Paris: Librairie International A. Lacroix Verboeckhoven et Cie 1866. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. The first Parisian edition of 'Les Chansons des Rues et des Bois' from Victor Hugo in a decorative calf binding. Whilst the Brussel's edition is stated 1865 it seems the Paris edition was published simultaneously. There is no edition stated in this copy. In the original French. In a half calf binding. Externally slightly rubbed. The front joint is just starting. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with intermittent scattered foxing prominent to the first and last few pages. Very Good Librairie International, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie hardcover
Paris: Garnier-Flammarion 1966. Broché. Etat moyen. in-12. 316 pp. Collection "texte intégral" n° 113. Édition de 1966. Pli de lecture au dos. Couverture et dos jaunis. Desquamation sur mors. Garnier-Flammarion unknown
Paris: Eugène Renduel 1835. Fine. Eugène Renduel Paris 1835 14 x 21.50 cm relié First edition.Bound in red half Russia with corners spine with four raised bands gilt-ruled and decorated with double gilt panels date in gilt at foot within a compartment marbled endpapers and pastedowns rare wrappers and spine preserved top edge gilt uncut binding signed by Bernasconi.The catalogue leaf of Victor Hugos works is present. A few folding creases to some leaves. Mounted opposite the definitive version printed on p. 223 is a precious autograph poem by Victor Hugo entitled La pauvre fleur disait au papillon céleste on two folded leaves mounted on a stub. This is a first version consisting of four quatrains. These verses were reworked by Hugo with some variants in the definitive version augmented with four additional quatrains. The poem was composed by Hugo for his mistress Juliette Drouet whom he had met two years earlier. It symbolizes the nature of their relationshipthe poet bound by his marital and literary life the young woman condemned to wait for himand played a central role in their shared imagination: Juliette Drouet frequently quoted the line Et moi je reste seule à voir tourner mon ombre / À mes pieds ! in her love letters to Victor Hugo. The double motif of the flower and the butterfly alongside their entwined initials also appears in the painted decoration of the Chinese salon from Hauteville Fairy Juliette Drouets residence in Guernsey a décor conceived by Hugo himself and now preserved at the Maison Victor Hugo in Paris. A fine uncut copy in a charming signed binding enriched with a very rare autograph poem by Victor Hugo written for Juliette Drouet. Eugène Renduel hardcover
Paris: J. Lemonnyer editeur & G. Richard et Cie. imprimeurs 1885. Half-Leather. Good. The text and gravures are for the most part in very good condition there are few rare instances of foxing / quelques légères pointes de rousseurs éparses sinon intérieur frais. The page foredges are rippled and yellowed throughout. Sturdy binding but the leather is drying out and could soon crack along spine edges. Corners and bottom edges are worn through. There rub marks on leather spine especially on four raised bands and tips. Gilt lettering of title/author legible but a little lackluster. Marbled boards sunned and stained. There are 1000 numbered copies and this one is #343 one of only 100 "velin a la forme avec une double suite des gravures hors texte". Scarce collectible edition. <br/> <br/> J. Lemonnyer, editeur & G. Richard et Cie., imprimeurs hardcover
J. Hetzel & Cie. Maison Quantin. ca. 1900. Hardcover. Good. . 2-volume set. leather spines with raised bands and gilt marbled boards covers show minor rubbing. pages tanned and clean. J. Hetzel & Cie. Maison Quantin. hardcover
ARMAND COLIN 1964-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 0.7874 in x 7.8740 in x 4.7244 in. Includes both volumes. Binding sound. Protective plastic on covers. Mild to moderate sunning and aging throughout. Former owner's name on first free page in both volumes. Occasional margin notes and underlining. Mild shelf wear with slight scuffs on page edges. ARMAND COLIN paperback
Paris: J. Hetzel 1870. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A leather bound copy of Victor Hugo's poem denouncing war. Published in French. An attractive copy of Victor Hugo's poem in which he denounces war and its human consequences. Published in French. Best-known for Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo is also renowned for his poetry collections. First published in a collection called Les Orientales the poem stages a discussion with a child survivor off the massacre of Chios committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1822. With a book binder's sticker to the front pastedown. The volume was bound by Paris-based binders H. Lilie. In a black quarter calf binding over patterned boards. Externally generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the spine and the boards particularly to the edges of the boards. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good J. Hetzel hardcover
Hetzel et Cie P. 1869 In-16 182pp. illustr. frontispice et ornements par E. Froment reliure demi-percaline de l'epoque piece de titre au dos maroquin rouge couverture conservee quelques rousseurs sur la page de titre B6b-A1 unknown
NY: Carleton. Collectible - Good. New York: Carleton 1865. Library Edition. Volume 2 of 2. Sm 4to hardcover. 77-165pp. Good book. Orphans France Classic Fiction Inquire if you need further information. NY: Carleton hardcover
New York: Heritage Press 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Rubbing along Vol. I rear slipcase panel. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heritage Press hardcover