1988Best.-Nr. 50066AMadrid: Aguilar. 1988. 17 x 13 cm. Plena piel editorial con sobrecubierta buen estado de conservacion. LEA LAS CONDICIONES DE ENVIO DE LA LIBRERÃA. 1780 Aguilar. unknown
1988Best.-Nr. 50067AMadrid: Aguilar. 1988. 17 x 13 cm. Plena piel editorial con sobrecubierta buen estado de conservacion. LEA LAS CONDICIONES DE ENVIO DE LA LIBRERÃA. 1780 Aguilar. unknown
Best.-Nr. 0140442901-7-18Penguin. First Thus. Acceptable. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting as well as stains bent corners or any other major defect but the text is not obscured in any way. Penguin unknown
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2026Best.-Nr. x-1595849173Ketab Corporation 2026. Paperback. New. 602 pages. Persian Farsi language. 6.00x1.22x9.00 inches. Ketab Corporation paperback
2003Best.-Nr. 1-0679642846Random House Inc 2003. Hardcover. New. 524 pages. 5.50x8.50x1.25 inches. Random House Inc hardcover
1884Best.-Nr. 977Q20Paris : Librairie L. Conquet 1884 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7". H. Dubochet . A beautiful Ramage-bound limited edition copy of Stendhal's popular psychological novel Le Rouge et le Noir with illustrations from H. Dubouchet. Limited edition of 500 copies. One of the first 150 copies to be printed on Japanese paper. This is No. 73. Elegantly bound by Ramage in full turquoise morocco with gilt tooling and dentelles. With the original wraps bound in. Complete in three volumes. First published in 1830 'Le Rouge et le Noir' or 'The Red and the Black' tells the story of a provincial young man attempting to rise socially escaping his modest upbringing through hard work talent and deception. Written in the original French by Marie-Henri Beyle a French author best known under his pseudonym Stendhal. Beyle received wide acclaim for this novel alongside 'La Chartreuse de Parme' and is particularly praised for his pioneering use of realism in his writings. With a preface by Leon Chapron.Illustrated with eighty engravings by H. Dubouchet containing a portrait 76 vignettes and 3 page adornments. Vignettes are duplicated with each in-text illustration having a corresponding full-page plate with a tissue guard. Bound in full morocco by Ramage. Externally lovely with light rubbing to the extremities slight fading to the spines and the odd light mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Bookseller label to front paste down. Very Good Indeed Librairie L. Conquet hardcover
1883Best.-Nr. 977Q30Paris: Librairie L. Conquet 1883 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 7". V. Foulquier . A stunning Ramage-bound limited edition copy of Stendhal's popular historical novel La Chartreuse de Parme signed by the publisher. Limited edition.Number 73 out of 500 copies the first 150 of which were printed on Japanese paper as this one.Bound by Ramage in a lovely full crushed morocco with gilt tooling and dentelles.With the original wraps bound in. Signed by the publisher to the small paper prospectus "L. C. to Monsieur Henry Bretherton" with Bretherton's pencil inscription to the title page. With a specimen prospectus to the front of Volume I containing an example of one of Foulquier's vignettes and other material for subscribers. In the original French. Written by Marie-Henri Beyle a French author best known under his pseudonym Stendhal. Beyle received wide acclaim for this novel alongside 'Le Rouge et Le Noir' and is particularly praised for his pioneering use of realism in his writings. This novel is cited as an early example of realism a stark contrast to the Romantic style popular while Stendhal was writing. It is considered by many authors to be a truly seminal work; Honore de Balzac considered it the most significant novel of his time while Tolstoy was heavily influenced by Stendhal's treatment of the Battle of Waterloo. Wonderfully illustrated with a frontispiece 29 vignettes and 1 page adornment - also included are proofs of each illustration each of which is protected with a tissue guard. Collated complete. Bound by Ramage in full crushed morocco. With the original wraps bound in and silk moire to the endpapers and paste downs. Externally lovely with light rubbing to the extremities and a few marks to boards. Spine has darkened slightly. Internally pages 327-330 to volume I are disbound but present. Otherwise firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting. Pencil note to title page. Very Good Indeed Librairie L. Conquet hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 019120livre de poche 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. 1976 printing livre de poche paperback
