Chronicles Bastile: First Edition (7 results)

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.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. 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. Rober Cruikshank (illustrator). 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. 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). Robert Cruikshank (illustrator). Signed.…

FIRST EDITION. Additional engr. title & plates by Robert Cruikshank. Half 20th century blue crushed morocco by Bayntun; spine sl. faded, some minor rubbing. Recent booklabel of Steve Jubin. A nice copy. Not in Wolff; Oxford, Cambridge & BL only on Copac. First published in parts in 1844. La Bertaudière is the first part of Chamerovzow's series of historical novels, Chronicles of the Bastile. It was followed by The Embassy, or, The Key to a Mystery (1846) and Philip of Lutetia, or, The Revolution of 1789 (1848).…