1781 - 1824 FOREIGN LITERATURE
= Nicely bound set with lithogr. pastedowns showing little dogs playing with each other.
- Owner's entry on htitle.
AND 3 others by the same, publ. by Alkonost, all in orig. wr.: Pesnya Sud'by (1919), Ramzes (1921) and O simvolizme (1921).
- All vols. owner's entry on title-p. Otherwise fine.
- Wrappers of first vol. foxed; wrappers of second vol. reattached.
= One more vol. was published. De Crauzat 549.
Delmet, P. Chansons Tendres. Ed. L. Burret. Paris, Enoch et Cie., 1900, 318,(6 advert.)p., tinted ills. and orig. pres. wr. by L. DURRET, modern giltlettered cl.
- Frontwr. (dust)stained.
AND 9 others, i.a. P.J. DE BÉRANGER, Chansons complètes (The Hague, 1835, 19 lithogr. plates and ills., contemp. gilt hmor., 12mo); LES ENFANTS DU VAUDEVILLE, SUIVIS DES ÉCHOS/ LES ÉCHOS DU VAUDEVILLE. Vol. 2 (Paris, 1853/ 1860, 3 parts in 2 vols., contemp. almost unif. gilt hcalf. Frontcover of first vol. sl. faded).
- Owner's entry on first blank. Wr. sl. creased; frontwr. dogeared.
= The final work of collected stories compiled by the author himself.
Šmelyov, I. Nyanya iz Moskvy (The nanny from Moscow). Paris, Vozroždenie/ La Renaissance, 1949, 3rd ed., 233,(1)p., orig. wr.
- Dedication on first blank; phone no. in ballpoint on final blank. Backwr. w. traces of annots. in pen and ink.
- Covers sl. yellowed; frontcover sl. fingersoiled. = Maynard & Miles A21.
= All published in the Grote Bellettrie Serie (Gouden Reeks).
- Owner's dedication on verso first free endpaper. Dustwr. w. a few rubbed spots.
- Two vols. partly waterstained in (blank) margins; occas. sl./ trifle foxed. Trifle worn along extremities.
= The "Charles Dickens" Edition, crown 8vo.
- Frontwr. vol. 1 waterst. in upper margin; folder broken.
= Nieuwe PTL reeks 2/ 3. Rare underground publication.
AND 1 other: ACTION POÉTIQUE. No. 20 (n.pl., 1963, ills., orig. wr. Contains i.a. French translations of poetry by the "Experimentele groep"). - ADDED 1 other: A. BRETON, La Surréalisme et la Peinture (Paris, 1979, new ed., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- Dustwr. price-clipped and sl. yellowed.
Themerson, S. Special Branch (a dialogue). Ibid., idem, 1972, 1st ed., 94,(2)p., orig. wr. - AND 7 others, all but one published by the Gaberbocchus Press, various editions, i.a. S. THEMERSON, Woof Woof or Who Killed Richard Wagner? (ibid., 1972, 2nd ed., orig. wr. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle) and A. STERN, Europa. Engl. transl. S. Themerson and M. Horovitz (ibid., 1962, ills. and layout by M. SZCZUKA and orig. wr. by T. ZARNOWER).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's blindstamp on first blank. Dustwrapper dam.
= With SIGNED dedication in pen by the author "To Howard Rome wishing him all good things! Very gratefully Ernest Hemingway". With two other dedications by Howard Rome to Robert Wilson and by Bob Wilson to Ron Zehel on blanks. Howard Rowe was Hemingway's psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic in the seven months before he committed suicide (in 1961). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XL.
= Zaleski 197. Letters by Alexander Herzen (the "father of Russian socialism") to Ivan Turgenev. The book was banned in Russia until the Revolution of 1917. Rare.
- Owner's annots. on first free endpaper. Dam. at top of upper joint of book and top of spine of dustwr.; dustwr. sl. frayed.
Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey. London etc., Heinemann, (1962), 1st Engl. ed., (6),201p., orig. boards w. dustwr.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; bookblock sl. foxed.
AND 4 others in 5 vols., i.a. L. CARROLL, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (New York, (1946), 2 vols., col. ills. by J. TENNIEL in colouring designed by F. KREDEL, orig. unif. hcl. in slipcase. Backstrip of the first title sl. foxed). - ADDED 1 other: C. DICKENS, A Christmas Carol (London, 1915, 1st ed., 12 col. (1x tipped-in) plates and orig. cl. by A. RACKHAM. Binding foxed/ stained esp. on backcover).
- Vol. 2 and 6 a few sm. (partly very vague) spots on spine.
= 1. Erzählungen und kleine Prosa; 2. Amerika; 3. Der Prozess; 4. Das Schloss; 5. Beschreibung eines Kampfes; 6. Tagebücher und Briefe. Lame Duck 46.
Brod, M. Franz Kafka. Eine Biographie (Erinnerungen und Dokumente). Prague, H. Mercy Sohn, 1937, 1st ed., 287,(1)p., (sl. foxed) photogr. portrait, orig. cl. unif. w. the preceding.
= A rare set in good/ fine condition of the Gesammelte Schriften, including Max Brod's Eine Biographie in first edition.
- Four vols. w. owner's entry. All dustwr. sl. frayed/ dam. at spine-ends.
= Briefe an Melina; Eine Biographie; Erzählungen; Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande; Tagebücher 1910-1923.
AND 1 other by the same, Het Proces (Amst., 1953, orig. boards w. dustwr.).
= Play on occasion of the defeat of Napoléon's Grande Armée. = Cat. (...) des Russica K1093.
Bouquet, M. and Jaloux, É. Sébastopol ou la Revanche de Moscou, tableau militaire et patriotique en deux actes. Paris/ Marseille, M. Levy Frères/ Lafitte & Roubaud, 1855, 27p., orig. wr., sm. 8vo.
- Frontwr. sl. stained.
AND 2 others: A. OSTROVSKY, Bednost' ne porok. Komedia v tryokh deistviakh (Moscow, 1887, orig. col. lithogr. wr.) and F. DE BARGHON FORT-RION (transl. and ed.), La Guerre d'Igor. Épopée Russienne (Paris, 1878, orig. wr., 12mo).