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Harper & Brothers, New York, 1896; First Edition, later printing; 8vo; [blank(2)], [frontispiece], [i-iv], [half-title], [blank], [1], [2-458], [459], [blank], [publisher’s ad], [blank(3)]; royal blue cloth, gilt and silver titles and decorations; untrimmed page edges. Maurus Jokai’s sweeping novel of love, ambition, and the search for truth, from the poverty of the coal mines to the lavish salons of high society, with fierce rivalries, ruthless social climbing, financial treachery, an exorcism, and a duel along the way. Translation into English from the original Hungarian by Frances A. Gerard. Frontispiece photogravure portrait plate of the author, with guard tissue. Copyright statement 1896, no printed date at bottom of title page, thus a later printing should be assumed. Near Fine, clean, crisp, titles bright, corners sharp, previous nineteenth century owner signature and date in neat cursive hand on f.f.e.p., title page softly creased. A handsome copy of an engrossing novel.

Little Brown, Boston, 1978; No statement of edition; 8vo, 366 pages; green cloth; gilt titles; gilt front board illustration; yellow topstain; illustrated endpapers. Evelyn Waugh’s self-proclaimed magnum opus, rated by Newsweek as one of the 100 best books of all time. Source for the the acclaimed 1981 BBC television series and 2008 feature film of the same name. Fine, in the original clear vinyl dustwrapper. A handsome copy.

Random House, NY, 1975; 4to, 112 pages; illustrated. Random House 1975 reproduction of its 1928 illustrated edition of Voltaire’s CANDIDE, published to mark the occasion of the firm’s 50th anniversary. A verbatim facsimile of the 1928 edition, including all 110 of the Rockwell Kent illustrations. Book-Of-The-Month premium edition, finely bound in brick red cloth with gilt front board illustration, decorative endpapers, and set in type designed by Lucian Bernhard. Fine, in the original illustrated slipcase in Near Fine condition. Clean, crisp, bright and sharp. A handsome copy.

University of Virginia Bibliographical Society , Charlottesville, 1969; First Edition Advanced Proofs; 8vo, 287 pages. A complete bibliographical listing of the books in the personal library of Ellen Glasgow, with ten-page introduction by author Carrington C. Tutwiler, Glastow’s nephew. Near Fine, in illustrated card wraps bearing a reproduction of Glasgow’s bookplate on the front.

Inselverlag, Leipzig, 1908; octavo (4 3/4" x 7 1/4"); 959 pages in all; three volumes; vellum; yapped edges; gilt spine titles; top page edges gilt; red silk headbands; red silk marker ribbons; illustrated. "Simplicissimus," a sweeping picaresque epic set in the violent period of the Thirty Years War, was first published at Mompelgard in 1669 and is universally regarded as one of the greatest works in German literature, and its author, Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621-1676), the greatest German novelist of the 17th century. A handsome three-volume edition, published by Insel Verlag at Leipzig in 1908, with four aquatint illustration plates by Max Klinger, two of them fold-outs. Text in German. Blackletter title page design by E. R. Weiss. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, bright, titles brilliant. A fine set.

Imprenta Nacional, Bogota, Colombia, 1916; First Edition; 8vo; 287 pages; printed wraps. Over 200 fables in verse demonstrating universal moral truths, offered for purposes of restoring honesty, responsibility, integrity, and charity to Colombian society,which Pombo viewed as being in a disreputable state at the time. All entries either authored or personally collected and translated into Spanish by distinguished Colombian national poet Jose Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo (1833-1912) and first published here after the discovery of the lost manuscript after the author’s death. Very Good, binding tight, sound and square, text clean, crisp, bright, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind, pages unopened. Text in Spanish. Quite rare.

Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1940; First Edition; 8vo, 471 pages; publisher’s beige cloth; black spine titles over a red field. Hemingway’s dramatic semi-autobiographical tale of fate, courage, and death in the Spanish Civil War, released to considerable critical acclaim and recommended for the 1941 Pulitzer prize, though none was awarded that year. Source of the 1943 Oscar nominated film directed by Sam Wood starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Hemingway dedicated the book to comrade, paramour, and energetic war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, whom he married the following year. Very Good, pastedown margins lightly tanned, clean, crisp, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Second issue dust jacket with photographer Lloyd Arnold’s credit beneath the rear panel photo, publisher’s price of $2.75, and Henry Seidel Canby blurb on front flap. Arnold was chief photographer for the Sun Valley Company and its Idaho… Read More

R.F. Fenno & Company, New York, 1898; First American Edition; 8vo, 365 pages. Celebrated Hungarian author Maurus Jokai’s absorbing historical romance of political intrigue in Transylvania at the close of the seventeenth century following the coronation of Prince Michel Apafi, whom the Turks raised to power, up to the murder of the last of the Transylvanian barons, Denis Banfi. A riveting story, filled with the unexpected. Very Good, hinges lightly cracked internally, binding tight, square, titles bright. No previous owner signatures or any other markings of any kind. A nice copy of Jokai’s most acclaimed novel.

American West Publishing Co., Palo Alto, 1967; First Edition; 8vo, 572 pages. Thirty short stories of the American West by such authors as Oliver la Farge, Will Henry, Frederick Remington, Dorothy Johnson, Mark Twain, Emerson Hough, Brett Harte, Jack London, Max Brand, Owen Wister, Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, et. al. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket that has a few miniscule edge chips. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Ernest Flammarion, Paris, 1909; 8vo, 716 pages; illustrated. Daudet’s dark novel of the fortunes of a neglected boy born out of wedlock, "a life wholly wrecked by an accident of birth." No printed publication date (circa 1909). The complete novel in one volume, beautifully bound in 3/4 blue leather with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt page top edges, and green silk marker ribbon, with over 60 b&w illustrations by Felician Myrbach. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, titles and all gilding bright, binding tight, sound, and square, corners sharp. Brief previous owner inscription in an attractive hand on f.f.e.p., ("To ____ from ____, Christmas, 1909.") Text in French. An attractive volume.

Chapman and Hall, London, 1868 ; 8vo; blank; flyleaf; frontispiece; i-vi; 1-522; 4 pg. postscript; vii; flyleaf; blank; half calf boards; pebbled cloth; raised bands; gilt spine decorations; gilt rules; black morocco spine labels; gilt titles; marbled end papers; marbled page edges; illustrated. No printed publication date, but circa 1868, with preface by Dickens in which he deflects criticism received from America regarding his satirical characterizations and social commentary incorporated into "Chuzzlewit" to reflect the various coarse aspects of American life he encountered during his first trip to America in 1842. "As I had never, when writing fiction, had any disposition to soften what is ridiculous or wrong at home, so I then hoped the good humored people of The United States would not be generally disposed to quarrel with me for carrying the same usage abroad." Dickens returned to the United States in 1867 amid restored popularity, and in a speech delivered at the NY Press… Read More

Gresham Books, Surrey, England, 1978; 8vo, 267 pages; gray cloth; gilt titles; illustrated. Faithful facsimile of John Bunyan’s classic moral allegory, exactly as it appeared when first published in 1678 by Nathan Ponder of Cheapside, of which but one copy is known to exist. Duplicated verbatim from the 1875 facsimile by Eliot Stock of Paternoster Row in the collection of the British Museum, for which the typeface was re-cast from molds dating back to the time of the first edition. Identical in all respects to the original, including even the shade and texture of the paper, and containing all the original woodcut illustrations. Pilgrim’s Progress as it was first seen by the 17th century reader before any subsequent editions, of which there were eight in Bunyan’s lifetime. Published to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the first edition. Fine, in a price clipped dustjacket which is otherwise also Fine. Absolutely clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Librairie Hachette et Cie., Paris, 1904; Fifth Edition; large 8vo, 296 pages; illustrated. Librarie Hachette illustrated edition of Walter Scott’s 1824 novel "Quentin Durward," elaborately bound in red cloth with ornate black and gold floral designs. Text illustrated with thirty-nine b&w engravings. Text in French. Very Good, clean and crisp, binding tight, sound and square, corners sharp. The gilding of the blindstamped spine titles has faded. All page edges gilt and bright.

Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1967; 8vo, 282 pages; reprinted from plates reset in 1960. Fine, in full calf boards with raised bands, gilt rules, red morocco spine labels, gilt titles, silk headbands, and decorative fleur-de-lis end papers. Original owner name debossed in gilt on lower right corner of the front board. Clean, crisp, bright,sharp, no signatures or any other markings of any kind. A nice leather bound volume.