French; Balzac's short story Passion in the Desert in English wonderfully and vividly illustrated by Guyot; No. 427 of 500 copies in this edition. Editions Valere paperback books
1946235508Paris: L'Editeur 1946. Limited. paperback. fine. Beuville. Color illustrations by Beuville. iv 103pp. 8vo stiff printed wrappers in decorative board portfolio slipcase; some pages unopened spine of portfolio and edges of slipcase darkened. Paris: Chez L'editeur 1946. One of 750 copies on chiffon paper. A fine copy.<br/><br/> L'Editeur unknown books
19015000Boston: Little Brown and Company 1901. Octavo 34 volumes. The Centanary edition. Three quarters red leather gilt titles and tooling to the spine top edge gilt gilt ruled to the front and rear panel marbled endpapers frontispiece to each volume with tissue guard present. Illustrated by various artists. In near fine condition. A stunning set. "One of the great novelists of all literature" Balzac's genius consists in his dynamic unflagging creative vigour; his superabundant imagination" his masterly portrayal of passions and his grasp of such widely differing subjects" Harvey & Heseltine 44-45. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
195880553London:: Allan Wingate. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. B0007IYI30 . Translated from the Gaelic by Edith Saunders. First edition thus. Very good in a very good light dust soiling on front panel fading along the spine dust jacket. . Allan Wingate, hardcover books
1927264196Girard Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company 1927. Pamphlet. 64p. stapled light blue wraps 3.5x5 inches wraps toned along edges pages evenly toned else very good condition. Little Blue Book No. 1213. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
1925027468London: The Casanova Society 1925. Limited Edition. Quarto. . Limited to 1000 copies. The present copy is #262. 311 pages translated by Francis Macnamara. Originally published in 1829 when he was 30 years old preceding his 96 novels. This was a satire on marital infidelity as was common in his period of French history but what is interesting is how he considered women's considerations so important for the marriage he writes: "if her mind has not entirely destroyed by your having kept her in a state of ignorance you will find.it is still possible for you to be feel drawn to one another from time to time." Bound on 1/4 brown cloth over blue paper covered boards blue paper spine label lettered in black. A very good copy with just a few spots of rubbing or soiling. Extra spine label laid in. The Casanova Society unknown books
1904255158London: Abbeville 1904. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes illustrations with tissue guards. 8vo handsomely rebound in 3/4 crimson morocco decoratively gilt spine marbled endpapers t.e.g. Philadelphia: George Barrie: Privately Printed 1899. A near fine set.<br/><br/> Limited edition one of 100 copies on Imperial Japan Paper.<br/><br/> Abbeville unknown books
1904174914London: Abbeville 1904. Private. hardcover. fine. Tall thick 8vo handsomely rebound in 3/4 blue morocco raised bands and gilt ruled lines on spine marbled endpapers t.e.g. London: Privately Printed 1904. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Abbeville unknown books
199538180New York: Viking 1995. Hardcover. xx 585p. very good first edition in cloth-backed boards and unclipped dj. Massive cimpendium of classic works and excerpts by gay and homophile writers from Plato to Arenas. Viking hardcover books
1901008011London: Downey & Co. Limited 1901. SCARCE in fine binding and such lovely condition. Both volumes stamped "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London England for Gelber Lilienthal Inc.". Handsomely bound in half polished blue calf ruled in gilt over marbled boards the backs with two calf labels lettered in gilt and four gilt stamped fleurs-de-lys in gilt ruled boxes top edges gilt marbled end papers. Near Fine light rubbing to boards at edges. Interior pages quite clean. . First Edition. Half Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Downey & Co., Limited Hardcover books
195319052011Kentfield: The L D Allen Press 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Dean Mallette. One of 160 copies octavo size 55 pp. The thirteenth publication from The Allen Press this story by Honore de Balzac 1799-1850 was originally titled "Maitre Cornelius" and first appeared in 1831 in the "Revue de Paris"; it was published in book form in 1832. Balzac was a prolific French novelist and playwright perhaps best remembered today for "Eugénie Grandet" his first bestseller; in this famous wayward love story set in fifteenth-century France Marie de Saint-Vallier daughter of Louis XI is unhappily married and becomes entangled in an unusual love affair. <br/><br/>The book features four wood engravings by the incomparable Mallette Dean 1907-1975 painter and illustrator who worked for most of his career in San Francisco on projects such as the WPA Mural Project the murals in Coit Tower and for fifteen years illustrated books for the Grabhorn Press and other Bay-Area presses such as the Allens'. Dorothy Allen hand-colours each wood engraving bringing a bright simplicity to the scenes of the story.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter blue paper with marbled paper boards red lettering on the spine fore- and bottom edges uncut title page with wood-engraved historiated initial "T" by Mallette Dean with hand-colouring by Dorothy Allen running heads in blue throughout four wood engravings by Dean with hand-colouring by Allen throughout; Romanee type handmade Highclere paper octavo size 9" by 5.75" pagination: i-v vi-lv one of 160 copies unnumbered. With prior owner bookplate on the front paste-down. In publisher's original acetate wrapper.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright; some faint sunning to the spine an Ex-Libris on the front pastedown of James Wilson Mull else fine. The acetate wrapper is near fine clean with some light scuff marks without wear but for small chips to the corners and a very small closed tear to the head of the spine.<br/><br/>___CITATION: The Allen Press Bibliography no. 13.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The L D Allen Press hardcover books
