Thais

Anatole France. Grosset & Dunlap Universal Library Edition. No date or statement on copyright page. Circa 1929. USED. VERY GOOD/GOOD ORIGINAL UNIVERSAL LIBRARY DUST JACKET. QUITE RARE THUS. Dust jacket has a bit of loss at top of spine. Glossy black boards with silver, green and black titling and ornamentation. Lime green endpapers. No frontispiece or any other photos appear… Read more about this item

London: Charles Carrington, 1901. Softcover. First English edition (limited to 500 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper); 5 3/4" x 9"; pp. [3], vi-x, [5], 4-304; original publisher's plain wraps with affixed paper label to spine with clear protective cover; age-toning along margins; paper on head and tail of spine brittle with a closed cut to tail; label with… Read more about this item

Illustrated Editions Company, No Date, n.d. HB. FAIR / NONE. FAIR HARDBACK. HINGES SOMEWHAT WEAK AND TEAR TO CLOTH COVERING RUNNING ABOUT TOP 1/3 OF GUTTERS FRONT AND BACK

The Modern Library, 1902. Good Hardcover, small volume, no date, circa 1902. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover.

1926 hardcover has edge and corner rubbing to boards, corners bumped and worn, front hinge cracked and front board loose, spine cracked in several places, prev owner name opposite frontispiece and prev owner antique beautiful bookplate on front flyleaf otherwise clean pages and still an overall good solid copy of this classic with wonderful typesetting and exquisite drawings.

New York: John Lane, 1926. First Frank C. Pape illustrated edition of Anatole France's novel based on the life of Saint Thais of Egypt. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings and decorations by Frank C. Cape.… Read more about this item

London: John Lane, 1929. Hardcover. fine/fine. Large octavo.9 3/4" x 6 1/2". Black cloth with gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. In dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Full page black and white illustrations and decorations by Frank Pape'. A beautiful copy.

Monte-Carlo: Aux Editions du Livre, 1948. Softcover. Fine. Illustrated with original lithographs by Suzanne Ballivet. Fine in French-folded wrappers, in original chemise and slipcase which are a bit darkened and soiled. One of 4000 numbered copies. An attractive production.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, nd. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. No date. A reprint from the 1920's or 30's or so. Nice decorative black cover with a green a silver paten and title. Penciled price to front endpaper. Interior clean and intact. Cover with some mild rubbing and wear. Good Plus.… Read more about this item

Roslyn, NY: Walter J. Black. Near Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1943. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Classics Club Series; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 312 pages; 33379 .

NY, Three Sirens Press, 1931 . Hardcover . VG--/none. Some dings/rubbing/bumps; spine worn/soiled; POS penciled ffep.

London: Charles Carrington, 1901. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Good. wraps, 304, worn wraps with chips and tears on edges Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Deluxe Editions, 1931. Hardcover, mock white vellum spine and tips over blue paper covered boards. Top edge gilt. 182pp., Illustrated with several drawings. Glue residue from removed book-plate on front free endpaper. Mild age toning to covers. Else a clean. square, tightly bound copy. Good+.. First Thus. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo… Read more about this item

Illustrated Editions Company, 1931. Hardcover. Fair/poor/None. Pages are unmarked, aside from previous owner's inscription on first free paper. Pages and edges are yellowed and discolored. Binding and hinges are very loose. Boards are faded and discolored, and have heavy wear to corners, edges, and spine. Loose threads due to spine unraveling.

London / NY: John Lane / Dodd, Mead & Company, 1926. 1st Illust. thus. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, black cloth with bright gilt design on cover and spine. Contains Frontis, endpapers design and eleven additional black and white illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Clean, bright copy. Record # 374361

New York: Modern Library. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good in stiff wraps. Owner name to half title page. Crease to top corner of front end page. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Deluxe Editions. Good+. 1931. Hardcover. Binding solid. Pages unmarked but a little aged. Gift inscription. Fine illustrations. Deckled fore-edge and gilt top edge. No dustjacket (possibly none at issue). Cover is part red cloth and part black buckram, with bumping to corners and spine tips and fading to spine. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" -… Read more about this item

London: Charles Carrington, 1901. First English Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Martin van Maele. Thais, a social historical, then considered erotic novel, revolving around events in the life of Saint Thais of Egypt, an early convert to Christianity. Plentiful plates, each protected by captioned tissue guards, printed in red. First published in 1890, it… Read more about this item

London, UK: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 250pp. Orange cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design, border and titles on front, gilt titles on spine; illustrative free endpapers. 12mo. Lightly rubbed spine ends and corners; top edge sun-faded. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges just starting to… Read more about this item

Roslyn, NY: Walter J. Black, 1943. Classics Club edition, ca. 1960s despite earlier copyright. Gray cloth printed in red, black and gilt, 7.75" tall. Near fine condition with personal bookplate on front free endpaper, otherwise looks and feels new and unused, firm binding, no other names or markings. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item