Paris : George Barrie c1895-9. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". Various . Complete magnum opus of French novelist Honoré de Balzac 'La Comedie Humaine' in beautiful uniform Riverside Press half crushed morocco bindings. Undated Paris edition published by George Barrie comprised of forty-five volumes in uniform leather bindings signed Riverside Press in the original French. Present are vols. 1-5 and 7-46. Dated from date provided on plates. Each complete with half title. Edition Definitive limited to one-hundred copies this number ninety-nine. Limitation given to verso half-title vol. 21 all volumes printed on fine Japon vellum paper. Each volume featuring full page plates by a variety of artists including Gaston Bussiere Pierre Vidal Georges Cain Robaudi Daniel Hernandez Edouard Toudouze and others.Included in the series are the following:Esther with nine full page plates;Un Drame sans les Prisons; La derniere Incarnation de Vautrin with eight full page plates; Cesar Birotteau with seven full page plates; La Cousine Bette with nine full page plates;Le Cousin Pons with eight full page plates;Eugenie Grandet with seven full page plates; Le Lys dans la Vallee with eight plates;Les Paysans with eight plates;La Peau de Chagrin with eight plates; Histoire des Treize with nine full page plates;Les Employes &c. with eight full page plates; La Maison Nucingen with five full page plates; Les Petits Bourgeois in two volumes sixteen full page plates; La Femme de Trente Ans with eight full page plates; Ursule Mirouet with seven plates;Les Celibataires in two volumes illustrated with sixteen full page plates; Les Chouans with eight plates;Physiologie du Mariage with ten full page plates; Petites Miseres de la Vie Conjugale with four full page plates;La Recherche de l'Absolu with nine full page plates;La Maison du Chat qui Pelote with eight plates;L'Enfant Maudit with eight plates;La Cure de Village with eight plates; Le Medicin de Campagne with five full page plates;Le Depute d'Arcis with eight full page plates;Une Tenebreuse Affaire with three full page plates; Illusions Perdues in three volumes with twenty-three full page plates;La Vieille Fille with seven full page plates;Beatrix with seven full page plates; Madame de la Chanterie with seven full page plates; Louis Lambert with nine full page plates; Honorine with eight full page plates;Colonel Chabert with ten full page plates;Memoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées with eight full page plates;Le Contrat de Mariage with eight full page plates;Modeste Mignon with six plates;Sur Catherine de Medicis with five full page plates; Les Marana with eight full page plates; Un Debut dans la Vie with seven full page plates; Le Conte Drolatique in two volumes with thirteen full page plates. Rebound in exquisite half crushed morocco uniform bindings over cloth covered boards signed Riverside Press with five raised bands gilt tooling to spine renewed endpapers edges in gilt. Externally excellent with minor shelf wear occasional minor rubbing to head and tail of spine back strip lightly faded. Minor chipping to front board odd volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Occasional leaf unopened. Illustrations protected with protective tissue guards. Near Fine George Barrie hardcover
French and European Publications Inc. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. French and European Publications Inc unknown
Referencia librero : Z1-R-011-01630 ISBN : 2070108694 9782070108695
Gallimard 1980. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Volume 11. Refurbished library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Gallimard hardcover
Referencia librero : I-229-556 ISBN : 2070108767 9782070108763
La Comédie Humaine of Honore de Balzac translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. A volume from the Cour de Franch Edition limited to twelve hundred and fifty numbered sets of which this is No. 50. Unjacketed hardback cloth cover as shown with this listing is rubbed and scuffed the paper label on the spine is mottled. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper. Gilt top head and tail bands rough cut edges which are aged. The in-text illustrations are protected by tissue guards. There is a four-color plate in the front-matter also with a tissue guard. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi<br />O B-1 Hardy, Pratt & Co. hardcover
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