Amelie Ou Les Ecarts de Ma Jeunesse

Paris, Chez Tous les Libraires, 1886. Leather. Two volumes in one of this limited edition volume, Amelie ou Les Ecarts de ma Jeunesse. A limited edition copy, limited to five hundred copies. This volume is number 127. This is a copy of volumes one and two of Amelie or the differences of my youth. Complete in two volumes. In the original French. In quarter morocco with marbled boards. Externally, very smart with light marks to the spine. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with lightly age toned pages which remain clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 864B29

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: Amelie ou Les Ecarts de ma Jeunesse Amelie french literature Amelie None

The Arabian Nights: Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

London, The Folio Society, 2009. Cloth. A lovely Folio Society facsimile edition of the Arabian Nights, with beautiful colour plates by E. J. Detmold, and enclosed in a slipcase. The thirteenth printing of the Folio Society facsimile edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eleven further colour plates, reproduced from the original watercolours. Collated, complete. This illustrated English language edition of The Arabian Nights was first published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1924, and contains some of the best-known tales from The Thousand and One Nights, a famous collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. It includes colour reproductions of the exquisite watercolour paintings by the talented book illustrator Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957). This edition includes the following tales: 'The History of Codadad and his Brothers and of the Princess Deryabar'; 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'; 'Sindbad the Sailor'; 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'; 'The Three Calenders'; 'The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles'; 'The Story of Baba Abdalla'; 'The Story of Ganem, the Slave of Love&apos. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very bright and smart, except for light spotting to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Slipcase is very smart and bright. Fine . Ill.: Edward J. Detmold. Fine .

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Boeknummer: 892M25

Catalogus: Classical Literature

Trefwoorden: Arabian Nights One Thousand and One Nights E. J. Detmold One Thousand and One Nights Edward J. Detmold

Le Bambou

Paris, E. Dentu, 1893. Cloth. Six issues of the French literary journal Le Bambou, profusely illustrated throughout. Six issues bound in three volumes. Contains issue one, two, three, four, five and seven. Published in twelve issues, so therefore lacking volumes six and eight through twelve. With the three page advertisement leaf to the beginning of volume one, but lacking the 'volant' supplement, as is common with this work. In French.A literary journey published by Edouard Guillaume and edited by E. Dentu. Includes many engravings by various artists including Ludek Marold and Ary Gambard. Bound in red cloth. Externally very smart with just slight rubbing to the boards and extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 870K6

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: Le Bambou Périodique illustré Luděk Marold Périodique illustré Various

Cassell&Apos;S Biographical Dictionary Containing Original Memoirs of the Most Eminent Men and Women of All Ages and Countries

London, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1867-9]. Leather. Cassell's sweeping biographical dictionary in two volumes, handsomely bound in uniform half calf. Bound in two volumes with continuous pagination, dated from Copac. An extensive biographical dictionary, containing original memoirs of numerous eminent men and women from all age and country. Contributors include the Rev, Canon Payne Smith, Aurelio Saffi, Colonel Medows Taylor, and J. F. Waller among others.Illustrated with thirty-four full page plates. Rebound in uniform half calf binding over marbled board and edges, renewed endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Evidence of the removal of library shelf number label to spine vol. I. Library bookplate to front free endpaper, with minor library stamps to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Minor spotting to odd leaf, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 823A77

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: cassell biography illustrated dictionary biography Various

Chambers&Apos;S Papers for the People

London, William and Robert Chambers, 1850. First edition. Leather. Containing volumes I and II of the scarce periodical 'Chambers's Paper for the People.' Volumes I and II of the scarce periodical published by the Chambers brothers between 1850 and 1856. William and Robert Chambers were Scottish publishers and authors, both popular and influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles. They are mainly known for their extensive work 'Chambers's Encyclopaedia.' Containing sixteen articles and essays, each with unique pagination. Volume I: The Bonaparte Family; The Sepulchres of Etruria; Valerie Duclos; Education of the Citizen; The Myth; The Sunken Rock; Popular Cultivation of Music; Ebenezer Elliot.Volume II: The Sanitary Movement; Washington and His Contemporaries; Edmund Atherton; Memorabilia of the Seventeenth Century in Britain; Ruined Cities of Central America; The Ivory Mine; Secret Societies of Modern Europe; Francis Jeffrey. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards, titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Externally sound with some shelf wear, rubbed and lightly scuffed to extremities of boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light spotting to occasional leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 852A72

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: william and robert chambers chamberss papers for the people periodicals essays chamberss papers for the people None

Les Conteur Des Dames Ou Les Soirãƒâ©Es Parisiennes, Ornãƒâ© de Jolie Gravures

Paris, M.me V.e Lepetit , 1822. First edition. Leather. The elusive first edition of this collection of Parisian stories decorated with lovely engravings, complete in two volumes. The first edition of this work, rarely seen on the market, held institutionally by three libraries only. Complete in two volumes. A collection of stories illustrative of Parisian society in the nineteenth century, in the original French. A work of fiction attributed to Pierre-Joseph Charrin, French poet and goguettier.Illustrated with six lovely engravings, including frontispieces, each protected by tissue guards. With half title, errata slip to the rear of vol. II. In uniform full calf bindings with decorative gilt along the extremities of the boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, only light rubbing to the extremities of the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Minor staining marks to the fore edge of vol. I affecting only the occasional gutter, otherwise the pages are generally clean and bright with light spotting to the occasional leaf only, particularly to leaves of plates and tissue guards. Illustrated with six full page engravings. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 809A21

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: paris stories pierre-joseph charrin illustrations stories scarce books Not Stated