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Riferimento per il libraio : ria9783744751407_inp ISBN : 3744751406 9783744751407
London: J. M. Dent & Company 1898. Authorised Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light cracking on front gutter. Rubbing and small open tears on panel corners and rear panel top edge.; Comedie Humane. J. M. Dent & Company hardcover
Philadelphia: Avil Publishing Company 1901. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The uniformly bound works of the notable French novelist and playwright Balzac in thirty-six volumes with two volumes of Droll Stories. Thirty-eight volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Top edges gilt.Thirty-four volumes from No. 1212 of 1250 limited edition sets of the Connoisseur Edition de Luxe of the complete works of Honoré de Balzac two volumes 1 and 33 from No. 456 of this edition and two volumes of Droll Stories uniformly bound like the rest of this collection. Honoré de Balzac 1799-1850 was an influential French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine is generally viewed as his magnum opus and it is in this collection in its entirety.Thirty-three volumes are introduced by George Saintsbury two 33 and 34 are introduced by J. Walker McSpadden and Volume 36 is introduced by Paul Bourget. They are all translated from the original French by either Ellen Marriage Clara Bell R. S. Scott James Waring or J. Walker McSpadden.All volumes are illustrated with a frontispiece. All volumes are illustrated with a further three plates except for Volumes 2 9 16 and 21 which have four further plates and Volumes 33 34 and 35 which have one further plate and Volume 2 of Droll Stories which has two further plates. Collated complete.This selection comprises: 1: The Magic Skin and Other Stories; 2: The Quest of the Absolute and Other Stories; 3: About Catherine de Medici; 4: Seraphita; 5: Eugene Grandet and Other Stories; 6: Ursule Mirouet and Other Stories; 7: At the Sign of the Cat and Racket and Other Stories; 8: A Bachelor"s Establishment and Honorine; 9: A Daughter of Eve and Letters of Two Brides; 10: A Woman of Thirty and Other Stories; 11: A Marriage Settlement and Other Stories; 12: Modeste Mignon and Other Stories; 13: Beatrix; 14: The Jealousies of a Country Town and The Commission in Lunacy; 15: Lost Illusions; 16: A Distinguished Provincial at Paris; 17: The Lily of the Valley and the Firm of Nucingen; 18: The Country Doctor and Other Stories; 19: The Country Parson and Albert Savarus; 20: The Peasantry; 21: Cousin Betty; 22: Cousin Pons; 23: Scenes from a Courtesan"s Life: Part First; 24: Scenes from a Courtesan"s Life: Part Second; 25: The Thirteen; 26: Father Goriot and Other Stories; 27: The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau and the Secrets of a Princess; 28: The Middle Classes; 29: The Chouans: A Passion in the Desert; 30: The Gondreville Mystery and the Muse of the Department; 31: The Member for Arcis; 33: Physiology of Marriage; 32: The Seamy Side of History and Other Stories; 34: The Dramas; 35: The Dramas; 36: Repertory of the Comedie Humaine by Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Christophe; and two volumes of Droll Stories. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally fairly smart with a little shelf wear to the extremities. Sunned to spine labels. Mark to the spine label and front board of Volume 8 and 27. Marks to the front board of Volume 3 6 9 15 18 and 28. A couple of indentations to the rear board of Volume 18. Marks to the spine of Volume 13. Mark to the spine label and rear board of Volume 14. Small losses to spine labels of Volumes 24 27 and 34. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned and roughly cut but clean. Very Good Avil Publishing Company hardcover
London: The Home Library Book Co c1915. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". W. Boucher. A twenty volume collection of the literary works of the noted French novelist Honore de Balzac with etchings by W. Boucher. Illustrated with monochrome frontispieces to all and three plates to all volumes engraved by W. Boucher D Murray Smith and others. Collated complete. This set includes; 'Lost Illusions' 'The Atheist's Mass' 'The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau' 'About Catherine De Medici' 'Cousin Betty' 'Eugenie Grandet' 'The Wild Ass's Skin' 'The Unknown Masterpiece' 'The Quest of the Absolute' 'The Chouans' 'The Lily of the Valley' 'The Unconscious Mummers' 'Modeste Mignon' 'Cousin Pons' 'Pierrette And The Abbe Birotteau' 'A Daughter of Eve' 'Old Goriot' 'La Grande Breteche and Other Stories' 'The Country Doctor' and 'Ursule Mirouet'. This set features a collection of works by the French novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac. The works have been translated from the original French to English. Undated dated by copies held on Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with only very slight bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with occasional light spotting bookseller's blind stamps to the blanks and owner's signatures to the half titles. Near Fine The Home Library Book Co hardcover
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Riferimento per il libraio : ria9781016446877_inp ISBN : 101644687x 9781016446877