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1934Paris, La Méridienne, 1934. In/8 reliure demi-chagrin brun à coins, dos lisse à décor doré, illustrations en couleur de Charles Martin au pochoir, 211 p. Exemplaire numéroté. Petites usures au mors et aux coins. L’Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, aujourd’hui plus communément appelé Manon Lescaut. Le livre étant jugé scandaleux à deux reprises (1733 et 1735), saisi et condamné à être brûlé, l’auteur publie en 1753, une nouvelle édition de Manon Lescaut revue, corrigée et augmentée d’un épisode important. Les qualités humaines du roman séduisirent rapidement le public et en feront la célébrité.
Best.-Nr. 17969P.Edts Athêna 1950. Petit in-4 (19/13cm).250 pages. Demi basane vieux rouge, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, première couverture illustrée conservée.
1893Best.-Nr. 9731893 1893 Quarante six compositions de Paul Destez. Calmann Lévy, Paris, 1893. 1 volume in-4 demi maroquin marine à coins, dos à quatre nerfs orné de double caissons, un des 25 sur Japon des Manufactures Impériales (ex. n°20), 227 pages. Bel exemplaire.
1944Editions Denoël, Paris, 1944. Grand in-4 (33 x 26 cm) broché, couverture rempliée illustrée d'une vignette, 30 compositions de Touchagues (fontispice en couleurs, in-texte en noir et planches en bleu, 5 f. n.p. de texte. Petits défauts en coiffes. Exemplaire numéroté (47/950) sur vélin d'arches.
Best.-Nr. 20668accompagnés de 10 lithographies originales d'André Jordan. P. La Colombe, 1945. In folio (38/27cm), 9 pages. + 10 lithographies. En feuilles, sous chemise et étui.
1937Rombaldi éditeur, collection “Les contemporains” Paris, 1937. In/8 carré, broché, couverture imprimée, 5 compositions en couleur de A. Calbet reproduites en héliogravure, 138 p. Tirage limité sur vergé de Voiron. Monod 11094.
1937Rombaldi éditeur, collection “Les contemporains” Paris, 1937. In/8 reliure demi-chagrin rouge, dos lisse à titre doré, doré sur tête, 5 compositions en couleur de A. Calbet reproduites en héliogravure, 138 p. Tirage limité sur vergé de Voiron. Monod 11094.
1944Best.-Nr. 1521944 Marseille, Club du livre, 1944. 1 volume in-8 relié demi velin à coins ivoire plus 1 volume in-16 relié plein velin ivoire (reproduction de l'edition de 1533 des oeuvres de Villon). Les 2 volumes sont sous un emboitage double spécial, vert. Le premier comprend 24 compositions d'Yves Brayer reproduites en fac-similé par Daniel Jacomet. Tirage limité à 5000 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci n°3353 sur velin de chiffon. Très bon état.
Best.-Nr. mon0000086198Platt & Munk 1961-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Booklet. Some cover/edge wear. Platt & Munk paperback
1985Best.-Nr. 26025Paris Mercure de France 1985 -in-8 broché une Revue, brochée (agraphée) blanc in-octavo Editeur, dos muet, 1ère de couvertureimprimée ennoir et illustrée d'un Dessin en noir de Marc HÉNARD, Envoi Autographe manuscrit d'Yves COSSON à l'encre noire en haut de la page 3 : "...A Jean-Pierre et Eliane FOUCHER (Poète Nantais fondateur de la revue Horizon), cet itinéraire Poétique en signe de vive et fidèle Amitié ...(signé),Yves COSSON... Nantes 16 Sept. 85...", orné de 2 Dessins hors-texte en noir de Marc HENARD + un Dessin hors-texte en noir d'Yves TREVEDY, 60 Pages, 1985 La Chevrolière Association Poésie d'Abord (Christian Bulting) Editeur,
1894Best.-Nr. 024029Chicago Illinois: Pilgrim's Progress Publishing Co. 1894. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Barnard Frederick; Dalziel Brothers. Bunyan's celebrated 1678 Christian allegory specifically designed to appeal to young readers with 100 illustrations by Frederick Barnard & other artists as well as engravings by the Dalziel Brothers. In 327 pages with an Introductory Notice of the Author. Copyrighted in 1893 by John C. Winston who also provided the lithographed Frontispiece from 1890 this is the 1894 edition by Pilgrim's Progress Publishing Co. Small quarto 7.75" x 10" has brilliantly decorated brown cloth boards stamped with an elaborate design of Christian on his journey & black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG- minus: quite clean with the occasional spot or smudge text block strong & straight though both hinges are cracked & rear endpapers have become detached. Modest rubbing to extremities very heavy at both ends of spine & all corners--all show slight tears & fraying. Pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning heavier to edges. Light foxing to title page which becomes quite heavy on the adjacent tissued guard. No DJ as issued: the boards are lovely enough! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Pilgrim's Progress Publishing Co. hardcover
2004Best.-Nr. 86119New York:: Gulliver Books / Harcourt 2004. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in blue boards in a fine dust jacket. First printing. A selection of bird stories from around the world collected by Howard Norman and illustrated in beautiful full color with colored pencil and watercolor on Bristol board by Caldecott award-winning artists Leo and Diane Dillon Leo was the first Black US American to receive this award. SIGNED on the title page by both Leo and Diane Dillon. Includes a 4 pp note by Norman about the stories and the selection process - "laughter argument friendship." Slightly oblong format. ix 78 pp. Gulliver Books / Harcourt, hardcover
