Lord Byron

The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron Volume One Volume Two Volume Three Volume Four

London, John Murray, 1815. Leather. A four volume set of works by Lord Byron bound in half calf. A four volume set of works by Lord Byron. Complete in four. Bound by Edmund Worrall with a bookbinder's label to the front pastedown.Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. This collection of works were written by the popular English poet, Lord Byron. Byron is known as being one of the leading figures of the romantic movement and is considered to be one of the greatest English poets. This set includes his most popular works, including his more lengthy narrative 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage&apos. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the extremities to 'Vol 1', the odd minor marks to the boards and spines and slight cracking to the leather to the joints. Bookplate belonging to a 'Hannah Walker' and a bookbinder's label to the front pastedowns with the odd minor mark and slight offsetting to the extremities to the extremities of the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean page with very light age toning and the odd spot, heavier to the rear of 'Vol 1&apos. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Lord Byron Half calf Literary Collections Half calf None

Fernan Caballero; [Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea]

Obras de Fernan Caballero

Madrid, Administracion, 1875. Leather. A collection of the works of Spanish author Fernan Caballero, an illustrated set in the original Spanish, showing her popular fiction of the nineteenth century. In two volumes.In the original Spanish.The collected works of Fernan Caballero.Caballero was the pseudonym of Cecilia Francisca Josefa BÃÂ
¶ hl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea, a noted novelist active during the nineteenth century. She came form a literary family, being the daughter of German author Johann Nikolaus Bohl von Faber, and Spanish author Frasquita Larrea.These volumes include 'Vulgaridad y Nobleza', a selection of poetry, many short stories, 'La Maldicion Paterna', and more.Volume I illustrated with four plates. Bound without three plates. Volume II illustrated with five plates. Collated, complete. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the leather, light rubbing to the boards resulting in a little loss of paper, heavier to the front board of Volume I. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Stamps to the half-titles and to page 5 of Volume II. Volume I is bound without three plates. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Obras de Fernan Caballero Fernan Caballero Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea vulgaridad y nobleza Fernan Caballero Not Stated

J Cadahalso; Froment Champ-Lagarde

Apercu Moral, Politiqu Et Critique de L&Apos;Espagne Ou Lettres Africaines Par le Colonel Don J Cadahalso

Paris, J Gille Fils, 1808. Leather. A French language edition of Jose Cadalso's epistolary novel, 'Cartas Marruecas&apos. Published in French, under the title 'Apercu Moral, Politique et Critiques&apos. Translated from the original Spanish into French by Froment Champ-La-Garde, the vice counsel of France and bailiff of Versailles. With the errata to the final leaf. With a life of the author to the start of the work and lengthy introduction by Champ-Lagarde. This work, known as 'Caras Marruecas' or 'Lettres Africaines' is a set of ninety letters that portray the story of Gazel, a young Moroccan, who travels to Spain. He takes the opportunity to learn about the customs and culture of Spain and compares it to other European countries in these letters. The letters deal with the 'national character' of Spain and was a leading epistolary novel, written by Jose Cadalso. Cadalso was one of the canonical producers of Spanish Enlightenment literature. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with rubbing to the spine and joints. A little loss to the leather at the head and tail of spine and to the joints. Front joint is cracked. Bookplate to the front pastedown for one William Stirling. Another plate with the motto 'Dieu Aide Au Premier Chretien&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Champ-la-garde Champ-Lagarde Novel Spain Champ-Lagarde Epistolary None

Randolph Caldecott; Alfred Caldecott [trans]