1933Best.-Nr. 932T3Paris: Le Divan 1933-1934. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A complete ten volume set of this limited edition collection of the correspondence of the French writer known as Stendhal in the original French. French. Complete in ten volumes. Limited to one-thousand eight-hundred and twenty-five copies of which this is number five hundred and twenty-five. The correspondence of Marie-Henri Beyle better known by his pen name Stendhal a French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir 1830 and La Chartreuse de Parme 1839 he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the foremost practitioners of realism. Stendhal used many aliases in his autobiographical writings and correspondence and often assigned pseudonyms to friends. It is believed that he used more than one-hundred pseudonyms which were astonishingly diverse and usually comic to appear even more bourgeois than he truly was. One of his correspondents Prosper Merimee said "He never wrote a letter without signing a false name." Volume one contains letters from 1800-1805. Volume two contains letters from 1805-1808. Volume three contains letters from 1808-1811. Volume four contains letters from 1812-1816. Volume five contains letters from 1816-1820. Volume six contains letters from 1821-1830. Volume seven contains letters from 1830-1832. Volume eight contains letters from 1832-1834. Volume nine contains letters from 1834-1836. Volume ten contains letters from 1836-1842. Edited with a preface by Henri Martineau a French literary critic and journalist. Bound in half calf with marbled boards with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed Le Divan hardcover
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1829Best.-Nr. 879M12Paris; Lugano: Alphonse Levavasseur; Presso G. Ruggia e Comp 1829-1831. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A vellum-bound work concerning the lives of the important composers Haydn and Mozart and the librettist Pietro Metastasio with a history of the economy of Italy. The second edition of this work in a half vellum binding with marbled boards. Loosely inserted is a catalogue of the Mozart Museum in Salzburg published in 1937. Two volumes bound in one consisting of 'Vies de Haydn de Mozard et de Metastase' by M. de Stendhal Alphonse Levavasseur Paris 1831 and 'Storia della Economia Pubblica in Italia ossia Epilogo Critico Degli Economisti Italiani' by Giuseppe Pecchio Presso G. Ruggia e Comp Lugano 1829. The first is a history of the lives of the important composers Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the poet and librettist Pietro Metastasio written in French. This work includes letters about Haydn and the life of Mozart translated from German by M. Schlichtegroll. The second work is a first edition copy of Pecchio's study of the Italian economy including a critical study of Italian economists. It was written in Italian by Giuseppe Pecchio who distinguished himself as a modern and original economist in both Italy and England. This work was influential for developments in political economy. In a half vellum binding. Externally smart though a little rubbed to the joints and extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Very Good Alphonse Levavasseur; Presso G. Ruggia e Comp hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 30832Seca 1965. hardcover. Bueno. Paris 1965. Seca. Piel con dorados. 17x12. 338348 pp. Ilustrado. Texto en FRANCÉS. Punto de lectura. Cantos superiores dorados. Seca hardcover
