The Novels of Honore de Balzac - La Comedie Humane (The Human Comedy) - Private Life - 4 volumes

Honore de Balzac (May Tomlinson, translator)

Published by George Barrie & Son, Philadelphia, 1896

About this Item

For the first time completely translated into English. Four uniform dark green cloth hard covers with very little cover wear, just some minor discolouration. Each book has titles within cream paper frame on spine, and each has frontispiece. Two volumes have some water marks on number of the untrimmed pages. I) The House of the Cat and Racket, The Dance at Sceaux, The Purse, The Vendetta by May Tomlinson with five etchings by Leon Lambert, Xavier Le Sueur and Ricardo De Los Rios after drawings by Edouard Toudouze; 341 pages. II) Memoirs of Two Young Wives by William Walton with five etchings by Adrien Nargeot and Charles-Henri Toussant after drawings by by Adrien Moreau; 327 pages. III) Modeste Mignon by Gertrude Christian Fosdick with five etchings by Eugene Decisy after paintings by Pierre Vidal; 409 pages. IV) A Start in Life, Madame Firmiani, The Message, The Atheist's Mass by Francis T Furey with five etchings by Henri-Joseph Dubouchet after painting by Oreste Cortazzo. Four uniform volumes published in 1896 and in good to very good condition. Number 358 of one thousand copies in limited edition. Seller Inventory # 005060

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Novels of Honore de Balzac - La Comedie ...

Publisher: George Barrie & Son, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1896

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: Limited Edition