Some of Aesop&Apos;S Fables with Modern Instances Shewn in Designs

London, Macmillan and Co. 1887. Cloth. An early edition of this collection of Aesop's fables, with engravings by J. D. Cooper. An early edition. First published in 1883. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with monochrome engravings designed by Randolph Caldecott and engraved by J. D. Cooper. This work features a collection of fables by the legendary Greek storyteller Aesop, such as 'The Fox and the Crow', 'The Dog and the Wolf' and 'The Ass in the Lion's Skin&apos. The work was created as a collaboration between the brothers Alfred and Randolph Caldecott, with Alfred translating the stories from the original Greek and Randolph producing the designs. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with fading to the spine and to the gilt details to the front, slight cockling to the boards, minor marks to the boards, bumping and rubbing to the extremities and wear to the head and tail of the spine resulting in closed tears. Front hinge starting slightly with offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with very lightly age toned and generally clean pages with the odd handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: J. D. Cooper; Randolph Caldecott. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Aesop's fables Fables Fiction J. D. Cooper Fables R. Caldecott J. D. Cooper; Randolph Caldecott

Andrea Calmo

La Spagnolas Comedia

Trivigi, Appresso Fabritio Zanetti, 1600. Hardback. A very scarce early edition of Andrea Calmo's comedic play, nicely rebound in marbled patterned boards. A very scarce work.An early edition of this work.Written in the original Italian.A comedic Italian play.'La Spagnolas Comedia' was a popular play when it was first written and performed.Written by Andrea Calmo, an Italian actor and dramatist, who was a pioneers of masked theatre.Bookplate to the front pastedown. Rebound in marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: andrea calmo calmo La Spagnolas Comedia play calmo italian None

Emile Campardon

Nouvelles Pieces Sur Moliere Et Sur Quelques Comediens de Sa Troupe

Paris, Berger-Levrault & Cie, 1876. First edition. Leather. French study of Moliere's plays with essays concerned with his actors by Emile Campardon, a limited edition. The first edition of this work. In the original French. One of three hundred copies printed on Holland paper, this numbered nineteen. Also issued in limitations of four on Chine paper and eight on Whatman paper. Containing studies of the plays of Moliere and the actors in his troupe. Compiles by Emile Campardon, French historian and writer, head of the judicial section of the Archives nationales de France from 1857 to 1908. He is mostly known for his important works on the history of French theatre.Two leaves of publisher's advertisements to rear. Rebound in half straight up grain morocco binding over marbled boards, original wraps and spine bound in with the volume. Externally very smart with light rubbing to back strip and extremities, boards lightly soiled. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Katalog: World Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: moliere french plays essays study french plays None

John Carey, LL.D.

Cornelius Nepos, de Vita Excellentium Imperatorum

London , Scatchard & Letterman et al. 1820. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Carey's corrected Dauphin Nepos. This scarce work is a corrected edition of the 1765 original quarto edition printed for the use of Dauphin on the order of Louis XIV. This task was intrusted to Carey by The Proprietors, as stated in the Preface, as latter editions of the Dauphin Nepos had been rendered corrupt by accidents of typography and unauthorised alterations. "On the whole, Gentle Reader, I think I may safely venture to say, that, however few and slender my improvements, I here nevertheless present you with a better edition of the Dauphin Nepos, than was originally presented to the dauphin himself, by order of the Grand Monarque." Advertisement by John Carey, 1819 In a full calf binding. There is mild wear to the extremities, including mild rubbing and edge wear. The front free-endpaper has been removed. The front board is held by the cords only, and the rear is just starting but still firm. The binding is generally tight and firm. Internally the pages are generally bright with only slight browning and the occasional spot or handling mark. With slightly browned tidemarks from the front to page xvii, and from page 225 to the rear. Overall the condition is good only with a very good interior. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Buchzahl: LTH1-D-5

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Sonstige Stichworte: Dauphin Louis XIV Latin Louis XIV None

William Carleton

Art Maguire; or, the Broken Pledge a Narrative

Dublin, James Duffy and Co. 1845. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this narrative of Irish life, written by noted Irish author William Carleton. A compelling narrative or life in nineteenth-century Ireland, which explores the themes of goodness, morality, and duty. Written by noted nineteenth-century Irish author, William Carleton. Carleton is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry (1830), which is a collection of sketches of the stereotypical Irishman and woman. The first edition of this scarce work. Containing a frontispiece illustrated in colour by C. Graf. Including an ink inscription from a previous owner to the front pastedown, dated 1848.  In contemporary full cloth binding. Externally, sound, with shelf wear to the boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some marks to the boards. Previous owner's ink signature to the front pastedown. Internally, front hinge is strained, remaining binding is firm. A few spots to the first and last few pages, and the odd spot throughout. Pages are very lightly age-toned. Good . Ill.: C. Graf. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: ireland irish carleton art irish broken pledge first edition C. Graf

