Search Results: Translations from Richard Beaton

London: Charles Daly, 1840. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Frontispiece, vignette title and a further sixteen plates. Mid C19th black leather over blue marbled boards. Lightly scuffed. Boards a little darkened, undated signature on front pastedown, signature (1876) on vignette title, foxing on margins of plates, otherwise very good..

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Illustrated. Original red cloth, gilt vignette of For Saleier and black border on front board, dark green endpapers. Cloth rubbed head/foot of spine, boards a little darkened on edges, inscription (1888) on verso of front free endpaper, good..

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1871. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Undated reprint (c1871). Contemporary rebinding in dark turquoise leather over blue-grey boards. Light trace of removed label on front board, leather on spine sunned to brown, very good..

London: Macmillan & Co., 1882. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original dark green cloth. Corners rubbed, inner joint papers cracking (but joints tight), good. A version by a different translator appeared in the USA. A historical novel portraying one of the most important events in Dutch history: the siege of Leyden by the Spanish under Valdez and the relief by the Gueux. Date of action: 1574..

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original red cloth, bordered in black, with tulip on front board, lettered in gilt on spine, brown endpapers. Lightly soiled, corners bumped, good. A novel of contemporary Dutch life. "She has been able to describe the characters and events of her narrative with the like qualities which we find in the paintings of the Dutch school, and give additional value to her tale." (Translator's Introduction).

London: Greening & Co., 1910. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint: the Lotus Library. Original lilac cloth with raised pattern of leaves on front board, blocked in gilt on spine. Spine sunned to brown, corners scuffed, endpapers browned, fair/good.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition.. Late C19th green leather over green-and-black marbled boards. Light scuffing, light foxing, very good. The Clients of Doctor Bernagius comprises four long stories, set in Mexico, where Biart was Professor of Botany for more than twenty years. This edition (a year after the English first) was issued in preparation for a second series of Biart's stories: "In Two Parts: Part One" appears on the title page, and Mrs Hoey's introduction ends: "a second series.will shortly be offered". This second part/second series was apparently never published..

London: Walter Scott, 1900. Book. Good. Hardcover. Undated, reprint, "The Caernarvon Series", c1900. Frontispiece. Original grey cloth, lettered in black. A little scuffed, a some marks on spine, good..

London: David Nutt, 1904. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. The Phoenix Library Vol III. Original crimson cloth, lettered in black on front board, in gilt on spine. Small closed tear to top edge of lower hinge, some speckling and marking on board edges, good..

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1871. Book. Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition. Tauchnitz's German Authors Series. Two volumes in original red cloth, on limp boards, lettered in gilt. A little dulled, small chip at head of spine on vol 1, cloth speckled on vol 2, good.

London: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1925. Book. Illus. by Alan Bowyer. Very Good. Hardcover. Undated, c1925. Collins's pocket classics series, bound in fine-ribbed maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on spines; deep maroon endpapers..

London: Methuen & Co., 1912. Book. Good. Hardcover. First English Edition.. Undated first edition, with publisher's catalogue for Autumn 1912, announcing this tile, at end. Published in English the same year that Hauptmann was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Small nicks at foot of spine, trace of removed bookplate on front pastedown, a little light foxing, good+.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1867. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition.. Mid C19th blue leather over red marbled boards; raised bands, gilt ruling and red leather title label on spine. Light edgewear, considerable foxing throughout, good. A legend or moral fable cast in the form of the autobiography of a clothes pin, as it passes through many hands in fashionable French society..

London: Constable & Co., 1902. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First British Edition.. Original black cloth, lettered and decorated in red and gilt. A few light marks on cloth, light foxing, very good. Long historical novel, centred around the figure of Leonardo da Vinci, in an anonymous translation from the original Russian. ..

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1894. Book. Illus. by George Roux. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. Original navy-blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver and green; black endpapers. Light scuffing, light foxing, very good. Daudet's novel appeared in France in 1874, and the first English edition (under the title Fromont the Younger and Risler the Elder) was issued by Henry Vizetelly in 1880. By 1894 the Vizetelly firm had folded and Vizetelly's son Edward oversaw this new (or rather revised) translation..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1897. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original grey-green cloth with art-nouveau designs in dark green, lettered in gilt. Minimal scuffing, endpapers browned, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, near fine. The eponymous heroine plays with the affections of several men before choosing the oldest (and richest). A review in The Spectator (April 1898) dismissed it as the sort of French novel quite unsuitable for "les jeunes filles"..

London: Greening & Co, 1910. Book. Good. Hardcover. First English Edition.. Original purple cloth, with raised floral pattern on boards and spine, gilt blocking on spine. Spine sunned, lacks front free endpaper, otherwise a good reading copy.

London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Undated [1872]. Later rebinding in crimson cloth with blindstamped framing on boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Lightly scuffed, nameplate on front pastedown, front inner joint cracking at bottom, light foxing, otherwise good. The first English edition, not illustrated, issued as a yellowback [Topp II, p 102] by Ward, Lock & Tyler. Later reprinted by Ward, Lock & Co., (after the company had changed its name), with illustrations..

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Translated from the original Hungarian with the author's special permission by Louis Felbermann. "Special Authorized Edition" (ie First Edition). Undated first [1894]. Frontispiece portrait of author. Late C19th circulating library rebinding in maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Corners and spine ends scuffed, good. A scarce set of short stories (collected for this edition): In Love with the Czarina, Tamerlan the Tartar, Valdivia, Bizeban, The Moonlight Somnabulist..

London: Ward and Lock, 1863. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [Reprint]. Mid-C19th rebinding in beaded red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Spine lightly sunned, light foxing on prelims, otherwise very good. Wraxall's translation first appeared in 1861: there is a short preface (signed "F. W.").