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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. 15 vols. bound in 7. The real 1st edition (in French) with the first 14 volumes dated 1845, and only the last volume dated 1846 (the key and critical identifiers). Rare. RBH says no copies of this edition have sold at auction looking back 50 years, and it is not recorded, precisely, by either Reed or Munro in their Dumas bibliographies (details and analysis to follow). Contemporary 3/4 cloth, marbled boards, slight wear in a few places, vol 1-2 front hinge and rear joint split but holding, vol 9-10 hinges split but holding, vol 13-15 rear joint split but holding, but otherwise all 7 books are near fine, clean, complete, and as sound as a sea anchor, with all 15 half-titles, and they have never been repaired in any way. 3 half-morocco cases. Monte Cristo is an exemplar of what it means for a 19th century 1st edition to have wide appeal, a world classic of sustained imagination, and this is a once in a generation copy of it, dropped into a 21st century marketplace that has been crop dusted with the bibliographically wrong, the misdescribed, and the misunderstood. It's not quite historical romance, but it is a mystery, and every bit a thriller, for 7 generations the most popular novel across the nations (le livre des livres) and it is undeniably, the greatest tale of revenge in all of literature, an effortless read of seamless equipoise, unforgettable suspense, and breathtaking intrigue, a cathartic tale starring the implacable avenger, a superhero more mesmerizing than the woman across the street who won't close the blinds. If you can read it in French, that would be best, because for 150 years all the 19th and 20th century translations into English read like they had been edited and bowdlerized by 2 elderly puritans, one of whom had been dead for months. Every single translation redacted extensive subplots and bled much of the life found in central passages that were thought too erotic, or too stressful, for English speaking readers, with abridgements going well beyond unabashed sex to include an extended scene of torture and execution, 2 cases of infanticide, a female serial poisoner, blueprints for murders without getting caught, a gruesomely described stabbing, 3 suicides, transvestism, lesbianism, illegitimacy, drug-induced sexual fantasies, and more. Also lost in abridgement was the continuous display of the author's classical learning, his vast understanding of European history, and copious lesser diversions such as the customs and diet of the Italians, and the effects of hashish. The novel ends with the line; "l'humaine sagesse était tout entière dans ces deux mots:-Attendre et espérer." (all human wisdom is contained in these two words:-wait and hope.). So, prophetically, in 1996, Penguin Classics finally published a faithful edition in English translated by Robin Buss without redactions, but if you decide to give it a try, buy yourself a portable oxygen tank and keep it close by while you are reading. You are going to need it. You say you like movie books? In 1908 Monte Cristo was (not too surprisingly) the first movie that told a story ever made in the greater Los Angeles area (Hollywood) in the days just before the film business was centered there. Now, here's a run at the bibliography: Anybody who isn't confused doesn't understand the problem. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (misprinted Christo in its earlier editions) has been smothered in bibliographical quicksand. That means all the bibliographies are wrong, though what most readers of them fail to realize is, how wrong (one lie doesn't cancel one truth, it cancels the truth). For just one example, the first 3 entries for Monte-Cristo in Munro's generally competent, and often admirable, bibliography give dates that could not be accurate, and none of the 3 have been verified as even existing exactly as Munro describes them, and his 4th entry, while accurately described, has at least one volume that was misdated by the publisher (see below). Some of the sources get some things right, but the correct facts have been so diluted with so many mistakes that consulting the references can only lead the inquisitive reader astray. And as to sets listed online, I could drive a caravan of motor homes through the messy descriptions of them and never scrape the truth. What we will do here is strip away the misinformation so that what is material can be considered more clearly. NOTE: All bibliography is given as pending new discovery, but it has been 177 years and only the naïvely buoyant continue to wait when there is nothing left to wait for. What we know: We can start with some facts of which there is no doubt. Dumas had Monte-Cristo serialized from Aug. 28, 1844, to Jan. 15, 1846, in Journal des Débats (the leading literary newspaper of the period having evolved from publishing the debates and decrees in The National Assembly during the French Revolution). Dumas had it published that way because, in the 1840s, that's where the money was. Some of the references correctly note that part way through the Journal des Débats serialization, the newspaper Le Siècle (The Century) began a second sequential issue on Sept. 28, 1845, issuing 1 part per week as a supplement (for 18 weeks), and then concluded the novel on Feb. 1, 1846 (2 weeks after the Journal des Débats serial ended) with one, huge, part printing of the novel's final 2/3rds. Parallel to the Journal des Débats serial, 4 Brussels publishers (Alph. Lebègue, Meline, C. Muquardt, and Société belge de librairie Hauman), each published book editions sequentially, in a total of 11 confirmed variations. 2 Paris publishers (Pétion and Baudry) did the same. All 6 publishers were able to create their editions by just copying the text from the journal installments as they appeared, all 6 picked up the novel a few months into its serialization, and all 6 issued at least one edition that, more or less, kept pace with the Journal des Débats publication, with each succeeding book volume being published sh.