William Carleton; W.B. Yeats

Stories from Carleton

London, Walter Scott Publishing House, 1906. Cloth. A second impression of this collection of literary fiction by noted Irish author William Carleton, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats. A collection of charming nineteenth-century stories about life in Ireland, including 'The Poor Scholar', 'Tubber Derg; Or, The Red Wall', 'Wildgoose Lodge', 'Shane Fadh's Wedding', and 'The Hedge School&apos.Written by noted nineteenth-century Irish author William Carleton.Including an introduction by W.B. Yeats. A second impression of this work, in variant publisher's cloth binding.Including a previous owner's pencil signature to the front free-endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light shelf wear, fading to the spine, and light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous owner's pencil signature to the front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: william carleton wb yeats yeats ireland wb yeats tales Not Stated

William Carleton

Valentine M&Apos;Clutchy, the Irish Agent; or the Chronicles of Castle Cumber

Dublin, James Duffy, 1847. Fine Binding. An early edition of this work of fiction by noted Irish author William Carleton, illustrated by Phiz and nicely bound by Riviere & Son. An early edition of this work of fiction from Irish novelist William Carleton. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman. Carleton further alienated his countrymen by his accusations of gang violence, sectarian violence, and alcoholism among the Irish Catholic tenant class.With illustrated frontispiece and nineteen further plates, all attributed to 'Phiz', the pen name of the prolific Victorian era illustrator who contributed to ten of Charles Dickens' publications. Collated and complete. Nicely bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son, with their binder's stamp to the front pastedown. Nicely bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son, with their binder's stamp to the front pastedown. Externally, smart, with rubbing to the spine, joints, and extremities. Slight fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Phiz. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 813J40

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Sonstige Stichworte: valentine m'clutchy irish agent castle cumber m'clutchy phiz Phiz

Alejo Carpentier; Harriet de Onis

The Lost Steps

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of this important novel by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this novel in English.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. An important novel by one of the most popular Cuban novelists of the twentieth century, Alejo Carpentier.'The Lost Steps' follows a composer who flees his suffocating life in New York to find freedom in the wilderness of South America.This edition was translated by Harriet de Onis, an influential translator of South American literature.Two newspaper clippings, reviews of this novel, loosely inserted. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little age-toned, ostly to the spine, with some very light edge wear, and a few minor marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Buchzahl: 879P22

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Sonstige Stichworte: The Lost Steps alejo carpentier harriet de onis new york alejo carpentier cuba None

Giacomo Casanova; Franz Blei

Memoarer

Stockholm, Spridning av Litterara Verk, 1925. First edition. Leather. A wonderful Swedish translation of the memoirs of Giacomo Casanova, the famous Italian adventurer, featuring various tipped-in colour plates. First edition of this Swedish translation. Complete two volume set, bound in a half-morocco binding on marbled boards by Panorstedt & Soners. Illustrated with tipped-in colour frontispieces to each of the volumes, as well as numerous illustrated colour plates by Ferdinand Schultz-Wettel (1872-1957).This is a lovely Swedish translation of Casanova's 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life&apos. This work was both a memoir and autobiography, in which the author describes his life through to 1774, puttin ga 'happy face on his days of loneliness&apos. Casanova wrote his memoirs in French instead of Italian as he believed that French was more widely known as a language, and officially completed his first draft of the work in 1792. Contents include Mina lidanden i pensionen i Padua' (My Sufferings in Retirement at Padua), 'Lilla Lucia' (Little Lucia), and 'Fortretliga arvsangelagenheter och fangenskapen i S:t Andrea (Sad Inheritance Matters and the Imprisonment in St Andrea&apos. Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was a Venetian adventurer and author. Casanove was so famous for his complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with extensive romantic exploits.With an introduction by Franz Blei (1871-1942), an Austrian essayist, playwright, and translator. Blei was particularly known for being both a friend and collaborator to Franz Kafka.Collated, complete. Bound in a contemporary half-morocco binding on marbled boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the extremities and the spine, particularly head of Vol I, with fading to the spine and the top edge of boards.Age-toning to paste downs and endpapers with bookbinder's label to front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to the margins of text. Very Good . Ill.: Ferdinand Schultz-Wettel. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Memoarer Giacomo Casnova Histoire de ma vie memoir Giacomo Casnova Giacomo Casanova colour plates Ferdinand Schultz-Wettel

