Search Results: French Lit from Black Cat Hill Books

London, UK Rivingtons, 1904. Hardcover Second Edition [1904]. Good: Shows significant indications of use. Binding shows slight spine lean; moderate to heavy wear to extremities; darkening and soiling to blue cloth over boards. Binding remains secure; but rear hinge well started; text clean. Overall, remains a clean, fairly sturdy, considering its age. A reading copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 274pp. Selected and Translated by Beatrix L. Tollemache. Deckle fore-edge. Gilt titles at front face and backstrip. Second Edition [1904]. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Excellent collection of Diderot's musings on art and aesthetics. Chapters with titles such as "What Everyone Knows about Expression, and Something which all the World does not Know." and "A Lament for my Old Dressing Gown". Second Edition. 

Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska Press, 1986. Hardcover First Edition [1986], unstated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows a little dustiness at top edge of the text pages; a bit of crimp at head of backstrip; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. The DJ shows some mild overall rubbing; unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 5.75 x 0.8 inches). xxi, 182 pages. Weight: 13.2 ounces. Critics of the 20th Century Series. First Edition [1986], unstated. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Roy Publishers, 1944. Hardcover First Edition (1944), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted in accordance with Roy's customary practice at the time of publication. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition (1944), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted in accordance with Roy's customary practice at the time of publication. Good+: Shows moderate use: some darkening to the backstrip; faint soiling to the outside edges of the front panel; a small indentation at the middle of the rear panel; a former owner's initials at the upper corner of the front pastedown endpaper; faint foxing to the endpapers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. An average reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing some minor cosmetic flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.75 x 0.75 inches). 179 pages. Illustrated… Read More

Paris, France Terre Vivante, 1988. Paperback First Edition [1988], unstated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: Just a touch of wear to the extremities; mild overall rubbing and faint soiling to the panels; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11.5 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches). Unpaginated [about 32pp]. Language: French. Weight: 9.8 ounces. First Edition [1988], unstated. Paperback: Heavy Cardstock Pictorial Wraps.

London, UK Agenda Editions I. , 1971. Paperback First Edition Thus (1971), so stated. Edition limited to 400 copies of which this is number 337. First Edition Thus (1971), so stated. Edition limited to 400 copies of which this is number 337. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows just a hint of toning to the stiff self-wraps; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single unobtrusive cosmetic imperfection. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches). 27 pages. Translated br Peter Dale. Language: English. Weight: 3 ounces. Printed by… Read More

New Haven, CT Yale University Press, 1953. Hardcover First Edition [1953] unstated. Very Good+: shows only the most minute indications of use. Former owner's bookplate at front pastedown endpaper. The backstrip is very lightly sunned, though the titles thereon remain quite bold and clearly legible; else flawless; the bidnign is square and secure; the text is clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 5.7 x 0.75 inches). 78 pages. Weight: 10.2 ounces. Studies in Modern European Literature and Thought Series. First Edition [1953] unstated. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Dame Iris Murdoch DBE (1919 – 1999) was an Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, "Under the Net", was selected in 1998 as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1987, she was made a… Read More

Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh University Press, 1961. Hardcover Second Edition [1961], Revised and Enlarged. Second Edition [1961], Revised and Enlarged. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to sheen; some soiling at rear panel; price clipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 314pp. Poems in French, introduction and notes in English. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Scribner, 1993. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped. As New. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 115pp. Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. Hardback with DJ.