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Old People and the Things That Pass
No Location Stated: Dodo Press, 2008. Print on demand. Original decorated wrappers. ISBN: 1409936406. Light shelfwear. ; Octavo ; 278 pages. Fine .
Literary Cat BooksProfessional sellerBook number: LCB61389
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 23 US$ 27 | JP¥ 3966]
Catalogue: Dutch Literature
Keywords: 1409936406 Literary Criticism Marie Anne Poets Eline Vere Plays Cultural History
Fabre&Apos;S Book of Insects
New York, Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Cloth. Rodolph Stawell's retelling of Fabre's 'Book of Insects' with illustrations by EJ Detmold. A retelling of Jean-Henri Fabre's 'Souvenirs entomologiques' English translation of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch-English journalist, literary critic and publisher, who gained his greatest fame as a translator. Here retold by Mrs Rodolph Stawell. The fifth printing of this work.A fascinating collection of essays detailing Fabre's observations of all kinds of insects in his homeland of France combined with folklore, storytelling, and cultural reference. Jean-Henri Fabre was a French naturalist, entomologist and author known for his popular books on the lives of insects.This edition illustrated by Victorian illustrator E. J. Detmold with coloured frontispiece and eleven further full page plates in colour. Collated, complete. Complete with price clipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper with wear to extremities, minor loss to head and tail of spine and rear wrap. Previous ownership pencil inscription to front free endpaper dated 1937. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to fore edge affecting only occasional leaf lightly, pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: EJ Detmold. Very Good Indeed/Good.
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 855A1
GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 97.75 US$ 114.73 | JP¥ 16858]
Catalogue: Bibliography & General
Keywords: book of insects j henri fabre illustrated j henri fabre EJ Detmold
Fabre&Apos;S Book of Insects
New York, Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Cloth. A smart fifth printing of Mrs. R. Stawell's retelling of Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques" with illustrations throughout. Fifth printing, originally published 1935. Illustrated with a colour tipped in frontispiece and eleven colour tipped in plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive entomological study with chapters on various insects, including: the sacred beetle, the cicada, the praying mantis, the glow-worm, and many others. A retelling of the works of Jean-Henri Fabre, a French naturalist, entomologist, and author. From Alexander Teixeira del Mattos' translation, a Dutch-English journalist, literary critic, publisher, and translator. Written by Mrs. Maud Margaret Key Stawell, an English author and wife of Rodolph Stawell, a British surgeon. Illustrated by Edward Julius Detmold, a prolific English Victorian book illustrator who often worked alongside his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: E. J. Detmold. Very Good .
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 882T1
GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 80.5 US$ 94.49 | JP¥ 13883]
Catalogue: Natural Sciences
Keywords: Fabre Book of Insects Mattos Stawell Book of Insects E. J. Detmold
The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre
Beacon Press, 1991-04-29. paperback. Brand new gift quality softcover Please email for photos.. New .
Griffin BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 115796
USD 29.92 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 | £UK 22.25 | JP¥ 4396]
The Mason-Wasps, The Works of J Henri Fabre
Hodder & Stoughton, London, New York, Toronto, 1919. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean firm green covers with gilt lettering and decoration, sunned spine with dulled gilt lettering, lightly bumped and rubbed corners, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. First edition in this translation. No dust-jacket. Dated from preface/introduction. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16620121017. ISBN: 0719541492
Bailgate Books LtdProfessional sellerBook number: 16620121017
GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.5 US$ 48.59 | JP¥ 7140]
Catalogue: Natural History, Biology, Botany & Zoology
Keywords: BZDB4 Natural History, Biology, Botany & Zoology; J Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos The Mason-Wasps, The Works of J Henri Fabre
Spain; the story of a journey.
London: John C Nimmo, 1900. First English edition. Large 8vo, xii, 224pp. Text illustrations by the author. Original green cloth, gilt titling to front board and spine, gilt illustration to front board, top edge gilt. Endpapers browned, minor spotting of preliminary pages, else a good plus copy. This copy formerly belonged to Prinknash Abbey, with their bookplate to the front endpapers.
Cornell Books Ltd.Professional sellerBook number: 11675
GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 51.75 US$ 60.74 | JP¥ 8925]
The Arrest of Arsene Lupin
London, Eveleigh Nash, 1911. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon English translation of this popular mystery novel featuring the French Arsene Lupin and the parody Herlock Sholmes. The second impression of the first English language edition by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.A riveting mystery novel featuring Arsene Lupin, a thrilling novel. This novel was first published as 'Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes', or, 'Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès&apos.This is a collection of two adventures in which the French gentleman burglar Arsene Lupin and the parody Herlock Sholmes play their wits against each other.Both of these stories had been previously published in the magazine 'Je Sais Tout' from November 1906 to October 1906.Arsene Lupin is Maurice Leblanc's gentleman thief and master of disguise, the French counterpart to Sherlock Holmes.Lupin is Leblanc's best known fictional creation, and for his two science fiction novels 'Les Trois Yeux' and 'Le Formidable Evenement&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding with a pictorial onlay to the front board. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards, and light patches of rubbing. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Pictorial onlay to the front board is lifting. Spine is a little faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 828P37
GBP 170.00 [Appr.: EURO 195.5 US$ 229.47 | JP¥ 33715]
Catalogue: Detective Fiction
Keywords: The Arrest of Arsene Lupin arsene lupin gentleman burglar maurice leblanc arsene lupin None
Coffin Island
London, Hurts & Blackett LTD, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of this very scarce Arsene Lupin novel, a brilliant mystery by Maurice Leblanc. The very scarce first edition in English of this work, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.'Coffin Island' is a brilliant detective novel, following a woman named Veronique; ten years before the novel begins, Veronique's father stole her baby, and it is believed they were both drowned at sea. The novel then picks up in 1917 in France, when Veronique becomes drawn into a mystery which only Arsene Lupin can solve. By Maurice Leblanc, who, in this novel, blends together the detective genre with fantasy and sci-fi.Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear, dated February 1920. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to the spine and head of the front board. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks to the boards. Very small patch of worming from the front paste down to the contents leaf, with no loss of text. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 941P26
GBP 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 258.5 US$ 303.71 | JP¥ 44623]
Catalogue: Detective Fiction
Keywords: Coffin Island l'ile aux trente cercueils island of thirty coffins maurice leblanc l'ile aux trente cercueils None
The Betrothal: a sequel to The Blue Bird: a fairy plan in 5 acts and 11 scenes.
NY, Dodd Mead, 1919. VG. Olive green embossed binding, gilt title square ft cover & spine. Edge wear, owner names.
Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional sellerBook number: BOOKS034920I
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1763]
Catalogue: Entertainment
The Blue Bird: a fairy play in six acts.
NY, Dodd Mead, 1947. VG in VG DJ.
Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional sellerBook number: BOOKS012311I
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 7.5 | JP¥ 1469]
Catalogue: Juvenile
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde a Play in Three Acts
NY: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1918. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth with blind stamped pattern of flowers on both covers, embossed gilt lettering on cover. Front hinge is starting, paper covering rear hinge is splitting, but the hinge is firm, spine is faded, head and heel of spine are rubbed, light shelf-wear to bottom edges, dust soiling to top edge, else unmarked, square and clean. VERY GOOD. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 148 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Round Table Books, LLCProfessional sellerBook number: 17986
USD 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1910]
Catalogue: Theater
Keywords: Theater Plays Drama Theatre & Performing Arts