French Literature from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Philadelphia: George Barrie (Printed for subscribers), 1896-1900. Illustrated by Remarque (double) frontispieces (except Vols. 50 & 51) and etchings. Nationale edition. "Memorial Edition of which there have been printed 100 copies; lettered A to Z and 1 to 74, issued in the interest of La Societe des Gens de Lettres for the Prix Barrie-Balzac", this set numbered "47" (red stamp… Read more about this item

Paris: Nepvue, 1820-21. Illustrated by missing 120 illustrations. First thus edition. Îuvres compltes de La Fontaine, ornŽes de cent vingt gravures, d'aprs les dessins de Desenne, Chaudet, Huet, etc., et d'un portrait inŽdit d'aprs Lebrun...I-IV Fables 1-4; V-VIII Les Deux Premiers Volues de ces Contes; IX-X PsychŽ 1-2; XI-XII ThŽatre 1-2; XIII-XV Oeuvres diverses 1-3; XVI Hommages poŽtiques ˆ La… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Antoine-Augustin Benouard, 1809. Stereotype edition. Half leather over marbled boards. 13cm. pp. x, 137; [v], 116, [4]. Good. Spine section missing, boards edge worn, light foxing internally. Lettres went to Six Parts..

Paris: De L'Imprimerie des Freres Mame, 1808. Stereotype D'Herhan edition. Half leather over marbled boards. 13cm. pp. [iv], 264. Contents. Good. Spine section missing, boards edge worn, light foxing internally. Volume 1 of 4 only..

Paris: Didot, 1803. Stereotype edition. Half leather over marbled boards. 13cm. pp. [iv], 239, [1] Contents. Good. Spine section missing, boards edge worn, light foxing internally..

Wien: Artur Worlf-Verlag, 1923. Illustrated by Red and blue author plates and vignettes throughout. First edition. 982/1800. Card cover with printed glassine wrapper. 12mo. pp. 69, [1] colophon. Very Good/In like jacket. Light wear to glassine, one page stain internally..

Otawa: HMH, (1966). First thus edition. Self-extended wraps. 8vo. pp. 254, [1]. Near Fine. Anthology, multi-contributor..

Paris: Renard Poche, (1979). Illustrated by Philippe Dumas. Illustrated wraps. 8vo. pp. 141, [3]. As New. Unread copy..

London: Viking (Penguin Group Ltd.), (1995). Translated by David Coward from the French, and introduction by. First thus (FPu-y) edition. US Review slip and typed publisher sheet laid in (5/2/96 US publication date). c.1968 Editions Gallimard. Black paper boards. Royal 8vo. pp. 973, [1]. Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price (£) in mylar. Geneva mid 1930's. ISBN: 0670821187X. (Postage as 2 books)..… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1900. Translated by Catharine A. Janvier (1841-1923) from the Provencal. First US edition. c.1899. Linp clay cloth decorated gilt and black, uncut and unopened, t.e.g. 16mo. pp. [ii], iv, 437, [1] blank, [4] Ads. VG. Corners and bottom edge bumped with light soil and rub, rear ep and pastedown foxed with spots of stain to… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Translated by anon from the French. Illustrated by b/w tissue frontis and 11 plates by Riou. Later edition. (c. 1868, 1889, 1898). Blue cloth, gilt print spine. Cr. 8vo. pp. xiv, 264. VG/No jacket. Traces of cap and corner wear, NF internally. First in a series of six..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Translated by anon from the French. Illustrated by b/w tissue frontis and 11 plates by Riou. Later edition. (c. 1868, 1889, 1898). Blue cloth, gilt print spine. Cr. 8vo. pp. viii, 284. VG/No jacket. Traces of cap and corner wear, NF internally. Second in a series of six..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Translated by anon from the French. Illustrated by b/w tissue frontis and 11 plates by T. Fuchs. Later edition. (c.1889, 1898). Blue cloth, gilt print spine. Cr. 8vo. pp. xi, 326. VG/No jacket. Traces of cap and corner wear, one foxed page match from bookmark o/w NF. Fourth in a series of six..… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Translated by anon from the French. Illustrated by b/w tissue frontis and 11 plates by Riou. Later edition. (c. 1869, 1889, 1898). Blue cloth, gilt print spine. Cr. 8vo. pp. vii, 342. Traces of cap and corner wear, NF internally. Sixth in a series of six..

Philadelphia: Rittenhouse Press, n.d. Illustrated by b/w frontispieces by Aldolphe Lalanze. 3 volumes. Brown cloth, decorated and printed gilt. 12mo. pp. lxvii, 279; ix, 351; xii, 406. Notes. VG/No jacket, as issued. Rubbing to gilt, ep foxing. Nice reading set. (Postage as three books) ..

Boston: Edinburgh Society, n.d. Illustrated by Frontis and 5 plates. Royal (De Luxe) edition. Volume 13 of The Works, 1/500 Copies (American). Green buckram, Paper printed spine labels, teg, uncut & unopened. 8vo. pp. iv, 306, iv, 130. VG. Foxed spine label, nick in rear hinge, many unopened sections..

Paris: Bibliothque-Charpentier, 1902. Edited by Eugne Fasquelle. Sixime Mille. Marbled boards, half buckram, red spine flash printed gilt, t.e.burgundy, color floral eps. 16mo. pp. iv, 348. Good. Rubbed spine and corners, overall page darkening, two page edge tears. (Set published in 4 volumes), Text in French..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Translated by anon from the French. Illustrated by b/w tissue frontis and 11 plates by Th. Schuler. Later edition. (c. 1871, 1889, 1898). Blue cloth, gilt print spine. Cr. 8vo. pp. x, 300. VG/No jacket. Traces of cap and corner wear, NF internally. Fifth in a series of six..

New York: Random House, 1950. Edited by Saxe Commins with an introduction. Illustrated by Adolf Dehn with b&w drawings. Reprint edition. Decorated cloth backed boards. Small 4to. pp. vi, 334. VG/No jacket. Light edgewear, slightly gilt rubbed spine..

New York: Current Literature Pub. Co, (1903). Illustrated by 2; 2; 1 plate(s) with printed tissue guards, b/w chapter illuminations. Volumes 3, 4, 5 from (17 Vol.) Complete Works (c. M.Walter Dunne). 3 volumes. Purple ribbed cloth, black spine titles printed gilt, floral eps, teg, uncut. 8vo. pp. x, 309; x, 305; x, 310. VG. Three volumes with 37, 35,… Read more about this item