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1967réf. 5261London: Peter Owen 1967. First Edition. First Impression one of 2000 copies. Octavo 19cm; dark brown textured paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 67-176pp. Spine ends gently nudged else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced 30s. with light wear to extremities and a touch of dustiness to rear panel. Mrabet's first novel taped and translated by Paul Bowles. "The novel tells the story of a young Moroccan who has been having a homosexual affair with a European Mr. David. However he suddently starts to make frequent visits to his home again after noticing that a neighbor's beautiful daughter watches him from her window. He succeeds in seducing the girl with the aid of herbs and is then forced into marriage by her family. Eventually realizing that she has been tricked the girl deserts him and leaves Tangier" from front flap. Miller A15a. Peter Owen unknown
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1999réf. __4412010244sokagakkai 1999. Paperback. New. 1291 pages. Japanese language. 8.98x5.91x1.42 inches. sokagakkai paperback
1923réf. 4745London: Chatto & Windus 1923. First UK Edition. First English language edition of Constance Garnett's translation of The Overcoat issued as Volume III of her five-volume Works of Nikolay Gogol published between 1923-28. Contents include "The Nevsky Prospect" "A Madman's Diary" "The Prisoner" "The Carriage" "The Nose" "The Portrait" and "The Overcoat" a tragic story which Vladimir Nabokov called "the greatest Russian short story ever written." The Art of Translation 1941. Garnett's English translation is significant still in print today preceded by Isabel Hapgood's translation as "The Cloak" in St. John's Eve and other stories from "Evenings at the farm" and "St. Petersburg stories" Crowell 1886. Scarce in dustjacket with no copies found in the auction record. cf.Line p.19 Bibliography of Russian Literature in English Translation to 1945. First Impression and first in English. Octavo 19.5cm; denim blue cloth with titles stamped in royal blue on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; viii2791pp. Gentle sunning to spine topstain faded owners name in ink to front endpaper with the faintest suggestion of foxing to a few preliminary leaves and right edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is gently sunned particularly at spine lightly edgeworn with some small nicks and shallow losses to spine ends and corners; tiny bits of sticker remnant and a few faint stains to spine with a neat 2" split at lower front joint; still a complete Very Good unrestored example. Chatto & Windus unknown
1971réf. 4537New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; brown paper and cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine and embossed to front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; viii34-1155pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $4.95 with some trivial wear and a small semi-circular stain at crown visible only on verso. Second novel and first in English by the French Nobel Prize-winner set during the occupation of Paris during World War II. "It's hero is a double agent working for both the "Gestapo" the Paris police and the "Resistance" an underworld gang" from front flap. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1895réf. 49766Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd 1895. Connoisseur Edition. One of 25 sets numbered and specially bound this being no.8. Eight octavo volumes 23.75cm; full black crushed morocco spines in six compartments with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spines and triple gilt-ruled border on covers; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt; xiv2255; xiii226-4335; x2384; x239-4475; xii2384; xii2394624; xii2264; xiv227-4764pp with frontispieces and 58 plates. Light wear to joints and extremities touch of dustiness finger-soil and a few scuffs to covers with faint foxing to text edges; contents relatively clean with hinges sound; Very Good. Handsome edition of the French critic and historian's landmark work on English literature published first in France in 1863 and translated into English in 1871. Gebbie published this set in a variety of issues the Connoisseur Edition representing the smallest available limitation. The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd unknown
réf. ING9781496445353Tyndale House Publishers Inc. New. Special order direct from the distributor Tyndale House Publishers, Inc unknown
2010réf. G1935189190I5N00World Bible Translation Center 2010. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. World Bible Translation Center paperback
réf. ING9781496439390Tyndale House Publishers. New. Special order direct from the distributor Tyndale House Publishers unknown
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1971réf. GB001AUEJI8I3N00Ace 1971. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Ace paperback
1991réf. 45005Lanham MD: University Press of America 1991. First Printing of this edition. Octavo 22.25cm; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xvi1546pp. Family association copy inscribed by the translator to his sister on the front endpaper: "2/25/92 / To my beloved sister Sophie - on her birthday - with gratitude for the abiding presence of her translators genius which has been a constant source of inspiration / Love / Ephraim." Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket with some trivial wear along the flap folds. Important English-language translation of Ginsburg's work on the history of Russian Jewry under Tsar Nicholas I based on archival and other primary sources gathered in St. Petersburg at the turn of the century. University Press of America unknown
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1911réf. 41840New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1911. First American edition with Robinson's illustrations. Small quarto 26cm; blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt gray and green on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xvi2111pp with 25 inserted leaves bearing tipped-in color illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Dorothy Peck Clark to front pastedown; light wear to spine ends and corners top edge gilt a bit dulled with a faint diagonal crease to first illustration; hinges sound; Very Good lacking the original glassine and publisher's box. Handsome edition of this dramatic work by the Belgian playwright and poet adapted into film six times between 1910-2011. Dodd, Mead and Company unknown
