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Condición: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Cloth pictorial boards, moderate corner, edge wear, discoloration. Pages very good, no writing. Reinforced bind design. Charming illustration. Pattern illustration endpapers. Babar and his family are kidnapped and taken to a strange planet in this science fiction twist on the series. Apprx. 40 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Laurent DeBrunhoff (ilustrador). Book.…

Condición: Very Good. 4 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: Quarto. Category: Apollo Arts Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condición: Very Good. 7 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: London Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condición: Very Good. 42 Pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Edinburgh Review; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condición: Very Good. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 255 pp. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing across the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 16s. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. RUSSIAN & SOVIET HISTORY.…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original royal navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xii] 290 printed pages of text with 6 full-page monochrome illustrations. A little foxing to the fore edges. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear to the bottom of the spine, rubs to corners and spine ends, not price clipped 18/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. Decorative DJ covered in mylar; price clipped; 379 Titles Listed on Inside of DJ make this a SPRING 1957 edition. BOOK is covered in raspberry red cloth with black and gold accents; Spine #8, Kent Endpapers; black topstain. MORE INFO MADAME BOVARY: In 1850, after returning from Egypt, Flaubert began work on Madame Bovary. The novel, which took five years to write, was serialized in the Revue de Paris in 1856. The government brought an action against the publisher and author on the charge of immorality, which was heard during the following year, but both were acquitted. When Madame Bovary appeared in book form, it met with a warm reception (Wiki). …

One page, 12mo. Very good on lightly aged paper. Giving details of a proposed lecture. He was to have been in Salford, Manchester, but the dates have been changed. Can only offer two dates. ' the two years' has been a huge success & a most interesting journey by which we have all benefited. I remember the Bolton audience with great pleasure. Kindly name the subject you choose. My fee: ten guineas as before.' Accompanied by magazine cutting of photographic portrait captioned 'M. PAUL BLOUET ("MAX O'RELL"), NEW EDITOR OF THE PARIS "FIGARO.".…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOOK: Dark green leatherette; spine 4; gold leaping torchbearer on front with gold title and author's name on spine; Bernhard endpapers; light green topstain; previous owners name lightly and small(y) written on front endpaper; wear on spine edges. STORY: First published in 1848, La Dame aux Camélias (Camille) is a semi-autobiographical novel based on the author's brief love affair with a courtesan, Marie Duplessis. He convinces her to leave her life as a courtesan and to live with him in the countryside.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK is covered in GREEN LEATHERETTE; Spine #2 (1919-25); BL in gold on front; gold lettering on spine: Title, Author, Modern Library; Brodzky Endpapers (1919-25); slight spine lean; previous owner's neatly written name and date of "June 1922" on front page.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BROWN LEATHERETTE (1925-29); Gold Torchbearer on front; Spine # 4 (1925-29); Yellow and White Bernhardt Endpaper (1925-29); Brown Top-stain. WONDERFUL SHORT STORIES: A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.…

Condición: Bon. Merci, votre achat aide à financer des programmes de lutte contre l'illettrisme.

223 untrimmed and partly unopend pages. - Publisher's titled softcover with gentle ornament at frontpanel; 8vo.(ca. 19 x 12 cm). ~~~ FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; EXEMPLAIRE 'S.P.'(Service de Presse), INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ''Pour Claude Bourdet / en respectueux hommage / . . .'' at foretitle-page. - Cover slightly used; A VERY GOOD COPY.…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¾''. Her writing career stretched from 1941 to 1979 and during this time she brought many of the events of her childhood and career to public attention. She enjoyed a long relationship with publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons, and most of her works, particularly her early ones, were a commercial success. Contains colour frontispiece, 217 pp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the spine tips, not price clipped, 18s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. PORTUGAL & PORTUGUESE.…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original plum covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains portrait frontispiece drawing by Irène Lagut, 127 pp. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small repaired tears to the spine ends and bottom front cover, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0720601746 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

Condición: Very Good. Publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 6½'' x 4¼''. Contains 192 pp French text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [Surrealism].

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF ECELLENCE. FIRST MODERN CLASSIC. RARE First Modern Library Edition. Leatherette is covered in navy blue cloth; spine #4; leaping woman logo on front; Bernhard endpapers; front endpaper has discreet previous owners name written. Tiny store sticker on back EP reads: "The Random Book Shop, 1 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, O." SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, OVER 20 YEARS ON ABEBOOKS.…

Condición: Good. First edition thus in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 219 pp. Tanning to the text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: Brown Leathette 1919-25; Brodzky EP; BL logo on front with gold trim on spine 1919-25; Spine 2, 1919-25.

