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Published by AK Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1902593715ISBN 13: 9781902593715
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Criminal exploits, secret agent intrigue, and clever -disguises fill the pages of Francois Eugene Vidocqs memoirs. A legendary figure in history, Vidocq is known as the first detective and an inspiration to great writers such as Honore de Balzac, Victor Hugo and Edgar Allen Poe. As a player in the criminal underworld, Vidocq is a master of disguises and an accomplished thief, eventually turning his unlawful talents toward catching criminals as the first French chief of secret police. Playing both sides of the law, Vidocqs life highlights the blurry line between law enforcement and the criminals they pursue. Vidocq has a knack for finding trouble throughout his topsy-turvy life, getting into one hot situation after another, often finding himself behind bars, only to escape the first chance he gets. This book will take you on a whirlwind tour of 1830s France, including the circus stage, pirate ships, prison cells and beautiful womens boudoirs. Vidocqs life story is unforgettable and includes some of the best crime stories and juicy tales ever written. Last year, Gerard Depardieu starred in the French film adaptation of the memoirs, -titled Vidocq."He preferred the tumultuous life of danger to the contentment of security. His story is one long swashbuckling adventure as he breaks out of jails, pursues actresses, duels to the death, raids the hells of criminals and stalks the Paris night in a thousand disguises."-Philip John Stead, Vidocq, Picaroon of Crime.
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Published by Foreign Quarterly Review, London, 1828
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United Kingdom
First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 37 Pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (15 x 22 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Foreign Quarterly Review; Inventory No: 123135. Cosmo Books : 26 years selling on ABE; 26 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Published by HOUGH/RIVERSIDE
First Edition
Condition: Fair. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Riverside Press 1935. 1st US edition. Hardcover 8vo 433 pgs. Good with no dust jacket. Light orange spine and black boards. Spine sunned. Foxing spots on top edge of textblock. Endpaper hinges toned. Pgs 162-63 toned at top due to something laid in. Contents clean and binding sound. (true crime, france, detectives, biography) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, London, England,, 1829
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Fair. First English Edition. xii + 251pp, xii + 275pp. No cover but still well bound to singed leather spine, interior in nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. Complete between end blanks. Ex lib with blind stamps to first 3, last 2, and 2 pages in middle.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1935
Seller: Alan White Fine Books, BRIGHTON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First US edition hardback in original Cosimini designed dustjacket , states copyright 1935 on verso title page , dated 1935 bottom title page , 433pp, black boards with yellow spine etc black titles to spine , no inscriptions other tha name and date 1938 on front endpaper , no spine lean , no tears to pages , corners are sharp , spine tips are sharp , usual page toning with age , no foxing , in original jacket that is not spine faded , not price-clipped showing $3.00 on flap , spine tips , edges and corners rubbed , spine , back panel and flaps are toned with age , toned on verso , several small closed tears to edges , spine tip at top reinforced on verso by paper, a scarce title in original jacket , not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent in quality inert removable dust jacket plastic , bubble-wrapped and in a strong box . We are a full time Independent bookseller established in 1999.
Published by H.S. Nichols, London, 1896
Seller: Carmarthenshire Rare Books, Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. four volume set,original gilt decorated red cloth hardcover,limited to 500 copies,frontispiece to each volume,spines a little rubbed otherwsie a very good complete set.Shelf N4.
Published by London, Hunt and Clarke., 1828
Seller: Biblio Industries Alain Haezeleer, Stuttgart, Germany
First Edition
First English Edition. Contemporary black full-leather, raised bands, with gilt titles to spines, marbled boards. Octavo, XI, 266 pp. Some slight rubbing to leather, small contemporary name in ink to flyleaf; very good.
Published by London, Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot., 1829
Seller: Biblio Industries Alain Haezeleer, Stuttgart, Germany
First Edition
First English Edition. Contemporary black full-leather, raised bands, with gilt titles to spines, marbled boards. Octavo, XII, 251 pp. Some slight rubbing to leather, small contemporary name in ink title, very good.
Published by London, Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot., 1830
Seller: Biblio Industries Alain Haezeleer, Stuttgart, Germany
First Edition
First English Edition. Contemporary black full-leather, raised bands, with gilt titles to spines, marbled boards. Octavo, XII, 275 pp. Some slight rubbing to leather, small contemporary name in ink title, very good.
Published by houghton mifflin, cambridge, 1935
Seller: broken wing books, Blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Clean unmarked with one small corner bump. Dust jacket missing one by one material on bottom of spine, five small closed tears but does not detract from look.
