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1898réf. 29486Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. "Popular Edition." Octavo; publisher's cloth in pale green dust jacket printed in red and green; 105411102pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece seven leaves of plates. External panels of jacket have faded to tan faint vertical crease to spine panel light shelf wear with brief tape repair to verso else Very Good and sound in an excellent example of the rare jacket. Little, Brown, and Company unknown books
1899réf. 000426Boston: Little Brown & Company 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Early edition; 5" x 7 3/4"; pp. 16 1-541 1-10 publisher's list 8; original embossed red boards; gilt title; minor wear to covers; spine slightly faded; small closed cut to tail of spine; engraved portrait frontis; illustrations from paintings and photographs; very good. The famous tale of love between a young Christian woman and Marcus Vinicius a Roman patrician. 'Quo Vadis" translated from Latin means "Where are you going" referring to the apocryphal Acts of Peter in which Peter flees Rome meets Jesus on his way and asks him why he is going to Rome. Boston: Little, Brown & Company hardcover books
1897réf. 250731002Little Brown and Company 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Vintage Hardcover First American Edition 1897 Little Brown and Company 541 pages plus 4 pages of ads for other books by the same author. Good no jacket. Moderate shelf/edge wear to olive green cloth boards with gilt spine titles and gilt illustration of Nero on the front panel - two corners bumped and spine ends worn. inscription to previous owner on 2nd FEP and the owners signature on the following page. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. The novel Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman Lygia Ligia in Polish and Marcus Vinicius a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero from c. AD 64 to AD 68 when Nero committed suicide. Sienkiewicz studied the Roman Empire extensively before writing the novel with the aim of getting historical details correct. Consequently several historical figures appear in the book. As a whole the novel carries a pro-Christian message.Basis for the 1951 film starring Robert Taylor Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov as Nero. Very respectable First American Edition that will last for generations to come.LOC SSE-05 Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1898réf. 29486Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. "Popular Edition." Octavo; publisher's cloth in pale green dust jacket printed in red and green; 105411102pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece seven leaves of plates. External panels of jacket have faded to tan faint vertical crease to spine panel light shelf wear with brief tape repair to verso else Very Good and sound in an excellent example of the rare jacket. Little, Brown, and Company unknown
1896réf. 251215Boston: Little Brown 1896. Early printing 1897. HC no DJ. Good. Good. Ex-lib w usual stamps/marks. Green cloth gilt titling & decoration edgewear spine tips heavily worn w tears & loss tips threadbare corners bumped scuffs spine dulled black endpapers chipped FO ink name to prelim & intro leaves toned small tears binding sound now in protector. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012. Little, Brown hardcover
1897réf. 035895Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. Thick Octavo. Two volumes Vol.1 355pp Vol.2 352pp.with frontispieces tissue guards. TEG. Prev. owner bookplates on the front pastedowns Purple cloth with elaborate gilt decoration ruling on the front panel. With maps of anicent Rome and Photogravures from Pictures by Howard Pyle Edmund H. Garrett and Evert Van Muyde and from Ancient Sculptures. Spine color is totally rubbed though the gilt lettering and decoration is present. Spine edges are frayed the hinges are sturdy there is a crayon scrawl on the the blank prelim. page of Volume II otherwise the pages are clean unmarked. "Against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum from banquet halls to summer retreats in Naples from the luxurious houses of the nobility to the hovels of the poor Quo Vadis richly depicts a place and time still captivating to the modern imagination. This radiant translation by W.S. Kuniczak restores the original glory and richness of master storyteller Henryk Sienkiewicz's epic tale.Quo Vadis explores the themes of love desire and profound moral courage. Lavish descriptions vivid dialogue and brilliantly drawn characters make this one of the world's greatest epics." . Little, Brown & Co. Hardcover
réf. 2103PA039Versão portuguesa de Mayer Garção. Desenhos de Dietricht Alfredo de Moraes e Sousa e Silva. Gravuras de Carlos Traver. Biblioteca Popular empresa editora de publicações ilustradas. Lisboa. S/d. De 26x19 cm. Com 669 iii págs. Encadernação do encadernador Paulino inteira em tela com ferros a ouro na lombada ferros a negro na pasta posterior e uma gravura de Jesus com o título da obra na pasta anterior. Ilustrado no texto com desenhos de Dietricht Alfredo de Moraes e Sousa e Silva. E em extratexto com 83 gravuras de Carlos Traver. Exemplar com dedicatória de oferta manuscrita em francês na folha de anterrosto. Encadernação cansada com danos ligeiros no pé da lombada. I-52-B-45 hardcover
réf. 2010106431.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1897réf. 001817Boston: Little Brown & Company 1897. After the literary and popular success of "Quo Vadis" in 1896 the publisher issued this "New Edition" a luxurious production in two volumes containing maps and illustrations. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus. Translation from the original Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Highly decorative cloth binding: dark blue cloth ruled and stamped in gilt. Gilt top-edge. Clean text; 355 pages and 352 pages. Previous-owner bookplates on the front paste-downs; contemporary Xmas gift inscription; discreet stickers from Brentano's on the rear. Laid-in are 2 musical programs from 1900. Books are mildly leaning with weakened gutters one has split. This set comes with the original dark blue dustjackets often missing; complete with just some rubbing and chipping at the margins. In archival plastic protectors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Little, Brown, & Company Hardcover
1902réf. 33344Einsiedeln Suiza: Benziger & Co. 1902.- 852 p.: Láminas; 8º 176 x 12 cm; Tela Ed. La junta de las tapas con el lomo están rozadas un pequeño sello tampón en la portada. Interior en buen estado. LITERATURA Y ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS EXTRANJEROS DE LOS SIGLOS XVI-XXI Libro en español Benziger & Co. hardcover
