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1911rif. 611872New York: The Warren Press 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed first American edition. 90pp. Gray papercovered boards. Small dampstain on front fly topedges and on spine lightly rubbed else very good. Following five different people and how death affects them. Scarce in trade. The Warren Press hardcover books
1921rif. 79290Paris: Bibliotheque-Charpentier. Very Good. 1921. 1/2 Leather. Two volumes present measuring 7 1/2 x 5 inches bound in 1/4 leather and marbled boards and end pages and tender gutter to one volume with the front free end-page loose laid-in. See photos. Contents are complete but pages are toned. . Bibliotheque-Charpentier hardcover books
1893rif. 335877New York: Benjamin R. Tucker 1893. Paperback. 5x7 inch red wraps; toning and chipping to covers front cover remains attached along about 1 inch of what is otherwise a tear along the spine and with a small hole through the first 10 leaves otherwise in good condition. Only 6 in OCLC as of June 2025. Notable for being a translation by Benjamin Tucker who also published this edition. Benjamin R. Tucker paperback books
1953rif. 606919New York: Farrar Straus and Young 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition with these illustrations of the novel originally published as Pot-Bouille. Translated by Percy Pinkerton. Introduction by Angus Wilson. Illustrated by Philip Gough. Slight spotting on the boards else near fine in slightly age-toned near fine dust jacket. A nice copy. Farrar, Straus and Young hardcover books
1928rif. D11465London: Privately Printed for Subscribers by T. Werner Laurie 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Blue cloth backed in parchment with paper spine label; 8vo; pp. 468 with frontispiece after Toulouse Lautrec. Number 749 from a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the translator Arthur Symons. Boards rubbed; spine tips and corners bumped; spine cracked with old repairs but holding. Internally nice and clean. Pages uncut. Sold as is. Privately Printed for Subscribers by T. Werner Laurie hardcover books
1963rif. 35248Washington DC: Foreign Service Institute 1963. First edition. Paperback. g. Quarto. XXV 1 470pp. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Previous owner's name on title Herbert H. Paper and dated 1964. This scarce work is an introduction to the essentials of the Kitouba language. Also known as Kikongo ya Leta and Munukutuba the Kitouba is a vehicular or trade language spoken along the lower reaches of the Congo and its tributaries. Spine sunned. Moderate foxing along edges of covers. Upper back corner bumped thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Wrappers in overall good- interior in good to good condition. Dr. Herbert Harry Paper 1925-2012 was Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and near Eastern Languages and the Editor of the Hebrew Union College Annual HUC-JIR/Cincinnati. He received a doctorate from the University of Chicago. Dr. Paper taught at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and joined HUC-JIR as the Dean of Graduate Studies. His specialties were Persian studies concentrating on the history of the Persian language and on the ancient languages of Iran and Yiddish literature. Foreign Service Institute paperback books
1994rif. 24878Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press 1994. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XV 284pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Colored endpapers. Fascinating work which is more than a biography of Isaac Harby 19th century Charleston educator playwright critic journalist and religious reformer. It is also an analysis of Jews in the new United States wrestling with the issue of their ethnicity. This study is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w in-text photographic reproductions of portraits and views. Previous owner's inscription in Hebrew on fly-leaf. Dustjacket binding and interior in near to fine condition. The University of Alabama Press hardcover books
1961rif. 10701London: The Folio Society 1961. g. Vertès. Large 8vo. 387pp. Slightly faded blue satin cover with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine and edges slightly bumped. Translated by Charles Duff with b&w etchings by Vertès. Good condition. The Folio Society unknown books
1935rif. 33279Japan: The Hokuseido Press 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Duodecimo 18.5 cm Black cloth covered boards with the title stamped in orange ink on the spine. Very good. The extremities are very slightly rubbed and bumped. There are a handful of very small stains on the front endsheet and there is a bookseller's tiny label on the front free endsheet. Bookseller's label on the title page. The dust jacket is in good condition. Age-toned and lightly soiled and rubbed. There are a couple of small losses from the paper at the ends of the spine. The larger loss is from the paper at the head of the spine and measures 1 inch wide by 1/2 of an inch deep. There are also 5 large chips in the edges. The spine of the jacket is darkened. Edited with a preface by Albert Morell. Contents include: Emile Zola- A Note The Fight at the Mill A Peasant's Death A Rich Man's Death. The Hokuseido Press hardcover books
