Francois Brooks (34 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Walter Brooks (illustrator). "A Limited Edition.". Part of the the Franklin Library's "The 100 Greatest Books of All Time" series. The classic in a handsome bright red leather with gilt titles and designs. Soft, fabric endpapers with attached pagemarker. All edges gilt. 773 pp. Franklin Library full-leather books are notable for their quality, and their value, in that the company ceased publishing in 2000.

hardcover. Condition: Good. A used book with light to moderate shelf wear to boards. Photos and additional details upon request. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Paperback Edition. BRILLIANT: TRULY ADMIRABLE: SUPREMELY ENLIGHTENING: FINE virtually AS-NEW First HUP Edition trade paperback (Orig. 1994) Second Printing (1994), AS-NEW handsomely-designed-illus. gloss-laminated cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, FINE smooth-cut text-block exterior showing only slightest shelf-dust-rust soiling notably to the top & bottom edges, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets & uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on SUPERB silk-finish unblemished acid-free archival paper * 6.50" x 9.96" x 2.06", 1.70 kg, xxviii+1158 (1186) pp. * Introduction (xix), On Writing Literary History (Denis Hollier) (xxi), Chronology (1063), Map of Modern France (1076), Acknowledgments (1077), Contributors (1079), Index (1093) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Designed for the general reader, this SPLENDID introduction to French literature from 842 A.D. (the date of the earliest surviving document in any Romance language) to the 1980s is the most compact & imaginative single-volume guide available in English to the French literary tradition. In fact, no comparable work exists in either language. This is not the customary inventory of authors & titles but rather a collection of wide-angled views of historical & cultural phenomena. It sets before us writers, public figures, criminals, saints, & monarchs, as well as religious, cultural, & social revolutions. It gives us books, paintings, public monuments, even television shows. Written by 164 American & European specialists, the essays are introduced by date & arranged in chronological order, but here ends the book's resemblance to the usual history of literature. Each date is followed by a headline evoking an event that indicates the chronological point of departure. Usually the event is literary (the publication of an original work, a journal, a translation, the first performance of a play, the death of an author), but some events are literary only in terms of their repercussions or resonances. Essays devoted to a genre exist alongside essays devoted to one book, institutions are presented side by side with literary movements, & large surveys appear next to detailed discussions of specific landmarks. No article is limited to the "life & works" of a single author. Proust, for example, appears through various lenses, fleetingly, in 1704, apropos of Antoine Galland's translation of "The Thousand & One Nights"; in 1898, in conjunction w/ the Dreyfus affair; in 1905, on the occasion of the law on the separation of church & state; in 1911, in relation to Gide & their different treatments of homosexuality; & at his death in 1922. Without attempting to cover every author, work, & cultural development since the Serments de Strasbourg in 842, this history succeeds in being both informative & critical about the more than 1,000 years it describes. The contributors offer us a chance to appreciate not only French culture but also the major critical positions in literary studies today. Authoritative, lively, & highly readable, "A New History of French Literature" is essential reading for all engaged in the study of French culture & for all who are interested in it. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This grandly imagined & executed history of French literature is without precedent in any language. Here are many of the best contemporary critics & theorists, writing w/ vivid originality, always in a personal accent. This volume is a triumph of editorial & critical intelligence." -Richard Poirier, Editor, Raritan Quarterly * By far the best single-volume guide in English to the French literary tradition." -Malcolm Bowie, University of London * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Published in 1982. Illustrated by Fraank C Pape. English language. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Embossed Red Leather. Condition: Fine. Walter Brooks (illustrator). Limited Edition. Stunning bright red silk moire endleaves with matching silk bookmarker sewn into headband; Appears brand-new and unread; Illustrations by Walter Brooks. All edges gilt. Red leather, gilt embossed covers and spine, Four raised bands. Edges have a hint of rubbing 773p. of of "The 100 Greatest Books of All Time" offered by the Franklin Library. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Walter Brooks (illustrator). 1st. Near Fine Bright Red With Extra Gilt. All Edges Gilt. Illustrated By Walter Brooks. A Limited Edition. 773 Pages. This Limited Edition Of The Histories Of Garganua And Pantagruel Is Published Exclusively For Subscribers To The Franklin Library Collection The 100 Greatest Books Of All Time.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Walter Brooks (illustrator). Limited Edition. Fine. Full leather binding with 22kt gold spine and gilt edges, design and morie endpapers. Free of former owner writing or bookplates. Limited ed from the 100 Greatest books ever written. Beautiful book. * (This book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for domestic orders or customs number for non domestic) * ; 772 pages.

Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, gilt-decorated genuine red leather. Raised bands. Classic Franklin Library design. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Silk-textured endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. All-edges-gilt. Editor's booklet enclosed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 772 pages; Physical desc. : 772 p. Ill. , 23 cm. Subject: Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553? - Translations into English. French literature - 16th century - Texts. Fiction in French - 16th century - English texts. Novels - French literature. French fiction - 16th century. Notes: The Franklin Library collection : The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. 3 Kg. 1st edition - The Franklin Library edition.

Cloth Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 522pp + many great photo plates & color fold-out maps. List of publications. Index. No map in rear pocket. Geology of the Rico Mountains, Colorado. Alaska & other explorations & surveys. Front hinge split so cover is loose but interior is good. Size: Large 4to. ALASKA.

Full red leather, decoratively. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Walter Brooks (illustrator). Limited Edition. Part of The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Includes "Notes From the Editors".

Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Walter Brooks. (illustrator). Limited edition. Part of the 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. Full red leather, decoratively gilt.

Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, gilt-decorated genuine red leather. Raised bands. Classic Franklin Library design. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Silk-textured endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. All-edges-gilt. Editor's booklet enclosed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 772 pages; Physical desc. : 772 p. Ill. , 23 cm. Subject: Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553? - Translations into English. French literature - 16th century - Texts. Fiction in French - 16th century - English texts. Novels - French literature. French fiction - 16th century. Notes: The Franklin Library collection : The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. 1 Kg. 1st edition - The Franklin Library edition.

183 pp.; 30 x 27.3 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Monograph on the photography collection of Groupe Lhoist in Belgium. Edited by Pauline de Laboulaye and Jacqueline de Ponton D'Amécourt. Introduction by Pierre Apraxine. Artists include Mac Adams, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Max Becher, Andrea Robbins, Barbara Bloom, Christian Boltanski, Rudolph Bonvie, Denis Brihat, Ellen Brooks, Victor Burgin, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Sophie Calle, Sarah Charlesworth, Pierre Cordier, Lili Dujourie, Jeanne Dunning, Sylvie Eyberg, Patrick Faigenbaum, Peter Fischli/David Weiss, Gunther Förg, Michel François, Peter Fraser, Adam Fuss, Lynn Geesaman, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Rodney Graham, Andreas Gursky, Jan Henle, Craigie Horsfield, Alfredo Jaar, Louis Jammes, Jürgen Klauke, Karen Knorr, Wilmar Koenig, Suzanne Lafont, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Louise Lawler, Richard Long, Urs Luthi, Robert Mapplethorpe, Guy Mees, Hélène Mugot, Vic Muniz, Bruce Nauman, Luigi Ontani, Pierre & Gilles, Sigmar Polke, Richard Prince, Olivier Richon, Gerhard Richter, David Robbins, Michal Rovner, Thomas Ruff, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Seton Smith, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, jan Vercruysse, Didier Vermeiren, Not Vital, Jeff Wall, Boyd Webb, William Wegman, and James Welling. Text in French. Good. Moderate sunning and discoloration of covers, rubbing of cover edges, and bumping of bottom right corner. Light dust soiling of text block edge, contents clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Walter Brooks (illustrator). Translated from the French. Limited edition ("The 100 Greatest Books of the All Time"). Thick octavo, fully bound in red leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon book mark. Fine. ; 773 pages.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. US SELLER SHIPS FROM USA.

Hardcover. Condition: New. SHRINK-WRAPPED: US SELLER SHIPS FROM USA.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Walter Brooks (illustrator). A Limited Edition. Slight wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Slight rubbing wear to covers.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Condition: New. A unique resource that synthesizes existing primary and secondary sources to provide a fascinating introduction to the development and dissemination of science within history's great empires, as well as the complex interaction between imperialism and scientific progress over two centuries.Imperialism and Science is a scholarly yet accessible chronicle of the impact of imperialism on science over the past 200 years, from the effect of Catholicism on scientific progress in Latin America to the importance of U.S. government funding of scientific research to America's preeminent place in the world.Spanning two centuries of scientific advance throughout the age of empire, Imperialism and Science sheds new light on the spread of scientific thought throughout the former colonial world. Science made enormous advances during this period, often being associated with anti-Imperialist struggle or, as in the case of the science brought to 19th-century China and India by the British, with Western cultural hegemony.Packed with portraits of key scientists, their discoveries, and their achievements, bringing to life the contribution of scientists from even the most far-flung corners of empireIncludes a detailed chronology, bibliography, and a glossary of key scientific terms of the era, helping to make the history of science accessible to the general reader.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 384 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condition: New. A unique resource that synthesizes existing primary and secondary sources to provide a fascinating introduction to the development and dissemination of science within history's great empires, as well as the complex interaction between imperialism and scientific progress over two centuries.Imperialism and Science is a scholarly yet accessible chronicle of the impact of imperialism on science over the past 200 years, from the effect of Catholicism on scientific progress in Latin America to the importance of U.S. government funding of scientific research to America's preeminent place in the world.Spanning two centuries of scientific advance throughout the age of empire, Imperialism and Science sheds new light on the spread of scientific thought throughout the former colonial world. Science made enormous advances during this period, often being associated with anti-Imperialist struggle or, as in the case of the science brought to 19th-century China and India by the British, with Western cultural hegemony.Packed with portraits of key scientists, their discoveries, and their achievements, bringing to life the contribution of scientists from even the most far-flung corners of empireIncludes a detailed chronology, bibliography, and a glossary of key scientific terms of the era, helping to make the history of science accessible to the general reader.

Leather Bound. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. pp. 772. Royal 8vo. Bound in fine full red leather over boards, featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments, textured red silk moire endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt. Extremities, and contents entirely without blemish. Gorgeously illustrated with full-page colour plates. Appears unread; as new. A most handsome presentation indeed. Not to be mistaken with some earlier, and later printings which are not bound in real leather but a leather substitute (faux leathrette). Most uncommon in this edition, and state. This limited edition of The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel is published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time.

Half-Calf. Condition: Good. traduit de l'anglois. Contenant diverses choses curieuses, et de quelle manière il fut pris sur mer, par trahison et mené en esclavage les avantures qu'il y a euës, et comment aprés 10 années de servitude il s'échappa. Utrecht : Etienne Neaulme, 1737. 6s. s9-76. senare halvfranskt band. Konditionsrapport Bruksspår. textkomplett.

; Etienne Neaulme; softcover, marbled boards; 11x18 cm.; text in French, translated from the English; 76 pp. Title page loose. Cover shows traces of wear.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1850 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 190 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 190 Volume pe7 .pe.2 Language: French.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1850 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 318 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 318 Volume pe7 .pe.1-3 Language: French.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1850 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 254 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 254 Volume pe7 .pe.1 Language: French.