First edition in English of the authorâ s masterpiece, published just one year after the original French edition and before the American first, the Richard Manney copy. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's terracotta cloth, decoratively blind-embossed, gilt titles to the spine. Twenty wood-engraved plates after Henry Valentin. In near fine condition with only light rubbing to the extremities and toning, with the bookplate of legendary collector Richard Manney. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. A superior example, scarce in the original cloth, with exceptional provenance. The Count of Monte Cristo, in particular, is "perhaps the outstanding work of fiction to reveal the futility of human vengeance, even when it attains its utmost completeness. Maurice Baring calls it the most popular book in the world" (Frank Wild Reed). First published in 1845-46, Dumasâ â most brilliantly successful novelâ (Harvey & Heseltine, 232) expresses â the frustrated dreams of its era and the deep aspirations of Dumas himself to unlimited knowledge, power and fameâ (Amelita Marinetti). The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. It begins on the day that Napoleon left his first island of exile, Elba, beginning the Hundred Days period when Napoleon returned to power. The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book, an adventure story centrally concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness. It centers on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about exacting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. "The Count of Monte Cristo has become a fixture of Western civilization's literature, as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Mickey Mouse, and the story of Little Red Riding Hood (Lucy Sante). "One of the best thrillers ever written" (Reid, 134).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 5 vols. in 2. 1st edition (published by Lebègue), 1st issue (in 18mo.). Undoubtedly the real 1st edition, listed first by Munro (Alexandre Dumas Pere. A Bibliography of Works Published in French), its priority undisputed by anyone credible, and preceding all other 1844 editions, including those from Meline, Muquardt, 3 editions from Librairie Hauman, Lebègue's reissue in 24mo., and Baudry's 1844 Paris edition (issued last of all the 1844 editions and the most common). Contemporary half calf, some rubbing and wear, joints strengthened, else very good, and complete with all 5 half-titles. Collation: [1]-181, [1 blank]. [1]- 172. [1]-171, [1 blank]. [1]-163.[1 blank]. [1]-223, [1 blank] pp. Fine half morocco and wood veneer case. A scream out loud unearthing, rare by any criterion, and read the next sentence slowly. This is the rarest 1st edition, by census, of any novel, by anyone, that could accurately be called a classic. Munro's bibliography lists a set he saw, so with our set that's 2, and we've located 2 others in private hands. That means 4 are now known. No copies of this Lebègue edition are listed as sold at auction. The only other Brussels editions sold at auction since 1980 were 2 copies with Meline's Brussels and Leipzig imprint, the 2nd of Meline's editions, the 6th overall, and the most regularly seen of the 8 Brussels issues from 1844. More surprisingly OCLC/World Cat located no (zero) sets of our Lebègue 1st edition in any National or University library and only single volumes I, II, and V at Sommerpalais, Germany. OCLC does, of course, record libraries holding multiple sets of the other, later Brussels editions, but "who cares?" comes to mind. Let me repeat. This is the correct 1st edition of Les Trois Mousquetaires, one of 4 known copies, and in rare book world that is colossal. If I had a tail, I'd wag it. Tous pour un, un pour tous. The 1st appearance was a daily serialization in the newspaper Le Siècle (The Century, or some translate it as The Age) from Mar. 14-Jul. 14, 1844. Our Alph. Lebègue edition holds priority over all other book editions, and it is also the rarest. The reason (in this case) that all the 1844 Brussels editions of Les Trois Mousquetaires precede the 1844 Paris edition, is because after the newspaper serial was completed, and with at least 4 of the Brussels editions fully published and being sold, Dumas casually opened Paris book publication rights for bidding while he (unnecessarily) wrote a short preface and slightly revised the text. Most who have read both texts concur that the original is better than the revised. The winner of Dumas' auction for Paris book rights (in a feisty rivalry) was finally Baudry, and he paid a lot for the privilege, so he published a larger edition than was usual for the Paris editions of Dumas' novels up to that time. And yes, it's odd (I'm amazed if there ever was one) that Baudry's (Paris) edition of Les Trois Mousquetaires is the most common of the Paris 1st editions of Dumas' major novels, while Lebègue's (Brussels) edition of it is the rarest Brussels 1st edition of them all, and yet most booksellers continue to offer the Paris edition at excessive prices, without mentioning that it's the 5th edition, because that's the edition they can find, and so they snuggle up against it like a sick kitten to a warm brick. You think you've read it in English? Maybe not. Richard Pevear's 2006 translation is the first complete, uncut, unsanitized, unbowdlerized edition in English ever published.

First edition in English of Dumasâ masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers.ÂTranslated from the French by William Barrow. Barrowâ s translation was the first of three English translations published in 1846 and is considered the most faithful to the original text. To conform to nineteenth century English standards other translations removed many of the explicit and implicit references to sexuality which adversely affected the readability of many scenes. In near fine condition. Set in the mid 17th century, Alexandre Dumas' masterpiece, The Three Musketeers, chronicles the adventures of the young, foolhardy, and brave d'Artagnan as he leaves his family in Gascony to join the Musketeers of the Guard in Paris. A military branch of the Royal Household of the French monarchy, the King's Musketeers furnished a company of light cavalry and formed the royal guard for the king while he was outside of the royal residences. As the story goes: once in Paris, d'Artagnan is appointed by King Louis XIII to Des Essart's company of the King's Guard and befriends three Musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. He soon becomes involved in a plot of seduction, murder and revenge that ultimately results in his promotion to the Musketeers, although he is left heartbroken and filled with regret. First serialized from March to July of 1844 (four years before the beginning of the French Revolution), Dumas used the protagonist's adventures as a vehicle to explore the injustices that defined the current social and political climate. The novel was adapted into numerous television series and films including the 1993 Austrian-American action-adventure comedy starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Tim Curry.

