Abbe Daudet (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: CLEAN Dark green Leatherette (1919-25); Gold BL logo on front (1919-25) and bright gold lettering on spine with author's name and title; Brodzky endpapers (1919-25); green topstain; attractive previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper; VERY EARLY COPY with 99 titles listed at back perhaps 1921 edition. STORIES: Play of SAPHO: was at the center of a sensational New York City indecency trial involving the play's star and producer/director, Olga Nethersole. The play was not an exceptional success but the incident is considered a notable step in the transformation of American society's attitudes regarding gender roles and public depictions of sex in the 20th century. MANON LESCAUT: The story follows the hero, the Chevalier des Grieux, and his lover, Manon Lescaut. Des Grieux comes from a noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon.

Pas de couverture. Condition: bon. R320082788: 1861. In-8. En feuillets. Bon état, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Paginé de 555 à 564. . . . Classification Dewey : 200-RELIGION.

Teil I, deutsch von Otto Randolf. Kl.8°, 175 S., / Teil II: übersetzt von H. Th. Kühne, mit einem Bildnis von Daudet, 182 S., / Teil III, Erzählungen: übersetzt und mit biographisch-litterarischer Einleitung von Heinrich Merkens, 101 S., 1 Bl. Verlagsanzeigen des Bibliographischen Instituts, Halbleinenband. Text in Fraktur. Titel der 'Erzählungen' von Diderot mit Namen Lang: deutsch 300 g. Einband und Vorsätze fleckig, einige Lagen im Falz gestaucht, sonst gut erhalten.

relié. in-16 relié plein cuir, bel état, petits accrocs bas du dos volume Lettres de la religieuse portugaise. Ajustement des frais d'envoi en fonction du poids.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. Beautiful Original Decorative DJ is unclipped (95 cents); covered in mylar; tiny chips on top and bottom spine edges. Book is covered in maroon BALLOON CLOTH, Binding #7, Kent endpapers, previous owner's name written very small at corner of front endpapers. STORIES: Play of SAPHO: was at the center of a sensational New York City indecency trial involving the play's star and producer/director, Olga Nethersole. The play was not an exceptional success but the incident is considered a notable step in the transformation of American society's attitudes regarding gender roles and public depictions of sex in the 20th century. MANON LESCAUT: The story follows the hero, the Chevalier des Grieux, and his lover, Manon Lescaut. Des Grieux comes from a noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not stated (illustrator). A limited edition set of English translations of works by eminent French writers. 8 Volumes out of 10 in the Comédie D'Amour series. Eight of ten volumes from the Comédie D'Amour series, each illustrated with frontispiece. This limited edition series is comprised of English translations of esteemed 18th and 19th century works by French authors such as Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Flaubert, and Émile Zola. In bright red cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the boards, a little more rubbed to the front board of the History of Manon Lescaut and The Love Episode. Rubbed at the spines causing a discolouration of cloth and gilt lettering, although gilt remains bright on Madame Bovary. Light bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, generally worse at the heads, with a little wear to the extremities. The front hinge to Sapho starting. Internally, generally firmly bound. A little tender at page 78 and 79 of the History of Manon Lescaut. Pages generally bright clean, with some light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ] Hardbacks, maroon cloth (white spine labels printed in gilt, red and blue), VG to VG+/no dustjackets. Very light rubbing at corners and spine-ends. A few minor cover blems, one small cover spill. One bottom edge is bumped. Red has largely faded from the spine labels, but the authors and titles are in blue and quite legible. One spine label has a bit of chipping to its side, another has a vertical crack. Interiors generally quite clean. Top edges gilt, bottom edges untrimmed, some tanning to fore-edges (some fore-edges remain unopened). Volumes range from around 200 to 400 pages each, but paper thickness altered from volume to volume, so each book appx 1 1/4 inches thick. Illustrated with engravings. Limited and Numbered 208/500. RWR5 French Literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rare set of classic french novels beautifully decorated with green portrait borders and designs over light egg shell colored cloth, there are no markings on the interior and it appears that the books were rarely opened or read because of the light colored cloth some light soiling inevitable Top edges are dusty as it appears this set as a decorative set in someone's book shelves for years, each book illustrated with front pieces with tissue guards ; eleven volumes may require additional postage some locations . Very Good plus.