Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Withi hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ria9781016633710_inp ISBN : 1016633718 9781016633710
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Withi hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ria9781016060189_inp ISBN : 1016060181 9781016060189
Paris: Alexandre Houssiaux 1863. Fine. A great classic of bibliophily Alexandre Houssiaux Paris 1858 -1863 13 x 21.50 cm 20 volumes reliés A new printing of the works issued by Houssiaux who had acquired the Furne publishing stock under which the works were originally released. He expanded the series with three additional volumes Théâtre Contes drolatiques etc. which appeared for the first time within the collected works in 1855. The edition was entirely reprinted in 1855. Most volumes bear the date 1863. Contemporary half shagreen bindings in brown spines with five raised bands decorated with four blind-stamped fleurons within compartments. Author title and volume numbering gilt. Scattered foxing. One volume with the paper boards renewed. Signs of rubbing. The set is illustrated with 138 plates hors-texte by the leading artists of the period including Bertall Daumier Gavarni Johannot and Nanteuil together with a small number of in-text illustrations and several sheets of printed music. As is invariably the case with these editions of the complete works our set ""naturally"" shows a number of noteworthy variants detailed as follows: Volume I: 7 plates including the portrait of Balzac; Volume II: 7 plates; Volume III: 8 plates; Volume IV: 7 plates; Volume V: 8 plates; Volume VI: 8 plates; Volume VII: 8 plates; Volume VIII: 8 plates; Volume IX: 7 plates; Volume X: 8 plates; Volume XI: 8 plates; Volume XII: 6 plates; Volume XIII: 6 plates; Volume XIV: 6 plates; Volume XV: 6 plates; Volume XVI: 5 plates; Volume XVII: 5 plates; Volume XVIII: 16 plates; Volume XIX: 4 plates; Volume XX: 5 plates. Alexandre Houssiaux hardcover
Paris: FurneDubochetHetzel & Paulinpuis Alexandre Houssiaux 1842. Fine. Furne Dubochet Hetzel & Paulin puis Alexandre Houssiaux Paris 1842-1855 14.50 x 22 cm 20 volumes reliés Honoré de BALZAC & Honoré DAUMIER & Charles Constant Albert Nicolas d'Arnoux de Limoges Saint-Saëns dit BERTALL & Paul GAVARNI & Tony JOHANNOT & Célestin NANTEUIL uvres complètes de H. de Balzac Complete Works Furne Dubochet Hetzel Paulin puis Alexandre Houssiaux Paris 1842-1855 14.5 x 22 cm 20 volumes in contemporary half shagreen First collective edition sold as the Works comprising as well as numerous texts published for the first time a new version of the Human Comedy reviewed and revised by Balzac. This is also the first illustrated edition. Contemporary half blue shagreen over marbled paper boards spines slightly sunned in five compartments with thin raised bands decorated with gilt dots and compartments with triple blind-ruled frames gilt fleurons to centre marbled endpapers and pastedowns. A little foxing in some volumes a very small stain to page 119 of volume 4 another to page 321 of volume 8 a tear to half-title of volume 9 a small damp stain to corner of pages 449 and following of volume 10 stain to pp. 173-74 of volume 14 stains to pages 303 to 307 of vol. 16. The full set of 152 hors-texte plates by the best artists of the age including Bertall Daumier Gavarni Johannot Nanteuil as well as illustrations to text. Four rejected plates have been added bringing the number of plates in this copy to 156. There are so many reasons for emphasising the interest of this edition one of the most important in French literature. Having had a turbulent existence and confused and having been several times republished in a great number of copies it is very rare in its first form and in this first version even rarer in a contemporary uniform binding than with a modern binding and the wrappers preserved cf Clouzot. A very good and rare copy in a contemporary uniform binding ca 1855 with all the plates called for by Clouzot and four additional ones. FurneDubochetHetzel & Paulinpuis Alexandre Houssiaux hardcover
Louis Conrad 1929. Hardcover. Good. Paris 1929; French text; rebound in blue cloth library binding; mild edge and corner wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; marbled end papers; only indication of ex-library is pencil notations on title page; interior pages in very good condition; interior clean and unmarked; 436 pages. Louis Conrad, hardcover
French & European Pubns 1970-10-01. Paperback. Good. Petite Miseres only Illustrated French Dessins De Bertrall HC Nice book French & European Pubns paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 0823K147824 ISBN : 0785953337 9780785953333
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1912-51. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. A set of four brilliant novels in Balzac's "La Comedie Humaine" series in the original French. A five volume set of the works of Balzac all in the original French. These four novels are all part of his forty-eight volume series of interlinked novels titled "La Comedie Humaine". The novels depict French society ranging from low to upper class during the period of the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy.Containing:"La Cousine Bette" complete in two volumes published in 1912. With a preface by Laurent Tailhade. Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece. First published in 1846 this novel is set in Paris during the mid-19th-century. The tale centres on an unmarried middle aged woman Bette who plots to destroy her extended family."Le Cousin Pons" complete in one volume published in 1914. First published in 1847 this is part of the diptych "Les Parents Pauvres" follows a poor male relation."Le Lys Dans la Vallee" complete in one volume published in 1950. First published in 1835 this novel is about love and society following the romance between Felix de Vandenesse and Henriette de Mortsauf."Le Pere Goriot" complete in one volume published in 1951. First published in 1835 this novel is set in Paris in 1819 and follows the lives of three intertwined characters: Goriot Vautrin and Eugene de Rastignac. In the original half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart a little rubbed. A small amount of loss to the head of the spines to all volumes except "Le Cousin Pons". Spines are a little faded. Front hinge of "Le Cousin Pons" is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Alphonse Lemerre hardcover
Printed at The Curwen Press for The Limited Editions Club New York: 1948 1/1/1948. Hardcover. Good. Signed. Signed by illustrator on colophon in rear of book no. 733. Limited Editions Club 1948. Hardcover. No slip case. Good binding and cover. xv 316 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. Clean unmarked pages. "Fifteen hundred copies . printed at the Curwen Press in London . signed by the illustrator"--Colophon. (Printed at The Curwen Press for) The Limited Editions Club, New York: 1948 hardcover
Limited Editions Club at press of A. Colish. HB noDJ 1948 1st Limited SIGNED edition #1087/1500 copies In Marblelized Slipcase with slight rub wear & small brown stains extremities F/F AS-IS Overall Light Wear Book & small wrinkle few p gs Beautiful Marblelized boards with black leather spine & Gold Gilt 317. Limited Editions Club at press of A. Colish hardcover