Horace de Viel-Castel

Le Faubourg S Germain, le Faubourg S Honore, la Noblesse de Province

Paris, Librairie de Charles Gosselin, Chez Ladvocat, 1837-1842. Leather. A very smart, uniformly bound seven volume set of the novels of Horace de Viel Castel. A seven volume set of the novels of Horace de Viel Castel. Three series of novels, comprising seven novels in total, uniformly bound. An attractive set, scarce to find any of these works let alone all three series of novels complete and uniformly bound. Each volume consists of two volumes bound in one. Volume I: Le Faubourg S. Germain: Gerard de Stolberg (Second Edition) Volume II: Le Faubourg S. Germain: Madame la Duchesse (First Edition) Volume III: Le Faubourg S Germain: Mademoiselle de Verdun (First Edition) Volume IV: Le Faubourg S. Honore: Cecile de Vareil (First Edition) Volume V: La Noblesse de Province: Arthur D'Aizac (Second Edition) Volume VI: La Noblesse de Province: Bertrand de Kergoet (Second Edition) Volume VII: La Noblesse de Province: Albert de Saint-Pouance (Second Edition) Horace de Viel-Castel was an art lover, novelist, collector and the director of the Louvre. He was the author of important memoirs published posthumously, which covered the time from 1851 until his death in 1864. Uniformly bound in contemporary half morocco with numbered spines. Externally, smart with some rubbing and some fading to spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with scattered patches of spotting. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Le Faubourg S Germain Le Faubourg S Honore La Noblesse De Province Horace de Viel Le Faubourg S Honore Not stated

Paul Celiere; Mrs Cashel Hoey; Mr. John Lillie

The Startling Exploits of Dr. J.B. Quies

London , Sampson Low , 1886. Cloth. An early edition of the entertaining The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies, translated from the original French. An interesting copy of The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies that has been translated from the original French, written by Paul Celiere, into English by Mrs. Cashel Hoey and Mr. John Lillie. The book is proclaimed as a flight of fancy and was written with a "simple-minded intention to avoid boring my readers." The volume is extensively illustrated with one hundred and twenty illustrations throughout the text. There is also thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. There is an inscription to the front free endpaper which reads: To Mr Alfred Darwin, junior, A Christmas present from Dr J. B. Quies. Christmas Day, 1886. In the publisher's original decorated cloth boards. Externally, generally smart. The spine is a little faded and bumped and there is some fading to the joints and extremities and a few marks to the boards. There is an inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd scattered spot concentrated to the first few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 821B3

Katalog: World Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: paul celiere The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies cashel hoey john lillie The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies french literature Not Stated

Cervantes; Thomas Shelton [translator]

The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote

London, Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1901. Cloth. A smart four volume illustrated edition of the Spanish epic novel Don Quixote, translated to English. Complete in four volumes. The Spanish epic novel of Don Quixote, considered a founding work of Western literature and the first modern novel, it is one of the most translated works in the world. The plot follows the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility, Alonso Quijano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he looses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant and serve his nation. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Volume three is illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Volume four is illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, an Early Modern Spanish writer regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. Translated by Thomas Shelton, an Irish translator, his translation of Don Quixote was the first into any language. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 903T53

Katalog: World Literature

Sonstige Stichworte: History Valorous Don Quixote Shelton Valorous Not Stated