Translated Waters (31 results)

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 342 p. Contains: Unspecified. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners, some curling No remainder mark. SC 357.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A fine minus trade paperback copy of Manlio Argueta's most popular novel in El Salvador; stated 1st edition, light wear to covers and cover edges. Book explores the relationship of two young lovers during a time of political upheaval and wartime in San Salvador. 8vo., 237 pages. 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj, black cloth. Good condition. NOT ex-library. Previous owner's name on first blank page; scattered underlining to about 15 pages. Binding square and tight. 532 pp. 19th, Century, Classical, Composers, History, Keyboard, Music, Piano, Romantic, 0884020789.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Hughes (illustrator). Ex-library. No DJ spine is slightly faded & pages are slightly brittle.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, soiling, scuffing. Content has light toning. Spotting to front/rear pages. Rough cut pages. No DJ. 352pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Firmly bound with light handling wear including minor creases on the cover, small inscription on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Plates By Waters (illustrator). Reprint. Xxxiii, 267; 295, Vi. Three Quarter Red Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt, Over Marbled Boards With Matching Marbled Endpapers. Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Endpapers. No Publisher, Date, Or Place Of Publication Indicated. Circa 1880-1920. Light Rubbing At Corners, No Fraying, Binding And Pages Clean And Without Browning, Front Joint With A Closed Crack, Hinges Tight And Binding Appears Sound.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. This book debunks many of the false claims about left-handedness that have developed over time. Heavily illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. LIT 036466 LOC 1903 Edition Deluxe #1126/1250. 2 volume set.Solid green cloth hard covers with mild wear and soiling pastedown titling on spine is darkened some with age. Gilt on top fore edge. Interior is clean. Binding is tight.

vi, 182pp, 80 bw plates, fold-out table. 23x17, brown cloth End papers and edges of pages browning, cloth a bit faded, inscription on ffep, good thus. Attractive and well illustrated review.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. pp(6)274 with sections of numerous monochrome photo illustrations, in-text illustrations & figures, and notes. Hardback / hard cover: black boards, backstrip titled in silver. Near FINE copy in near FINE unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 53 14thC stories in the style of Boccaccio. Hardbound, large 4to in brown, silk moire covered boards. Front board has a small, gilt-stamped picture of maiden with a cow and floral background. Limited edition of 600, this being no. 114. 11 tissue-guarded photogravure plates by E.R. Hughes (2 have foxed margins). Pages untrimmed. and tanning slightly with age. 1 page with tear visibly repaired. Spine darkening but gilt titling clear. The head and foot of spine are slightly rubbed. Foxed endpapers. Binding tight For non-UK mailings extra postage might be needed (wt. >1.34kg). One of these stories is said to have given Shakespeare the inspiration for his "Merchant of Venice" , silk moire covered boards.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** A very nice soft cover copy without flaw. 6 X 8" 155 pages, (2003}. Foreword by Alice Waters. In 1986 Carlo Petrini organized a protest against the building of a McDonald's at the Spanish Steps in Rome, inspiring a following that sparked the Slow Food Movement. Since then, Slow Food has grown into a global organization that supports and celebrates food traditions in more than 40 countries worldwide. This book is a powerful expression of the organization's goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and about eating.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st UK. Very good book in brown covers with clean boards having bright gilt titles to front; gilt titles to a very slightly sunned spine; bump to spine base . Internally very good and free of inscriptions; flyleaf browned; slight tan to page edges; a few foxing spots; binding tight; very well illustrated with 110 photographs and drawings and 45 text illustrations plus a fold-out chronological table. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Date on title page. Fine hardback in fine dust jacket ($20.00). Only trivial, if any signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

HARD COVER. Condition: GOOD-. GARNIER, JULES & HUGHES, E.R. (illustrator). 32 ILLUSTRATIONS (2 OF EACH, 64 TOTAL). PRIOR OWNER'S BOOKPLATE NEATLY AFFIXED IN EACH VOLUME. SUN FADE TO SPINES, SOME SOIL AND WEAR, ONE TISSUE GUARD IS LOOSE. A FEW INTERNAL HINGES HAVE THE PAPER OPEN, BUT ALL HINGES ARE HOLDING VERY STRONG. DESPITE THE FLAWS, A CLEAN TEXT. THE BOOKS ARE HEAVY. DOMESTIC MEDIA MAIL WILL AT THE SINGLE RATE FOR THE FIRST VOLUME, NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR THE OTHER 3 VOLUMES. INTERNATIONAL RATE TO BE DETERMINED. Size: OCTAVO.

