Literature Portfolio

"With Illustrations in colour by. Maurice and Edward Detmold" First edition, first impression, a near fine copy. One of the highlights of book illustration. Publishers wine cloth with gilt title and gilt vignette. Gilt title to spine. Gilt top page-block. Name plate on inside.

Collection of short stories by Pierre Courtade illustrated by Edouard Pignon. In-8 and in sheets contained in a dust jacket illustrated by a color lithograph by Pignon and protected by a slipcase bearing the title and authors on the spine, which is in turn contained in a rigid

Romanesque Works by Guy des Cars - 18 Volumes - 1974, illustrations, Edito-Service S. A., Geneva - Burgundy publisher's cardboard, titled and decorated upper boards and spines, burgundy contreplats and endpapers decorated with gilded motifs, frontispieces and numerous

Very beautiful complete and nicely bound copy of this very good edition in 42 octavo volumes (here 40 are missing T 13 & 22) published during the Restoration by Lefèvre and Deterville, printed by Crapelet. Magnificently bound in full glazed calfskin of the period, smooth spine

Doris Lessing - "The Golden Notebook" First edition, third printing - 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket (cloth, gilded letters), English, 568 pages. Good overall condition. Dust jacket is in average condition, corners creased, torn, stains (see photos); Very good binding. "The

The Noble Tale of the Sangreal, superb colour illustrations by Helen Uruquart. Author: Sir Thomas Mallory. Legend of King Arthur; Knights Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Gawaine and Sir Percivale. First Published 1920, second edition 1923. Phillip Alan & Co, Quality Court, London.

I am selling a set of 4 Harry Potter books written in English: -Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Hardcover, First Edition, 607 pages, 21cmx14cm. -Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Softcover, 636 pages, 20cmx13cm. -Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Hardcover, First

Marriage, that is the whole matter of the real state; divided into six hoofy pieces. Maegth, Vryster, Bruydt, Vrouwe, Moede, Widow - The Hague, Pieter van Thol, 1740 - (20) 538 pp - parchment. Good. Spot on front cover. bottom slightly discoloured. The front cover and endpaper

BY JOHN BUNYAN. 1857 The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come, delivered under the Similitude of a Dream, wherein is discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country. Published: London David Bogue.

Paris chez Lemerre, 3 volumes, 27x19cms, demi-basane drawings, solid interiors and fresh walls, richly illustrated. Vol 1: Poesie, 460 p. vol 2: Theater, 440 p. vol 3: Prose. 506 p. The volume is accompanied by 300 beautiful illustrations in black and white by Felician Myrbach,

There are four volumes of the periodical Annali polòitici, civili eletterari edited by the controversial journalist and lawyer Simon Nicholas Henri Linguet translated here into Italian. This newspaper was first printed in Great Britain in 1777, followed by numerous authorized or

Frontispiece portrait, viii, 348; vi, 392; vii, 295; viii, 367pp., François Rabelais; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553), has been called the first great French prose author.[4] A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both John

Theodor Storm - Collected Writings. First complete edition in 19 volumes. Volumes 1-14 in 7 books - 1889. o Publisher & Print: Westermann, Braunschweig, 1889. o in 7 volumes. o Weight: approx. 3.5 kg. o in total 2926 pages. o Volume 1-14 in 7 books. Volumes 15-19. miss. Hans

Joachim Heinrich Campre. Le Nouveau Robinson. 2 vols. in 1 binding. Amsterdam, Gabriel Dufour, 1790. 8vo: [4], xii, 221; [2], 224 pp. Contemporary cardboard wrapper. With 2 frontispices. Wrapper somewhat worn, some foxing, otherwise decent.

Lot consisting of 3 English picture books: The Castle Comedy. Harper & Brothers editions, first edition September 1904. Hardback full editorial cloth with gold, gilt top edge. 21.5x14.5 cm, pp. 236 printed on paper with beards all decorated with floral friezes and illustrations

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Land of Men / War Pilot. Guild of bibliophiles Rombaldi bookstore - undated (circa 1960) Terre des hommes: Published in December 1939, this book won the Grand Prix du roman from the French Academy. It is a series of stories, testimonies and meditations

Very beautiful edition of "In Search of Lost Time" illustrated by Van Dongen with 77 pretty reproductions of out-of-text watercolors. Edition printed in 8750 numbered copies, this one one of 8500 numbered 1 to 8500, under the binding made from the model by Paul Bonet (N 4346).

Complete two volumes set by the author of Dracula. First edition in two volumes of a biography of one of the most famous actors (and theatre managers) of Victorian Britain, Henry Irving; written by the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker. Illustrated with frontispieces protected by

Thooneel van de mannelicke observbaerheyt, aen-gestanden in de pro-, con-ver-stand, en de u-ver-de spoken about the refusal of the queen Vashti ... - The Hague, Adriaen vande Venne, 1632 - (16) 68 ( =78)pp - half leather. Fairly good. Scuffs and bumps on the strap, loss of

Five weeks in a Balloon, Old book for collection . Book illustrated with drawings. Tot 352 pages Five weeks in a balloon: Voyage in Central Africa. From the French of Jules Verne. Sixth edition Sampson low, martston, Seattle, Rivington 1887

First edition, second impression of Hemingway's adventures hunting in East Africa Green Hills of Africa is Hemingway's second work of nonfiction, Green Hills of Africa is an account of a month on safari he and his wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, took in East Africa during

A treat for collectors. Voltaire "Novels and Stories" - 4 volumes - miniature edition. Approx. 1780, (IIIe République) Publisher: A. Evreux; Chez J. J. L. Ancelle, Imprimeur - Libraire; Hardcover (cardboard), each volume approx. 280 pages, French, dimensions: 12 cm x 8.5 cm;

DUPLESSI-BERTAUX (Jean). Story of the prodigal son, in twelve tables, taken from the New Testament, drawn and engraved by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux in 1815. Paris, Pierre Didot the elder, 1816. 1 quarto volume (25 x 20 cm) of 52 pp. and 12 ff. of out-of-text plates. Long-grain red