<p>Paris: Alexandre Houssiaux Libraire-Editeur 1860. LES OEUVRES COMPLETES DE VICTOR HUGO- Poesie- Tome V- Les Contemplations I- Victor Hugo- Illustrated- Alexandre Houssiaux Libraire-Editeur- Paris- 1860- 1st Illustrated Edition- Hardcover:-8vo- Good/ no jacket as issued- original publishers green ribbed cloth and marbled boards with gilt titles on spine somewhat rubbed with label remnant on upper spine- square and tight- 352pp and index- are basically clean some small nicks not affecting text or plates - Buffalo Library bookplate and stamp- no pocket but withdrawn label and stamp on rear pastedown- SEE PHOTOS- Contains Livre Premier- Aurore Livre Deuxieme- L'Ame et Fleur and Livre Troisieme-Les Lettres et Les Reves- illustrated with full page b&w gravures and title vignette- Book is in FRENCH- Non-fiction-poetry-classic-Hugo-illustrated 3672 . 1st Illustrated Edition. 3/4 Cloth & Marbled Boards. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.</p> Alexandre Houssiaux, Libraire-Editeur hardcover
Paris: J Lemonnyer G.richard et C 1885. Book. Good . Leather. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 434pp. Edition Nationale Poesie II marbled end papers justification du tirage un tirage speciale sur papiers de luxe de mille exemplaires numerotes a la presse avec une double suite des gravures hors texte. no. 540. leather bound spine slightly used but date and title in gilt very bright top edge gilt page edges a little irregular every poem is covered by tissue gard it`s a wonderful book very very heavy therefore extra postage would apply. J Lemonnyer G.richard et C Hardcover
Paris : Alphonse Lemerre Editeur 1888. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A lovely set of two uniformly bound works containing Victor Hugo's collection of poems 'The Four Winds of the Mind'. This work complete in two volumes. Originally published in 1881 this is a collection of poems from French Romantic writer and politician Victor Hugo. Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco with decorative gilt to the spines and marbled boards.Hugo has begun this collection as early as 1870 intended to be his project to make a sum of his poetry. It is presented in four "books" titled Satirical Dramatic Lyrical and Epic. Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur hardcover
Paris: A. Lacroix 1866. Vellum. Near Fine. 9" by 6". None. A Riviere vellum bound sixth and third edition of this fascinating novel on the Industrial Revolution by Victor Hugo these editions being published in the same year as the first edition. Volumes I and II are the sixth edition of this work Volume III is the third edition all published in the same year as the first edition.In a striking vellum binding by Riviere.Complete in three volumes.In the original French.Dedicated to the island of Guernsey this novel is set just after the Napoleonic Wars and explores the impact that the Industrial Revolution had on the island.Hugo spent fifteen years in exile on Guernsey being sent to exile due to his political stances. Whilst on Guernsey he published his famous political pamphlets against Napoleon III.Today Victor Hugo is best known for his novels 'Les Miserables' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'.Bookplate to the front paste downs.Rugby School Library stamp to the recto to the front free endpapers. In a full vellum binding by Riviere. Externally with a few light marks as is usual with a vellum binding. Boards have sprung a little. A small amount of rubbing to the spine labels. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Rugby School Library stamp to the recto to the front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a couple of light handling marks. Near Fine A. Lacroix hardcover
Paris: Librairie Illustrée 1876. A MATCHLESS COPY ON CHINESE PAPER "Chine" OF ONE OF VIERGE'S UNDISPUTED MASTERPIECES. 4 504 4 pp. Illustrated throughout with gorgeous and haunting wood-engravings after Vierge. ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF COPIES PRINTED ON FINE CHINESE PAPER. From the collections of noted bibliophiles Victor Mercier and Henri Lafond bookplates on front pastedown. Large 4to. Beautifully bound by Champs signed in three-quarters morocco and marbled boards. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Entirely uncut. Tiny traces of wear to binding. Internally a few faint specks of foxing else FINE AND BRIGHT. Vicaire IV 338. VERY RARE ON CHINESE PAPER. <br/><br/> Librairie Illustrée paperback
Paris: Librairie Internationale 1866. Leather. Good. 9" by 5.5". Not stated. A set of Les Travailleurs de la Mer by Victor Hugo. A set of Les Travailleurs de la Mer by Victor Hugo. Two of the complete three volumes. The set consists of volumes II and III and is missing volume I. Eighth edition. The book was well received perhaps due to the previous success of Les Miserables. Dedicated to the channel island of Guernsey where he spent 15 years of exile Hugo tells of a man who attempts to win the approval of his beloved's father by rescuing his ship intentionally marooned by its captain who hopes to escape with a treasure of cash it is transporting through an exhausting battle of human engineering against the force of the sea and a battle against an almost mythical beast of the sea a giant squid. Superficially an adventure one of Hugo's biographers calls it a "metaphor for the nineteenth centuryechnical progress creative genius and hard work overcoming the immanent evil of the material world." In blue quarter crushed morocco leather bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Externally sound with slight rubbing. There is some minor bumping to the top and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown in both volumes. Good Librairie Internationale hardcover
Paris: J. Hetzel & Cie Quantin sd. Broché. Etat moyen. In-12. 254 pp. Plis de lecture sur dos roussi aux coiffes et mors frottés. Couverture défraichie. Faiblesse sur charnière. Intérieur sain. Cote au crayon. J. Hetzel & Cie, Quantin unknown
Edition: first . Good Condition. No Hassle 30 Day Returns Ships Daily Underlining/Highlighting: NONE Writing: NONE Publisher: French & European Pubns Pub Date: 1/11/1987 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 448 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6424636 ISBN : 0785900004 9780785900009
Receive by email
Download as PDF document
RSS feed
Permanent link