Original Green Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 1903. First edition thus. Complete in 3 volumes. ix, 195pp., frontispiece and 10 black and white illustrations; vii, 209pp., frontispiece and 15 illustrations; vii, 214pp., frontispiece and 7 illustrations. Top edges gilt. After publishing the first two books of his Essays in 1580, Montaigne set out on a long journey, which took him to Italy through eastern France, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. This extensive journey allowed him to expand on his bookish knowledge of Latin and Italian languages and cultures. Like many of his contemporaries, he was eager to see what was left of Rome, a city that had occupied so much of his classical education. The manuscript of his Travel Journal, written between June 1580 and November 1581, was not discovered until 1770, and three editions were published in 1774. This three-volume edition has been translated and edited, with an introduction and notes, by W.G. Waters. The books are uniformly bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling and designs on the spines and gold designs on the front boards. The cases of the books are in very good condition with shelf wear and some light soiling on the boards. The spine have faded to a light brownish-green colour and the spine ends are lightly bumped. The contents are tight and clean with some browning and foxing to the endpapers. There is some light foxing on the half-title page and frontispiece in volumes 2 and 3. A name and date (1904) has been written on the back of the front free endpaper in all three volumes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 12 Plates By E. R. Hughes (illustrator). 1st Edition. Quarter Vellum Spine Printed In Red, Over Brown Paper Covered Boards. 11 3/4" X 8 3/4". Deckled Edges; An Unopened Copy (Pages Still Attached Along Top Edge). #70 Of Only 110 Copies Of This Large Paper Edition, Finely Printed On Japanese Vellum. The First Translation Into English. Light Wear, Hinges Tight, Fraying Along Bottom Edges At Tips. No Names Or Marks. Tissue Guards Clean And Intact. Well Preserved, Not An Uncommon Book But Usually Found Damaged. Per Wikipedia, L Pecorone, Often Referred To In English As The Golden Eagle, Is An Italian Collection Of Stories Written Between 1378 And 1385 By Giovanni Fiorentino. It Was Written In A Style Influenced By The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio, The Golden Legend Collection Of Saint Lives, The Seven Sages Of Rome Or The Gemma Ecclesiastica Of Giraldus Cambrensis. For Its Historical Facts, However, It Relies On The Nuova Cronica Of Giovanni Villani. It Is Said To Be An Influence On Shakespeare's The Merry Wives Of Windsor And Merchant Of Venice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited. Very good plus. Hardcover is slightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, gilt top foredges, gold stamping on front cover and spines, pages slightly browned, #243 of 1000 sets.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good but with both front and rear hinges "starting" (loosening or tender or with a tear to endpaper. An attractive copy in pictorial cloth with light rubbing to gilt decoration. No prior owner markings or bookplate. Previously published in English two years earlier by Worthington. Originally published in French. Nicely illustrated with quaint engravings.

