The Novels of Balzac TOURAINE EDITION 1898 - 1899 15 Volume Set by H. De Balzac

Hard cover Folio (15 x 12 in). Original gilt tooled full brown morocco, edges gilt marbled endpapers. Pages complete xxiv + 180, with 250 full-page black and white engravings on card with captioned tissue-guards.Containing two hundred and fifty beautiful engravings selected from the Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine with critical essays by Edmund Ollier.Page edges lightly scuffed and rubbed with some small scratches to cover boards - some remedial work done to secure the cover boards and spine, but otherwise good. Card plates bright but some foxing to the outer edges. Some foxing to the later text pages.The plate index is a little tricky to use, but all plates are present with the following corrections:Plate 75 misplaced to p130, plate 91 misplaced to p95.Note: This volume is heavy (38x31x10cm, approx 10kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Rare hardcover 1st edition. Cover has some wear and water marks on the edge. Some shelf wear & corners bumped. Some light tanning. Nice, tight binding. Good for its age. Fictional story of Wannaseska, the Cherokee prophet set during the time the State of Georgia (white settlers) were about to confiscate Cherokee Lands in N. Georgia. The prophet is first hand eye witness and victim to the outrages. Story ends with the Trail, of Tears when the Cherokees agreed to move to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

Warner Books, 1980. Hardcover. Like New. 8x6x1. Collectible first edition, first printing of 37th President of the United States The Real War. First printing statement and full number line to copyright page. Inscribed and signed by Nixon on bookplate mounted on half title page to daughter of former US Senator Robert Burren Morgan thus: "Richard Nixon | for | Margaret Morgan." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Includes priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. Also includes handwritten laid-in note from attorney Carey Miller to Margaret Morgan, Miller speaking of a recent week spent with Julie and David Eisenhower. See attached images. 341 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Internals unmarked front to back. Dust jacket flawless. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Edinburgh, Scotland: Bell and Bradfute, and Archd, Constable and Co., 1811. Leather Binding. Good/Without Dust Wrapper (As Issued). 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Good - full calf binding, gilt decoration to the spine, speckled edges of the text block with head burnished. Corners bumped, wear to the extremities, calf thinning at the hinge of the boards, bookplate of William Ord. Edinburgh on inside of front paste down (bookplate possible of William Ord of Whitfield, MP for Morpeth & Newcastle-upon-Tyne), light tanning throughout otherwise contents clean, bright and tight. As this item weighs over 1kg when packed additional postage will be required for delivery outside of the United Kingdom.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition of C. G. Fairfax Channing's landmark study of post-WWI, post-Revolution Bolshevik Siberia. Numerous topics addressed, including the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the political climate, the AEF in Siberia, conflicts with Bolsheviks, prison camps, Cossack bandits, coal and gold mining, logging, agriculture and much more. Includes 82 full-page historical photos with a tissue-guarded frontis photo and 15 full-page maps, one a fold-out. Part I: Behind the Scenes of the World's Great Playhouse; Part II: The Daily Experiences in the Darkest Hours of the History-Making Upheaval; Part III: Where Siberia's Wealth Is Actually Found. Also includes 3 appendices with supplemental content and a detailed index. Bound in dark-green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine panels. Complete as issued. 475 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with near crisp extremities, fresh board cloth and bright… Read More

Hard cover Folio (15 x 12 in). Original gilt tooled full brown morocco, edges gilt marbled endpapers. Pages complete xxiv + 180, with 250 full-page black and white engravings on card with captioned tissue-guards.Containing two hundred and fifty beautiful engravings selected from the Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine with critical essays by Edmund Ollier.Page edges lightly scuffed and rubbed with some small scratches to cover boards - some remedial work done to secure the cover boards and spine, but otherwise good. Card plates bright but some foxing to the outer edges. Some foxing to the later text pages.The plate index is a little tricky to use, but all plates are present with the following corrections:Plate 75 misplaced to p130, plate 91 misplaced to p95.Note: This volume is heavy (38x31x10cm, approx 10kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Rare hardcover 1st edition. Cover has some wear and water marks on the edge. Some shelf wear & corners bumped. Some light tanning. Nice, tight binding. Good for its age. Fictional story of Wannaseska, the Cherokee prophet set during the time the State of Georgia (white settlers) were about to confiscate Cherokee Lands in N. Georgia. The prophet is first hand eye witness and victim to the outrages. Story ends with the Trail, of Tears when the Cherokees agreed to move to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

Warner Books, 1980. Hardcover. Like New. 8x6x1. Collectible first edition, first printing of 37th President of the United States The Real War. First printing statement and full number line to copyright page. Inscribed and signed by Nixon on bookplate mounted on half title page to daughter of former US Senator Robert Burren Morgan thus: "Richard Nixon | for | Margaret Morgan." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Includes priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. Also includes handwritten laid-in note from attorney Carey Miller to Margaret Morgan, Miller speaking of a recent week spent with Julie and David Eisenhower. See attached images. 341 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Internals unmarked front to back. Dust jacket flawless. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Edinburgh, Scotland: Bell and Bradfute, and Archd, Constable and Co., 1811. Leather Binding. Good/Without Dust Wrapper (As Issued). 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Good - full calf binding, gilt decoration to the spine, speckled edges of the text block with head burnished. Corners bumped, wear to the extremities, calf thinning at the hinge of the boards, bookplate of William Ord. Edinburgh on inside of front paste down (bookplate possible of William Ord of Whitfield, MP for Morpeth & Newcastle-upon-Tyne), light tanning throughout otherwise contents clean, bright and tight. As this item weighs over 1kg when packed additional postage will be required for delivery outside of the United Kingdom.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition of C. G. Fairfax Channing's landmark study of post-WWI, post-Revolution Bolshevik Siberia. Numerous topics addressed, including the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the political climate, the AEF in Siberia, conflicts with Bolsheviks, prison camps, Cossack bandits, coal and gold mining, logging, agriculture and much more. Includes 82 full-page historical photos with a tissue-guarded frontis photo and 15 full-page maps, one a fold-out. Part I: Behind the Scenes of the World's Great Playhouse; Part II: The Daily Experiences in the Darkest Hours of the History-Making Upheaval; Part III: Where Siberia's Wealth Is Actually Found. Also includes 3 appendices with supplemental content and a detailed index. Bound in dark-green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine panels. Complete as issued. 475 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with near crisp extremities, fresh board cloth and bright… Read More