First edition in English of Dumasâ masterpiece. Octavo, bound in half contemporary calf over marbled boards. Translated from the French by William Barrow. Barrowâ s translation was the first of three English translations published in 1846 and is considered the most faithful to the original text. To conform to nineteenth century English standards other translations removed many of the explicit and implicit references to sexuality which adversely affected the readability of many scenes. In near fine condition, with the text fresh. One of the nicest examples we have seen. Set in the mid 17th century, Alexandre Dumas' masterpiece, The Three Musketeers, chronicles the adventures of the young, foolhardy, and brave d'Artagnan as he leaves his family in Gascony to join the Musketeers of the Guard in Paris. A military branch of the Royal Household of the French monarchy, the King's Musketeers furnished a company of light cavalry and formed the royal guard for the king while he was outside of the royal residences. As the story goes: once in Paris, d'Artagnan is appointed by King Louis XIII to Des Essart's company of the King's Guard and befriends three Musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. He soon becomes involved in a plot of seduction, murder and revenge that ultimately results in his promotion to the Musketeers, although he is left heartbroken and filled with regret. First serialized from March to July of 1844 (four years before the beginning of the French Revolution), Dumas used the protagonist's adventures as a vehicle to explore the injustices that defined the current social and political climate. The novel was adapted into numerous television series and films including the 1993 Austrian-American action-adventure comedy starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Tim Curry.

Condition: Very good plus. First English language edition. Rare first complete English edition of the classic swashbuckling adventure. First published in Paris in 1844, THE THREE MUSKETEERS appeared in England soon thereafter in a variety of shortened and serialized adaptations. Barrow's version, published as part of the Library of Foreign Romance series, was not only the first complete English translation and the most widely read, but among the best for a century and more, with verve and a charming touch of literalism. It must be admitted that neither the literalism nor the completeness is altogether absolute: as the Translator's Preface takes care to reassure its readers, a translation from the French that left nothing at all to the imagination would "pander to profligacy," sullied by those traces of objectionable matter so enticing to Continental sensibilities and so morally objectionable to "those of our fair countrywomen who have not lost the delicacy which is the most endearing of their national charms"; those traces have therefore been safely omitted. What remains does very well. The novel has been the subject of three centuries' worth of dramatic adaptations: from the opera produced in Dumas's lifetime, to a Wodehouse-authored broadway musical, to the 1973 Oliver Reed/Michael York costume extravaganza beloved of middle-school substitute French teachers, to 2009's Barbie and the Three Musketeers. None of these tributes have ever eclipsed the original, which lives and flourishes not by its historical intrigues or even its immortal characters, but by its high spirits, joie de vivre, and dashing style. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Contemporary half brown calf with marbled boards, sympathetically rebacked with original spine laid down. Gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label. Translated from the French by William Barrow. Without the additional Library of Foreign Romance series title page, matching Munro 80. Translator's preface bound before Preface to The Library of Foreign Romance. 687, [1] pages. Contemporary ink owner name to front free endpaper, dated 1851. Moderate wear and rubbing to boards, with small indentation to spine. Very slight scattered foxing. Housed in elaborate custom inlaid morocco clamshell case, lined in scarlet wool.

