EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF
Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1997. 1st edn 7th imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 224 (publisher's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper). More
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EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.
Duckworth, 1996. 0715627333. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 224 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp on front endpaper; no inscriptions). More
THE LATE MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS PLAYS Of Bodleian MSS Digby 133 and E Museo 160 (Early English Text Society 283).
Oxford University Press [&] Early English Text Society, 1982. 9780197222850. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. cviii + 284, illus with b&w frontispiece (no inscriptions). More
SUNDRY CREDITORS
Collins, 1953. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (top edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (covers spotted and edges chipped - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 256 (no inscriptions). More
OUR NUMBERED BONES
Canongate Books, 2026. 9781837265107. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 214 (no inscriptions). More
THE DAY OF CREATION
Victor Gollancz, 1987. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 254 (no inscriptions). More
LE PEAU DE CHAGRIN
Paris: Charpentier, 1839. 12mo (6¾ x 4¼ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt ruled with contrasting label, red sprinkled edges (spine lightly marked and small abrasions on lower board - otherwise VG). Pp. [vi] + 357 + [1] blank + [1] table + [5] blank, with..... More
SCÈNES DE LA VIE PARISIENNE Deuxième série La Femme Vertueuse, Profil de Marquise, L'Interdiction, Les Marana.
Paris: Charpentier, 1839. 12mo (6¾ x 4¼ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt ruled with contrasting label, red sprinkled edges (spine lightly marked - otherwise VG). Pp. [viii] + 332 + [2] blank, with half title (prelims toned; no inscriptions). [French text]. More
LE RECHERCHE DE L'ABSOLU
Brussels: Louis Hauman et Comp, 1835. 12mo (6 x 4 ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt ruled, blue sprinkled edges (VG). Pp. [vi] + 362 + [1] table des matieres + [1] blank, with half title (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Parisian Life Volume VIII The Civil Service Gaudissart II A Prince of Bohemia
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1896. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 435, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Alcide-Theophile Robaudi by Charles-Bernard de Billy..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Private Life Volume III Modeste Mignon
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1896. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 409, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Pierre Vidal by Eugene Decisy (no..... More
COUSIN PONS
Folio Society, 1984. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey pictorial cloth, top edge blue (Fine), slipcase (VG). Pp. xiv + 320, with coloured plates by Shirley Hughes (no inscriptions). More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Philosophic and Analytic Studies Volume V The Quest Of The Absolute
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1899. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 307, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Adrien Moreau by Xavier Le Sueur..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Country Life Volume I The Country Doctor
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1898. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 353, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Daniel Hernandez by Charles Giroux (no..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Country Life Volume II The Village Cure
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1898. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 373, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Daniel Hernandez by Charles Giroux (no..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Military and Political Life Volume I The Chouans
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1898. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 493, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Edouard Toudouze by Ricardo de Los..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Military and Political Life Volume III Z. Marcas, The Other Side Of Contemporaneous History: First Episode Madame De La Chanterie; Second Episode The Novice
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1898. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 369, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Adrien Moreau by Xavier Le Sueur..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Parisian Life Volume X The Petty Bourgeois Volume I
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1896. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 361, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Alcide-Theophile Robaudi by Charles-Theodore Deblois, Claude..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Provincial Life Volume IV Eugenie Grandet
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1897. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 287, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Daniel Hernandez by Charles Giroux (no..... More
LA COMEDIE HUMAINE 18 Volumes At the Sign of the Cat and Racket, Chouans, Eugenie Grandet, Quest of the Absolute, Ursule Mirouet, Wild Ass's Skin, Atheist's Mass, Bachelor's Establishment, Beatrix, La Grande Breteche, Old Goriot, Peasantry, Pierette
J.M. Dent and Co., 1895-1898. 18 vols. 8vo. Original gilt decorated uniform green cloth, top edge gilt (spines faded and endpapers rather toned - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, titles printed in red and black illus with b&w plates most with tissue-guard (previous owners' neat inscriptions on front endpapers..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Provincial Life Volume I Ursule Mirouet
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1897. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 351, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Edouard Toudouze by Ricardo de Los..... More
THE HUMAN COMEDY Scenes of Parisian Life Volume V The Poor Relations Second Episode Cousin Pons
Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1896. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 513, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Georges Cain, Louis-Edouard Fournier & Alcide..... More
THE L-SHAPED ROOM
Chatto & Windus, 1960. 1st edn signed by author on dedication page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered turquoise cloth (lightly toned at edges - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (chipped and torn at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 318 (endpapers spotted with previous owner's neat inscription on front..... More
GOD'S GIFT A Version of Amphitryon by Heinrich von Kleist
Oldcastle Co Meath: Gallery Press, 2000. 1852352817. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 72 (no inscriptions). More
PAPER CAGE.
Baskerville, 2024. 9781399808118. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 31 (no inscriptions). More