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Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, 1900. Limited ed. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 350 pages, illustrated with black and white frontispiece and three plates with descriptive protector. For the first time completely translated into English. Volume 1 contains sections "The First Ten" and a portion of "The Second Ten." Blue cloth binding with red and black titles on paper label on spine, gilt top edge, rough cut leading edge. Label tanned and darkened with faded titles, some spotting of cover with light edge wear and a few scratches, spine a little cocked, corners and spine ends bumped, a little spotting of top edge, stain on frontispiece guard and title page, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight.
Les Contes Drolatiques by Honore de Balzac - 1900
by Honore de Balzac
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Les Contes Drolatiques
by Honore de Balzac
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Paris - Les Editions G Cres et Cie, 1900 Book. VERY GOOD INDEED. Hardcover. Two volumes, bound as one, of Honore de Balzac's Les Contes Drolatiques. Illustrated throughout, with numerous colour plates throughout. In the original French. Eight plates to volume I and sixto volume II. All illustrations are by Joseph Hemard, a popular illustrator famous for his erotically naturedillustrations. de Balzac's Contes Drolatiques is a collection of comic talesoriginally published between 1832 and 1837. They are rather reminiscent of Boccaccio's Decameron. His Drolatiques or Droll Tales were originally banned in Canada and Ireland for obscenity. The ban in Ireland was only lifted in 1967. Honore de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He isbest known for his novel sequence LaComedie Humaine which presents the reader with a panorama ofpost-Napoleonic France. Condition: In a quarter calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with a small amount of rubbing to the joints and to the head and tail of spine. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, Franz Schader. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges as expected with paper used. The Pages are otherwise clean throughout. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED..
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Les Contes Drolatiques (Droll Stories) Translated into English, Volume 1: Collected in the Abbeys of Touraine and Broght Froth into the Light by Le Sieur de Balzac, For the Diversion of Pantagruelists and of None Others.
by Balzac, Honore de; Translated by George John Murdoch
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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Les Contes Drolatiques - illustré Par Robida - Tome Second 2
by Balzac, Honore de
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Bere Alston, Devon, United Kingdom
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Paris: Jules Tallandier,, 1925. First edition thus. . Paperback. Good+. large 8vo remains of clear d/w top and bottom spine chipped with loss 1
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Les Contes Drolatiques - illustré Par Robida - Tome Troisième
by Balzac, Honore de
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Bere Alston, Devon, United Kingdom
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Paris: Jules Tallandier,, 1925. First edition thus. . Paperback. Good+. large 8vo remains of clear d/w top and bottom spine chipped
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Les Contes Drolatiques - Vol. I
by Honore De Balzac
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Societe D'editions Litteraires Et Artistiques, 1902. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1902. No Edition Remarks. 336 pages. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. French text. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
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LES CONTES DROLATIQUES.
by DE BALZAC. HONORE
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SANT VICENT DEL RASPEIG, Alicante, Spain
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1395. Calmann Levy, editeurs Paris s/f. Tela. 18x12. 660 pp. Dos tomos en volumen. Frances.
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LES CONTES DROLATIQUES; COLLIGEZ EZ ABBAYES DE TOURAINE
by Balzac, Honore De
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Calumet, Michigan, United States
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Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1926. Half Leather Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Dore, Gustave. Bookplate. Corners rubbed. (32)615pp. Dore illustrations thru-out. Oriniginal card cover bound in half leather with marbled boards & endpapers. Gilt top. Ribbon marker. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Les Contes Drolatiques (two volumes)
by Balzac Honore De
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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London: Caxton, 1900. green cloth faded in part towards foredges (bad storage in past), otherwise nice and fresh, sound copy, gilt lettered on spine, gilt decoration on front panel, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, illustrated, part of a 53-volume complete works edition issued between 1895 and 1900. Volumes 52 and 53 in this series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Les Contes Drolatiques (2 volume set) by Balzac, Honore de
by Balzac, Honore de
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Arcata, California, United States
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George Barrie & Sons. Good. Volumes LII and LIII of the Human Comedy set-Printed for subscribers only by George Barrie and Sons. Each volume in good condition with typical bumps/scuffing along the covers associated with age. Spine labels have a little wear. Bindings are tight, pages slightly tanned from age. Just a little foxing here and there. Overall the 2 volumes are in good condition. Heavy set--domestic sales only unless previous arrangement is made. Pictures available by request.
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Les Contes Drolatiques - Volume One Only (of two)
by Balzac Honore De, Illustrated by A Robida
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Paris: Tallandier Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. no date (c. 1900), odd volume, in half-leather and marbled boards, spine decorated in the French style, marbled endpapers, original coloured wraps bound in, very good. Approx. 300 illustrations in this volume, some as plates, some in text..
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Les Contes Drolatiques (2 volume set)
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Waynesville, Ohio, United States
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George Barrie & Sons, 1900. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. ***Please Read*** limited to 1000 copies (496) - gold edges on top - No marks on text - My shelf location - 45-g-4*
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