1910rif. 163234Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by Wolf Bergen Gpener. Very good hardcover. In pictorial boards. Illustrated in color and in black and white. Pages light brown clean text. Small ink mark inside rear cover near seam. Corners on cover lightly rubbed. Spine ends rubbed. In German. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt hardcover books
1896rif. 165971London: Chatto & Windus 1896. Good. New. Good minus. Soil bumps and rubs at edges and corners w. Fraying at corners and spine ends/ some yellowing to text. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1952rif. 711351NY: William Morrow & Co. 1952. Very Good in Very Good price-clipped DJ. Hardcover. Very Good. William Morrow & Co. hardcover books
1997rif. 293327Boston: Judy Norisigian 1997. Paperback. 94p. wraps in very good condition. Compilation of short stories by the Jewish American disability rights activist introduced by his wife a co-founder of Our Bodies Ourselves. Judy Norisigian paperback books
1953rif. 37947NY: Farrar Straus and Young 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Prelims foxed else a very good hardback in a chipped and edgeworn jacket that has a previous owner's private library label at the foot of the spine. Farrar Straus and Young hardcover books
1867rif. B-16-060011Ed Manet. With a wood engraving by Manet. Zola Emile. Dentu Paris 1867. With one etching "Portrait of Manet" by Bracquemond and a wood engraving after a drawing by Manet "Olympia" by Moller. Rebound with the original paper blue cover inside. In very good condition trace of moisture plates in very good condition without stains. More pictures on request Dentu paperback books
1976rif. 102463Norwalk:: Easton Press. Fine. 1976. Hardcover. Translated from the French by E. A. Vizetelly. Collector's edition. Quarto fully bound in red leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along the spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Fine. . Easton Press, hardcover books
1981rif. 100810Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1981. Hardcover. 2201015570 . Translated from the French by George Holden. Limited edition "The100 Greatest Books of All Time". Octavo fully bound in blue leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. About fine.; 509 pages . Franklin Library, hardcover books
1901rif. 65488New York: Harper and Brothers. Good. 1901. Hardcover. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks. Covers are soiled with scuffed spine ends. The contents are bright and complete in 604 pages plus ads. Good. . Harper and Brothers hardcover books
1900rif. 56253New York: Doubleday Page & Co. Very Good. 1900. Hardcover. 487pp. hinges just starting green boards gilt stamping some scuffing and discoloration to covers good. . Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1988rif. 95092London:: Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0002159899 . 208 black and white photographs. Selected and compiled by Francois Emile-Zola and Massin. Translated from the French by Liliane Emery Tuck. Revised edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Collins, hardcover books
1964rif. 68405Paris:: Librairie Gallimard Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. The first three volumes only. Text is in French. Ex-library copies with typical markings else the three volumes are very good in a very good dust jackets. Ribbon bookmarks. . Librairie Gallimard (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade), hardcover books
1988rif. 58838NY:: Henry Holt and Company Seaver Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0805007474 . 208 black and white photographs. Selected and compiled by Francois Emile-Zola and Massin. Translated from the French by Liliane Emery Tuck. First American printing. Very good in a very good damp mark on verso at the base of the spine dust jacket. . Henry Holt and Company (Seaver Books), hardcover books
1920rif. 93016Philadelphia:: George Barrie & Son. Good. 1920s. Hardcover. Complete in twelve volumes. Volume I: L'Assommoir Volume II: L'Assommoir Volume III: Nana Volume IV: Nana Volume V: Germinal Volume VI: Germinal Volume VII: La Curee Volume VIII: La Curee Volume IX: La Terre Volume X: La Terre Volume XI: Pot-Bouille and Volume XII: Pot-Bouille. Translated from the French - various translators. Illustrated with etchings on Japan paper - various illustrators. First edition thus: this set is number 129. Octavos bound in blue-gray cloth paper labels on the spines top edges gilt. Moderate shelf wear and aging half the volumes are weak or separated at the front and/or rear hinges spine labels are age darkened else all volumes are good. No dust jackets. . George Barrie & Son, hardcover books
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