First edition in English of Dumasâ masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles to the spine, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers.ÂTranslated from the French by William Barrow. Barrowâ s translation was the first of three English translations published in 1846 and is considered the most faithful to the original text. To conform to nineteenth century English standards other translations removed many of the explicit and implicit references to sexuality which adversely affected the readability of many scenes. Period bookplate to the front pastedown, in very good condition with some loss to a few pages. Housed in a custom half leather clamshell box. First editions are of the utmost scarcity. Set in the mid 17th century, Alexandre Dumas' masterpiece, The Three Musketeers, chronicles the adventures of the young, foolhardy, and brave d'Artagnan as he leaves his family in Gascony to join the Musketeers of the Guard in Paris. A military branch of the Royal Household of the French monarchy, the King's Musketeers furnished a company of light cavalry and formed the royal guard for the king while he was outside of the royal residences. As the story goes: once in Paris, d'Artagnan is appointed by King Louis XIII to Des Essart's company of the King's Guard and befriends three Musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. He soon becomes involved in a plot of seduction, murder and revenge that ultimately results in his promotion to the Musketeers, although he is left heartbroken and filled with regret. First serialized from March to July of 1844 (four years before the beginning of the French Revolution), Dumas used the protagonist's adventures as a vehicle to explore the injustices that defined the current social and political climate. The novel was adapted into numerous television series and films including the 1993 Austrian-American action-adventure comedy starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Tim Curry.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Le Chevalier d'Harmental unleashed Dumaspalooza, his towering and best-selling historical romances (romans d'or). It was the first of Dumas' novels researched by Maquet (you can talk about the miracle, but you never talk about the angel). Here's the history. In 1838 Dumas serialized, and then published, his first novel, Le Capitaine Paul, to temperate notice, followed later that year by Acté, which was much better written, but mistakenly set in ancient Rome, and published during an apathy for the ancients following the Roman revival. For 3 years he pressed on, sharpened his skills, perfected his craft, surmised the intricacies of historical romance, and intuited the preferences of his readers, then unified all 4 into a new ritual of high art, exploding on the scene with this novel, the first coupling of an historical romance with a cloak and dagger thriller. It's set (1718), in the midst of The Cellamare Conspiracy, a critical pivot in European history, following the 1715 death of Louis XIV and the French throne's passing to his 5-year-old great-grandson, Louis XV. It is more sinister, sophisticated, malicious, and grimmer than any historical novel that preceded it, and it's grittier than most of those that succeeded it. The regent (the Duc d'Orléans) and the regency council (led by the Duc d'Maine) quarreled, plotted, and tried to murder each other in factions. The Spanish ambassador (Cellamare) got involved, and forged a seditious intrigue, but lost his gamble to play one clique against the other and install the Spanish King as the new regent. "The history of ideas is the history of the grudges of solitary men." -Cioran This is an unquestionably important book in the chronicles of literature, no less than the modern historical romance's genotype, a descendant of ideas first conceived, formularized, and executed by others, but Dumas leaves none of them undeveloped. He interrogates their assumptions more deeply and traces their implications more exhaustively. Where (earlier) authors insisted in general terms, he undertakes a famously comprehensive, exacting, and sustained reconnaissance, scrutiny, disassembly, and reassembly of the subject. Where they had cautiously compared, he expounds a bold, amplified, highly matured conception of writing as a science, a systematically self-reflexive mode of engaging the reader and knowing the world. 4 vols. 1st edition of Dumas' first successful novel. It follows a daily serialization in the newspaper Le Siècle (The Age, or The Century, depending on who is translating). Reed's bibliography (A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas Père, 1933, 1974) based on his gigantic collection now at Auckland (NZ), lists Dumont's 1843 Paris edition of this title as the 1st edition, so he didn't have, or see, or hear about, this one dated 1842. Munro (Alexandre Dumas Pere. A Bibliography of Works Published in French) lists a Brussels edition first but gets all the dates right, having Dumont's Paris edition, and the 3 Brussels editions he saw, all dated 1842. Rare. Rare Book Hub says no sets sold at auction in 50 years. OCLC lists only 2 sets institutionalized world-wide (at Indiana and Yale), and a half set, vols. I and II only (at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris), and we found a defective and imperfect set for sale in France, and even if that misses a set, or 2, or 3 buried somewhere unnoticed, it's still an item of indubitable rarity. Contemporary half French speckled roan, rubbing to sides, else a very good set with nice margins (4 5/8" X 7 1/4"), complete with half-titles, ads, and contents leaves. A noble copy (Royal Bavarian), ex-Prince Carl V. Bayern Guter, from the castle library of Tegernsee, with his oval, armorial stamp to each title page.

Condition: Near Fine. First English Language Edition. First English language edition of The Count of Monte Cristo, preceding the slightly more common London edition of Chapman & Hall with an anonymous translator. Also the first Irish edition. Bound in 19th century half calf over marbled boards, without half title and with spine rebacked. Near Fine with bindings rubbed, owner name to title page in both volumes; a repaired tear to a preliminary blank sheet in Volume II, page 11 with a tear and slight loss. A rare, attractive example of the classic French adventure novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. 2 vols. 1st edition (the authentic Paris 1st printing) probably preceded by the pirated Brussels editions, and that is as was usual with Dumas, but what is not usual is that, in this case, the Brussels editions are dated prior to the 1845 serialization in La Nord, so from what source the Brussels editions were copied is unknown, and because of that, valid questions remain about the accuracy of their dates of issue (whether the title page dates are accurate), and of Muro's priority (Alexandre Dumas Pere. A Bibliography of Works Published in French). Modern half oasis, marbled boards by Yves Rameau, small oval stamp of Cercles des Proceens in a few places, minor flaws to margins, else a near fine set. RBH lists 2 sales at auction, Munro found the one listed in his bibliography, but my search of OCLC did not locate a single copy in any National or University Library, so our set makes 4, and yes, there will be another one out there somewhere, and if anyone has seen it, I'd like to hear about it. An astonishing novel, a sky full of thunder. Unusually for Dumas, it's set (1841) almost in the year it was written, it's narrated by him in the first person, and he himself makes an appearance as one of the characters. The style is smooth, light, and elegant, the descriptions of scenery and delineations of characters are moving, highly poetical and salient, and Dumas is peculiarly adept in his witty and sarcastic dialogues. It's a 2-part tale of psychological suspense with dark undertones, more an intrigue than a swashbuckler, about a pair of conjoined twins, separated at birth, who remain psychically connected and can still feel each other's emotions, above all their distress, even when not in close proximity. "You lock the door and throw away the key, .There's someone in my head, but it's not me." -Roger Waters and Peter Watts (Pink Floyd), Brain Damage Lucian has remained in Corsica. Louis is a Paris lawyer. Lucian's part is rural and violent, and spins on him being drawn, reluctantly, into a posture where he must mediate a vendetta between 2 treacherous Corsican families (Orlandi and Colona). The part with Louis is more cosmopolitan and refined, and includes the civilized pursuits omnipresent in Paris (operas, salons, mistresses), and it ends with a digression, a gift from Dumas, a deep and intricately detailed description of the formalities of a duel, from insult to fatal bullet. And though the reader is meant to anticipate the finale, it is not so much predictable as it is inevitable. The Brussels editions have the title Une Famille Corse (The Corsican Family), while the Paris edition titled it Les Frères Corse (The Corsican Brothers), which title it retained thereafter, but under whatever title, the public loved it, and it became such an extensively translated minor classic, that it remains in print, and has been revered as an exhilarating read since the day it was published. It was adapted to the stage countless times beginning in 1852 and has been filmed (by my count) 16 times, beginning with a George Albert Smith directed take in 1898. The best of the movies that followed included a 1941 revision starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and a more faithful French/Italian 1961 adaptation starring Geoffrey Home. As to this edition's rarity there is no argument, but the word rare is tossed around these days like dollar bills at strip clubs. How, I wonder, can booksellers be so self-defeating, as to put a book up online and call it rare when there are 5 (or 25) other copies online right next to it? Now, back to our 1st edition of Les Frères Corse. Once its rarity is broadly realized, it will mean more to the next generation than it did to the previous one, and this touches an idea. The quality of a library is not measured by the status of the books you buy, but rather by the rise in status they undergo during the time they are in your hands. Much in the same way that a university is not measured by the quality of the students they take in, but rather by the quality of the citizens they turn out. As for Dumas, it's simple. He endures as the most read of all French authors.