1953172331Kentfield: L.D. Allen PRess 1953. hardcover. near fine. Decorative title page and 4 other colored woodcuts by Mallette Dean. Printed throughout in blue and black. 55 leaves handsomely printed in letterpress. 8vo two-toned marbled boards uncut edges. Kentfield CA: L-D Allen Press 1953. Limited edition of only 160 copies. Small ink inscription inside cover otherwise a near fine copy.<br/><br/> L.D. Allen PRess unknown books
193047277New York: Williams Belasco and Meyers 1930. Reprint. Large octavo 24.5cm; black cloth boards stamped in gilt beveled edges; 154pp frontis.5 plates. Gilt dulled on spine; extremities rubbed thin spots along spine and leading corners; mild soiling and wear. Top edge stained black fore edge dackled; some interior toning and handling wear else Very Good overall.<br/><br/>This 1833 novella and part of his "History of the Thirteen" trilogy may not be regarded as Balzac's best work but it is perhaps one of his most scandalous. It involves a wealthy wastrel getting himself involved with a young lady who seems too good to be true—just the thing to turn a young man's fancy to murder attempted. The murder actual happens shortly afterwards but not before a shocking revelation. Might qualify as erotica if you are turned on by overlong lectures on Parisian misery. This 1930 reprint also contains a smattering of spicy for 1930 b/w plate illustrations. Williams, Belasco and Meyers unknown books
19779026227Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1977. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrations by Eugene Abot. Printed and bound exclusively for subscribers to the 100 Greatest Books of all Time. Bound in the publisher's original green composition leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Five raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers have faded near the edges else fine. <br/><br/> Franklin Library hardcover books
197792725Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. Fine. 1977. Hardcover. B0031B5LXG . Translated from the French. Limited edition. Octavo fully bound in dark green leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon book mark. Fine.; 387 pages . Franklin Library, hardcover books
19802302578Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1980. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Lynch Albert. A fine copy. 1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 376 pp. 8vo. Original navy blue leatherette gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt three raised spine bands decorative endpapers. Illustrations by Albert Lynch. "This fine example of the French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin. The Franklin Library hardcover books
19802285592The Franklin Library 1980. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lynch Albert. Minimal loss of gilt. 1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 376 pp. 8vo. Original navy blue leatherette gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt three raised spine bands decorative endpapers. Illustrations by Albert Lynch. "This fine example of the French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin. The Franklin Library hardcover books
19802265117The Franklin Library 1980. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Lynch Albert. 1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 376 4 pp. 8vo. Navy blue leather spine blue cloth boards gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt marbled endpapers blue ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Albert Lynch. 'Pere Goriot' is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young aristocrat Rastignac come to Paris from the provinces to make his fortune who befriends Goriot and becomes involved with the daughters. The story is set against the background of a whole society driven by social ambition and lust for money. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1977170633Franklin 1977. hardcover. fine. Albert Lynch. Illustrated by Albert Lynch. 376 pages. Thick 8vo gilt-stamped green leather a.e.g. Franklin Library 1977. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Limited edition. 100 Greatest Books of All Time series.<br/><br/> Franklin unknown books
1981UDEBPER02LRNew American Library 1981. Very Good. de Balzac Honore. Pere Goirot. New York City: New American Library 1981. 284pp. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. New American Library paperback books
190163549Philadelphia: Avil Publishing Co 1901. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10 volumes. Maroon cloth. 20cm. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown in three of the volumes. No Jackets. <br/><br/> Avil Publishing Co hardcover books
1948Embry 82934The Limited Editions Club 1948. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Bookplate light white film to front board portion of leather spine else fine in near fine publisher's slipcase with two seams just starting. Illus. by Rene Ben Sussan. Black leather over marbled boards. The Limited Editions Club, 1948. One of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. hardcover books
