London - Privately Printed for Members of the Aldus Society 1903 Book. VERY GOOD INDEED. Hardcover. A limited 'Edition de Luxe' being number 1001/1250 privately printed for members of the Aldus Society. Illustrated with five plates to each volume including to frontispieces. In two volumes complete. The Confessions is an autobiographical book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In modern times it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from Saint Augustine's Confessions. Covering the first fifty-three years of Rousseau's life up to 1765 it was completed in 1769 but not published until 1782 four years after Rousseau's death even though Rousseau did read excerpts of his manuscript publicly at various salons and other meeting places. Condition: In buckram bindings. Externally smart but with slight wear to extremities and the odd mark to boards. Internally firmly bound. Bright and generally clean throughout but with odd handling marks and slight offsetting to pages 22/23 to volume one. With institutional bequest labels to front pastedowns and blindstamp to title. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED. London - Privately Printed for Members of the Aldus Society hardcover
Tudor Publishing 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. First Edition in red cloth with black and gold spine titling. R and wreath embossed on front cover. Book would be listed as very good except for moisture staining along bottom cover edges with subsequent red staining from book onto some pages. Book is unmarked and in a solid binding. Scans available. Free Delivery Confirmation. Every item disinfected for your peace of mind. Tudor Publishing hardcover
Heritage Press 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good hardcover no DJ. Previous owner's bookplate on end paper pages are otherwise clean crisp and unmarked. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Heritage Press hardcover
Dublin: P. Byrne et al 1791. Hardcover. Good. 3 Volumes of 3 complete half leather edition. This is Part II of Rousseau's Confessions which was first published in French in 1789. This is a very early edition of the English translation. The volumes are small 8vo 6 3/4 X 4 1/2 inches hardcover; 19th century 1/2 calf on light brown cloth boards; calf spine with raised bands & gilt titles & decorations; spine edges worn; marble end-papers; previous owner's name inscribed in ink on top edge of title pages; title page & 1st page o text stamped "Property of 2042 Arch Street Philadelphia"; aside from minor scattered foxing spots contents clean; text-blocks tight; 344 274 ii; 246 xlii pages. This is indeed a lovely set that fits neatly in your hands Dublin: P. Byrne et al, hardcover
New York: The Pocket Library 1957. Copyright 1957 . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo or 12� Duodecimo: 6�" x 7�" tall. 351 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Moderate foxing on page edges. Minimally brittle pages. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page. Synopsis: Jean-Jacques Rousseau 28 June 1712 - 2 July 1778 was a major Genevois philosopher writer and composer of 18th-century Romanticism.His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political sociological and educational thought.Rousseau's autobiographical writings: his Confessions which initiated the modern autobiography and his Reveries of a Solitary Walker were among the pre-eminent examples of the late 18th-century movement known as the "Age of Sensibility" featuring an increasing focus on subjectivity and introspection that has characterized the modern age.The Confessions was one of the first autobiographies in which an individual wrote of his own life mainly in terms of his worldly experiences and personal feelings <br/> <br/> The Pocket Library paperback
London: Penguin Books Ltd. 1953. 1st Published: 1953 . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. 606 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Occassional pen markings on text. Pen marks on front cover. Creased cover corners. <br/> <br/> Penguin Books Ltd. paperback
Référence libraire : 1iiiAe0018 ISBN : 014044033X 9780140440331
Privately Printed 1904. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with fine etched portrait frontispieces original tissue guards present titles in red and black and 13 fine etched plates all original tissue guards present; attractively bound in publisher's original terracotta buckram backs with paper labels printed in red and black all edges uncut backstrips very lightly sunned one label with small loss not affecting lettering at corner a remarkably well-preserved bright clean set. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION OF THE 'CONFESSIONS' IN ENGLISH WITH TWO FINE ETCHED PORTRAITS AND FINE ETCHED PLATES BY HEDOUIN. 'This edition has been translated from the original and every effort has been made to give even more faithfully both the letter and the spirit of that original. In the present edition not the slightest abridgement has been permitted and the attempt is everywhere made to render the thought and the expression of the author as closely as the genius of our language will allow' Prefatory Notice. It is unfortunate that the translator of this notable edition apparently remains anonymous for the translation was still in use several decades later. Privately Printed, hardcover
New York: Walter J. Black Inc. 1929. Copyright 1929 . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. 457 pp. Heavily used book in poor quality. No publishing year given. Publishing year gleaned from other sources therefore it is an approximation. Front cover detached from book. Water stains on edging. Damaged spine. Damage to front and back cover boards. No dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Walter J. Black, Inc. hardcover
London: Grant Richards Ltd 1924. no edition stated. hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vos two volume set gray paper covered boards with white cloth spines upper corner of Volume I bumped DJs are worn with tanned spines chips and tears piece missing on spine of DJ of Volume I Borzoi classic series with Preface by Edmund Wilson 436 and 402 pages Grant Richards Ltd hardcover
Edinburgh: Privately Printed 1904. Original corn yellow cloth with paper spine labels black lettered. Books are slightly canted and are a little dusty. Paper labels have wear and chipping with some loss of print. Owner book plates on front pastedowns. Said to be the first unexpurgated English translation. . First Thus. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ed. Hedouin. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Trade. Privately Printed Hardcover
London England: Aldus Society 1903. Decorative Cloth. Very Good-. Two volumes complete; English translation. Number 311 of edition limited to 1200 copies. Octavo 9 1/2" tall vol. 1: vi 311 pages; vol. 2: 321 pages; gilt top fore-edges green cloth paper labels on spines; five b&w plates in each volume. This is a very good minus clean neat hardcover set with spine cloth darkening paper labels yellowed and faded cannot read title; moderate shelf wear to edges and also to fore-edge of vol. 1; hinges and bindings solid paper clean and lightly yellowed. A very nice reading set. Aldus Society hardcover
London: Gibbings and Company 1901. Four volumes in green leather with marker ribbons. Frontispiece portrait. Spines sunned to brown. A little freckling to edges. Top edges gilt. A fine tight set. First Thus. Full Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Gibbings and Company hardcover
A.A. Knopf 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Set of 2 books Both are ex-lib copy's with the usual markings First vol. is numbered 491 out of 3000; addl. postage applies to set. A.A. Knopf Hardcover
London: William Glaisher 1883. Contents Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE.Please Email for further details. Signed By a "Hubert Handley". First Edition. Green Decorated Cloth. Very Good AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by With Illustrations. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�". HARDBACK. William Glaisher Hardcover
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