Published by London : H.S. Nichols, 1896
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Limited edition to 500 copies. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloths. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 4 volumes : portrait ; 24 cm. Subjects; Du Barry, Jeanne Bécu comtesse 1743-1793. France Biography Louis XV French Courtesan. Patron Arts. Court Life. 1 Kg.
Published by London : H.S. Nichols, 1896
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Limited edition to 500 copies. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloths. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 4 volumes : portrait ; 24 cm. Subjects; Du Barry, Jeanne Bécu comtesse 1743-1793. France Biography Louis XV French Courtesan. Patron Arts. Court Life. 1 Kg.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 433 pp. White endpapers, with previous owner's name on ffep. Quarter orange cloth with black titles and boards. Corners lightly bumped. White DJ with red and brown illustration. Small chips, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG.
Published by T. B. Peterson and Brothers 0, Philadelphia, PA
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. from original designs by Cruikshank (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original brown pebbled cloth, front cover lettered in blind, spine panel lettered/illus. in gilt. Originally issued by Peterson 1859 as the 1st American edtion, this copy identical in appearance and of about that vintage but undated, thus ca. 1860-65, with brown rather than yellow endpapers and no publisher's catalogue at rear. Cloth split and neatly mended along upper front joint, approx. 1/2" surface loss at heel of spine panel, corners rubbed with minor exposure. Mended front hinge, rear hinge slightly starting but binding firm. 580 pp., all 6 engraved plates present though most bound in other than where plate list indicates them to be. Originally the copy of Dr. J. Chalmers DaCosta of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, with his book plate mounted inside front cover and the signature of George DaCosta inked on front blank following flyleaf. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by T. B. PETERSON AND BROTHERS,, PHILADELPHIA, 1859
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First American Edition, First Print. Pp. 580. 6 engravings from original designs by Cruikshank. The autobiography of the first private detective, Eugene Francois Vidocq. Quarter bound red leather, raised bands to spine, Gold title label to spine, marbled boards and matching end pages. Bookplate of JULIUS FRANKE to verso of front board. Gilt to top edge of text block. number stamp to title page, not ex-library. Raven Bookshop New York, label, to rear end page.
Published by London : H. S. Nichols, 1896
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Pages non-uniform with some unopened. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Limited edition; one of 500 copies, this being number 256. Description: 4 vol. : front. (port.) ; 21 cm. Subjects: Du Barry, Jeanne Becu, comtesse (1743-1793) --Memoir. 3 Kg.
Published by London : H. S. Nichols, 1896
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Pages non-uniform with some unopened. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Limited edition; one of 500 copies, this being number 256. Description: 4 vol. : front. (port.) ; 21 cm. Subjects: Du Barry, Jeanne Becu, comtesse (1743-1793) --Memoir. 3 Kg.
Published by T. B. Peterson & Brothers,, Philadelphia, 1859
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition (no additional printings listed). Original dark brown cloth, stamped gilt lettering and spine illustration, 5x7 ½ inches, 580 pp + publisher's catalogue on yellow endpapers, illustrated with six plates (all present, but two of them appear as the illustrated title page, rather than facing the pages listed in the contents). Hardcover, very good. Corners bumped with cardboard exposed there, light soil and faint drop marks on exterior, ½ inch chip towards center of rear board, approximately 1/32 inch fraying at head and foot of spine, 1 ½ inch tear and some lesser nicks and chips along front joint. Internally, lower corner on front endpaper creased, faint light tan stains and a bit of foxing on first and last few leaves, on plates and sporadically elsewhere, previous owner's inscription (in pencil) , otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked; probably never really read. True crime; mystery; autobiography; history; France.
Published by London
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. First Edition. (London: I. J. Chidley n.d. [1840/? First UK Edition of the First One Volume Edition. Publisher's pictorial red cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed, yellow coated end-papers. Gilt lettering and drawings to the spine. gilt with gilt drawings on spine. vi, xiv, 562. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece (with tissue guard) and title page and 8 plates by Thomas Onwhyn. The book is un-dated. Undated, A neat former owner's name, date (May 1846) and place (London) to the front paste-down. The interior is clean. Overall about VG. Not in COPAC. Inexplicably uncommon. Francois Eugene Vidocq is known as the first detective and father of criminology. His writings have been an inspiration for all detective, mystery and crime stories for the past century or more. He led a life of adventure as a criminal, soldier, inmate, smuggler, circus performer and secret police spy. Here he becomes a legend in his riotous autobiography of criminal exploits and secret agent. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Published by Printed for Hunt & Clarke, vols I & II; Whittaker, Treacher & Arnot, vol. III & IV. 1828-29, 1828
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Front. port. bound in to vol. IV. 'S BIOG' stamps on titles (from the Bradford library). Rebound in 20th century half calf. Mémoires de Vidocq, chef de la police de sûreté jusqu'en 1827, aujourd'hui propriétaire et fabricant de papiers à Saint-Mandé, 1828-29. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. The BNF indicates that Vidocq was responsible for the first vol. only. Much to Vidocq's annoyance, Louis L'Héritier was engaged to ghost write the second and third volumes, with Vidocq in an advisory role. This relationship appears to have been a frosty one as Vidocq was not involved at all in the writing of the fourth volume. Volumes III and IV have additional series titlepages showing them to be numbers 27 and 28 in the 'Autobiography' series. The series was started by Hunt & Clarke, taken over by Whittaker, Treacher & Arnot.