1959réf. IENoSIEN95New York: Printed For The Members Of The Limited Editions Club At The Officina Bodoni In Verona 1959. 1959. 4to. pp. xii 2 594 3. 35 tipped-in colour illus. linen lower corners of first few gatherings creased. slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the Artist & Printer Giovanni Mardersteig. Signed by Authors. [New York]: Printed For The Members Of The Limited Editions Club At The Officina Bodoni In Verona, 1959. unknown
1951réf. 14876GROSSET & DUNLAP. NY ND 1951. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Photoplay Edition. Near fine in a Vg. dust jacket. With the uncommon pictorial wraparound band present. Slim 1"-inch damp stain at edge of rear end-paper. Mild bump to head of spine on cloth. 1"-inch chip at head of spine on DJ. Affects half the "Q" in "Quo." The wraparound band is fine but for a trivial chip which does not affect the pictorial content The band has four separate scenes depicted from the MGM film production starring Robert Taylor & Deborah Kerr. Pale green card SIGNED by actor Robert Taylor mounted on plain white index card laid-in loosely. Accompanying the book is a near fine booklet titled "The Story behind Quo Vadis" in stapled pictorial printed wrappers which is illustrated with photos from the MGM technicolor epic film. A splendid medley of related material. ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 422 pages . GROSSET & DUNLAP. NY ND (1951) hardcover
1925réf. 12060GROSSET & DUNLAP. NY 1925. Very Good. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Photoplay Edition. A very good copy in a Vg. dj. Chip at center of crest of spine on dj. Affects a few letters in the title. A few small corner chips & traces of mild soiling to dj. Illustrated with scenes from the First National Picture. Uncommon. . GROSSET & DUNLAP. NY 1925 hardcover
réf. 21018385like new. unknown
1897réf. 514809Boston: Little Brown and Company 1897. Softcover. Good. First American edition wrappered issue of the first Authorized Unabridged Translation from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Octavo. 541 10 ads pp. Pictorial wrappers. Lacking rear wrap with a few short tears and thin chip on spine front cover has a small chip at one corner first few leaves have small holes in margin just a good but pleasing copy of a fragile volume. Henryk Sienkiewicz won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1897réf. 004017Little Brown and Company 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Quo Vadis" A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Hardcover published in 1897 by Little Brown and Company. Corners slightly worn. Possible repair to bottom of spine. Two thumb sized indentations on front board. Binding solid with no loose pages. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1897réf. 2110210013Boston : Little Brown & Co 1897-01-01. Popular Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Popular edition. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. 541 p. Boston : Little, Brown, & Co hardcover
1898réf. 000011514Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 10 1-541 1 12 pages of publisher's advertisements 6 pp. Green publisher's cloth with green lettering and decorations on the front board green decoration and gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with seven black and white plates. An early American printing of Quo Vadis. A stray pen mark on the spine a small lean. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1897réf. 514809Boston: Little Brown and Company 1897. Softcover. Good. First American edition wrappered issue of the first Authorized Unabridged Translation from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Octavo. 541 10 ads pp. Pictorial wrappers. Lacking rear wrap with a few short tears and thin chip on spine front cover has a small chip at one corner first few leaves have small holes in margin just a good but pleasing copy of a fragile volume. Henryk Sienkiewicz won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. Little, Brown and Company unknown
1951réf. 134367Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still reference photographs from the 1951 film. Manuscript annotations in ink noting lengths of fabric on the verso of one still. Featured are Robert Taylor Deborah Kerr Marina Berti and Leo Genn. Based on Henryk Sienkiewicz's 1895 novel about the love between a young Christian woman named Lygia Kerr and Marcus Vinicius Taylor a Roman patrician circa 64 A.D. Nominated for several Academy Awards. Elizabeth Taylor was set to play Lygia until production changed hands and instead she makes a cameo as a prisoner. Sophia Loren also makes a cameo her first American film credit. Set in Rome shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creases and toning overall and two stills with brief stains. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960réf. 558166New York: The Heritage Press 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Small quarto. Toning on the spine near fine in a gently rubbed near fine slipcase with light toning along the edges. The Heritage Press hardcover books
1951réf. 25407New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1951. Later printing. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Later printing. 8 422 pages. 8vo. Paper boards. Illustrated dj. Minor wear to the extremities of the dust jackets and a small chip to the outer belly band lower edge. Boards. This copy has two dust jackets and more importantly two "belly bands" which are advertisements for the MGM film production starting Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr. We love production extras when they put two dust jackets and two belly bands on the same book! Minor rubbing to the band mostly to the rear panel. The band has three scenes from the movie on it one front one rear one small it on the spine portion. On the belly band it notes that Quo Vadis has already sold 1500000 copies and is now a Six and a half million dollar MGM Motion picture. Originally printed by Little Brown and Co. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1959réf. 37680Verona: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni 1959. Number 74 of 1500 copies signed by the artist and printer. Illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. 1 vols. 4to. Decorated cloth. Fine in dust jacket and slipcase. Number 74 of 1500 copies signed by the artist and printer. Illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. 1 vols. 4to. Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni hardcover
réf. 026724875X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0243581939.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
