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Methuen and Co., 1908. 8vo. Original elaborately gilt decorated blue cloth (spine faded - otherwise bright VG). Pp. xi + 452 + 40, illus with 8 b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
Methuen and Co., 1908. 8vo. Original elaborately gilt decorated blue cloth (spine faded - otherwise bright VG). Pp. xi + 452 + 40, illus with 8 b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
Paris: Alexandre Cadot, 1855. 2 vols. 12mo (7 x 4½ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid sides, spines with contrasting gilt lettered labels, red sprinkled edges (near Fine). Pp. [iv] + 392 + [1] table + [4] blank [&] [iv] + 394 + [2] blank, vol I with half..... More
Bruxelles: Meline Cans et Compagnie, 1843. 6 vols in 3. 12mo (6¼ x 4¼ ins). Contemporary half vellum on marbled paper-laid boards, spines gilt ruled with gilt fleurons in lower compartments, gilt lettered labels and red sprinkled edges (a bright VG set). Pp. [v] + 283 + [3] + 295..... More
Rodale Press, 1955. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth-backed paper-laid boards (near Fine), printed glassine wrapper (chipped at edges, not price-clipped). Pp. 40, with coloured illus by Richard Beer (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper). More
William Heinemann, 1902. 12 vols. Honore de Balzac: The Two Young Brides; Alphonse Daudet: The Nabob; Alexandre Dumas: The Black Tulip; Alexandre Dumas: The Lady of the Camellias; Octave Feuillet: The Romance of a Poor Man; Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary; Jules and Edmond de Goncourt: Renee Mauperin; Victor Hugo: Notre-Dame..... More