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1868réf. MYTHOS003249IJames Miller circa 1868. Revised ed. Good. good plus: head & heel worn slight discoloration of dover has inscription dated Christmas 1868 James Miller unknown
1799réf. 182021London : Printed for Vernor and Hood 1799. Fourth Edition. Hardback. Contemporary calf over marble boards very good. Minor generalized wear to the extremities. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 168 pages; Description: viii 168p. : illus. plates frontis. ; 17cm. Subjects: Utopias -- French fiction -- 18th century -- Translations into English. Translation of: Paul et Virginie. Plates dated 1796. Added engraved title page dated 1799. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog T129729. Spine title erroneously credits ""woodcuts by Bewick"". London : Printed for Vernor and Hood hardcover
1892réf. 486854Philadelphia : H. Altemus 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Slightly edge-torn and bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 296 pages : frontispiece portrait illustrations 11 plates. Notes; Illustrated by Maurice Leloir. Translated from the French. Subjects; Saint-Pierre Bernardin de 1737-1814. French fiction 18th century Translations into English. Friendship Fiction. Love Fiction. Slavery Fiction. Voyages and travels Fiction. Mauritius Fiction. Leloir Maurice 1853-1940. Philadelphia : H. Altemus hardcover
1989réf. SBBIH-37M4CX7TBHETPenguin Classics 1989. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Penguin Classics paperback
1819réf. AQ34053London: Printed for John Sharpe et al. 1819. viii 168pp. With half-title and five engraved plates. Contemporary blind-stamped gilt-tooled polished navy calf. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked small surface loss to head and foot of spine. Bookplate of Liam Sims FSA to FEP. Inked ownership inscription 'Lewis Thorpe Cambridge 2 Sept 47' and library stamp of G. A. Judd to verso of FFEP. Internally clean and crisp. British novelist and poet Helen Maria Williams's 1759-1829 translation of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's best known novel the love story Paul et Virginie Paris 1788 set in Mauritius. It was neither the first nor a complete translation but Williams' English abridgement first published London 1795 was immediately successful reprinted 10 times within the British Isles before 1801. The accompanying illustrations for this edition engraved by Charles Heath after Richard Westall are dated 1820. . 8vo. Printed for John Sharpe et al. unknown
1820réf. 426614London : Suttaby Evance & Fox : Baldwin Cradock & Joy 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked leather. Gilt blocked title to spine with raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 v. in 1 196p8p1 leaf of plates : ill ports ; 13 cm. Subjects: Truthfulness and falsehood ; Juvenile literature; Filial piety ; Juvenile literature; Utopias ; Juvenile literature; French fiction 18th century. London : Suttaby, Evance & Fox : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy hardcover
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1950réf. 2110502150305003Yodesha 1950. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Yodesha paperback
1972réf. 2080202103100131Obunsha 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Page: 213 Size: 15.5 Width 11.5 Width 1.3 Volume: 1 Obunsha paperback
2004réf. Q-0809594633Wildside Press 2004-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Wildside Press paperback
1795réf. 3334The scarce first edition of Helen Maria Williams' translation of Saint-Pierre's best-selling Paul et Virginie. This English translation was also to prove enormously popular with many printings in England but this first appearance thought to have been printed in Paris at the English press of Williams' lover John Hurford Stone is scarce. Additionally this copy includes the suite of six engraved plates found only in a few copies. In 1792 two years after her first visit to Paris Helen Maria Williams returned to live there permanently. Her salon on the rue Helvétius became a meeting place not only for her Girondist circle but also for a large number of British American and Irish radicals writers and public figures including Mary Wollstonecraft Thomas Paine Joel Barlow and Charles James Fox. It was at this time that she became involved with John Hurford Stone 1763-1818 a radical English coal dealer who was working as a printer in Paris. Their involvement caused huge scandal in England as Stone was married. He divorced his wife in 1794 and it may be that he was married to Williams in the same year. On October 11th 1793 during tea with Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Williams had learnt that all British citizens in France were to be arrested following the French defeat at Toulon. The next day she and her family were taken to the Luxembourg prison where they stayed until 26th October when they were moved to the English Conceptionist Convent otherwise known as the Couvent des Anglaises. It was here that Williams began this translation. She was released in April of the following year on the condition that she left Paris: she and