- Binding sl. rubbed and restored along extremities. Fine, clean copy.
= Rare, original first ed. of Flaubert's dramatic novel, with the two printing errors "capitaine" instead of "capitale" (p.152) and "éphémérides" instead of "éphémères" (p.295). Vicaire III, p.728; Carteret I, p.269.
- Two vols. w. dam. backstrip (1x lacks portion). Otherwise a fine set.
= Comprises the fables, moral poems/ song, comedies, letters and lectures of C.F. Gellert (1715-1769).
ADDED: 3 odd vols. of the same series on F. SCHLEGEL (2 vols). and L.C.H. HÖLTY, bound unif. w. the preceding.
- Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities. Good set.
= Rare complete set of this literary periodical. With early literary conttributions by i.a. A. HUXLEY, C. BAX, C. FRENCH, A. WAUGH, E. SITWELL, G. GREEN and P. RENNY. Illustrations by i.a. E. WAUGH, J. AUSTEN, N. WRIGHT, J. LEBEDEFF and G.E. ROGERS.
= All published in the Gouden Reeks.
= Published as a new year's gift for the relations of the publisher.
Idem. Rechter Tie Mysteries. Nieuwe Rechter Tie Mysteries. The Hague, Voorhoeve, 1957-1964, 1st Dutch eds., 10 vols., ills. and orig. wr. by R. VAN GULIK. - AND 9 others by the same.
- Spine-ends and corners of dustwr. trifle rubbed; spine of dustwr. w. 2 vague parallel creases; two tiny dents in fold on upper joint of dustwr. Fine unclipped copy.
= First printing with the Scribner's "A" and Seal located on the copyright page and "3.00$" on fold. flap of frontwr. Dustwr. without mention of Nobel Prize or "Book-of-the-Month Club* Selection" and with blue tint on portrait on backwrapper (later state has olive tint). Hanneman A24a. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXV.
- Bookplates and bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown.
= Fine copy with dustwr. in fine condition.
Eliot, T.S. The Family Reunion. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1939, 1st American ed., 131p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Dustwr. sl. frayed (not price-clipped).
- The portraits trifle foxed.
- Owner's entry on title-p. Backstrip dam.; corners showing.
Idem. En folkefiende. Skuespil i fem akter. Ibid., idem, 1882, 1st ed., (4),219p., contemp. gilt hmor.
- Backstrip loosening; sl. rubbed along extremities.
AND 4 others by the same, incl. 2 French transl. and Peer Gynt. Ein dramatisches Gedicht. Transl. L. Passarge (Leipsic, 1881, 1st German ed., later hcl.).
- Sm. owner's entry on title. Lower joint/ spine-ends dam.
- First free endpaper and title-p. w. owner's entry and some offsetting from former sellotape. Spine-ends and corners sl. rubbed.
Idem. Fruen fra havet. Skuespil i fem akter. Ibid., idem, 1888, 1st ed., (4),223p., orig. gilt dec. cl., a.e.g.
- First free endpaper loose; occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends and corners sl. rubbed.
Idem. De unges Forbund. Lystspil i fem akter. Ibid., idem, 1869, 1st ed., 225p., orig. gilt cl., a.e.g.
- Final few lvs. waterst. Cloth sl. stained/ faded; backcover loose.
- Sl. foxed; occas. sl. stained/ soiled; final few lvs. sl. dam. (and repaired). Corners showing.
Idem. John Gabriel Borkman. Skuespil i fire akter. Ibid., idem, 1896, 1st ed., (4),245p., contemp. gilt hmor. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Når vi døde vågner. En dramatisk epilog i tre akter. Ibid./ Berlin, idem/ S. Fischer, 1899, 1st ed., (3),202p.
- Backcover sl. stained; backstrip loosening; extremities sl. rubbed.
AND 2 others by the same in 1 vol.
- A few lvs. sl. foxed. Binding sl. waterst. and w. 2 bumped spots.
Idem. Når vi døde vågner. En dramatisk epilog i tre akter. Ibid./ Berlin, idem/ S. Fischer, 1899, 1st ed., (6),202p., contemp. giltlettered hmor.
- Sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Prelim. lvs. sl. soiled/ foxed and w. bookplate and owner's entries. Backcover and backstrip loose; extremities sl. worn.
= Cf. PMM 375.
- Three vols. w. owner's entry. Extremities sl. rubbed. = First work in the rare first ed.
- Extremities trifle rubbed. Good set.
= "Nous invitons les personnes qui découvriront des fautes dans le texte des éditions stéréotypes, à nous les indiquer; elles recevront de suite, et sans frais, un exemplaire où les fautes seront corrigées." (verso hitle).
AND 2 works by A. GIDE.
- A few markings in pencil (1x in pen and ink). Frontwr. sl. soiled and creased (sm. tear near spine); spine split and strengthened w. tape.
= Le Fonds Paul Destribats 114. Important literary avant garde periodical. Contains contributions by André Breton, Philippe Soupault, Guillaume Apollinaire, Louis Aragon, Max Jacob, Blaise Cendrars, Raymond Radiguet and Tristan Tzara
Tambour. No.1. Ed. H.-J. Salemson. Paris, n.publ., 1929, 60,(4 advert.)p., 2 ills. by L. TOUCHAGUES, orig. wr., sm. 8vo.
- Yellowed. Owner's entry on frontwr.; top of spine sl. dam.
= Le Fonds Paul Destribats 1008. Contains French as well as English contributions, i.a. by Philippe Soupault, Blaise Cendrars, Ralph Cheever Dunning and Stuart Gilbert.
- Three backstrips trifle sunned.
= Comprises: Ezau en Jacob (1st ed.), Quincas Borba (2nd ed.), Posthume herinneringen van Brás Cubas (4th ed.) and Vrouwenarmen en andere verhalen (2nd ed.).
Perec, G. Het leven een gebruiksaanwijzing. Dutch transl. E. Borger. Ibid., idem, 1995, 2nd ed., 574,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 5 others, i.a. G. FLAUBERT, Bouvard en Pécuchet (ibid., 1988, 2nd ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr.,); G. CASANOVA, Rust noch duur (ibid., 1995, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. From the Grote Belleterie series) and F. PESSOA, Het boek der rusteloosheid (ibid. 1999, 6th ed., orig. wr. Prive-domein nr. 166).
- Edges sl. frayed. = Uncut copy.