Felix Gras (219 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. Red hardcover book with gilt lettering to spine and front cover with decoration to front. Frontispiece of Felix Gras and tissue-guard in place. xvii, 366 pages. Bumps, rubs and chips to all corners and spine with some soiling. Name and date penciled on one of the front blank pages.

Ex-Library with stamping & pocket. Later printing (originally 1896). Only Fair condition, hard cover, no dust jacket. Dark green covers are worn and lightly soiled, corners frayed, spine cocked (slanted). Pages are yellowing and the book is cracked open at the title page. Still firmly bound though. No tears or crease, no markings. Translated by Catherine Janvier and with an introduction by Thomas Janvier.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 512 pp; Covers darkened from the sun, stained, pages unmarked, front hinge starting to crack but holding strong.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red covers. Top edge gilt. 12mo, 366 pages plus ads. Spine ends worn - contents fine.

Later printing. Translated from the Provencal by Catherine Janvier. Introduction by Thomas A. Janvier. Later printings also include a note from the publisher which reprints letters from the author to Gladstone after the book first appeared - in his letter Gras describes the events in the novel as based on those which actually happened to his great-grandfather. This novel of the French Revolution is uncommon in its focus on the peasants of the South of France and their involvement, rather than on the aristrocracy or the leaders. Small duodecimo boundin rust-colored cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front cover, with a small decoration on the front. Good condition overall - some wear to the ends of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition in English. This Provençal poet and novelist (1844-1901) achieved some success with novels about the French Revolution. They were written in Provençal which is translated here by Catherine A. Janvier. Catherine's husband, Thomas A. Janvier, supplies an Introduction. This copy has the expected browning to edges and some slight wear to spine ends, but is very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 512pp. Red cloth, gold stamp lettering, gold and black stamp design. Gilt top edge of text block. Light edge wear. Text is bright and clean. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. J7.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, fading to spine. Content has light toning. Owner message to end paper. No DJ.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Translated from the French by Catharine A. Janvier. A VERY GOOD, bright, clean, tight copy. From the Introduction: "In all French history there is no more inspiring episode than that with which M. Gras deals in this story: the march to Paris, and the doings in Paris, of that Marseilles Battalion made up of men who were sworn to cast down "the tyrant" and who "knew how to die." And he has been as happy, I think, in his choice of method as in his choice of subject." Red cloth boards with black lettering on the front cover. 366 pages. GJ2.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Brown cloth, gold lettering, edges rubbed, owner's name on cover page. French History; 10483.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Rillen / Abschürfungen / Risse / Knicke; Farbtonänderung.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. In-8 broché (210x150 mm) de 84 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 437pp. Red cloth, gold stamp lettering, and black and gold stamp design. Gilt top of text block. Cover has light wear. Text is bright and clean. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J7.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Red cloth binding with black titling. Spine is loose and damaged at the top, tight bindings, toned edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 437p. A brick-red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Binding is cockeyed, but tight. Corners bumped;small stain on back cover. Early owner's signature inside, but otherwise clean. An adventure novel set during the French Revolution.

Leather over marble boards. Condition: Good. Early Reprint. New York: Appleton, 1900. Early reprint. 12mo. Leather over marble boards. 437 pp. Edgewear. Lacking spine cover. Hinges sound. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in remarkably good condition for age.

No Jacket. First edition Hardcover octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Brick red cloth with gilt on tanned spine, and black oval chain design with gilt on cover. Gilt top edge and rough cut fore and bottom edges. Corners slightly bumped with corner and band wear. Unmarked interior. Translated from the 'provencal' by Catharine A. Janvier. 437 numbered pp., followed by several pages of ads. Fiction, French, French Revolution, Antiquarian.

Condition: New. In.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Sixth Edition. Sixth edition in brick red cloth in good condition. Gilt top edge and rough cut fore and bottom edges. No interior marks. Tissue covered frontis piece portrait of Gras. Slightly cocked with worn, bumped corners and tanned spine. Translated from French by Catharine Janvier, with an introduction by Thomas Janvier. 366 pp., followed by several pages of ads for other books. Fiction, French, French Revolution, Antiquarian.

Condition: Good. Sixth Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Spine faded. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xvi, 264pp + ads. Red illustrated hardback cloth cover.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (France, Revolutions, Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Translated by Catharine A. Janvier (1841-1923) from the Provencal. First US edition. c.1899. Linp clay cloth decorated gilt and black, uncut and unopened, t.e.g. 16mo. pp. [ii], iv, 437, [1] blank, [4] Ads. Very Good. Corners and bottom edge bumped with light soil and rub, rear ep and pastedown foxed with spots of stain to several pages.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. Original orange tan leather over red-and-orange marbled boards; top edge gilt. Spine lightly sunned and a little rubbed at head; free corners bumped, good. Book.