Hugo's Works: The History of a Crime (Two volume set, liminted to 1000 copies)

Victor Hugo

Published by Dana Estes & Company, Boston, MA, 1902

About this Item

See photos for condition details. Two volume matched set bound in blue cloth with paper label on spine and limited to 1000 copies, of which these are both numbered 183. Cloth is spotted and soiled with loss to the finish, paper labels are darkened and foxed. The internal binding of the text portion of both books is good but the hinge is about 50% cracked at the front board on volume 2. Both volumes are ex-library with the front pastedowns containing a bookplate stating this book came from the bookshelves of J. Kirk Bosler and came from the J. Herman Bosler Memorial Library (Carlisle, PA). The rear pastedowns on both books are stamped "discarded" and show damage to the finish of the pastedown paper from where the library card pockets were removed. No other markings noted. Volume 1 contains 371 pages and volume 2 contains 444 pages (815 total pages for both volumes). No publication date listed in either volume but these were released on the 100th anniversary of the author's birth year which is why the title and copyright pages state Centenary Edition. In 1902 the publisher created a limited printing of a thousand copies of Victor Hugo's 12 best known works along with a biography by Alfred Barbou. Each of the 13 titles were released independently which is why is rare to find a complete 30 volume set.

Seller Inventory # 2220004

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hugo's Works: The History of a Crime (Two volume set, liminted to 1000 copies)
• Publisher: Dana Estes & Company, Boston, MA
• Publication Date: 1902
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature and the Classics
  • Limited and Private Printings