The Artists' Edition of the complete works of Alexander Dumas. Octavo, 46 volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and botanical decorations to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, photogravure frontispieces in 2 states to each volume, one hand-colored and the other on Japan vellum, each with lettered tissue guard, title-pages printed in red and black on Japan vellum, illustrated with numerous photogravures. One of 100 numbered copies of the Artists' edition, this is number 9. In near fine condition. An exceptional set. Alexander Dumas, born in 1802, was a prolific French writer known for his historical novels, most notably "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo." Dumas' works are celebrated for their intricate plots, swashbuckling adventures, and memorable characters. His storytelling prowess and ability to weave together historical events with fiction have left an enduring impact on literature. Dumas' exploration of themes such as justice, revenge, and loyalty continues to captivate readers, making him a literary giant whose influence spans generations.

First edition. THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS TRILOGY. ALL THREE NOVELS: PREDATING ALL THE PARIS EDITIONS, AND THE ONLY VERSION PRESERVING DUMAS' ORIGINAL TEXT, INCLUDING THE COMPLETE CHAPTER LE BONHOMME BROUSSEL. "Les Trois Mousquetaires" - Brussels: Meline, Cans, et Compagnie, 1844. 5 vols. octavo (150 × 95 mm.), pp. [iv], 276; [iv], 303; [iv], 268; [iv] 262; [iv] 293. With all the half-titles. Each title with a woodcut vignette of a musketeer. Publisher's green pebble-grained cloth, spines lettered direct in gilt. A fine copy. [WITH] "Vingt Ans Après (Suite des Trois Mousquetaires)" - Brussels: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1845. 6 vols. octavo bound in 3, (150 × 100 mm.), pp. [ii], 283; [ii], 295; [ii], 295; [ii], 257; [ii], 312; [ii], 379. Each title with a woodcut vignette of a musketeer. Publisher's dark blue cloth blind-stamped with a floral pattern, red morocco labels. Extremities slightly rubbed, closed tears to cloth at spine heads of all three volumes. A couple of outer joints with short cracks but secure. A very good copy. [WITH] "Le Vicomte de Bragelonne (Suite de Vingt Ans Après)" - Brussels: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1848-1850. 13 vols. octavo bound in 6 (145 × 100 mm.), pp. [iv], 285; [iv], 285; [iv], 263; [iv], 276; [iv], 283; [iv], 277; [iv], 284; [iv], 279; [iv], 278; [iv], 257; [iv], 251; [iv], 281; [iv], 329. With all the half-titles. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards, flat spines gilt, lettered direct in gilt, all edges sprinkled blue. A fine copy. THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY IN VERY RARE EARLY BRUSSELS EDITIONS, THE ORIGINAL PRINTINGS OF THE NOVELS. Predating the first Paris editions, and preserving Dumas' original text-extensively revised in all the Paris and subsequent editions. With the complete chapter Le Bonhomme Broussel, lacking in the Paris and subsequent editions. The first Paris editions of the Three Musketeers trilogy are legendarily rare: there are probably only two libraries worldwide with complete sets (Yale and the Bibiliothèque Nationale de France). The Brussels editions that preceded the first Paris editions appear to be equally rare in libraries: we have been able to locate only two complete sets (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, University of Göttingen). They are certainly equally rare on the market (see below). The present set includes the following editions, as set out in Munro's Alexandre Dumas Père, A Bibliography of Works published in French 1825-1900: fifth Brussels edition of Les Trois Mousquetaires, preceding the first Paris edition (Munro p. 143); third Brussels edition of Vingt Ans Après, preceding the first Paris edition (Munro p. 165); sixth Brussels edition of Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, preceding the first Paris edition (Munro p. 195). THE BRUSSELS EDITIONS OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS The Brussels editions of the Three Musketeers remain mysterious and little-understood. It was long assumed that the novels first appeared in book form in Paris, following their serial publication in the Parisian newspaper Le Siècle. In 1924, however, Laurent Carteret, in his Trésor du bibliophile Romantique et Moderne, drew attention (without giving any details) to the existence of a group of Brussels printings of the novels-the first acknowledgement of the Brussels editions in any major bibliography (Carteret p, 235). In 1935, the next significant bibliography of French literature, Hector Talvart and Joseph Place's Bibliographie des auteurs modernes de langue francaise, assembled details on about 22 Brussels editions of Dumas. For Vingt Ans Après, for example, we find: "N.B. En 1845, une edition de Vingt Ans Après a paru à Bruxelles chez Meline, Can et Cie en 6 vol. . ." And for Le Vicomte de Bragelonne: "N.B. Cet ouvrage, auquel Aug. Macquet a collaboré, a paru également en 1848-50 à Bruxelles, chez Meline, Cans et Cie, en 13 vol. . ." BIBLIOGRAPHIES O . . . (FULL DESCRIPTION ON REQUEST).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 8 vols. in 4. 1st edition (many issues simultaneous or nearly so), the first 6 dated 1845, the last 2 dated 1846. Contemporary half orange paper, gray boards (a German bradel binding), paper labels on each spine ("Schloss Dyck Frz Bell" above a stamped "335"), complete with all 8 half-titles those for vols. I, III, V, and VII bound in at the front of each of the 4 volumes, those for vols. II, IV, VI, and VIII mounted on each front cover, the vol. I and III title pages inverted, with handwritten corrections, 4 text pages with minor marginal wear, else very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unpublished Manuscript by Alexandre Dumas pere, author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, often called the greatest French Romantic novelist. "He had great gifts of narrative and dialogue, a powerful imagination [and] a genius for seizing the situations and characters that would best render historical atmosphere. He wrote with unflagging gusto and an instinctive conviction that l action et l amour were the essential things in life, hence in fiction (Reid, 196). Dumas reputation as France s premier adventure writer and a forefather of popular fiction is evidenced in this manuscript which makes spectacle of Nero's "taste for debauchery" and briefly recounts the story of Sporus, the teenage boy whom Nero gelded, dressed up as a female, and later married. Fascinating full-page fragment of Dumas' take on the "infamous gossips and adulterers" of Ancient Rome. A few chips and repairs. Book #Cv1111. $4500. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

