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Published by Willey Book Co., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1940
Seller: Betty Mittendorf /Tiffany Power BKSLINEN, Ralston, NE, U.S.A.
Book
Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). Blue cloth binding. Black and white illustrations. 221 pages. Int. good. Pages yellowed due to paper content. Minor shelf wear.
Published by The Abbey Library Undated, London
Seller: The Glass Key, Montmorillon, France
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Jean de Bosschère (illustrator). Translated from the French by J. Lewis May with an introduction (printed in English and in French) by André Maurois. 24pp b&w plates by Jean de Bosschère. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Light tanning to the text paper. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy without dust jacket.
Published by William Godwin, Inc., NY, 1940
Seller: Henry E. Lehrich, Allentown, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). ****.**** 218 pages; navy cloth decorated with gold and red scroll work and gold lettering. Inscription of prioir owner on front end paper .see picture on left.
Published by The Abbey Library, LLondon, 1111
Seller: H&G Antiquarian Books, Sheboygan, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Jean de Bosschere (illustrator). 1st Edition. Green boards with guilt embossed title on spine cover book, binding and text clean and unmarked pages browned binding tight no damage illustrated no publ. date.
Published by Abbey Library, NY, 1950
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. JEAN DE BOSSCHERE (illustrator). black c w/gilt titles; illustrated end papers; 219 clean, unmarked pages Size: 8 vo.
Cloth Over Board. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Bosschere, Jean De (illustrator). Cover suffers corner bumping, rubbing, and edge wear. Text has yellowed with age, is slightly loose in binding, and should be handled with care. No ownership or other markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by The Abbey Library, London, England, 1950
ISBN 10: 0375757147ISBN 13: 9780375757143
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Bosschere, Jean de (illustrator). Reprint. A collection of licentious stories with somewhat bawdy illustrations. Wear at the top of the spine. A very good copy.
Published by The Abbey Library, London, 1955
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. De Bosschere, Jean (illustrator). Very good hardcover with no dust jacket. Some surface wear to flyleaf. Black and white plates.
Published by The Abbey Library, London UK
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Book
Hard Back. Condition: Books Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Illustrated by Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). 218 pages. Clean boards & spine. Two small tears to top spine-end. Browning of page-edges/margins. B&W plates. A nice copy.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. JEAN DE BOSSCHERE (illustrator). First Thus. dustwrapper torn around edges, text browning with age. Undated but prob. about 1950. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Covici, Friede Publishers, New York, 1929
ISBN 10: 9111954329ISBN 13: 9789111954327
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. 8vo. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, one of 1550 copies. Ex-library copy with associated numbers and stamps. Light rubbing to extremeties of covers. Toning to leaves, minor occasional smudges. VG.
Published by John Lane Bodley Head, London, 1926
Seller: Your Book Soon, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Jean de Bosschere (illustrator). Limited Edition. xix / 221 pp + 2 pages of publisher's ads, 16 colour plates, 8 bw, orange cloth gilt title to spine, gilt motif to front, orange top. Limited Edition 220/3000 cloth sunned & marked, faint scattered foxing, nice plates solid copy.
Published by John Lane, London, 1926
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Orange cloth/gilt, red topstain. Limited edition #1214 of 3000. Mild cornerwear, spine sunned. Sound hinges; some binding gaps mid volume but pages holding. Color frontis, color plates. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926
Seller: Livresse, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Book
Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Jean de Bosschère (illustrator). ex. 1098/3000, 218 p. Ill. Bookplate of the Fraser Institute. Class number on spine insolated.
Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Jean de Bosschere (illustrator). Undated Abbey Library edition hardback, translated by J. Lewis May, with no jacket. From a private collection and in overall good to very good condition, black fauz-leather boards, with gilt titles to spine, show only minor signs of handling and storage. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, slight tanning to page edges but text and charming illustrations clean and clear throughout.
Published by The Abbey Library
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Bosschere Jean De (illustrator). No jacket. Undated. 218pp. Black and white illustrations. 0.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1926
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, San diego, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Jean de Bosschere (illustrator). Limited Edition. CLEAN 1926 3000 limited hardcover in Very Good+ condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. De Bosschere, Jean (illustrator). 1st Edition. Translated by J Lewis May & intro by Andre Maurois. 11 colour plates & 5 black and white plates by Jean De Bosschere. Limited edition #2118 of 3000. Larger format hardback, approx 10" tall. Page edges untrimmed. Publishers orange cloth with gilt titles & decorations on upper board and spine. Contents clean and complete. Boards a little patchily faded & slight bump on one corner.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926, Limited edition, copy number 395 of 3000, 19263000, 1926
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
hardback, large 8vo, xx,218pp, 17 colour and 7 b/w plates, edges browned and moderate foxing throughout, otherwise sound, no inscriptions, gilt-decorated orange cloth, spine rubbed and faded, minor stains on front board, Good condition / no dustwrapper,
Published by The Abbey Library
Seller: Salusbury Books, GLASGOW, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jean de Bosschere (illustrator). First Editiion as Such. *** BOOK in very good clean tight and unmarked condition. The paper is universally tanned. Black leatherette board with title in gilt on spine. Translated into English by J Lewis May and with an Introduction by Andre Maurois. 219 pages, 24 pages b&w illustrations by Jean de Bosschere. *** DUST JACKET somewhat worn, but substantially complete, unclipped, and now Trimsleeve protected.*** CONTENTS; The first French edition was in 1832, and this volume, although undated, would have been published in the 1950s, when much was made of the fact that the stories were unexpurgated.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1926
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Bodley Head limited edition illustrated by Jean de Bosschere. This volume is numbered 2,712 of 3,000 copies. Early owner's book plate affixed to inside of front cover. Light shelf wear to DJ. Some light ghosting and foxing to endpapers and the edges of pageblock. Book remains tightly bound with unmarked contents.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). First Thus. LIMITED EDITION of 3000 copies of which this is number 1398. Original orange embossed gilt cloth with gilt cover design and deckle-edged paper. A clean, unmarked, tight copy in bright cover gilt. A beautiful copy with just a trifle dust offsetting to the spine.