1911Best.-Nr. 862F61Paris: A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud 1911 . Leather. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A beautifully bound four volume limited edition of Stendhal's seminal novel about a Napoleonic era Italian nobleman. In the original French.Limited to 1000 copies on vellum of which this set is number 966.With the publisher's original wraps bound in. With a colour vignette title page to each front wrap a frontispiece to each volume five plates to volume I five to volume II five to volume III and five to volume IV. Collated complete.The novel is cited as an early example of realism a stark contrast to the Romantic style popular while Stendhal was writing. It is considered by many authors to be a truly seminal work; Honor de Balzac considered it the most significant novel of his time while Tolstoy was heavily influenced by Stendhal's treatment of the Battle of Waterloo. In half morocco bindings with marbled paper covered boards and housed in a corresponding marbled paper covered slip case with cloth lining. Fading to back strips with boards exceptionally bright. Rubbing to joints of slip case with some joints a little tender. Internally firmly bound. Publisher's original paper wraps and back strips bound in to each volume. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. mon0000133522PRESSES DE RENAISSANCE 1970T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. insel-verlagf/leipsig bibliotheca mundi on brown cloth french text PRESSES DE RENAISSANCE hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 83438France: Bibliothèque de la Pléiade / NRF / Éditions Gallimard. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Volume III of the collection of letters by the prominent French novelist Marie-Henri Beyle 1783-1842 best known by his nom-de-plum "Stendhal" and presented in a handsome French language edition in the series by the Bibliothèque de Pléiade. The letters are divided into three groups: "Lettres de Stendhal 1835-1842" "Lettres a Stendhal 1835-1842" and "Lettres Retrouvées 1807-1841". Texts established and with annotations by H. Martineau and V. Del Litto. With index by correspondants general index of names cited and bibliography by V. Del Litto. --- In pebbled green leather covers with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt horizontal spine rules. Each volume with two sewn-in green satin ribbon bookmarks text printed on very thin leaves blue topstain with front and rear wrapper panels and flaps in clear mylar as issued. --- An excellent copy: bright unmarked and tightly bound but creases to some page edges and faint age-toning to wrapper panels. Scarce in USA. ; 16mo 6 to 7 in. tall; xvii 1125 pages . Bibliothèque de la Pléiade / NRF / Éditions Gallimard hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. MM002Paris Cité des livres 1929. Hard Cover. Two volumes: iii 320 pges; 2 leaves 400 pages 2 leaves; 21 cm. Copy no. 113 of 1000 examples "sur vergé À la forme des papeterie d'arches." Cité des Livres published limited editions of French literary classics on paper better than the poor stock of most Parisian publishers. Bound in 3/4 red leather over patterned paper; Very Good; a handsome two-volume set. Stock#MM002 / house. À la Cité des Livres. M DCCCC XXIX. hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. MM003Paris Cité des Livres 1928 18 May. Hard Cover. Two volumes: 2 leaves iii 385 pages; 2 leaves 432 pages 1 leaf; 21 cm. Copy no. 121 of 1000 "sur verge À la forme des papeteries D'Arches." Cité des Livres published classics of French literature on superior paper. Bound in 3/4 red leather over color floral paper spines blindstamped; Very Good. A handsome two-volume set. Stock#MM003 / house. À La Cité des Livres, M DCCCC XXVIII. hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 25132Paris: Bordas Editeur a Paris 1946. Paperback. Very Good in Good Slipcase and Good Glassine. Paperback. Limited Edition 1132 of 3000 copies. Includes numerous illustrations by J.A. Carlotti. Bound in original cream wrappers with black titles to spines. Minor browning to spines and a few spots of foxing to covers. A few light smudge marks to several pages and occasional spots of light foxing; otherwise the interiors are very clean. Unopened pages. In original glassine covers with chipping to spine panels and edges. Housed in a cream paper covered slipcase. The slipcase is worn along the edges and the panels are soiled. ln FRENCH. 489 pages. FRE/072511 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Bordas Editeur a Paris paperback
