Chronicles Bastile (44 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. pp. 508.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Robert Cruikshank (illustrator). Book is quarter leather raised on spine with gilt title and date and marbled on cover and end papers, in good condition with a tiny top left corner pinch of leather on spine. 39 full page Robert Cruikshank engravings in tissue covered.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Preface is dated 30th June 1845. The text ONLY CONSISTS OF PAGES 12 and 192 (Chapters I-XIX). Just a good reading copy. Marbled boards with leather spine.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers an immersive journey through the enigmatic world of the Bastille, the infamous French prison that held countless individuals for reasons both just and unjust. The author delves deep into the prison's history, from its origins as a royal fortress to its role as a symbol of tyranny and oppression. Through meticulous research and vivid anecdotes, the book explores the lives of prisoners and jailers alike, shedding light on the harsh conditions, torture, and human suffering that transpired within its walls. Uncovering the secrets of the Bastille, this book challenges traditional narratives, examines the complexities of power and control, and delves into themes of freedom, justice, and the fight against tyranny. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Early three-quarter calf and marbled boards. 8vo. 640pp. Illustrated with 39 full-page engravings by Robert Cruikshank. The first volume in the author's Bastile series of historical romances. A good copy with some scuffing and edgewear to the binding and some wear to the spine tips. The front hinge is cracked but still secure. The text is good with some scattered foxing. The plates have some heavy foxing in the margin.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 22 x 14 cm. Octavo. 677pp. Bound in brown buckram. Frontispiece drawing of the Bastile and additional plates throughout. Previous owner's name stamp on front free and front fixed endpapers. Foxing throughout. 179 - (plate)-182 and 315-334 are partially detached, . Edgewear to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Half leather bound. The faded spine has splits (to about 3.5cm) to the head edges, leather title label partially unstuck, light marking. Heavy scuffing to the corners with loss of surface. Moderate wear to the board edges and faces. Hinges cracked. Scuffs to the marbled paste-downs. Inscription to reverse of frontispiece. Head and tail-band in place. The leaves are tight and in quite good condition for the age. One plate has a 1.5x1.5cm triangular chip to the bottom corner. Half a dozen leaves have a small fore-edge mark. Apart from age toning many pages are completely clean, many show generally light staining, occasionally moderate, never heavy. Moderate soiling to the marbled (scuffed and faded) text block edges. Generally quite clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. New York: Delisser & Proctor, 1859. Well written and engaging story of the Bastille, illustrated with fourteen full page plates including a frontis with a bird's-eye view of the Bastille from the west. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 677 pages. A nice solid copy with fairly light external wear, good hinges, firm binding. Plates are age-tanned and text pages lightly to moderatly foxed, with the heaviest foxing toward the beginning and end of the book. There are also a few small stray ink blots, not so dark as cannot be read through, however. A clean, sound and handsome copy. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. undated double columned 240pp, 14pp, ,1pp. Book.

First thus. Poor. Cloth rubbed, frayingm, faded/ some pgs loose/some foxing and fading to text and end papers.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 216. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1847 edition. 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. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 216.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Rober Cruikshank (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated historical romance novel, complete with plates by Robert Cruikshank. The first edition, originally published in parts.Bound by W. Root & Son.A historical romance set in the Bastille, purported to be imparted to the author by an old Parisian just before he died.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-nine plates, by Robert Cruikshank.Collated, complete.By Louis Alexis Chamerovzow, an anti-slavery campaigner, who wrote this series of 'Chronicles' which included 'The Embassy' and 'Philip of Lutetia'.From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey, with his morocco bookplate to the front paste down. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In a full morocco binding, bound by W. Root & Son. Externally, generally smart. Joints are rubbed. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Spine is discoloured. A few light marks to the boards. Crack to the tail of the front joint. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Very Good. book.

Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1845 T. C. Newby, 72, Mortimer St., Cavendish Square, London. First Edition. Later binding by Riviere and Son in full brown leather with gilt ruled borders. Five raised bands on spine with elaborate gilt devices in five of the six panels and gilt title in one panel. Tail of spine has "LOND. 1845". Gilt inner dentelle borders; binding signed "Bound by Riviere & Son" at bottom inside edge of front cover. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Black and white illustrated plates by Robert Cruikshank. Dark blue-green coated endpapers. Black and white frontispiece. Includes the story "The Iron Mask, an Episode" at the back. NOT ex-library. Leather lightly worn at corners and spine ends; rubbed through on a few tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear with a few very light smudges. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. A few small notations in pencil on front and back flyleaves. Pages clean and unmarked. A few pages have very sparse foxing. 640 pages. Also bound in at rear; Thin, light blue original paper covers from Part III, March 1844 of the Chronicles. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

First Edition. First edition. Published anonymously in 20 monthly parts issued from January 1844 to July 1845. Bound from the original monthly parts with title page dated 1845 added. Cover of Part IV, June 1844, bound in at front; illustrated with frontispiece and 39 engraved plates by Robert Cruikshank. Chamerovzow (1816-1875) was both an author and anti-slavery campaigner. This, his first volume of historical romance, purports to share the secrets imparted to the author by an old Parisian just before he died. The story was later continued in THE EMBASSY, OR, THE KEY TO A MYSTERY (1845) and concluded with PHILIP OF LUTETIA, OR, THE REVOLUTION OF 1789 (1848). [Oxford DNB]. Newer gilt-stamped brown pebbled imitation leather spine; original polished calf boards ruled and with corner ornaments in gilt; elaborate gilt-stamped inner dentilles; coated marbled endpapers which appear to have been added with rebacking; top edge gilt. Plates show scattered foxing otherwise very good to near fine. Also includes "The Iron Mask, an Episode.".

Three-quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. Robert Cruikshank (illustrator). First Edition. Stout 8vo. Pp. xii, 640. Illustrated with 39 plates by Robert Cruikshank. Later three-quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Gilt lettering stamped on spine, gilt ruled and ornaments in compartments, with five raised bands. Marbled edges. Inscribed twice by the author at pages 225 and 257. This account of the Bastille is charmingly illustrated by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856), brother of George, and represents one of his last works. The tale, which was widely believed to have been "merely" translated from the French, is in fact an independent text by Chamerovzow, who published several works in English. Although subtitled "First Series," no further volumes were issued. A handsome, well-bound copy. Not in SADLEIR, or in WOLFF, who cites the sequels The Embassy (1846) and Philip of Lutetia (1848).

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 728. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1859 edition. 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. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 728.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 496. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1848 edition. 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. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 496.