Search Results: the temptation of saint antony by flaubert gustave

Lodnon: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1980. Hard cover. Secker and Warburg, 1980, 293 pages, hardcover in a good jacket, no owners mark, light wear, spine faded on jacket, some underlining in pencil it the introduction

New York: Ives Washburn Publisher, 1930.. 1930.. Good. - Large octavo, black cloth. The binding is rubbed with slight fraying to the bottom corners & with some light spotting to the covers. The titling & decorations on the spine are slightly affected by the rubbing. Half-title, title, [2] leaves, 253 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated in black & white with 12 plates, including a frontispiece, and tail-pieces from woodcuts by Ilse Bischoff. The page edges are slightly toned. Good. <p>Limited edition of 2,000 copies.

Ives Washburn. Good with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. E--Black cloth covers worn, rubbed, and scuffed. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. Due to size and/or weight of the book I can only ship it domestic mail. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. .

Nabu Press, 2010-09-29. Paperback. Good.

London: H. S. Nichols , 1895. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7" . S. Gorski. The uncommon first English language edition of this novel by Gustave Flaubert, adorned with original designs after S. Gorski. The first English edition of this work, translated from the French with an introduction by D. F. Hannigan. An uncommon work. A novel by Gustave Flaubert originally published in 1874, this work consists of a dramatic poem in prose inspired by a painting of the same name, concerning Saint Anthony the Great in the Egyptian desert as he faces a series of temptations. Adorned with nine original designs after S. Gorski, each provided in monochromatic variations. Collated, complete. With half title. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and cracking to the front joint, considerable fading to the spine, light soiling to the boards. Previous ownership inscription to the front pastedown, RF Rooney dated 1904. Harry Burnham Rooney bookplate to the… Read More

London; H. S. Nichols, 1895., 1895. Hard Cover. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo, pp. vii, [5], 360. Illustrated with 9 black and white plates after S. Gorski as called for. Bound in publisher's midnight blue cloth over boards elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt spine decoration and titles. Spine slightly sunned with minor wear to tips, a few small dents to lower board. Light scattered foxing to some leaves else clean and free of annotations and inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Flaubert's fantastical literary portrayal covering a night of carnal temptations of St. Antony. The book greatly influenced an adolescent Sigmund Freud, as well as inspiring countless artworks on the subject. Attractively bound in the publisher's trade binding, with erotic gilt blocked illustration to upper board.

London: H. S. Nichols, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Original gilt-illustrated cloth; with 9 original designs after S. Gorski. Spine faded, chipped at tips; boards and corners rubbed; binding a little shaken.

London: H.S. Nichols. Nearly fine copy in the original gilt-decorated blue cloth. 1895. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 360 pp., Bound in blue cloth with gilt decorations; top edge gilt, Spine just slightly faded, one corner lightly bumped, else a nice, bright copy of the Authorized Edition (first in English); translated from the French by D.F. Hannigan. .