the modern library random house c 1965 new york (11 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. A Modern Library reprint edition of William Faulkner's 7th novel, set in his native Mississippi. The story touches on aspects of race, religion and sexuality, as written in the author's unique modernist style. First published in 1932. --- In Toledano spine 13 / black cloth / silver spine titling / ml device blindstamped to front cover / blank endpapers / jacket style l, verso is blank. Interior bears 1959 date but likely published c.1965. ML #88.6. --- With general age-toning to leaves and with publisher/distributor rubberstampings to front free endpaper, else an unmarked, intact copy. Note: A loosened front hinge has been repaired on this item. Dust jacket with a small tear and mild chafing to edges, otherwise bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); [4], 481, [10, ads] pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. André Malraux's gripping novel is centered around the 1927 communist upheaval in Shanghai and was originally published in French under the title "La condition humaine." This Modern Library edition translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. Volume wrapped in red, black and grey variant jacket. --- In Toledano spine 11 / green cloth / ML hex torchbearer logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises titles in ML catalogue, but no total number. Likely published c.1965, though 1961 date appears in book. ML #33.3. --- A sound, tightly-bound copy, but with remnants of prior owner's torn-out bookplate to front paste-down & inked signature on title page. Fair-only, unclipped dust jacket ($2.45) with chips, tears & rubbing but mostly intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; vi, [4], 9-360, [2] (ads) pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Stated First Modern Library Edition, 1951. A presentation of 135 stories by the British humorist H. H. Munro (1870-1916), writing under his pseudonym of Saki. With an introduction by Christopher Morley and a biographical sketch of H. H. Munro by his sister, Ethel M. Munro which is accompanied by a few drawings by Saki. Mr. Munro was killed by a German sniper in France during World War I. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 358 titles in ML catalog. ML #280.1. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound and clean, though with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper. Unclipped, Fair-only dust jacket with several large chips and tears but remaining mostly intact; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xiii, 718 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. Gustave Flaubert's novel, considered scandalous when first published in 1857, in an English language Modern Library reprint edition. This work has been described as ". . .the most perfect novel ever created" by British literary critic Arthur Symonds. Translated from the French, and with an introduction by Flaubert scholar Francis Steegmuller. Black & white illustrations at heads of the novel's parts by an unattributed artist. --- In Toledano spine 11 / rust cloth / ML hex torchbearer logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1965 (though 1957 date appears in book). ML #28.3. --- A weakened front hinge has been repaired on this item, otherwise an unmarked, tightly-bound, bright copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.95) with light chafing to extremities and a little bleed of red color from cloth to verso, but remains intact and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xv, 396, [2, ads] pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. A Modern Library reprint edition of James Joyce's first published work (1914), offering 15 of his stories, which are set in Dublin or environs in the early 20th century. With an introduction by Padraic Colum. Volume wrapped in blue and green jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 11 / blue cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1965 (though 1954 date appears in book). ML #124.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy, though with with publisher/distributor rubberstamping to front free endpaper and ever-so-slightly warped front board. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.95) with conspicuous chafing to extremities, otherwise bright, intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xiii, 288, [2, ads] pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. A collection of 12 stories and novelettes by noted English and American authors such as Joseph Conrad, Ernest Hemingway, John Galsworthy, Willa Cather and eight others in this anthology. Selected, and with a foreword & biographical notes, by Bennett Cerf, editor of the Modern Library. --- In Toledano spine 11 / red cloth / ML hex torchbearer logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style k, verso blank. Likely published c.1965 (though 1942 date appears in book). ML #168.2. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with chips and small tears, but overall bright and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); viii, 480 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a Prussian philosopher whose landmark 'Critique of Pure Reason' is included in this collection of his most notable writings. Edited, and with an introduction, by Carl J. Friedrich, who supplies many of the translations in this English language Modern Library edition. --- In Toledano spine 11 / rust cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso is blank. Likely published c.1965 (though 1949 date appears in book). ML #266.1. --- A well-preserved copy: unmarked and tightly-bound. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.95) with a tear and conspicuous chafing to extremities but mostly intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); l, 476, [2, ads] pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. A Modern Library edition presenting selections from the ancient Roman historian's famous history of Rome, which originally consisted of 142 separate books. Includes a map of the Mediterranean area. Translation and with an introduction by Moses Hadas and Joe P. Poe. Volume wrapped in green jacket with image of Romulus and Remus suckling from a she-wolf. --- In Toledano spine 10 / bright green cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style j, verso lists ML titles, but no total number. Likely published c.1965 (though 1962 date appears in book). ML #325.1. --- With yellow highlighting and red inked underlinings on several passages in the first half of the book, discreet former owner's signatures to title page and rear endpaper, else a clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Unclipped dust jacket with tears, chips and a little rubbing but otherwise bright and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (10), 399 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Volume five in Marcel Proust's famous seven-part Remembrance of Things Past series, first published in 1923, in a very nice Modern Library copy. Also known as "The Prisoner." Complete and unabridged, translated from the French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff. With a biographical sketch of Proust, and bibliography; in dark red dust jacket. --- In Toledano spine 10 / green cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists titles in ML catalogue, but no total number. Likely published c.1965 (though 1956 date appears in book). ML #120.3. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright though publisher/distributor rubberstamping to front free endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket also in excellent shape but with minor rubbing, mild sunning to spine and chafing & crease to edges; protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; [10], 563, [2, ads] pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. A Modern Library edition of Rudyard Kipling's famous novel of India. Set in the latter part of the 19th Century, "Kim" presents a sweeping account of the people and religions of India. Volume wrapped in pale yellow jacket with image of Kim to front panel by "F.B." --- In Toledano spine 10 / turquoise cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists titles in ML catalogue, but no total number. Likely published c.1965 (though 1928 date appears in book). ML #99.3. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright though with 'Sleepy Hollow School' marked in green ink to half title page. Price-clipped dust jacket also in excellent shape but with a couple of spots of soiling to spine and chafing to spine ends; protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); [4], 345, [2, ads] pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past." Vol. 1 in Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" series, originally published in 1913. Consists of 4 parts: Overture, Combray, Swann in Love, and Place-Names, the Name. Complete and unabridged in a single hardcover volume in jacket. Translated from the French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, and with an introduction by Lewis Galantière. --- In Toledano spine 11 / rust cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1965 (though 1956 date appears in book). ML #59.2. --- A clean, tightly-bound and bright copy. A weakened front hinge has been repaired on this item. Unclipped dust jacket ($2.45) with slight chafing to edges and a tear and a scratch, otherwise bright, intact and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xiv, 611, [3, ads] pages.