Boston: Roberts Brothers 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition 1888. Quarter leather rebacked with original marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Corners worn. xliii 323pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Roberts Brothers hardcover
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original: The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac hardcover
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: ria9783734083792_inp ISBN : 3734083796 9783734083792
Boston: E. B. Hall & Locke Co 1896. Buckner Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in red buckram. No date circa 1896. Top edge gilt. Library Bookplate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. E. B. Hall & Locke Co hardcover
Boston: E. B. Hall & Locke Co 1896. Buckner Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in red buckram. No date circa 1896. Top edge gilt. Library Bookplate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. E. B. Hall & Locke Co hardcover
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original: The Muse of the Department by Honore de Balzac hardcover
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: ria9783734084553_inp ISBN : 3734084555 9783734084553
A.L. Burt New York 1897. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x2. 16 volume set. Bound in red cloth. Leather spine labels some chipped with loss. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Bookplate on front end page. Clean unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. <br> Contents: v.1 Cesar Birotteau; Beatrix and other stories; v.2 The Country Doctor; The Quest of the Absolute; and other stories; v.3 Cousin Betty; Cousin Pons and other stories; v.4 The deputy for Arcis; The Middle Classes; and Indices; v.5 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris; Lost Lllusions and other stories; v.6 Eujenie Grandet; and other stories; v.7 Father Goriot; Ursule Mirouet and other stories; v.8 The Harlot's Progress; The Hated Son and other stories v.9 The Jealousies of a Country Town; The Thirteen and other stories;v.10 Modeste Mignon; The Lily of the Valley and other stories; v.11 Muse of the Department; A Prince of Bohemia and other stories; v.12 The Peasantry; About Catherine de'Medici; and other stories; v.13 Seraphita; A Daughter of Eve and other stories; v.14 The Wild Ass' skin; The Chouans; and other stories; v.15 A Woman of Thirty; The Seamy Side of History; and other stories; v.16 Celibates; Bachelor's Establishment and other stories. A.L. Burt, New York hardcover
London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1897-1899 . Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Gustave Greux; Claude Faivre; Henri-Joseph Dubouchet; Xavier le Sueur; Ricardo de los Rios; Nicolas-Lucien Quarante; et al. . Two exciting limited edition sets complete with eleven volumes each comprising the first translation to English of 'La Comédie Humaine' by French author Honoré de Balzac illustrated. Two limited edition sets comprising the first complete translation of the works by Honoré de Balzac translated by various and limited to two hundred and fifty copies for England. These sets are out of series. Each set is complete with eleven volumes in two groups: 'Scenes of Parisian life' published in 1897 and 'Scenes of Private Life' published in 1899. Containing:Scenes of Parisian Life: The Splendour and Miseries of Courtesans in two volumes; The Poor Relations: Cousin Bette; The Poor Relations: Cousin Bette Pierre Grassou Etc; The Poor Relations: Cousin Pons; History of the Thirteen Ferragus La Duchesse de Langeais; Grandeu and Downfall of Caesar Birotteau; The Civil Service A Prince of Bohemia Gaudissart II; The House of Nucingen; and The Petty Bourgeois in two volumes. Scenes of Private Life: The House of the Cat and Racket Etc; Memoirs of Two Young Wives Modest Mignon; A start in Life Madame Firmiani Etc; Albert Savarus A Daughter of Eve; The Marriage Contract La Grenadiére Gobseck; A Woman of Thirty The Deserted Mistress; Old Goriot; Honorine Colonel Chabert The Interdiction; Beatrix; and A Double Family.Balzac was a french novelist and playwright regarded by many as the founder of realism in European literature. The volumes included in this edition form his novel sequence La Comédie Humaine which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life and is generally viewed as his magnum opus; the series often reflects his real life difficulties and includes his own experiences.Illustrated with one hundred and nine illustrations five per volume only lacking a plate facing page 112 'Louise de Chaulieu and the Spaniard' to Memoirs of Two Young Wives. In the original publisher's illustrated cloth binding. Externally very smart with only slight shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Scenes of Parisian life set with a faint fading to the extremities to the front boards due to sun exposure. With minor damp markings to the second volume of 'The Splendour and Miseries of Courtesans' as well as a minor white mark to the spine of 'Cousin Pons' and to 'History of the Thirteen Ferragus La Duchesse de Langeais.' With a slight mark to the front board to 'The Interdiction' and a minor damp marking to the front board to 'A Double Family.' robert Brooth bookplate to the front pastedown to volumes I V VI of Scenes of Parisian Life and volumes II V Vi VII VIII and IX of Scenes of Private Life. Internally firmly bound. Minor tidemark to the lower right gutter up to page 32 not affecting text to 'Gaudissart II.' With a faint scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves only otherwise the pages are extremely bright and clean. Collated illustrated with five plates per volume by various artist only lacking plate facing page 112 'Louise de Chaulieu and the Spaniard' to 'Memoirs of Two Young Wives.' Very Good Leonard Smithers and Co hardcover