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 and torn. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper. Gilt top head and tail bands rough cut edges which are aged. The black & white 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
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 and chipped. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper. Gilt top head and tail bands rough cut edges which are aged. The black & white 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
Paris: Grasset 1950. Fine. Grasset Paris 1950 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 52 copies on Montval laid paper deluxe issue with 4 Japan copies. Copy justified as Montval but unnumbered. Lengthy introduction by Maurice Bardèche. A crease mark on the front cover. Handsome copy. Grasset unknown
Paris: Grasset 1950. Fine. Grasset Paris 1950 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of the numbered copies on alfa paper. Important introduction by Maurice Bardèche. Handsome copy. Grasset unknown
French & European Pubns 1999. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Honoré de Balzac</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> French & European Pubns</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780685340844</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1999</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Le mariage ne vous réussit point. Tout est là. L'histoire de cette jeune femme qui a épousé étourdiment son bellâtre très fort sur l'équitation est l'histoire implacable des déceptions de la vie conjugale des déceptions de l'intimité conjugale. En dépit du décor tout est brutal. C'est une confession de jeune mariée. Tout est admirable : la nullité du mari soutenu en secret le dévouement pour garder les apparences sans les compensations de l'amour et au fond de tout cela l'égoïsme de l'homme une existence vide à perpétuité entrevue avec désespoir. La répugnance pour l'intimité conjugale est le secret de toute cette vie. La douairière ne s'y méprend pas. Le mariage ne vous réussit point. C'est l'histoire d'un mauvais départ. A partir de ce livre Balzac est devenu le peintre des femmes non pas seulement le peintre de la femme de trente ans mais l'écrivain qui sait dire ce qu'elles n'osent pas s'avouer.</p> French & European Pubns hardcover
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Honoré de Balzac</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781539648291</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 180</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> La Femme de trente ans est un roman d’Honoré de Balzac écrit entre 1829 et 1842. L’ouvrage est classé dans les Scènes de la vie privée de La Comédie humaine et est dédié au peintre Louis Boulanger.</p> CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform hardcover
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Honoré de Balzac</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781539648291</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 180</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> La Femme de trente ans est un roman d’Honoré de Balzac écrit entre 1829 et 1842. L’ouvrage est classé dans les Scènes de la vie privée de La Comédie humaine et est dédié au peintre Louis Boulanger.</p> CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform hardcover
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French & European Pubns 1999. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Honoré de Balzac</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> French & European Pubns</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780685340844</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1999</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Le mariage ne vous réussit point. Tout est là. L'histoire de cette jeune femme qui a épousé étourdiment son bellâtre très fort sur l'équitation est l'histoire implacable des déceptions de la vie conjugale des déceptions de l'intimité conjugale. En dépit du décor tout est brutal. C'est une confession de jeune mariée. Tout est admirable : la nullité du mari soutenu en secret le dévouement pour garder les apparences sans les compensations de l'amour et au fond de tout cela l'égoïsme de l'homme une existence vide à perpétuité entrevue avec désespoir. La répugnance pour l'intimité conjugale est le secret de toute cette vie. La douairière ne s'y méprend pas. Le mariage ne vous réussit point. C'est l'histoire d'un mauvais départ. A partir de ce livre Balzac est devenu le peintre des femmes non pas seulement le peintre de la femme de trente ans mais l'écrivain qui sait dire ce qu'elles n'osent pas s'avouer.</p> French & European Pubns hardcover
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Librairie Nouvelle 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. Small brown 1856 hardcover in VG condition: slight exterior wear vintage bookplate slight foxing on early pages pale brown spot on last few pages. Exterior gilt. 16.3cm tall. 396 pages. 10oz <br/> <br/> Librairie Nouvelle hardcover
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile G. & R. Briffaut 1923. First Thus. Hardcover Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. 31cm x 21.5cm. vi 84 pages 1 original drawing 13 black and white etchings 13 black and white etchings with remarques 13 colour etchings with remarques. Full purple leather 5 raised bands gilt lettering blind rule top edge gilt gilt dentelles silk doublures marbled endpapers marbled papered slipcase with leather edges. Text is in French. The Girl with the Golden Eyes. An aristocratic libertine becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman and sets about seducing her. Alas his conquest uncovers a hidden lesbian relationship and he finds himself entangled in a web of erotic obsession and fatal jealousy. First published in 1835 this is the first edition with illustrations by Almery Lobel-Riche. One of 40 numbered copies on Japanese paper with the etchings in 3 states and an original drawing by Lobel-Riche from a total edition of 500. This copy in a fine signed binding by H. Jacquet. Text is in French. Minor discolouration to spine. Very minor shelf wear to slipcase. Category: Fiction; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; LGBTIQ Lesbian Fiction; French Language; Sexuality - Erotic Fiction. Inventory No: 0036127. BZDB407 Fiction; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; LGBTIQ Lesbian Fiction; French Language; Sexuality - Erotic Fiction. Unbranded Honore de Balzac; Almery Lobel-Riche La Fille aux Yeux d'Or Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut hardcover
Paris: Maresq 1844. Fine. Maresq Paris 1844 17.50 x 26.50 cm 2 volumes reliés First printing of the 31 illustrations outside text 29 plates and 2 frontispieces and numerous vignettes within the text by Gavarni Daumier D'Aubigny Adam Emy Traviès Boulanger Monnier and Théno. This is a copy of the first edition of 1843 reissued by Marescq in 1844 with the same illustrations but with different titles and additionally containing 11 plates outside text in volume 1 2 engraved titles as well as 2 frontispieces. Texts by Paul de Kock Honoré de Balzac Alexandre Dumas Frédéric Soulié Léon Gozlan Edouard Ourliac Eugène Briffault Eugène Guinot and Henri Monnier. Half chocolate brown morocco bindings with corners smooth spines decorated with richly ornamented gilt cartouches gilt dates at foot frames of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards combed paper endpapers and pastedowns covers preserved top edges gilt elegant pastiche bindings signed Pagnant. Handsome copy beautifully executed of this very important work remarkable for the fine constellation of writers and artists of the Romantic period who collaborated on it. A book very difficult to find perfect with its covers cf Carteret. Maresq hardcover
Paris: Michel Levy Freres Libraires Editeurs 1865. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. Two collections of short stories from the series La Comédie Humaine by the notable French author Honoré de Balzac. Two volumes bound in one in a half calf binding with marbled boards. A two-volume collection of short stories bound in one by the influential French author Honoré de Balzac 1799-850. This volume includes the stories 'La Maison Nucingen' 'Les Secrets de la Princesse de Cadignan' 'Les Employés' 'Sarrasine' and 'Facino Cane' from his collection Scènes de la Vie Parisienne and the story 'Le Médecin de Campagne' from his collection Scènes de la Vie de Campagne.La Comédie Humaine is Honoré de Balzac's magnum opus a multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society from 1815 to 1848. In a half calf binding. Externally sound with shelf wear to the boards and extremities and rubbing to the spine and extremities. Spine is a little faded. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Very Good Michel Levy Freres, Libraires Editeurs hardcover
Michel Levy Freres Editeurs 1876-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. GOOD. 22 book set red quarter Leather - spine bound in leather brown marbled boards light to moderate bumps to spine edges light to moderate rub wear to spine hinges and edges of covers moderate foxing to pages. oversized heavy additional shipping charges may apply.<p> Once Read Books cover scan available - just ask OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS. Michel Levy Freres, Editeurs hardcover