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rif. 0140000011.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1938rif. LTH17-E-7Middlesex: Penguin Books 1938. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. An amusing and highly detailed fictionalised biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Translated by Ella D'Arcy. Includes an advertiser's catalogue to the rear. Seventh impression of 1935 edition. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally a little shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. The pages have age toning but are generally clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good Penguin Books hardcover
1924rif. 192285London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1924. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 310 pages plus two pages of ads. A fictionalized biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley translated from the French by Ella D'Arcy. A near fine copy in blue cloth boards with some toning to the endpapers and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Uncommon and especially in the dust jacket. John Lane The Bodley Head unknown
1925rif. 132836London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1925. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo. 1/2 cloth vii 310pp. colour frontis. colour plates The first illustrated edition of Ariel. Translated from the original French by Ella D'Arcy. With eight illustrations in colour by Jacquier. Black cloth binding with marbled boards and gilt lettering on the spine. Slight wear to boards & a nice engraved bookplate on front paste-down o/w a nice copy John Lane, the Bodley Head hardcover
1925rif. 001315London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine. Beautiful full tan calf six gilt decorated spine compartments raised bands green morocco spine blocks with gilt lettering all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Spine just a bit worn else near fine. Bookplate on front pastedown else contents fine. John Lane, the Bodley Head hardcover
1924rif. 137112Paris: Editions Emile Paul Freres 1924. half leather over marbled paper covered boards original wrappers bound in. Hermine David. 8vo. half leather over marbled paper covered boards original wrappers bound in. 275 pages. First edition limited to 1600 copies of which this is one of 1500 numbered copies printed on paper. Spine lacking with crude paper label. Rubbing to leather boards. Soiled. Color illustrations by David Hermine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. Editions Emile Paul Freres unknown books
1923rif. 1329573Paris: Bernard Grasset 1923. Limited Edition 1/3440. Hardcover. Octavo 358 pages; VG; bound in quarter blue calf marbled boards paneled spine with gilt titling and tooling; top edge gilt; mild rubbing primarily to extremities; marbled endpapers; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown; illustrated cover and ads in rear bound in; text in French; one of 3440 this copy unnumbered; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #3. A fictionalized biography of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1329573. FP New Rockville Stock. Bernard Grasset hardcover books
1923rif. 214947Paris: Bernard Grasset 1923. First edition Number 2901 of total of 3440 copies. 353 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half green morocco and marbled boards with green original wrappers bound in. VG/F. First edition Number 2901 of total of 3440 copies. 353 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed "en ----hommage de l'auteur à Mme. ---- André Maurois. Bernard Grasset unknown books
1932rif. 003859Paris: Editions Mornay 1932. Limited Edition. Full Decorated Calf. Very Good. 8vo. 20 by 15.5 cm. 329 pp. Original wraps bound in. Since there is no number to this copy it is presumed this was one of the 55 copies produced "hors commerce". Regardless the full calf binding is special with its watercolor cameo centerpiece of a sailboat on the front the floral vignette on the back and portrait of Shelley on the spine. Alas the calf is heavily rubbed along the joints with starting by the lower rear joint and the spine is darkened and heavily rubbed. Inside the book is clean and fresh with the color illustrations uniformly a delight. Editions Mornay unknown books
1923rif. 23447Paris: Gresset 1923. Cm. 19 pp. 8 358 2. Bella e solida legatura coeva in mezzo marocchino con punte dorso a nervi con titoli e fregi in oro. Taglio di testa dorato. Bross. orig. conservata. Legatura firmata Canape. Perfetto stato di conservazione in barbe. Si tratta dell'edizione originale nella rara tiratura di 40 esemplari stampati su carta verde Lumiére e numerati da I a XL ns. n. V. Gresset unknown
1924rif. 33055Editions Emile-Paul Freres Paris 1924. 8vo. First Edition thus text in French on Verge de Rives with coloured frontispiece title in red and black and numerous engraved vignettes in red frames in the text endpapers lightly spotted; patterned paper boards green levant morocco back with tan leather label tooled and lettered in gilt uncut a very good bright crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 1392. Editions Emile-Paul Freres, Paris, hardcover
