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Published by H. S. Nichols, U S. A., 1905
Seller: First Choice Books, Coeurd'Alene, ID, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 286pp Limited edition of 500 copies Bright blue cover with gold lettering and decoration Corners of cover are rubbed with boards beginning to show and spine tips show wear Pages are clean and unmarked.
Published by The Rittenhouse Press, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with faded lettering. B&W frontispiece. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine.
Publication Date: 1847
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
Book
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual.
Published by H. S. Nichols & Co., London, 1895
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Limited edition of 500 copies. xxiv, 286pp. With a portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's gilt-stamped blue cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines a trifle sunned. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Alexander Meyrick Broadley and recent book labels of Marion C. Walker to FEP, occasional spotting/browning. The memoirs of Margaret de Valois (1553-1615), daughter of Catherine de Medici, queen consort of Navarre and later France, known for her support of the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion. Size: 8vo.
Published by George Gallet, Amsterdam, 1700
Leather. Condition: Good. Taille-Douce (illustrator). A scarce early edition of the short stories of Marguerite de Navarre, an illustrated collection of thirty-two tales in the original French. A scarce early edition.Volume One only of a total of two volumes.The collected tales of Marguerite of Navarre, containing a total of thirty-two stories in the original French.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-two engraved headpieces, by Taille-Douche.Marguerite was Queen of France, the wife of King Henry II of Navarre. Her 'Heptameron' was inspired by Boccaccio's 'Decameron', a frame narrative of seventy-two short stories, left unfinished upon Marguerite's death. In a full calf binding. Externally, lightly rubbed to the boards and spine. Joints are starting with a little loss of leather, primarily to the rear joint. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light discolouration to the spine and to the extremities. Lacking one spine label. Hinges are tender. Bookseller's label and prior owner's ink to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the occasional spot. Good. book.
Published by H. S. Nichols & Co, London, 1895
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
One of 500 Copies. One of 500 Copies. Frontispiece. xxiv, 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter green levant, cloth sides, t.e.g. Fine Frontispiece. xxiv, 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.