The Germans and their creative writing under and since Bismarck. Pp. x+246, 16 plates, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled with edges a little rubbed, and a small split to foot of backstrip near lower panel; fore edge of leaves a trifle foxed and bottom edge a little soiled, occasional..... More
Translated and Edited by Quintin Hoare. From the French edition edited by Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir. Pp. xii+532(last blank), index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges a trifle creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a little light foxing..... More
Translated and edited by L. Clark Keating and Robert O. Evans. Pp. [x]+78, brief bibliography, notes; plain white stiff paper wrappers, lightly foxed; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, slightly foxed on reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Robson Books, London, 1974. First U.K. edition..... More
Trente-sept lithographies de Berthold Mahn. [Text in French]. Pp. [viii]+304+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, plus 10 plates, title page vignette, 14 text illustrations, 10 pictorial headpieces and a tailpiece, the title and several small decorative initials printed in red; bound in half orange calf, with gilt lettered and decorated red calf..... More
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments . . . With introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights. Ten volumes, plus six volumes of SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS. With notes anthropological and explanatory. Together, 16..... More
Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. With an Introduction by Alice Kaplan. Pp. xii+224, appendix, index; demy 8vo; qr. grey cloth, spine lettered in silver, grey papered boards; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2013. First U.S. edition..... More
Pp. xiv+754(last blank), 16 plates, notes, index; thick med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faint signs of sticker removal near foot of front flap; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a little fainty foxing and couple..... More
A portrait of Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Pp. [xii]+402(last blank), 16 plates, notes, bibliography, chronology; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dark grey papered boards, upper board lettered in black, the top fore-corner faintly bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel lightly..... More
Pp. 190; cr. 8vo; orange cloth, spine blocked in blue and lettered in silver & gilt; top edges blue; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split,; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset; Readers Union, London, 1948. Book Club edition. *Author's first novel..... More
A biography. Volume One (1768-93). The Longed-for Tempests. Pp. [x]+322(last blank), 8 plates, endpaper maps, notes, select bibliography, references, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle split; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Chatto & Windus, London, 1977. First edition. *Biography of the French romantic writer and statesman. More
The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters. Translated by Constance Garnett. With an Introduction by John Gielgud and illustrations by Lajos Szalay. Pp. xvi+154(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations; med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; top edges red; within red, white & green patterned papered..... More
Translated from the French by Margaret Crosland and David Le Vay and with an Introduction by Margaret Crosland. Pp. 156(last blank), frontispiece portrait; boards slightly sprung, the fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the front panel slightly creased near bottom edge; bookseller's sticker at foot..... More
An autobiography in fact and fiction. Translated and edited by Dan Hostadter. Drawings by Emma Chichester Clark. Pp. viii+140, coloured frontispiece plus 5 plates; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver; top edges navy; within cream card slipcase;The Folio Society, London, 1986. Folio 581. More
Pp. xvi+230+2(publisher's note)+8(advertisements), patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top edges brown; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and slightly foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a little bleeding of the cloth colour to bottom edges on reverse; a little light..... More
Translated by J. M. Cohen. Lithographs by M. Lin-Desportes. Pp. 118, black & white frontispiece, plus 6 plates printed in two colours; pictorial tan cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black, the boards faintly soiled; top edges yellow; lacking the slipcase; armorial bookplate (Richard George De Burgh Griffith) on..... More
An English translation of Servitude et Grandeur Militaires by Humphrey Hare. Pp. xxx+210(last blank); navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; top edges navy; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with one small tape repair and a tiny piece chipped from..... More
Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. Pp. [vi]+118(last blank); minor flaws to cloth across both boards and spine; dust wrapper; some of the pages faintly browned; Collins, London, 1988. First U.K. edition. More
Translated from the French by Erik de Mauny. Pp. 256; dust wrapper; edges of leaves foxed; Grey Walls Press, London, 1950. First U.K. edition. *First edition in English. Autobiography of the French poet. More
Translated from the Japanese by Mark Williams. Pp. 232, pictorial endpapers med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faintly faded; name & date (1989) in ink at head of upper free endpaper; Peter Owen, London..... More
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The translation by Lafcadio Hearn. With an Introduction by A. S. W. Rosenbach and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Pp. viii+190+[2](blank, colophon), printed in red & black, coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, title page vignette, and pictorial headpieces; med. 4to; dull green linen, lettered in gilt and decorated in darker green, fore-corners..... More
The translation by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, with an Introduction by Desmond MacCarthy and illustrations by Pierre Watrin. Pp. xvi+282, text illustrations, some full page, title page decoration printed in blue; super roy. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, spine quite faded; speckled edges; within blue/grey card slipcase, edges..... More
Translated from the French by Edward Marsh. Pp. viii+250; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the lower board faintly mottled; top edges navy; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; edges of leaves foxed; Cresset Press, London, 1948. The Cresset Library. *Autobiographical novel, first..... More
Illustre de cent cinquante dessins en couleurs de Joseph Hemard. [Text in French]. In two volumes. Pp. [iv]+iv+354(last blank)+[2](table, verso blank)+[iv]+360+[4](table and colophon, last blank), pochoir title page vignette, text illustrations and pictorial head & tailpieces both volumes, the title pages printed in red & black; bound by Riviere in..... More
With the preface by the author, an introduction for the modern reader by Jacques Barzun and hand-colored illustrations by Andre Dugo. Pp. xlvi+300+[2](colophon, verso blank), 10 plates and 9 text illustrations hand-coloured in the studio of Charlize Brakely, the half-title and title pages printed in blue & black; impl. 8vo;..... More
A Study of His Novels and Plays. Pp. [vi]+262, productions of Genet's plays bibliography, notes and references; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; top edges green; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1968. First..... More