Hb original grey cloth 2 Volume set xxxi,294pp illustrations & xi,352pp illustrations by E.R.Hughes RWS. Limited Edition 121/1000 Light foxing to prelim pages O/w A Vg condition Set.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. London: Privately Printed for Members of The Aldus Society, 1903. Edition de Grand Luxe, number 166 of 250 numbered copies of this limited edition, 1903. Two volume set in three quarter red morocco leather over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt spine lettering and decoration, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers, tissue protected frontis illustrations in sepia tones plus other tissue protected plates, books about 9.25 inches tall. Spines sun-darkened, some edgewear, chip to spine head of first volume, internally very good with firm bindings, clean pages with a couple of very minor instances of light finger soil to margins, very short outer margin closed tear in volume I, no names or other markings. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: none. E.R.Hughes (illustrator). Limited Edition. A collection of 75 stories and fairy tales in this two volume edition. Quarto.29 cm x 20 cm.Brown cloth. Gilt lettering and pictorial gilt emblem. Vol.1: 276pp.Frontispiece & 8 sepia illustrations with tissue guards. Vol. 2; 323pp.Frontispiece & 8 sepia illustrations with tissue guards.Border and headpiece illustrations. Corners and spines bumped with chipping. . Edges rubbed. Some toning to pages. Bindings tight. This set is limited to 1000 copies for sale for England and America. This is # 357.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. DESCRIPTION: Two-volumes, brown moire boards. 11 1/4 x 8 inches. Each volume has b/w photogravure engravings with protective tissue guards. Gilt titles on spine and small gilt decoration on upper board. Although dating from the sixteenth century, this was the first English translation. On the limitation page of Volume I is stated "One thousand copies for England and America, No. 247." Vol 1, xxviii, 276 pp, Vol 2 ix, 323 pp. Each volume has nine plates, including frontispieces. Deckled edges. The cover page design is typical of the period, with a simple yet elegant layout, a decorative initial, and the use of red and black ink for printing, which was a common feature in more prestigious or limited edition books of the time. The decorative initial here includes a figure which seems to be from a tale or a representation of a character related to the stories within the book. The volumes were illustrated by E. R. Hughes, likely Edward Robert Hughes. He was part of the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848. His illustrations add a visual richness to the translated tales, possibly reflecting the romantic and sometimes mystical nature of the stories. CONDITION: Light scuffing to covers, more so to the back of Vol 2, corners bumped, tops and bottoms of spines frayed, shelf-wear to the bottom edges of cover boards and spines. Tissue guard to the frontispiece of Vol 1 is half loose, and shallow gutter crack there. Silk ribbons present but broken in both volumes. Ghosting of plates to tissue guards. Foxing to paste-downs and free endpapers. Toning to pages, mainly in the extremities. Texts are clear and unmarked. Strong hinges and joints. Happy to send more pictures and answer any qustions. ABOUT THIS TITLE AND BOOK:"The Nights of Straparola," also known as "Le piacevoli notti" (The Pleasant Nights), is a two-volume collection of tales by the Italian author Giovanni Francesco Straparola, which emerged during the Italian Renaissance. The collection is often noted for its importance in the history of European fairy tales as it includes some of the earliest known and recorded versions of stories that would later become famous in the collections of authors like Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. Straparola's collection, first published in Venice in the 1550s, was one of the first of its kind to include tales of magic and enchantment, not just moral or practical lessons. The book frames these stories within a larger narrative that unfolds over 13 nights of a 15-day party hosted by Lucretia, a noblewoman in the city of Murano, near Venice. Each night, the guests tell each other stories, which are then relayed to the reader. This frame narrative was a common device in literature of the time, most famously used in Boccaccio's "Decameron." The tales vary widely in theme and style, encompassing both the fantastical and the everyday and often feature elements of surprise and the supernatural. Some of the stories in "The Nights of Straparola" have been identified as the first recorded versions of fairy tales that are still widely known today, such as "Puss in Boots" and "Costanza/Costanzo." The English translation by W. G. Waters in 1894 brought these stories to a broader audience outside Italy. Waters, in his translations, aimed to preserve the feeling and richness of the original Italian while making the tales accessible to English-speaking readers. The two-volume set from 1894 would be considered a significant contribution to the field of fairy tale and folk tale scholarship, providing access to these important stories in the English language and likely influencing later translations and collections. The inclusion of illustrations by a notable artist of the time would make this edition particularly valuable to collectors and those interested in the intersection of literature and art.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. A handsome half crushed morocco with twin gilt raised bands, titles, exceptionally handsome panels and top edge. One of 1000 copies, of which this is 156, with many full page illustrations by E.R. Hughes. A wonderful copy of these risqué tales.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2 volume set, 11 1/4 inches tall. An elegant set in half crushed morocco bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt raised bands and neat gilt framed panels and gilt top edges. A slight blotchiness to the spine. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is no. 57. With 20 plates by E.R. Hughes. A collector and writer of short stories, Straparola published this collection of stories sometimes called 'The Facetious Nights' or 'The Pleasant Nights'. This collection includes some of the first known printed versions of fairy tales in Europe. Charles Perrault and the brothers Grimm both developed some of his tales.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Full morocco, 11 1/2 inches tall. A superb full crushed morocco binding with a smooth spine with fine gilt geometric designs and a series of gilt fillets framing the boards. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Gilt doublures with beautiful watered silk end 'papers' and gilt top edge. Slight fading to the spine but still a fine bright copy. One of 110 copies, of which this is number 40 printed on Japanese vellum. 12 fine plates by E.R. Hughes. Il Pecorone (The Simpleton) was written as a collection of short stories in the 14th century in the pattern of Boccaccio. One tale is considered the likely basis for Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'. A superb copy of the first English edition of this very scarce work.

1/4 Vellum. Condition: Very Good. Hughes, E. R. (illustrator). This is copy no. 25 of an edition limited to 110 copies on Japanese vellum. xxix, 312 pp. Original quarter vellum over boards with red lettering to spine. Boards clean. Internally clean. Faint rubbing to board edges. Internally clean. Small blindstamp to front endpaper. With tissue-guarded illustrations by E. R. Hughes. 4to.

1/4 Vellum. Condition: Near Fine. Hughes, E. R. (illustrator). Limited Numbered Edition. This is copy no. 165 of an edition limited to 210 copies on Japanese vellum. xxxi, 294; x, 352 pp. Original quarter vellum over boards with red lettering to spines. Vellum fresh and boards clean. Faint rubbing to board edges. Internally clean. Small blindstamp to front endpaper. With tissue-guarded illustrations by E. R. Hughes. 4to.