1867Best.-Nr. D12669London: Bell and Daldy Chiswick Press 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's red cloth ornately stamped in blind and gilt on boards and spine a.e.g.; 8vo; pp. ix 1 398; plus 29 plates by C. W. Cope P. H. Calderon W. Millais W. Holman Hunt Otto Speckter G. H. Thomas E. Warren Lorenz Flohlich W. B. Scott E. B. Jones Harrison Weir John Tenniel Joseph Wolf W. P. Burton M. E. Edwards and Charles Keene. Complete. Cloth a little rubbed here and there; spine tips lightly chipped and fraying a bit along joints; some light bumping along edges of boards; joints and hinges tender with binding somewhat shaken. Internally bright and clean. Bookplate of Kenneth A. Lohf. Bell and Daldy [Chiswick Press] hardcover
1867Best.-Nr. D12669London: Bell and Daldy Chiswick Press 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's red cloth ornately stamped in blind and gilt on boards and spine a.e.g.; 8vo; pp. ix 1 398; plus 29 plates by C. W. Cope P. H. Calderon W. Millais W. Holman Hunt Otto Speckter G. H. Thomas E. Warren Lorenz Flohlich W. B. Scott E. B. Jones Harrison Weir John Tenniel Joseph Wolf W. P. Burton M. E. Edwards and Charles Keene. Complete. Cloth a little rubbed here and there; spine tips lightly chipped and fraying a bit along joints; some light bumping along edges of boards; joints and hinges tender with binding somewhat shaken. Internally bright and clean. Bookplate of Kenneth A. Lohf. Bell and Daldy [Chiswick Press] hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 0060847875.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2001Best.-Nr. Q-0060937777Harper Design 2001-10-16. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Design paperback
1904Best.-Nr. 457260London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co. 1904 one of 500 copies. Good. 1904. Hardcover. hardback large 8vo xii478pp 22 colour plates slight browning otherwise clean and tight no inscriptions green cloth gilt pictorial decorations and titles bumped and rubbed on spine and board edges Good condition . London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1904, one of 500 copies, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 76502London: Jonathan Cape 1955. Modern Literature ILLUSTRATED EDITION first impression thus following the edition by the reprint society 1953. Octavo 22 x 16cm pp.117 3. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Tunnicliffe and Sheppard. Publisher's black quarter cloth with white titles to spine and illustrated white paper over boards. Top edge black. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 10/6. Gently toned otherwise internally crisp and clean. Light toning and a few minor marks to boards. Jacket moderately toned with light wear to edges and some fading to spine. Very good. The Pulitzer Prize winning novel for 1953 and chosen by Anthony Burgess as one of the best ninety-nine novels in English published since 1939. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955 unknown
Best.-Nr. 60962London: Macmillan and Co. 1874. Children's Classic FINELY BOUND a later edition. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.8 388 2. With four illustrated plates including a frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf by BICKERS & SON with raised bands gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels and further gilt tooling to spine. All edges and endpapers marbled. Illustrated bookplate to flyleaf. A little toning and spotting to first and final leaves. Lower half of upper hinge and joint split with an archival tape repair to hinge. Moderate wear to spine and extremities. Very good. The classic children's tale first published in 1863. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874 unknown
Best.-Nr. 75952London: A Longbow Children's Book from W.H. Allen 1978. Children's illustrated FIRST EDITION. Octavo 25 x 16cm pp.8 119 1. With 35 black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by the Grahame Johnstones priced at £3.25 to front flap. Light toning to text otherwise internally clean. Mild shelfwear. Very good. Twins staying with their grandmother in the country realise that a group of mysterious kittens comes to their orchard every midnight. They're determined to find out more. London: A Longbow Children's Book from W.H. Allen, 1978 unknown
1993Best.-Nr. Q-088705644XWishing Well Books 1993-04-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Wishing Well Books hardcover
Best.-Nr. 011477New York: Playmore Inc Dean & Sons Pictorial hardcover binding clean square and tight - interior clean and tight. 176 pages. No date listed. Beautifully illustrated. Size: 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Illus. by Grahame Johnstone Janet and Anne. Hardcover. Very Good/har. Playmore Inc (Dean & Sons) Hardcover
1951Best.-Nr. 48965Chicago IL Childrens Press 1951. Hardcover First Edition 1951 unstated. First Edition 1951 unstated. Very Good in Good DJ: Book shows indications of careful use; moderate wear to the extremities; slightest spine lean;else flawless; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. Shows a couple of very minor flaws; but remains a structurally sound tightly bound copy; clean sturdy and quite presentable. The DJ shows fairly heavy wear to the extremities with one-inch closed tears at the top edge of both panels and a partially closed tear at the top of the rear hinge; mild rubbing only; the price has not been clipped. Overall remains a clean sturdy presentable copy in a somewhat worn torn DJ. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. Folio. 13 x 9.9 x 0.4 inches. Language: English. Weight: 18.5 ounces. A Big Silver Star Book. Hardback with DJ. Childrens Press, hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. Q-089134540XNorth Light Books 1993-09-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! North Light Books hardcover
Best.-Nr. 68512850-75Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