Published by Published by H. S. Nichols, 3 Soho Square, London First Edition . Four Volumes. 1896., 1896
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Uniform matching first edition hard back binding in half brown smooth finest quality leather covers, gilt title lettering and volume details on morocco labels and embellishments to the spines, top edges gilt, marble paper end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains a different tissue guarded frontispiece to each volume. Tiny stamp from Henry Sotheran, Piccadilly, London inside each volume and a Very Good clean condition set. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).
Published by Hunt and Clarke/Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1828
Seller: Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. First published in France 1828-1829. Rebound. Four Volumes Tr. into English. Vidocq was a French criminal who became founder and first director of the crime-detection Surete Nationale of France, as well as the head of the first known private detective agency (considered to be the first private detective). Vidocq's successes as an investigator inspired many Victorian authors in the early days of detective fiction writing. In 1828, Vidocq published Volume 1 of his memoirs - written by him, and with the assistance of ghost writers, subsequently produced a further 3 volumes. However, many of the accounts are regarded as being largely fictitious. Vol. I 237pp. 1st edn., 1st issue, pub. by Hunt and Clarke, 1828; Vol. II 266pp. 2nd issue pub. by Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1829 (1st issue reads Hunt and Clarke); Vol. III 251pp. pub. by Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1829; Vol. IV 275pp. pub. by Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1830. 16mo. h/backs. Vol. I lacks Frontis. Portrait. Fr. hinge beginning to show Vols. I, III and IV. All corners bumped and worn, all Vols. showing signs of shelf wear, but still a Vg. set of 4 Volumes.
Published by T.B. Peterson, Philadelphia, 1859
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing. (Follows the original French and some multi-volume British editions with ghostwritten material tacked on.) 580, [2]-12, [1] pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth, front stamped in blind, gilt spine lettering, yellow ad endpapers. A Very Good+ copy with cloth worn away along head and tail, lettering a little oxidized and rubbed, light sporadic foxing, penciled name on first blank, erased pencil on title page, plates toned. The autobiography of the first private detective, Eugene Francois Vidocq, a former criminal and father of criminology. His exploits inspired Edgar Allan Poe to create detective fiction as a genre.
Published by Whittaker and Co, London, 1829
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First English Edition. 4 Volumes, Octavos. In Very Good condition. Rebound in half black leather with marbled paper boards and gilt text on paneled spines. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblocks have light age toning. Shelved Room A. 1371601. Special Collections.
Published by Whittaker, Treacher & Arnot, London, 1829
Seller: Flora Books, Mears Ashby, United Kingdom
First Edition
Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. 1st edition in English, 4 volumes, xxii 237: ix 266: xii 251: xii 275pp, portrait frontispiece, 19th century half calf, spines richly gilt with red labels, marbled boards, slight wear to edges, bookplate (Sidney Davidson) to pastedowns, 12mo (9x14.5cm), a very nice copy of what is widely regarded as the first detective story - although Vidocq was a genuine and successful detective these accounts are largely fictitious.
Published by E.L. Carey & A. Hart, Chesnut Street. Baltimore: Carey, Hart & Co, Philadelphia, 1834
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
xx, 496 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. First American edition. First American edition. xx, 496 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Source for Poe's Dupin. Vidocq (1775-1857), first a convicted criminal and then "the principal and most active agent of the police", was head of the Paris Sureté from 1810 to 1827. He wrote only the first volume in the French original, published in four volumes in 1828; a ghost writer was brought in for the rest of the work. The translation is variously attributed to George Borrow or H.T.R. (William Maginn), and its importance cannot be underestimated. Carey & Hart printed three editions between 1834 and 1844. "Numerous influences on detective story writers to come especially on Poe" - Queen's Quorum. American Imprints 29555; OCLC: 3859253 Original publisher's muslin-backed paper boards, remnants of printed title label, uncut. Upper cover detached and crudely resewn at an early date, worn at edges.