Kein Einband. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. Dumas (père), Alexandre (1802-1870) - Carte de visite photograph signed - French novelist of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask. Carte de visite photograph signed "Al. Dumas". 2.5 x 4.5 inch, n.p., n.d. Photograph featuring an oval image of Dumas in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Pierre Petit, Paris as printed on verso. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to the lower border. Upper left corner very slightly clipped with small toning stain to the upper edge, otherwise good condition. COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY ANDREAS WIEMER HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. Signatur des Verfassers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. E. Van Muyden (illustrator). Here is the complete set of Alexandre Dumas's Works in 32 volumes. The Louvre Edition, limited to 1000 copies this being #627, bound in 3/4 tan leather, gilded spines , top outer edges of pages gilded, some top spine edge wear but no chipping, all boards are tight to spines, no separations, illustrated set. A nice shelf set.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 2 vols. 1st complete (?) issue, reprinting the serializations of The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After (pre-originals) in the newspaper Le Siècle and printing here first with them, The Viscount of Bragelonne (The Man in the Iron Mask). This is the 3 novels issued together and simultaneously, for what seems to have been the first time, or at least a very early issue (not listed by Munro in the Dumas bibliography). This publication of the trilogy in Le Siècle was projected to be part of a larger project to publish a run of Dumas' major romances up until that time. Contemporary boards, rebacked with new spines of old paper, contemporary cloth labels laid down. Very good.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. DUMAS (père), Alexandre 1802-1870 Lettre autographe signée « A Dumas » au « Patriarche de Jérusalem » S.l, 15 avril [18]47, 2 p. 1/2 in-8°, avec enveloppe autographe (contrecollée au verso du second feuillet) En-tête gaufré d un petit écusson et d une couronne Petites fentes au plis En proie à de graves difficultés financières et poursuivi par ses créanciers, l auteur des Trois Mousquetaires requiert la procuration de Madame Dumas, afin d emprunter une forte somme d argent « Cher et très illustre Patriarche, J ai reçu vos lettres, et si quelque chose avait pu augmenter les ennuis au milieu desquels je me suis trouvé, par deux banqueroutes successives qui m ont fait perdre près de 80,000 f ce serait que vous ayez cru un instant que mes retards dépendaient de ma volonté. Je vais enfin me dégager de ma maison de plusieurs dettes dont elle était chargée. Et je veux emprunter dessus trente ou quarante mille francs seulement j ai besoin de la procuration de Mad[am]e Dumas [Ida Ferrier] pour faire ce prêt elle doit le recevoir aujourd hui Alors je pourrai par le retour du courrier lui faire passer trois mille francs et ayant quelque argent devant moi m entendre avec un banquier. Je ne puis pas vous dire cher Patriarche à travers quelles luttes j ai passé depuis mon retour tous les créanciers de deux hommes que mad[am]e Dumas connaît bien elle même et qui se nomment Mr Laurey et Bethune sont tombés sur moi et ce n est qu en travaillant 18 heures par jour que j arrive non pas à faire face à tous mais à me soutenir. Que Mad[am]e Dumas fasse donc passer sans retard cette procuration à Dommange et le premier argent touché sera pour elle. Adieu cher Patriarche, croyez mieux de moi J espère demain ou après demain envoyer en attendant mille francs à mad[am]e Dumas Tous les respects du c ur A Dumas » Le père des Trois Mousquetaires et du Comte de Monte-Cristo a toujours vécu au dessus de ses moyens. Grâce à des rentes généreuses suite à la publication de ses chef d uvres, il fait bâtir le château de Monte-Cristo à Port-Marly, en 1846. En parallèle, sa femme Ida Ferrier, avec qui il est séparé, lui demande une pension. Fêtes organisées avec le tout Paris, train de vie dispendieux, l écrivain dépense plus qu il ne gagne, et la révolution de 1848 va le ruiner. Il se voit privé de ses rentrées habituelles (arrêt du théâtre et des feuilletons pendant plusieurs mois) et sera contraint de vendre son château après n en avoir profité que moins de deux ans. En cette année 1847, Dumas commençait la rédaction du Vicomte de Bragelonne, la fameuse suite des Trois Mousquetaires. Signé par l'auteur.

