Search Results: the quest of the absolute by balzac honore de

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 12/8/2005 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.4724 in x 10.9055 in x 8.2677 in.

Paperback. Good.

J. M. Dent & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 226 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding loose. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pen inscription to one of front endpapers. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son. 1899. vg-. Hardcover. Limited Memorial Edition No. 54/100. Edition Definitive. Complete in 1 volume. 307pp; many pages unopened; small stain to fore edge of color etched frontis with printer's mark; 7 b/w etchings Xavier Le Sueue & Charles-Theodore Deblois; foxing to tissue guards; 9" tall; chipped darkened title label on spine; wear to edges of olive green covers .

Dedalus, Limited, 1989. Trade paperback in near fine condition. Soft cover. Near Fine.

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 504 pp. (no date) Light rubbing to the cover edges. Previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Bound in red cloth with gilt spine titles. Volume 21 of a 25-volume set of Balzac's work in English translation.

The Home Library Book Co., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 226 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

George Barrie & Son, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good blue cloth hardcover with pasted on label to spine and gilt top page edges shows rubbing and fading to spine label, soiling and bit of rubbing to covers, soil at end papers and page edges, name stamps at various places, along with some other light trace wear. 307 partially uncut pages translated by George Burnham Ives and illustrated with four etchings. Still a solid copy of this edition of the classic work now for the first time completely translated into English.

Dedalus Ltd, 2015. Paperback. New. 100 pages. 7.56x6.00x1.00 inches.

Philadelphia, Pa: Avil Publishing Company, 1901 386pp. University Edition. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Boards have light stains. Gilt top edge has light scratches. Edges of text block have light foxing. Spine is a bit shaken. Text is unmarked. . Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Dust Jacket.

London: Privately Printed for Members of the Elzevir Society, 1901. Hardcover. Very good. No. 6 of 100 copies of the Edition De Luxe. Translated by Ellen Marriage with introduction by George Saintsbury. 8vo, 9 x 6 inches, half dark green morocco and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt stamped & decorated on spine, very good, the spine color and parts of corners and boards have turned to a warm ruddy brown color (green is a notoriously "fugitive" color), contents very good, pages mainly uncut and unopened, very very light ex-library marks from CMU Library -- pencil note on verso of title page, withdrawn stamp on verso of rear flyleavf. Frontisiece and occasional engraved plates. Very handsome readable edition.

Dana Estes Boston, 1901. HARDCOVER. VG / NONE. 0x0x0. VERY-GOOD HARDBACK

Country Doctor / Quest Of The Absolute by Honore De BalzacCentenary Edition hardcoverPublisher:The Gebbie Publishing Co., 1899

Condition:Good- wear, spotting to the covers

Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Son, 1899. Limited edition (597 of 1000 for subscribers only). 8vo. Original red cloth with spine label, top edge gilt (label faded; lightly bumped at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 307, illus with b&w etchings after the paintings of Adrien Moreau by Xavier Le Sueur and Charles-Theodore Deblois (no inscriptions; etchings lightly tanned).

Baltimore: Medical and Standard Book Co. Good; Limited Edition: #19 of 50; Marbled Boards. 1898. #19 of 50. Hardbound. 307 pages .

BOSTON: DANA ESTES & COMPANY, 1901 Book. Fair. Hardcover. TITLE: THE MAGIC SKIN & THE QUEST OF THE ABSOLUTE 1901 AUTHOR: HONORE DE BALZAC PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: DANA ESTES & COMPANY, BOSTON 1901 EDITION: First Edition assumed for Dana Estes (Illustrated Sterling Edition) CATEGORY: Literature, Fine Binding BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Green CONDITION: The outside is in fair plus plus condition with scuffing along the top and bottom edges of the spine; there are some white like streaks/stains to the back upper area near the spine. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 386 pages. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition assumed for Dana Estes (Illustrated Sterling Edition). DANA ESTES & COMPANY, BOSTON 1901. With introductions by George Saintsbury. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, books will ship immediately without email notification… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London, UK: J M Dent and Co, 1895. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Boucher, W. x, 226pp, tissue-guarded, engraved frontispiece and two further like illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt signature on front, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge gilt, remaining edges untrimmed. 8vo. Sun-faded spine and board edges, rubbed spine heel, loss to spine head; slightly cocked. Fore and bottom text block edges tanning. Endpapers tanning. Tissue-guards tanned. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. We have several volumes in this series, please inquiry for multi-volume discounts.