Published by John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1926
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Translated by J. Lewis May. Introduction by Andre Maurois. xx, 221 [ads] pp. Illustrations by Jean de Bosschere (including frontispiece and full-page color plates). 8vo, publisher's orange gilt-decorated cloth. First edition; No. 1698 of 3000 copies. One page roughly opened (affecting only margin); partially unopened; slight soiling and use to the cloth; tight and sound.
Published by Murray's Book Sales, London
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). No print date, suggests 1970s. A firm straight book, 219 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, with edge chips and wear.
Published by John Lane, UK, 1926
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Jean de bosschere (illustrator). 218 pages. translated by J Lewis May-Ltd edt no1595/3000 copies - front hinge cracked- some light spine wear head & tail-some fadi ng & blotchiness to cloth.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1926
Seller: D. A. Horn Books, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jean de Bosschère (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ten Droll Tales Being the Story of the Fair Imperia, The Venial Sin, The Merrie Diversions of His Most Christian Majesty King Louis the Eleventh, Together with Certain Other Quaint and Piquant Histories Making Up The First Decade of the Droll Tales." --- Translated by J. Lewis May. Introduction by André Maurois. --- Numbered 918/3,000 copies. --- Origiinal orange cloth boards, elaborately lettered and decorated gilt on spine and top cover (24.9 cm height). Top edge tinted orange. Edges uncut. Private book plate front pastedown. Minor offsetting to endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper, lettered and decorated in orange. Chipped spine ends. Now protected. Pp. xx, 221 (including Epilogue) + i, + 2 pp. Book Advertisements at end. including Introduction (Translation into English), Introduction (Original in French), List of Illustrations (14 Full Page Colour Plates, 8 Black and White Full Page), Prologue, Epilogue.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926
Seller: Turn The Page Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). Limited. Age toning to pages especially the end papers. Pages have been very roughly had cut. Binding webbing is starting to show between end papers and boards. Outer boards are bumped at edges and corners. Cloth on spine is just beginning to start to fray. Stunning illustrations are all present. 214 pages. Illustrator: Jean De Bosschere. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52993.
Published by Covici, Friede, N.Y., 1929
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). Limited Edition. A fine, clean and tight hardcover copy. Limited to 1500 copies and numbered 886. Illustrated by Jean De Bosschere. Top edge gold gilt with bright gold lettering to spine and cover. No bumped corners. Spine tips are smooth and round. Jacket brodart covered is good only. Has chips to edges and corner folds as well as a large piece to jackets spine with a split down the jackets spine. Jacket served book well as book is very nice.
Published by Bodley Head, London, 1926
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
First Edition
HardBack. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition. Ten bawdy tales a la Decameron. 1st and Limited Edition, being number 2,874 of 3,000. Very Thick Royal 4to. xx 218pp. Striking and profuse tissueguarded frontispiece, illustrated titlepage, 23 fullpage gilt highlighted coloured plates and several linedrawn black and white illustrations by Jean de Bosschere. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or ownership marks of any kind, pale browning to endpapers. Beautifully bound in bright gilt lettered and illustrated, blind ruled and decorated orange cloth, featuring gilt devil to spine and artists vignette gilt embossed to upper. Gently chipped to slightly faded spine, good shelf presence notwithstanding, gently dusted and streaked to lower, splash water stain to foot of upper near joint, rubbed to corners and patch faded to upper edge, price adjusted accordingly. Fore and lower attractive deckle edge untrimmed. Increasingly uncommon.
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1926
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. Bosschere, Jean De (illustrator). Translated by J. Lewis May, with an introduction by Andre Maurois. Limited Edition; #707/3000. 222 pages in very good, clean condition. With 24 lovely colour plates. Clean endpapers. Orange cloth with gilt titles and illustration on spine. Spine faded. Gilt illustration on upper cover. Corners bumped and frayed. Edges darkened, covers lightly soiled. Tight binding. VG-.