Translated Robert Douglas (21 results)

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 292pp Pasquier's immense memoirs titled HISTOIRE DE MON TEMPS consisted of fifteen volumes. This volume consists of extracts from this work, linked by detailed summaries to maintain the continuity of the narrative. The passages selected cover the years 1767-1815--the period of the Revolution, the Empire, and the beginnings of the Restoration--and provide a fascinating first-hand account of the most turbulent and dramatic chapters of French history. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 561 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First US Edition. Dustjacket has a pen mark on the spine, a couple very small edge tears, light edge wear, and light rubbing.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. First Thus. Firmly bound with a few marks and light handling wear, front end paper page removed so book starts at the title page. A perceptive interpretation of the classic writings of Ancient Greece and the world that produced them.

Softcover. 12mo., 350 pp. Star A-150. One hundred stories. Very Good with some light handling, a light reading crease and age toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 209pp. Red cloth, gilt-stamped spine. New introduction by Ralph A. Brown. Near fine with minimal wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. NOTE: VOLUME II ONLY (of a 2-Volume set). Text/NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed maroon linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. 1967 reprint of the 1898 edition (translated into English by Geffraie Fenton, anno 1567), with an Introduction by Robert Langton Douglas) from David Nutt, London, U.K. A monk, diplomat & writer Matteo Bandello (1485 - 1561) was born in Milan, Italy, and moved to Agen, France following Spain's 1522 invasion of Milan, where he was made Bishop of Agen. In Agen, he wrote some 214 dramatic, socially sensitive novellas (made available in both French & English), providing, notably, themes to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet (1594-95),"Much Ado About Nothing" (1598-99), and "Twelfth Night (1601-02)! This Volume II, in 313 pgs., covers Discourses VII through XIII. They are, with lengthy titles: Discourse VII, The Disordered Lyfe of the Countesse of Celant .; VIII, Julya Drowneth Her Selfe .; IX, The Impudent Love of the Ladye of Chabrie .; X, Luchin is Longe in Love wyth a Simple Maide .; XI, The Crueltye of a Wydowe in Enjoynynge her Woer .; XII, Peryllo Suffreth Muche for the Love of Carmosyna .; and XIII, A Wonderful Constancie in Dom Diego . Fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 80pp (letterpress), printed wrappers. This uncommon and nicely designed and printed little magazine includes two poems by Rene Daumal plus writing by a range of contributors. Unmarked copy, minor wear. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. Flexible dark blue leather binding. 1923 edition of 1890 original. Some wear to corners and edges of boards; some rubs along edges and spine; red triangular stamp on upper right edge of front endpaper; minor wear to page corners and edges; minor browning to all pages; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good to Very Good condition. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. volume 2 No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, black cloth with bright gilt design on cover and spine. Contains Frontis, endpapers design and eleven additional black and white illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Clean, bright copy. Record # 374361.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. Very good condition. Spine tips and cover corners are bumped and rubbed. 1&1/2 inch white scratch on back cover. Spine lettering and decoration are mildly darkened. 249 pages plus 12 full page plates and decorations by Frank C. Pape.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Thevenin (illustrator). 214 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit sunned. Ex-library w/ usual markings. Illust. w/ an engraved portrait. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Thevenin (illustrator). 214 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Ex-library w/ usual markings. Illust. w/ an engraved portrait. Contents nice.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Clean tight copy. OX2866.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Limited Edition of 500 unnumbered copies. 8vo, xxx + pp532 with illustrated title page by Leon Lebegue. Hardcover issued without dust jacket. Contemporary binding of half vellum over marbled paper covered boards with title in black to spine in very good condition with a little rubbing to edges and boards and the vellum a little mucky. Inside all onion skin paper pages in excellent clean and bright condition. Inserted is the original advertising pamphlet. This volume is the text only as the illustrations by Leon Lebegue were to be "sold apart and sent under cover, free from all observation to any address" and were "executed so as to admit of their being bound up with the volume of Merrie Stories" . A very nice copy of these stories originally reputed to come from Duke Philip's Burgundian court in the mid fourteen hundreds. A very scarce edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Thevenin (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Book has some light normal age/use wear including light scuffs and edge wear. Book.

First Frank C. Pape illustrated edition of Anatole France's novel based on the life of Saint Thais of Egypt. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings and decorations by Frank C. Cape. In very good condition. First published in 1890, France's novel Thais is based on events in the life of Saint Thaàs of Egypt, a legendary convert to Christianity who is said to have lived in the 4th century. The novel was adapted into the 1894 opera of the same name by Jules Massenet and later into the 1917 American silent film.