Stone went together to Switzerland until they were able to return to Paris in 1795 when Stone printed the completed work. Of the copies listed in ESTC only three copies Virginia Morgan and Penn have the plates although the BN copy also has the plates. Of the Morgan copy John Bidwell writes in their catalogue: 'Given the French origins of the paper type plates and binding and the quality of the typesetting this edition was printed in Paris almost certainly at the English press of the expatriate radical John Hurford Stone who was living with Helen Maria Williams at the time. Cf. Madeleine B. Stern "The English Press in Paris and its successors" PBSA 74 1980: 307-89'. Adding another level to the interchange of nationalities in this edition although French the type was of English origin being cast from Baskerville's punches by the Dépôt des caractères de Baskerville in Paris established by Beaumarchais in 1791 and closed c.1795–6. Beaumarchais a great admirer of Baskerville purchased the bulk of the Birmingham printer's punches from his widow after his death John Dreyfus 'The Baskerville punches 1750–1950' The Library 5th series 5 1951 26–48. 'The following translation of Paul and Virginia was written at Paris amidst the horrors of Robespierre's tyranny. During that gloomy epocha it was difficult to find occupations which might cheat the days of calamity of their weary length . In this situation I gave myself the task of employing a few hours every day in translating the charming little novel . and I found the most soothing relief in wandering from my own gloomy reflections to those enchanting scenes of the Mauritius which he has so admirably described . the public will perhaps receive with indulgence a work written under such peculiar circumstances; not composed in the calm of literary leisure or in pursuit of literary fame; but amidst the turbulence of the most cruel sensations and in order to escape from overwhelming misery' Preface signed Helen Maria Williams Paris June 1795. 8vo pp. ii viii 2 9-274 with six stipple engraved plates by Lingée Lefebvre and Clément two after designs by Dutailly tissue guards to all but one of the plates some scattered foxing the text printed on mixed stock much of which is slightly blue-tinted and watermarked 'P Lentaigne' occasional light spotting small marginal hole on D1 one gathering sprung in contemporary calf worn at extremities head and foot of spine chipped roll tool border to covers within double fillet gilt corner fleurons and circles gilt flat spine gilt in compartments blue morocco label lettered in gilt both covers badly scratched with bright marbled endpapers and gilt edges. ESTC t131741 listing BL Bodleian Wisbech; Cornell Harvard Morgan Penn Princeton Smith College Toronto UCLA Chicago Illinois Virginia and Yale. Cohen-de Ricci 932 calling for only 5 plates; no details given in Garside Raven & Schöwerling see note on HMW's translation in 1788:71. John Hurford Stone at the English Press.
1894réf. mon0000103853A.C. McClurg & Co 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Amazing copy! Very clean and tight copy with negligible wear to the spine and covers. Gilt spine front cover embossing and top edges of pages. Pictures available on request. A.C. McClurg & Co hardcover
1888réf. BOOKS242854London UK: George Routledge and Sons. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1888. Ltd Edition. Cloth. No. 221 of 800 copies . 4to. 208 pp. cover rubbed. bumped fraued yellowing . George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1819réf. 220336London : Printed for John Sharpe; Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown; Baldwin Cradock and Joy; and George Cowie and Co. 1819 i.e.1820 1819. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary full aniline calf. Raised bands and gilt-blocked titles to spine with compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Decorative gilt-stamped border to upper and lower boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat worn and rubbed as with age. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some age toning and tanning internally especially around the prelims and plates. Small bookseller's label on blank prelim. leaf: Wm. A. Colman Broadway New York. Previous owner's inscription and signature to half title and engraved title pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight and strong. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 168 pages; Physical description: viii 168 p. 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. 12mo. Added engraved title page with vignette dated 1820.The plates and title vignette are drawn by Richard Westfall engraved by Charles Heath; three of the plates are dated 1820.Printer's imprint on verso of title leaf and at foot of p. 168: C. Whittingham printer College House Chiswick. Translation of: Paul et Virginie. Subjects: French literature -- Children's books -- Translations into English. London : Printed for John Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and George Cowie and Co., 18 hardcover
1891réf. 52357Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine clean & unmarked - Text in English with lovely black and white illustrations by Leloir. 296 pages. Includes a brief biographical essay on Saint-Pierre. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1891. Henry Altemus hardcover
1849réf. 230721-MB15Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson 1849. Embossed cloth hardcover embellished with illuminations and Engravings in Tint by Devereux glue residie on front cover pages heavily foxed does not marr engravings full color frontispiece and title plus plus 12 tinted engravings . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover. Hogan & Thompson Hardcover
1951réf. 2081402110005132Kawaideshobo 1951. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 177 Kawaideshobo paperback
1795réf. 144669London: G. G. and J. Robinson 1795. First separate edition in English translated by the celebrated bluestocking Helen Maria Williams 1759-1827 "amidst the horrors of Robespierre's tyranny" as she explains colourfully in her Preface; it became "the standard English edition well into the nineteenth century" Deborah Kennedy Helen Maria Williams and the Age of Revolution 2002 p. 122. The circumstances under which Williams completed her translation were trying to say the least "she was subject to frequent house searches and on several occasions had parts of the translation and other papers seized and taken to 'the Municipality of Paris in order to be examined as English papers; where they still remain mingled with revolutionary placards motions and harangues; and are not likely to be restored to my possession'" ibid. Paul and Virginia was first published in French as part of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Études de la nature in 1788 and received its first English translation the same year. "ESTC shows 17 English forms of this work between 1795 when Helen Maria William's Paul and Virginia was published and 1800" Garside Raven and Schöwerling. Though published without an imprint this edition was almost certainly issued by the radical and printer John Hurford Stone 1763-1818 with whom Williams was involved. Another edition was published in London the same year by G. G. and J. Robinson. Precedence has not been established. "Although excessively sentimental this little work contains many charming passages especially the descriptions in which Rousseau's influence can be seen of an idyllic life in strange surroundings. It had an immense vogue was translated into many languages and still retains its popular fame. Bonaparte considered it the language of the soul and he pensioned and decorated the author" The Oxford Companion to French Literature. Octavo in fours 205 x 133 mm. With 6 engraved plates by Clément after drawings by Dutailly. Recent quarter calf and marbled boards to style spine ruled in gilt red morocco label. Small rust hole to one leaf touching one letter; a very good copy. See Garside Raven and Schöwerling 1788:71 hardcover
1960réf. 2080202103704779Shiromizu-sha 1960. Soft Cover. Fine. Page number: 202p Size: 21cm A5 Shiromizu-sha paperback
1989réf. 2080502106603311Iwanamishoten 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Iwanamishoten paperback
1789réf. AQ33108London: Printed for J. Dodsley 1789. In two volumes. 3 vi-xii 191pp 1; 2 158pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary half-calf tooled in gilt and blind marbled paper boards. Rubbed some surface loss to dulled spines. Marbled endpapers armorial bookplates of Charles Barclay to both FEPs later armorial bookplates of W. Douro Hoare to both FFEPs recent bookplate of Liam Sims to verso of FFEP of Vol. I early gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I: 'Rachel Juliana and Caroline Barclay from their papa' blank fly-leaves of Vol. II torn away very occasional light spotting. The first English translation from the French of Jacques-Henri Bernardin De Saint Pierre's 1737-1814 popular romantic novel Paul et Virginie 1788. Set on the island colony of Mauritius the work serves as an allegory for Enlightenment France criticising the social inequalities of the state prior to the Revolution extolling the virtues of harmony between men and arguing for the emancipation of slaves. The translator of this first English edition has been widely given as Daniel Malthus father of influential economist Thomas; and although Malthus was involved in the publication the translation was actually executed by Jane Dalton d. 1817. Provenance: Charles Barclay 1780-1855 politician related to the prominent Barclay and Gurney banking dynasties cousin of social reformer Elizabeth Fry. Barclay evidently gifted the book to his two young daughters Caroline and Rachel Juliana the latter of whom married Jospeh Hoare son of educational author Louisa Gurney Hoare 1784-1836. The Barclays resided at Bury Hill House Westcott Surrey not far from The Rookery the home of the Malthus family 1768. It appears probable that Charles Barclay - or perhaps his father Robert 1751-1830 - acquired this copy due to their friendship with the Malthus clan and presumably acquaintance with Jane Dalton. Later in the library of William Douro Hoare 1862-1928 sometime Director of the Bank of England. ESTC T70721. First edition in English. 8vo. Printed for J. Dodsley hardcover