New York: The Heritage Press, 1961. Ayrton, Michael. Reissue. Large Hardcover.
Includes publisher's slipcase, lacks Sandglass insert. Spine faded, slipcase edges toned.
In the "Oresteia" - the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity - Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within.....
New York: The Heritage Press, 1961. Ayrton, Michael. Reissue. Large Hardcover.
Includes publisher's slipcase, lacks Sandglass insert. Slipcase edges toned, spine faded.
Translated from the Greek by E.D.A. Morshead, with an introduction by Rex Warner. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton. In the 'Oresteia' - the only trilogy in Greek drama which.....
Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Story Classics, 1948. Balet, Jan. Hard Cover.
A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase. Minor general wear to slipcase.
228 pp. Includes publisher's slipcase. Illustrated by Jan Balet. CONTENTS: "A Fine Haul!"; The Nail; The Account Book; The Gypsy's Prophecy; Moors and Christians; The Cornet.....
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed. Spine leans to the right, light stain on page ridge, ink underlining and marginalia.
xxix, 359 pp. Dual text: English and Italian. Led by Virgil, inspired by his love for Beatrice, Dante makes the arduous.....
Boston / New York / Chicago: D.C. Heath & Co., Publishers, 1913. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1913 printing of the first annotated edition of the original Italian text. Spine faded, boards lightly rubbed, hinges just beginning to weaken, pencil underlining and marginalia, ink name on front endpaper.
xxxviii, 283, [1], 297.....
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
xxx, 527 pp. "Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante's The Divine Comedy. The Divine.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 193.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 388 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Good in very good jacket. Ink underlining and marginalia throughout, jacket corners a bit rubbed, jacket lightly toned.
xi, 553 pp. Honoré.....
Cambridge: Dedalus, 2015. Trade Paperback.
Faint edge wear.
In Balzac's classic study of obsession, a chance meeting changes Balthazar Claes' life as it introduces him to alchemy and initiates his quest of the absolute. Throughout, our sympathy is equally divided between Balthazar's single-minded determination to push back the frontiers of.....
. The Bibliophilist Society, 1940. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Ink name on second blank, first few pages foxed.
xii, 310, vii, 307 pp. Two volumes in one. In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves.....
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New York: Calvin Blanchard, 1855. Hard Cover.
No date, circa 1855. Rear hinge loosening, boards soiled, spine toned with loss of gilt, front free endpaper removed.
500, [4] pp. Lavender blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles. Illustrated with 18 steel engravings. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the time.....
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Londra [London]: Guglielmo Pickering, 1825. Full-Leather.
Edges rubbed, spine labels mostly absent, minor splits to spine heads and feet along joints, first gathering of volume 1 (free endpaper, flyleaf, and half-title page) loose but included. An attractive set that could be beautiful with some minor restorations.
Complete in three volumes.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Narro, Jose. Reissue. Hard Cover.
An exceptional copy. Original receipt and blank bookplate laid in.
749 pp. Black leatherette, gilt decor on boards and spine, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers. Translated by G.H. McWilliam. Illustrated by Jose Narro. Giovanni Boccaccio's ‘The Decameron,' written.....
New York: Fords, Howard, and Hulbert. 1880. Memorial Edition. Full-Leather.
1880 Memorial Edition. Edges rubbed, one gathering slightly sprung and a bit proud at fore edge, 1/2 inch chip from front free endpaper.
1100 pp. Full leather with stamped designs on front and rear boards, gilt titles and fleur-de-lis in.....
New York: Pantheon Books, 1949. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
1949 2nd printing. Lacks jacket. Edges foxed, rear hinge weakening.
xliv, 1473 pp. A study of prose and verse throughout the history of civilization, providing the original text and English translation of works by numerous authors, including: Homer; Virgil; Hesiod; Sappho;.....
. Gallimard, 1947. Mass Market Paperback.
Ink underlining on just a couple pages.
255 pp. Often translated as "The Plague", this French-language novel tells the story of a plague that sweeps through French Algiers.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Campbell, Jim. Reissue. Full-Leather.
273 pp. Original red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by Jim Campbell. A collection of short stories by the author best known for O Pioneers!, My Antonia.....
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1906. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1934 12th printing. Front hinge of first volume just starting, small internal tear to vol. 1 backstrip.
xxix, [1], 359, [1]; vii, [1], 386, [1] pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth, gilt titles, decorations, & rules, top edge gilt. Reproductions of forty original.....
London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., Cheapside, 1820. Westall, Robert. Hard Cover.
Rebound in plain blue cloth with gilt titles and rules, new endpapers. One gathering sprung in first volume, front and end matter, plates, and a few text pages foxed. A nice candidate for an elaborate new binding, though we.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. Quintanilla, Luis. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus, one of 3000 copies. Boards slightly bowed, light spots on top edge, ink name and date on front endpaper.
xxi, [1], 232 pp. Translated into English from the original Spanish by Samuel Putnam, illustrations by Luis.....
New York: The Bodley Press, 1949. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Lacks jacket. Top corners of boards bumped, smudge on front board, stain on top page ridge.
53 pp. Translated from the French by Lily Pons. Jean Cocteau, (born July 5, 1889, Maisons-Laffitte, near Paris, France—died October 11, 1963.....
Rochester, New York: Camden House, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
viii, 326 pp. The concept of the generation in today's German culture and literature, and its role in German identity. In the debates since 1945 on German history and culture, the concept of generations has.....
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1892. Bieler, Montegut, Myrbach, Picard, Rossi, Conconi. Hard Cover.
Thirty Years of Paris Volume: Spine cocked, front joint starting, stained. Light general wear to other volumes.
Six volume set. Top page ridges gilt. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897).....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited edition reissue, one of 3000 copies, this set unnumbered. Minor wear to corners, owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume.
682 pp. Translated by John Ormbsy, with an introduction by George Edward Woodberry. Cervantes wrote that the first.....
New York: The Heritage Press, 1964. Bohmer, Gunter. Hard Cover.
Includes slipcase and Sandglass insert Number XV: 28. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase. Minor general wear.
xii, 472 pp. The translations by Lafcadio Hearn and others chosen and with an introduction by Justin O'Brien. Illustrations from.....
New York: Stravon Publishers, 1949. Farruggio, Remo. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. One inch chip along jacket spine base and along bottom edge of front jacket panel, jacket edges rubbed.
128 pp. With illustrations specially drawn for this edition by Remo Farruggio. A collection of short stories. ABOUT THE.....