Preface Andre Gide (42 results)

Condition: VeryGoog, no spine creases. 9th printing. Nobel prize-winners masterpiece about the condemned thief in whose place Christ died. Bright tight PB copy. 149 pp, full-pg b/w dwgs. MM paperback in white illus wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Photoplay Edition. Photoplay edition: 16 black and white stills from the movie decorate the front and rear flyleaves and pastedowns. No stills in the text per se. Binding is a bit age-dulled with light wear. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Gift inscription in ink on the verso of the half title. No musty odor. No water damage. No soiling. Light sun fading. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. xxiv, 135p., translator's note, prefaces, appendix, very good first printing of this edition, a hardcover bound in half-cloth over boards in unclipped dust jacket. This translation of what Gide described as 'the most important of my books' puts homosexuality at the center of the discourse. See Young 1414*.

Hardcover. xxiv, 135p., translator's note, prefaces, appendix, very good first printing of this edition, a hardcover bound in half-cloth over boards in price-clipped dust jacket. This translation of what Gide described as 'the most important of my books' puts homosexuality at the center of the discourse. See Young 1414*.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Nice as pictured a very good condition hardcover green cloth bright black lettering . Text in French and design no marks 137 pages with French words translate to English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Prior owners signature on front free fly.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 178 pages. Text in French. Copyright is 1931, but this is probably from the 1950's. Keywords: Aviation Novel, Livre De Poche, Gallimard, Fabien Pilot, Buenos Aires, Prix Femina, Andre Gide, Patagonie Chile, Night Flying, Courrier Sud, Petit Prince, Mail Flights.

Trade Paperback. First Edition. 224 pages with index. Text in French. The definitive bibliography of Gide's work. First edition (first printing).Limited edition, #533/1800 copies. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Tanning to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing. Clean hardcover book - blue cloth boards with black, blue and gold decorative title box on cover, black title box with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Very slight sunning to spine and board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Blue endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. 198 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Publisher's cloth; 8vo; pp. xv, [1], 198. Boards rubbed and lightly scuffed; spine tips and corners frayed; rear hing cracked; spine sunned; ownership signature on front paste-down. A bit shabby, but a nice reading or placeholder copy. Text block is bright and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Original preface by Andre Gide for this edition. Translated by Ernest Dowson. Quarter blue cloth with decorative paper bindings. Book is fine and unmarked; slipcase is lightly rubbed, but whole and free of soiling and tears. A very nice copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Laborde, Chas (illustrator). Good condition. Some yellowing on the spine. The slipcase is rough, edge wear, tape repairs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slipcased.

American first edition, first printing (with latter specifically stated upon copyright page). xvi, 198 pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth; spine's lettering strongly rubbed/flaked and difficult to discern; fraying at lower rear joint, spine ends, and board corners; some rubbing/flaking loss to front board's lettering and vignette but still easily legible. Light foxing to text block edges; deckle fore-edge. Light blue endpapers. Foxing to interior leaves. Binding is firm. A good+ copy of Saint-Exupery's second novel which was first published in Paris by Editions Gallimard in October 1931 and was awarded the French literary prize Prix Femina in the same year. The novel was adapted into a 1933 film released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

792pp. 8vo Red leather, ribbon place marker TEXT IN FRENCH; TEXTE EN FRANCAIS Nice clean tight bright copy: VG+/no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Price clipped. In Mylar cover. With an article on Joyce by Andre Gide. Northwestern scholar Harrison Hayford's copy, with his booklplate. Binding is cloth boards.

in-8, broché, 209 pages. Très bon état.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, with a Very Good dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket, including a few bumps, chips, and short tears. One inch tear to jacket at spine. Toning and smudging to jacket. Minor edgewear to boards. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

copertina morbida. Condition: buone. PIERRE MICHEL PREFACE DE GIDE ANDRE' (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Penguin Books edition, 172, (4) pp., paperboard wrappers. Age toning, wear on wrappers, name in pen on flyleaf, good and tight copy. 16 x 1 1 cm.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. date of "August 15, 1932" written on the title page in now-faded ink; slight abrasion to the top right corner of the ffep from the removal of a sticker; boards are moderately worn and rubbed with gently bumped corners and spine extremities; spine titling faded, but this is a very clean and tight copy overall. Hard Cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Blue cloth hardcover in clipped DJ. Pp 299. A square, tight, clean copy; neat previous owner's name. The dust jacket is smooth with a touch of age-colouring to covers and a sunned spine but is very sound. Iin English. Images/further information available upon request.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Reprint. "A-X" on the copyright page (Jan. 1948), 137pp. French text with English intro/notes. Boards have light edge/rub wear. Actual book for sale pictured. 13.4 x 19.5 x 1.5cm, wt350g Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First edition thus. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 14cm, 135pp. André Gide's Corydon is written in the form of four Socratic dialogues on homosexuality. Published fully in 1924 after years of private, anonymous hesitation, Gide considered it his most important work, aiming to challenge the deep-seated societal prejudices and medical misconceptions of early 20th-century France. Condition: This copy is in very good condition.

Cuir. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Jaquette en très bon état. In-12. 846 pages. Sous étui. Coll. "Bibliothèque de la Pléïade".

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Rubbing along panel edges.

Cuir. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Jaquette en très bon état. In-12. 844 pages. Coll. "Bibliothèque de la Pléiade".

Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Rough. No Jacket. This first edition has corner bumping and edge wear. Spine section has darkened, tearing at head and foot of spine. Upper edge of the text is tinted blue. Binding is solid, text slightly yellowed with age. Corner wear with board starting to show. Paper residue on center back paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Random House, , New York. 1951. 132 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has heavy shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (corners are reinforced with tape). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk suspended from his neck, but he cannot affirm his faith. He cannot pray. He can only say, "I want to believe." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

hardcover. Condition: fine. First. 16mo, flexible leather, gilt spine, in mylar wrapper & printed board slipcase. Paris: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade, (1949). First Edition, Fine.