1947Best.-Nr. 017201Lyon: Editions de la Colline 1947. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Albert Decaris. 8vo royal. Limited Edition stamped No. 118. Bound in blue morocco over blue marbled boards elegant gilt decorated compartments and gilt title top-edge blue title in red and black blue silk ribbon book-marker viii 53pp illustrated with 9 original engravings by French artist Albert Decaris. light foxing and sunning to text-block and endpapers some image transfer on text from engravings bookseller stamp on upper left corner of the front pastedown upper half of front boards and spine sunned. Very Good. One of the best engravers of the 20th century Decaris 1901-1988 was the last personto win an Olympic Gold Medal for Etching and Engraving at the 1948 London Games. La Duchesse de Palliano is the story of Renaissance Rome and a tragic downfall of a family set in political and religious jealousy and intrigue in the reign of Pope Leo IV. Editions de la Colline hardcover
1829Best.-Nr. 92190Paris: Delaunay 1829. Fine. Delaunay Paris 1829 13.2 x 21.2 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition illustrated with a frontispiece in each volume and a folding plate at the end of the first volume. Bradel-style bindings in brown half cloth with small corners smooth spines very slightly faded and ruled in gilt marbled-paper boards with a few minor scuffs blue-grey endpapers and pastedowns marbled edges bookplates pasted to the front pastedowns. Some foxing as usual. Our copy is complete with all three engravings: a view of St Peter's in Rome and a plan of the remains of ancient Rome in the first volume and Trajan's Column in the second. It also includes a second state of the plan of the remains of ancient Rome with slight variations Cf. Clouzot Delaunay hardcover
Best.-Nr. J10Q-01988Wordsworth Editions. Used - Good. Good condition. Paperback edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Wordsworth Editions paperback
1927Best.-Nr. 92452Paris: Editions de la Pléiade 1927. Fine. Editions de la Pléiade Paris 1927 17.8 x 24.5 cm Broché First edition one of 280 numbered copies on mould-made wove paper this copy one of 30 hors commerce copies in special wrappers reserved for the 30 private subscribers to all of Paul Valéry's works. Fine copy. Decorated with typographical ornaments by René Ben Sussan. Precious signed autograph presentation inscription from Paul Valéry to his friend the bookseller publisher and bibliophile Ronald Davis: ""à Ronald Davis pour sa collection et avec les bons souvenirs de Paul Valéry."" Editions de la Pléiade unknown
1927Best.-Nr. 328231927. A Paris Henri Cyral 1927. 2 vol. au format pt in-8 207 x 158 mm de 380 et 361 pp. Reliures uniformes de l'poque de demi-chagrin maroquin et glac meraude coins filets froid ports sur les plats dos nerfs orns de filets gras en noir large fleuron central dor titre dor tomaison dore tÂtes dores couvertures et dos conservs. Ensemble - agrablement reli - complet des deux volumes le constituant. Un des 950 exemplaires du tirage numrot sur vlin de Rives seul papier aprÂs les 50 exemplaires de tÂte sur Madagascar. L'ouvrage recÂle - ici en premier tirage - 100 dlicates compositions en couleurs dont couvertures par Daniel-Girard. Lequel ''expose depuis 1922 ; socitaire du Salon d'Automne et des Artistes franÂais. Il a surtout vcu prÂs de Nmes et a peint la rgion dans une figuration classique. Il a illustr environ 75 ouvrages''. DeuxiÂme roman de Stendhal aprÂs Armance celui-ci entendait l tenter de dvoiler les coulisses de la rvolution de 1830 avec comme trame de fond la structure sociale de la France de l'poque les oppositions entre Paris et la province entre noblesse et bourgeoisie entre les jansnistes et les jsuites. Dans Le Rouge et le Noir Julien Sorel - le protagoniste - fait l'objet d'une tude approfondie. Ambition amour pass tout est analys. Le lecteur suit avec un intrÂt croissant les mandres de sa pense qui conditionnent ses actions. Mathilde de la Mole et Madame de RÂnal ne sont pas en reste. Leur amour pour Julien gal l'un l'autre sont mis en perspective et chacun est mis nu sous la plume de Stendhal dans ce roman psychologique comptant parmi les dix plus grands romans de tous les temps selon William Somerset Maugham. Monod II Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrs modernes 10.442 - Bnzit V Dictionnaire des peintres p. 34 - Carteret III Le Trsor du bibliophile / Illustrs modernes p. 231. Dos passs ; lesquels prsentent en outre des marques brunes en tÂte. Lgers frottements affectant les mors. Nonobstant trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown