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Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1896. Celebrated Crimes was originally published in France between 1839-1840 in eight volumes. This First Edition Thus is an English translation published in 1896 by Joseph Knight Company of Boston. Unlike other American publishers who followed the French prototype of releasing this work of famous true crimes in eight volumes, this publisher chose instead to release… Read more

Newton Abbot, U.K.: David & Charles, 1981. Like d'Artagnan, a penniless Dumas went to Paris as a young man to seek his fortune, with dazzling results. Michael Ross makes Dumas' life every bit as fascinating as one of his historical novels. The book is in As New condition with an As New dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into… Read more

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Although published anonymously by "the author of Straight-On," this book was later identified as having been written by Jeanne Schultz. Originally published by Appleton in 1888, this is the First Illustrated Edition, with six full-page and 20 vignette illustrations by Jean Claude. This charming story of a French teenager on the verge of… Read more

New York: Random House, 1945. The book is in clean, Very Good condition, except for sunning of the front panel and spine. (Click on photo.) The book is bound in a light blue cloth, with top-edge red stain. As for the interior, the book is tightly bound, the pages are clean and bright, with no marks, tears, or stains.… Read more

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1910. This odd volume is from a set of eight, each book dealing with actual historical crimes. This three-sectioned volume deals with the poisoner, the Marquise de Brinvilliers; a cruel and arrogant Russian countess, Vaninka; and finally, a notorious aristocrat, the Marquise de Ganges. The book is bound in a deep cerise cloth… Read more

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1902. This book is an odd volume from a uniform series that Collier published in the early 20th Century called "The French Classical Romances." The volume is in Very Good condition. (Click on photo). The book is bound is a light green cloth with lettering and design elements (ribboned banner, fleur-de-lis and crown)… Read more

Houghton Mifflin, 1916. This thoughtfully conceived collection is a First Printing, with only a 1916 copyright date and no further printing history. (Later printings and editions are stated as such.) The book is in close to Fine condition (click on photo). It includes 21 plays from the greatest drama and comedy of Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Italy,… Read more

New York: Hurst & Company This rare science fiction adventure title from the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and From the Earth to the Moon is in Good condition (click on photo). Although the book is not dated, the covers suggest that the book was published around the turn of the century. The front panel and spine… Read more

New York: P.F. Collier & Son This odd volume from a set of Dumas contains the complete "The Chevalier de Maison Rouge" and is in Very Good condition (click on photo). The book is bound in gray cloth with gilt spine lettering. The book is tightly bound, and the pages are clean and bright throughout. There is a discreet name… Read more

New York: Current Literature Publishing, 1910. Cosmopolis by French novelist, essayist, and poet Paul Bourget is in Very Good + condition. (Click on photo.) Jules Lemaitre of the French Academy, in a Preface, compares Bourget to Balzac and Stendhal and contends that Bourget never created "a stupid character." The book has purple covers, a slightly faded spine, a… Read more

New York: Random House, 1950. This handsome volume is in Near-Fine condition and appears to be unread. (Click on photo.) A small blindstamp square on the rear panel indicates that it's a BOMC edition. This collection includes 49 of the author's most famous stories. The book is bound in 3/4 black cloth with bright gilt spine lettering, and handsome decorative… Read more

Boston: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1904. This edition of "Friquette" was limited to 1000 copies, of which this is a rarer unnumbered copy. The book was translated from the French into English by Edith Mary Norris. The book is in Very Good condition (click on photo), with forest green cloth covers and gilt spine lettering, as well as top-edge… Read more

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1916. This handsome edition of "The Blue Bird" is in Very Good Plus condition with no dust jacket. It's a clean copy with a lovely blind-stamped floral pattern on both panels and spine, as well and bright gilt die-stamped lettering on the front panel and spine. There is also top-edge gilt. The book… Read more

London: Privately Printed, 1901. This handsome, uncut two-volume set of Balzac's humorous and erotic goings-on during France's Middle Ages is illustrated with six laid-in photogravure plates with tissue guards. The books are in Very Good condition. Although the Translator's Preface from 1874 states that this is the first English translation of Balzac's comic masterpiece, the books themselves were… Read more

Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1966. First printed in 1927, this revised edition, published in February, 1966, is in As New, unread condition, with illustrated covers and no dust jacket, as issued. The book is in French, with lovely woodcut illustrations, and a French-to-English Vocabulary section in the rear. The book measures 5 1/2 by 8 5/16 inches and includes… Read more