Rare first edition of Dumas' first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensà es Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hà là ne. In near fine condition with light toning. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

Finely bound example of Dumas' classic work in the original French. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter crimson crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In near fine condition. Set in the mid 17th century, Alexandre Dumas' masterpiece, The Three Musketeers, chronicles the adventures of the young, foolhardy, and brave d'Artagnan as he leaves his family in Gascony to join the Musketeers of the Guard in Paris. A military branch of the Royal Household of the French monarchy, the King's Musketeers furnished a company of light cavalry and formed the royal guard for the king while he was outside of the royal residences. As the story goes: once in Paris, d'Artagnan is appointed by King Louis XIII to Des Essart's company of the King's Guard and befriends three Musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. He soon becomes involved in a plot of seduction, murder and revenge that ultimately results in his promotion to the Musketeers, although he is left heartbroken and filled with regret. First serialized from March to July of 1844 (four years before the beginning of the French Revolution), Dumas used the protagonist's adventures as a vehicle to explore the injustices that defined the current social and political climate. The novel was adapted into numerous television series and films including the 1993 Austrian-American action-adventure comedy starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Tim Curry.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1846 Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas SPANISH Madrid Mosqueteros 8v Literature All for one and one for all! Dumas, The Three Musketeers French writer Alexandre Dumas provided some of the greatest literature of the late-19th-century. His work has been translated into nearly 100 languages! Titles such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers have gained timeless popularity. Three Musketeers is one of the most popular historical novels written in the French language; a story that follows the adventures of four inseparable musketeers who involve themselves in various 17th-century French political affairs. This 1847 Spanish edition encompasses the third part of Musketeers entitled The Vicomte of Bragelonne and was published in Madrid by Ramon Rodriguez de Rivera. Item number: #22573 Price: $750 DUMAS, Alexandre Los Mosqueteros : tercera parte. El Vizconde de Bragelonne. Novela Madrid: de D. Ramon Rodriguez de Rivera, 1847-1849. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages; 16 volumes in 8 tomes o Each volume with separate title page and pagination Language: Spanish Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~5.25in X 3.75in (13cm x 9.5cm) Quite scarce Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 22573 Photos available upon request.

Kein Einband. Condition: Sehr gut. Dumas (père), Alexandre (1802-1870) - autograph note signed French novelist of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask. Autograph note signed "Alex Dumas". 1p., 9.0 x 3.75 inch, n.p., n.d. A fine note in French written and signed in dark black ink. Handling wear, else good condition. COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY ANDREAS WIEMER HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS. Signatur des Verfassers.

Athenaeum edition. Very good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Frontispieces accompanied by guard sheets. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date of publication is not given. Physical description: 20v.: illustrated. Contents; -Ange Pitou: vol. I -Ange Pitou: vol. II -Twenty Years After: vol. I -Twenty Years After: vol. II -The Vicomte De Bragelonne: vol. I -The Vicomte De Bragelonne: vol. II -The Vicomte De Bragelonne: vol. IV -La Dame De Monsoreau -La Comtesse De Charny: vol. I-La Comtesse De Charny: vol. II -La Comtesse De Charney: vol. III -The Count of Monte Cristo: vol. I -The Count of Monte Cristo: vol. II-The Count of Monte Cristo: vol. III -Monsieur De Chauvelin's Will -The Queen's Necklace: vol. II -Memoirs of a Physician: vol. II -Marguerite De Valois -Le Chevalier De Maison-Rouge -The Forty-Five. Subjects: Three musketeers. Crimes. Detective stories. Romantic fiction. Women. Memories. Genre: Illustrated. Fiction. 7 Kg.

Half calf. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 10 vols. 1st edition (?), maybe preceded by Cadot's Paris edition (maybe not), and parallel to the Brussels editions of Lebégue's and Muquardt. The timing is close and Munro only addresses his guess towards the first volume published, not the last. He lists Lebégue's edition before Méline's based on the former having 3 vols. (of the 10) dated 1846, versus Méline's, which has 2 vols. so dated. But digging a little deeper than the superficial, his chronology is reversible. The 3 Lebégue volumes dated 1846, have 354 total pages in 24mo. whereas the 2 Méline volsumes dated 1846 have 464 total pages in 16mo. so more of the novel's text is dated 1846 in Méline's edition compared to Lebégue's (the same relationship also applies to the edition of Muquardt). Further, Munro notes 2 states of Méline's imprint, but the books are without textual differences, and there is no priority between them. Half calf, uncut, very good condition, and with some of the (grubby) original wrappers preserved. I had the doubts of a purest (always dangerous) about whether to sell this title without some warning attached to the authorship. It is found in many of the major sets of Dumas' collected novels that include only his most popular books, and attempt to be concise about which titles they contain, but it is not entirely his work. It is set very early on the chronological line (1521-1574) of Dumas' most famous novels, and Dumas did wrangle the characters and devise the plotline, but he was so busy with 5 simultaneous serializations that he turned over more than the usual amount of the writing to another, in this case Paul Meurice. Nonetheless, the novel remains popular, and in print, despite it lacking the requisite full compliment of Dumas' style and energy.