1930réf. 3496New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1930. First Revised American Trade Edition. A handsome edition of the Rubaiyat exquisitely illustrated by Willy Pogany with an introduction by George Saintsbury. Small quarto 25.75cm; full tan cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover and black and gold illustrated label mounted to front cover; top edge gilt; dustjacket; publisher's original decorative box; 1715pp; with frontispiece and 11 tipped-in color plates and 46 black and gold mounted illustrations by Pogany throughout the text. A fresh Fine copy with preliminary and terminal leaves uncut. Dustjacket has a nearly invisible razor-thin cut at upper rear panel else Near Fine without wear or fading. Publisher's box shows some trivial wear and dustiness to extremities with lower half showing a corresponding razor-thin cut on verso; still quite sound and very well preserved. Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown
1940réf. 3408Zürich: Humanitas Verlag 1940. First German Edition. Association copy of Steinbeck's most enduring novel narrating the long and enduring struggle of the Joad family to find some measure of happiness and some thread of human dignity during their move west from Oklahoma to California. "A naturalistic and detailed picture of California in the depths of the Depression of the 1930's" Baird 2333. Basis for John Ford's Oscar-winning film adaptation 1940 starring Henry Fonda Jane Darwell and John Carradine.Goldstone & Payne D187. Thick octavo 20.75cm; beige cloth with titling and decorations stamped in dark green on spine and front cover; green topstain; 67-6751pp. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to his German language translator on the copyright page: "For Klaus Lambrecht / with hearty regards and thanks / John Steinbeck / New York 1956." Spine ends and corners worn sunning to spine and extremities with two marginal tape-mended tears on pp.7-10; seven gatherings in the middle are from a different issue with the top edge stained dark blue; hinges sound; Very Good lacking the pictorial dustjacket. Humanitas Verlag unknown
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1958réf. 039433New York: Duell Sloan And Pearce 1958. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine. Drawings By Klee Design By Merle Armitage. 121 Pp. One Of 1050 Copies Of A Signed Edition. Bound Only In The Endpapers Complete Without Card Covers. Five Essays With Illustrations Of Sixteen Drawing By Klee Fourteen Of Which Were Previously Unpublished. Signed By Armitage On The Colophon. Additionally Inscribed At Length "Dear Charles Duell- Its Unfair To See This Book Without Its Striking Cover- And Slip-Case. But Here Is A Test Copy From Endpapers To Endpapers- With Its Heretofore Unreproduced Drawings- Its 5 Essays And One Article- Etc. Its Been A Labor Of Love As I Have Been A Klee Admirer Since 1928- Best Merle Armitage". Some Wear A Little Foxing To First And Last Few Pages And To Edges Of Page Block. Duell, Sloan And Pearce hardcover
1928réf. 3031London: Jonathan Cape 1928. First Edition. A satirical fantasy in the tradition of Swift recounting the protagonist's visit to a strange community on an imaginary Pacific island. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy Vol.1 p.153; Bleiler 1978 ed p.136. Provenance: From the collection of Spectrum of Fantasy author George Locke. First Impression and first in English preceding the American edition published by Appleton Century the following year. Octavo 19.5cm; maroon mottled cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; purple topstain; dustjacket; 631pp; illustrated with four wood engravings by Edward Carrick. Barest suggestion of foxing to text edges else a fresh Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 5s. net with a touch of dust-soil and two tiny tears else very Near Fine. Jonathan Cape unknown
1950réf. 035756London: Basil Blackwell 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Xii 119 Pp. With Page Numbers And Text Duplicated In English And German. Green Cloth Gilt. First Edition In English With German And English Text On Facing Pages. Near Fine Slight Rubbing At Corners Gilt Brilliant Tiny Owner's Signature Philosopher Irwin Chester Lieb At Center Of Front Free Endpaper With Some Infrequent Pencil Emphasis Marks And At Least One Extended Marginalia And At Least One Double Emphasis Mark In Ink. Dj Unlaminated And Slightly Taller Than The Book Is Very Good With Very Slight Browning To Spine A Few Very Small Discolorations And Stray Marks 1/8" Chipping To Part Of Top Of Spine And At Upper Front Tip. Ernest Chester Lieb Chet Lieb Died In Pasadena On May 23 1992 After A Long Illness But Just Before His Magnum Opus Past Present And Future: A Philosophical Study Of Time Was Published. From Princeton He Went On To Cornell For An M.A. Followed By A Year In N.Y.C. Advertising. However Academia Kept Calling And Lie Went On To Yale For His Ph.D. And To Teach There And At Connecticut College Before Joining The Philosophy Department At The Univ. Of Texas In 1963 As Professor And Administrator. He Was Instrumental In Establishing The Press As Well As Serving As Dean Of Graduate Studies. In 1981 He Moved On To The Univ. Of Southern California As Provost. Subsequently He Served As Dean And V.P. As Well As Professor Of Philosophy. He Served On Many National Panels And Committees Including The American Council Of Learned Societies The National Endowment For The Humanities And The Assn. Of American Universities. He Authored Four Books And Innumerable Scholarly Papers. He Was A U.S. Navy Pilot During Wwii And Held A Commercial Pilot's License. In 1983 He And A Colleague Traveled To Russia To Facilitate The Travel Of Seven Prominent Soviet Scientist "Refuseniks" Coming To This Country As Visiting Scholars. Basil Blackwell hardcover
1792réf. 035988London: C. Taylor 1792. First Edition Thus . Speckled Calf Gilt. Very Good. 10 5/8" x 8 7/8. Fine Plates. Title Vii 407 List Of Plates. 1792. Full Size 10 3/4" Tall X 8 7/8". Speckled Calf Gilt Rules Morocco Spine Label Gilt With Elaborate Gilt Decorations In 5 Other Compartments. Binding Worn But Nicely Furbished. Joints Cracked But Still Solidly Bound. Hinges Solid Front Endpaper Detached 2" At Top.Pages Clean And Square Unworn A Few Foxing Spots Mostly To Plates Very Faint Foxing Spots On Some Pages. C. Taylor unknown
