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198027298Paris: Gallimard 1980. First edition on ordinary paper. Wrappers fine. Service de Presse review copy. Inscribed to the French writer and secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie Française Jean Mistler and signed by Yourcenar. It was in this year 1980 that Yourcenar became the first woman elected to the Académie. <br/><br/> Gallimard unknown books
1980225833High Loft Maine: Press of the High Loft 1980. First edition No. 7 of 180 numbered copies 200 in total ediion. Illustrated with color woodblocks by Nancy McCormick. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Orignal brick-reddish paper boards with leather spine label. Fine copy in blue-green cloth slipcase with chemise. Fine. Prospectus in English laid. First edition No. 7 of 180 numbered copies 200 in total ediion. Illustrated with color woodblocks by Nancy McCormick. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. With a card offering this book as agilft to Jane Englehard from Charles Ryskamp. Press of the High Loft unknown books
1980WRCLIT82061Seal Harbor ME: High Loft Press 1980. Large octavo. Lettered paper boards gilt leather spine label. Color frontis and two plates. Fine in plain wrapper. First edition in this format illustrated with original color woodcuts by Nancy McCormick. One of 180 numbered copies from a total edition of 200 copies. With the laid-in leaflet printing the text in an English translation by the author and August Heckscher. High Loft Press hardcover books
1969W0333MYFrance: Gallimard 1969. Original terracotta paper wraps with black titling on upper "board" and spine. This copy is fulsomely inscribed to "Ann and Elliott/ with many thanks/ for the book on the/ island so much like/pour Sutton-- /Affectionately/"Miss Horti"/ Feb 14 1970. The text is dual language in French and English. A nice combination of a well-known writer editing a lovely choice of poems by her subject. By Subject. Limited. Paper Wraps. Very Good/No DJ. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited. Gallimard Paperback books
197617450New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Translated from the French by Grace Frick. Bookplate on front pastedown else a fine copy in publisher's brown cloth. Dust jacket very lightly sunned at the spine. A novel revolving around science and philosophy in sixteenth century Europe. Farrar , Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1182Yourcenar Marguerite. ALEXIS OR THE TREATISE OF VAIN STRUGGLE. Translated from the French by Walter Kaiser. New York Farrar Straus Giroux 1984. Uncorrected proof in white wraps. Fine. <br/><br/> paperback books
1984157917New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1984. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Published as "The Dark Brain of Piranesi" but here titled "The Black Brain of Piranesi" A collection of essays all of which have translated from the French by Richard Howard and Yourcenar with the exception of one which was translated by Grace Frick and Yourcenar. A very good copy in printed wrappers with some foxing. Scarce in this format. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
195725715London: Secker & Warburg. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. 1st U.K. edition. Hardcover. a couple of tiny spots on top edge of text block no other significant wear; jacket just lightly rubbed. Novel about a young man in the Baltics who is caught up in the passions and events of the Russian Civil War between the White Russians and the Bolsheviks that broke out following the October Revolution of 1918. Originally published in French in 1939 it was filmed by German director Volker Schlöndorff in 1976 the film's title was "Der Fangschuß". . Secker & Warburg hardcover books
198623394New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1986. First American Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 152pp. Fine in jacket. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
1987WRCLIT26027New York: Farrar 1987. Cloth and boards. First U.S. edition translated by Walter Kaiser and the author. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. Farrar hardcover books
1976Embry 192250Farrar Straus and Giroux 1976. First U.S. edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with small abrasion to lower spine and mild sunning to upper spine fold in mylar cover. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First U.S. edition. unknown books
195745526NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1957. First American edn. 8vo pp. 151. Translated from the French by Grace Frickwith the author. A VG tight copy in chipped dj. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy unknown books
19919007348New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards. <br/><br/> Farrar Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1995711309Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press. 1995. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. University of Chicago Press paperback books
1982711310NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. 1982. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Farrar Straus Giroux paperback books
1999711311NY: St. Martin's Press. 1999. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. St. Martin's Press paperback books
1995711312NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. 1995. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Farrar Straus Giroux paperback books
1986173589New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1986. First U.S. edition first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. A look at Japanese writer Yukio Mishima by acclaimed French writer Yourcenar. Translated by Alberto Manguel in collaboration with Yourcenar. A near fine copy with some slight toning to the pastedowns in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
1976WRCLIT55793London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1976. 6374pp. Gilt cloth. First UK edition translated from the French by Grace Frick in collaboration with the author. Upper board slightly bowed faint blemishes to top edge otherwise near fine in a lightly sunned pictorial dust jacket with internal mend to short tears crown of spine and a diagonal shallow area of loss to lower edge of rear panel. Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover books
1986190164New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1986. Hardcover. 152p. very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and price-clipped dj. Farrar , Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1982Embry 192977Farrar Straus and Giroux 1982. First U.S. edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine in mylar cover. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. First U.S. edition. unknown books
199321672Chicago & London: The University of Chicago 1993. First edition. 523 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with diagonal crease to rear flap. Translated from the French by Joan E. Howard. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago unknown books
199236667NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1992. First Edition. 8vo pp. 229. Translated by Walter Kaiser with the author. A nice copyin slightly scuffed dj. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
1992170917New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1992. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 229 pages. Yourcenar's second collection of essays. Translated by Walter Kaiser and the author. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
199138961New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1991. Hardcover. xi 346p. 18p. photos very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped slightly edgeworn dj. The author's memoir was first published in France in 1974. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books