Finely bound edition of Dumas' classic work. Octavo, bound in full red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles. In near fine condition. The Borgais is the narrative of the events surrounding the Borgias and their many criminal and corrupt deads by the famous French author Alexandre Dumas. Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; 24 July 1802 â " 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, pà re ("father"), was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, unfinished at his death, was completed by a scholar Claude Schopp who was the leading authority on Dumas and published in 2005, becoming a best seller.

Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Manuscript annotations on first few leaves indicating the names of the actors playing the lead roles. Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' 1872 novel, this film follows the adventures of English hero Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. Set in the UK. White titled wrappers, noted as Revised Final Draft on the front wrapper, production No. 887, dated April 23, 1947. Title page present, dated April 23, 1947, with credits for novelist Alexander Dumas [sic] and screenwriters Charles H. Schneer and Maurice Tombragel. 118 leaves, with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with yellow and white revision pages throughout, dated April 25th, 1947. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

Navarre edition. Good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Tissue guarded color plates. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 14 volumes. 19cm. Contents: v. 1: The Count of Monte Cristo: v. 1 ; v. 4: The Count of Monte Cristo: v. 4 ; v. 8: Ascanio ; v. 5: Agénor de Mauléon: v. 1 ; v. 6: Agénor de Mauléon: v. 2 ; v. 12: The Horoscope ; v. 13: Marguerite de Valois ; v. 15: The Forty-Five ; v. 22: The Vicomte De Bragelonne: v. 3 ; v. 24: Sylvandire, and The Woman with the Velvet Necklace ; v. 25: The War of Women ; v. 40: The Chevalier De Maison-Rouge ; v. 41: The Companions of Jehu ; v. 42: The Whites and the Blues. Notes; Limited edition - set no. 239 out of 1000. Subject; French literature. 15 Kg.

1st edition. Provenance: Andrew Sanders. Finely bound in the original gilt-blocked leather over cloth. Frontispieces accompanied by guard sheets. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved set overall. Physical description: 2 v: illus., plates, ports; 29 cmNotes: Includes bibliographical references.Subject: France History Louis XIV, 1643-1715. Genre: History. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Lacking slipcase. Boards exhibit typical wear with light scuffing, edge wear. Scuffed corners with light rounding. Spine cloth lightly chipped with minor fading from sun exposure. Gilt finishing remains bright and intact. Front fly leaves have minor chipping to edges. Interiors are typically toned with light foxing throughout. No. 88 written in red ink on copyright leaf. Bindings are tight and intact. Free of known markings. Please see photos. A 19th century classic with numerous illustrations by Maurice Leloir, French watercolorist, illustrator, draftsman and collector. An appealing set for collectors of Dumas. COLI1894DLMK-variant.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. DUMAS (fils), Alexandre (1824-1895) Lettre autographe signée « A D » à un ami S.l.n.d [Paris, fin 1877], 8 pp. in-8°, à son en-tête du 98, avenue de Villiers Très longue lettre de Dumas fils évoquant les circonstances politiques du moment et pariant sur l'échec du retour au pouvoir du Second Empire « Mon cher ami, je reçois votre lettre datée du 27 avril, elle m'arrive le 24 octobre. Elle aura donc mis six moi à me parvenir. C'est incompréhensible. [.] Je m'empresse de vous dire que tout le monde va bien, Me Dumas, Colette, Jeanine, moi [.] Vous ai-je dis que le jeune Michel était marié, il a épousé de Doré, la jolie Mlle Garnot, dite Loulou [.] Elle s'appelle maintement Madame Valentine. Elle a épousé un négociant riche, un bon garçon [.] J'ai vendu une de mes maison de Puys [.] Voilà toutes les nouvelles de notre entourage. Maintenant parlons de vous [.] Vous êtes déjà depuis bien longtemps renseigné sur les évènements politiques. Quand vous recevrez cette lettre, il y aura encore longtemps qu'ils auront pris une nouvelle forme [.]. Je n'ai pas plus à vous raconter des péripéties du mouvement politique [.] Ce qu'il y a de certain c'est que l'Empire est, en apparence, la seule forme qui tienne tête à la république en ce moment, mais que, par contre, la république recrute de loin ce qui ont la haine de l'empire. Il est incontestable que ceux-là sont nombreux. J'ai parié avec un monsieur. le 25 février 1875 que l'empire ne serait pas revenu dans trois ans et je suis bien sûr le 25 février 1878 de mettre les cent Louis que j'ai pariés dans ma poche [.] [puis il continue d évoquer ses affaires, ses opinions sur les code vestimentaires féminins etc.] A D ». Signé par l'auteur.