THE STRATFORD SHAKSPERE 10 LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES by Edited by Charles Knight - 1854

Paris & Bruxelles: Charles Gilliet, 1880. First printing. Paperback. Good/good. 8 small booklets In paperback, covers with d/j's. Each full volume has an etching in the frontispiece. A small amount of foxing here and there but nothing really to indicate that these volumes are 130 years old. Text is in French Volume I: 62 pages, the DELIGHTS of the Holy Spirit and the bed warmer. THE CHALICE of MADAME DE TRIGONEC –- Les délices de l'Esprit-Saint et la bassinoire ; Le calice de Madame de Trigonec volume II: 67 pages, a marriage of CONSTANTINOPLE. A POINT...Tapestry –Un mariage à Constantinople ; Un point. de tapisserie. volume III: 73 pages, a Seraglio for sale. THE PENANCE of the parish priest of TILLY – - Un sérail à vendre ; La pénitence du curé de Tilly.Volume IV: 66 pages, the CHASTE SUZANNE. A white mass –- La chaste Suzanne ; Une messe blanche. volume V: 82 pages, the amends. THE TELPEHONE- L'amende honorable ; Le téléphone. volume VI: 81 pages, the curator. THE necessary and the… Read More

Paris: Mercure de France, 1791. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 5 issues each about 100 pages : No. 18, 30 Avril 1791; No. 39, 24 Septembre 1791; No.45, Novembre 1791; No.48, 26 Novembre 1791; and No. 5010, Décembre 1791. Blue wraps, sewn binding. All have light soiling and some have small tears along spines, 2 volumes have dampstaining to upper corner and portions of text. Couvertures souples.

Hardback. Good. Printed for T Longman in Pater-Noster-Row, [London], 1762, first edition (but see later); 8vo, pp xx, 371 plus page of list of books printed for Thomas Longman; contemporary calf, both boards detached and the one mismatched in design with the other, spine good but with some small loss head and foot so a copy in need of binding repair; bottom corner of front free end paper missing but the book block complete, firm and with good margins although with a little light dust soiling here and there, particularly on the title page where exposed at the foot. Although this is indeed a first edition under this particular title the work was earlier printed 1750 as "The Reflector Representing Human Affairs As They Are and May Be Improved ... " Other than for the title and, hence, title page, this Longman reprint appears to be identical to the earlier edition right down to the list of books at the end. Shaw, 1694-1763 was an English physician, translator and writer on a wide range… Read More

Paris: A. Maestricht and J. P. Roux & Compagnie. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, light foxing and toning to . text block.. 1791. Hardcover. An 18th century biography of the French aristocrat born in the 17th century, rebound in a 19th century binding. Text in French. Uniformly rebound in three-quarter dark green cloth with black and white marbled sides. Black leather spine labels with titles stamped in gilt and floral flourish stamped in gilt in center spines. xvi, 316 pp; 342 pp; 314 pp. Silk ribbon markers. A set as dashingly handsome as its subject, Louis-Francois-Armand du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1696-1788) , who was (often) a member of King Louis XV’s court, a soldier, diplomat, and celebrated womanizer. It is thought that the notorious character of Valmont in the 1782 classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses is based on Richelieu. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

A Comic Romance. To which is prefixed The Life of the Author. xiv+578 pp. 12,8x7 cm. London, 1808.
--- Half leather. Covers are detached. Text in english. Engraved frontispiece. Pages bright and clean. Unmarked. No foxing.

1736 (date on title page, differs from spine); attractive original calf binding in excellent condition; raised bands, title and date (1735) to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges stained red - please see images; this is a compendium of four plays, each with its own title page and frontis. , as follows | 1. The Conscious Lovers (Jacob Tonson MCCCXXXV), 2. The Funeral or Grief a la Mode ( Jacob Tonson MDCCXXXV), 3. The Tender Husband (Jacob Tonson MDCCXXXV), 4. The Lying Lover ( W Feales, MDCCXXXVI) | this copy is in above average condition for a title of its age and type - clean and sound throughout, appears very little read or perhaps unread; name inside otherwise free of notes or other defacement | professional booksellers based in the UK | we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs, always within two working days | please request scans or further information on any of our listings, which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched .

Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned but very clean and bright, boards lightly worn.. nd, Later Edition. Hardcover. Volumes I and II bound together, along with A Political Romance, Addressed to _______ ______, Esq; of York, no publisher, place of publication, or date noted. Printed on laid paper with lots of "f's" for "s's", so appears a late 18th- early 19th century imprint. Rebound in dark green buckram with title stamped in gilt on spine. Top edges gilt. Sabin 91342 notes that this title was originally anonymously published in London in 1770 as the work of a recently deceased literary genius, widely thought to be Laurence Sterne, but later found out to be a literary hoax and the handiwork of Robert Griffith. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages .

Birmingham: Birmingham: printed by J. Thompson, 1791. Full leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo; not paginated (approx 400pp). In contemporary full calf (lightly worn), single gilt rolls to board margins, flat spine divided by gilt double fillets into six compartments, gilt lettered red leather title label to second compartment, marbled endpapers, unobtrusive light spotting to opening and closing leaves and very occasional feint staining,overall a clean and attractive copy complete with engraved frontispiece. A rare edition; ESTC T94967, listing just four institutional holdings all in the UK.

Scribner, 1988-01-15. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. First edition, First Printing, Full Number Line Displayed. 1987, Macmillan. 404 pgs. Unmarked. Text free of highlighting, underlining /writing. Dust jacket included, shows some smudging, small tear at base spine, edge and shelf wear from use/ storage. Cover boards in vg condition. Binding solid. Ships quickly in box with care. Thank you for shopping with us!

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois. By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners. Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy blue cloth boards with large gilt titling. No titling remains on spine. 5 ¾ X 8. 374 pages, indexed. Time period covered is 17th and 18th Centuries. JESUITS. ANTHROPOLOGY. SOCIAL SCIENCES. HISTORY OF FRANCE. HISTORY OF CANADA. CANADIANA. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Dr. Clark was the first archaeologist in the world to translate The Badianus Manuscript, aka The Codex Barberini, an Aztec compendium on traditional herbal medicine dating from the Fourteenth Century. Will ship from Oregon.