Uniform matching hard back binding in contemporary aqua green cloth covers, faded gilt title and author lettering to the spines. 12mo 6'' x 4''. Contents: volume II 431; volume III 387; volume IV 346. Volume I is missing, armorial bookplate inside each front end paper belonging to George Blackshaw, rubbing to the covers, hinges still sound, text block with light foxing to the end leaves. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History). …

Condición: Very Good. First English language edition being first published in Germany in 1961 as 'Die Drei Räuber'. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet paper covered boards, black title and author lettering to the spine with three black hooded robbers to the foot of the front panel, primrose end papers. 4to 11½'' x 8½''. Contains unpaginated printed pages of text with colour illustrations on blue paper throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubs to the spine ends, edges and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780714848778 CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE. …

Albumblatt (1 S. 4°) in Tinte mit Ort und Datum eigenhändig signiert CARL SAERCHINGER aus New York. 19.I.1935.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three French Early Eighteenth Century Novels, Probably Each Is A Roman-A-Clef. Bound In One Volume. Speckled Calf, Polished, Elaborately Gilt Spine, Gilt Edges, Marbled Endpapers. Light Wear, No Marks Or Stains.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, Grey cloth Red Label on frontBK VERY GOOD COND WITH light edge Fade, DJ is VG tiny edge chips wear Appears to be a First Edition, , However NOT Stated & UNDATED 1930 ?, 322 Titles Listed inside DJ & over 300 on BACK of DJ, with Prezipcode Coupon & $1.10 . above price sticker reads As of April 15, 1947, the price of The Modern Library in U.S.A. is $1.25 a copy, cannot find any other date. No writing, no remainder mark, not price clipped. Minor wear to edge of dust jacket (reinforced with wide clear shipping tape). Minor tanning to dust jacket and outside edge of pages. 322 Tiles Listed inside DJ & over 300 on Back of DJ, with Prezipcode Coupon, Text is complete and unabridged, CLEOPATRA NIGHTS IS EXOTIC NOVELETTE, classic story (complete) of ancient Egypt, noted for its lyrical description of the era, and the question put as to whether or not you might like to spend an evening with Queen Cleopatra at her palace.on one condition.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE SURVIVING September, 1917 BONI & LIVERIGHT DARK BROWN LEATHERETTTE with gold lettering on spine and gold BL Logo on front; Spine #1; Marble Endpapers (1A); C3 Boni & Liveright Catalog with 35 titles listed at front; previous owner's name on free front endpaper, "H.F. Pierce, May 25, 1918, Mineola". Other stories included are: The Piece of String, Boule De Suif, Two Little Soldiers, Father Milon, Monsieur Parent, Useless Beauty, The False Gems, The Horla, A Sale, The Story of a Farm Girl, Simon's Papa, and A Coward.…

Condición: Very Good. First edition with these illustrations hard back binding in publisher's original venetian red buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt theatre drapes and Japanese fan to the front cover, top edge gilt, grey and white silhouette matador illustrated end sheets. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Mérimée is best known for this novella Carmen, which became the basis of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. Contains [ix], 203 printed pages of text with with 16 intricate full-page colour plates with lettered paper guards, and 74 large monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine dulled, off-setting to the verso end papers and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODusjacket, BROWN LEATHERETTE, ML#8.1; September 1917, FIRST BONI & LIVERIGHT EDITION. 12 Titles Listed At Front, Starts with Dorian gray & Ends Studies in Pessimism ,No Catalog At End .NO JACKET, Other stories included , . RARE SURVIVING 1917 FIRST BONI & LIVERIGHT DARK BROWN LEATHERETTTE with gold lettering on spine and gold BL Logo on front, 1917 ON COPYRIGHT PG, Hardcover. Very Good +. 251 Pp. Brown Leatherette, Brown Patternless Endpapers. First Modern Library Printing, Toledano Spine Type 1, Endpapers Type A, 12 Titles Listed At Front, No Catalog At End. Very Good +, Slight Wear, No Marks.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. Near Fine True First Modern Library. BOOK: Brown Leatherette with 35 Titles listed on C3 Catalog at Front; Brown Marble Endpapers; Brown topstain. Really lovely copy of this perennial favor story of a "fallen woman" and the consequences. There is a light printing mark across the title page (see scan).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL TRUE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION with CATALOG #1, 12 TiTLES AT FRONT. Brown Leatherette; Gold BL Logo with Author and Title on spine in gold also; brown marble endpapers, small blemish on top corner of title page where price was written in ink was whitened out (see scan). ONE STORY FROM BEST SHORT STORY WRITER EVER: Maupassant describes the Prussian soldiers who have seized the château as crude, destructive, and rather stupid men who don't value the manor or its beautiful furniture and costly paintings and art objects. Nearly all of them are violent, brutish womanizers, but the story's narrator explains that possibly the worst of these men is the short and slender Count Wilhelm von Eyrick, whom the other soldiers nickname ''Mademoiselle Fifi.'' ALSO: Other stories included are: The Piece of String, Boule De Suif, Two Little Soldiers, Father Milon, Monsieur Parent, Useless Beauty, The False Gems, The Horla, A Sale, The Story of a Farm Girl, Simons Papa, and A Coward.…