rif. 100-50575Calmann-Levy. Hardcover. Good. Good with some wear. Calmann-Levy hardcover
1923rif. 1329573Paris: Bernard Grasset 1923. Limited Edition 1/3440. Hardcover. Octavo 358 pages; VG; bound in quarter blue calf marbled boards paneled spine with gilt titling and tooling; top edge gilt; mild rubbing primarily to extremities; marbled endpapers; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown; illustrated cover and ads in rear bound in; text in French; one of 3440 this copy unnumbered; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #3. A fictionalized biography of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1329573. FP New Rockville Stock. Bernard Grasset hardcover
rif. 38029Paris. Bernard Grasset. 1928. Hardcover. 12mo 19cm 358p. in contemporary full green decorated calf raised blind ruled bands continued and joined on the boards blind stamped spine titles vertical ribbed blind ribbed on the boards colour decorated endpapers on the boards and free flies inner calf hinges deckled edges text paper somewhat toned a nice copy in attractive fine binding Signed by the Author Andre Maurois on the half title ho2.1. ~ A fictionalized biography of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in fine binding decorated in art deco style. Paris. Bernard Grasset. 1928 hardcover
1929rif. 017801Paris: Bernard Grasset 1929. Book. Near Very Good. Full-Leather. Signed by Authors. Later Printing. Full leather with front board beginning to split at the hinge thus near very good. Inscribed by the Author to Mrs. Cross with her bookplate. Bernard Grasset Hardcover
1932rif. 003859Paris: Editions Mornay 1932. Limited Edition. Full Decorated Calf. Very Good. 8vo. 20 by 15.5 cm. 329 pp. Original wraps bound in. Since there is no number to this copy it is presumed this was one of the 55 copies produced "hors commerce". Regardless the full calf binding is special with its watercolor cameo centerpiece of a sailboat on the front the floral vignette on the back and portrait of Shelley on the spine. Alas the calf is heavily rubbed along the joints with starting by the lower rear joint and the spine is darkened and heavily rubbed. Inside the book is clean and fresh with the color illustrations uniformly a delight. Editions Mornay unknown
1923rif. 214947Paris: Bernard Grasset 1923. First edition Number 2901 of total of 3440 copies. 353 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half green morocco and marbled boards with green original wrappers bound in. VG/F. First edition Number 2901 of total of 3440 copies. 353 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed "en ----hommage de l'auteur à Mme. ---- André Maurois. Bernard Grasset unknown
rif. 10877Paris. Editions Mornay. 1932. Soft cover. 8vo. 20cm 327p. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies this being #638 with colour plates and numerous colour pictorial initials and head & tail pieces by Ferdinand Fargeot with the original colour printed stiff wraps bound in with the spine panel laid down at the back endpaper. All the colour illustrations are hand stenciled pochoir this result in a much more attractive image having the appearance of being hand-painted into the text. This process is distinctly better than the normal printed colour illustration process. Bound in half burgundy morocco with hand marbled boards and endpapers black blind ruled raised bands ornate decoration in the panels with small leather inlay gilt titles t.e.g a brilliant copy Ho.2 Maurois published "Ariel ou la vie du Shelley" his biography of the English poet in 1923. At the time this limited edition appeared he was France's most popular biographer. A devoted anglophile Maurois also produced two amusing novels which drew on his experience with British troops during WWI and which established his literary reputation; Les Silences du Colonel Bramble 1918 and its sequel Les Discours du Docteur O'Grady 1922. Paris. Editions Mornay. 1932 unknown
1954rif. 206031BBLpz., Insel- Verl., 1954. 14. Tsd. Mit 12 Taf.- Abb. 276 S. OLwd. - Name a. Vorsatz. 14
rif. 1025347765.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 0712650296.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1924rif. 1816DB1924. Paris Emile-Paul Frères 1924. 8°. 4 Bl. 275 S. 1 Bl. Mit farb. Frontisp. und 37 Textholzschnitten von Hermine David. Halblederband der Zeit. Monod 7952. Nr. 369 von 1500 Ex. auf «vélin» Gesamtauflage 1600. Einband berieben. unknown
1935rif. 296062London U.K.: Penguin Books Ltd 1935. Softcover protected with cellophane wrapper. "A Shelley Romance". Translated by Ella D'Arcy. Faded covers and spine. Cover spine is partially detached from body of book but binding appears relatively sound. Spine ends are quite worn. Minor wear to leading corners. Very faded page block and pages. Text is clear. AF. paperback. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. Used. Penguin Books Ltd Paperback
1924rif. 47BEmile-Paul, Paris, 1924, in-8 (225x145mm), 275pp., broché, couverture verte décorée et illustrée au dos ( petit manque de papier au dos en tête et en pied, pliures papier couverture).
rif. 202200685Paris, Rombaldi , 1971 ; in-4, 248 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Illustrations originales de Gabriel Dauchot.
