19th Century French Literature from Charles Agvent
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DROLL STORIES
by BALZAC, Honore de
- Condition
- Used - Light wear to the spine tips with some fraying to the rear spine edge of the first volume. About Very Good, lacking the slipcase
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.58
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Light wear to the spine tips with some fraying to the rear spine edge of the first volume. About Very Good, lacking the slipcase. W. A. Dwiggins. Three volumes bound in cloth-backed boards decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who also designed and decorated the book. Copy #1246 of 1500 SIGNED by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.58
THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY
by FLAUBERT, Gustave
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- Used - Fine in slightly worn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1943
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in slightly worn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase. Warren Chappell. Small folio (8-1/4" x 12-1/2") bound in full tan linen stamped in gold, red, and black. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn. Designed and illustrated with color lithographs by Warren Chappell. Copy #258 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
OLD GORIOT
by BALZAC, Honore de
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- Used - Fine in torn glassine in a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.43
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Fine in torn glassine in a Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in black morocco-backed marbled boards. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Francois Mauriac. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 128.43
A WOMAN'S LIFE (UNE VIE)
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
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- Used - Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.43
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Edy Legrand. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-7/8") bound with a white sheepskin leather spine with a burgundy leather spine label lettered in gilt and French marbled paper sides; 280 pages. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed at the Marchbanks Press. Introduction by Edmond Jaloux.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 128.43
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by VERLAINE, Paul
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- Used - About Fine and a handsome presentation
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- 1 August 1895
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- Framed Letter
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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Paris, 1 August 1895. Framed Letter. About Fine and a handsome presentation. One-page SIGNED handwritten letter in French on 4-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheet to an unnamed politician regarding placement of an article about his book in REVUE ENCYCLOPÉDIQUE. Roughly translated: "I received your check for 4 guineas today and I thank you. The article on your book is… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
MADAME BOVARY
by FLAUBERT, Gustave
- Condition
- Used - Sunning to the spine with wear to the label. Very Good in a soiled, Very Good slipcase
- Published
- 1938
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Zurich: Limited Editions Club, 1938. hardcover. Sunning to the spine with wear to the label. Very Good in a soiled, Very Good slipcase. Gunter Bohmer. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-5/8") bound in semi-flexible full yellow Swiss silk with a gold-stamped green leather spine label. Introduction by Andre Maurois. Designed and illustrated with watercolors by Gunter Bohmer; printed and bound… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
THE TALES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT 1850-1893
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
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- Used - Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 102.69
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London: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Gunter Bohmer. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in blue linen buckram with inlaid panels of brown linen, 522 pages. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. The Translations by Lafcadio Hearn and Others Chosen… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
AN ICELAND FISHERMAN
by LOTI, Pierre
- Condition
- Used - Mild soiling to covers. Near Fine in a soiled, intact, Very Good slipcase
- Published
- 1931
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Stockholm: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Mild soiling to covers. Near Fine in a soiled, intact, Very Good slipcase. Yngve Berg . Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound with a white buckram spine and corner tips with a lovely original lithographed fish design on the front and rear boards. Printed on handmade linen rag paper at the Royal… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
CHEVALERIES SENTIMENTALES
by HEROLD, A(ndre)-Ferdinand
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- Used - Text slightly browned due to the poor quality of the paper; the lithograph not affected. Rubbing to the spine with loss of the s
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1893
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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Paris: Librairie de l'Art indépendant, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Text slightly browned due to the poor quality of the paper; the lithograph not affected. Rubbing to the spine with loss of the spine label. Very Good and uncommon. Odilon Redon. Calf-backed marbled boards with gilt-decorated spine with the owner's initials "J. D." stamped in gilt at the base;… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
ARCHIVE OF 2 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs)
by DE GONCOURT, Jules
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- Used - Creases from folding. Near Fine
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- 1853 & 1868
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- Letter
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 427.88
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1853 & 1868. Letter. Creases from folding. Near Fine. Two one-page handwritten letters, both in French, dated 27 November 1853 and 29 February 1868, on 5-1/4" x 8-1/4" sheets of paper, each addressed to an unidentified publisher asking for the return of two manuscripts. Roughly, "After four unfruitful visits I finally secured an appointment and a promise of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 427.88
LES MISERABLES
by HUGO, Victor
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- Used - Contents clean. The text block of the first volume is completely detached from the covers with the front hinge of the third volu
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Published
- 1887
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 770.18
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London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean. The text block of the first volume is completely detached from the covers with the front hinge of the third volume badly cracked; the second volume with rippling to the pages caused by an old waterstain; Light rubbing to the covers, paper spine labels… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 770.18
OEUVRES DE CHATEAUBRIAND. ATALA - RENÉ - AVENTURES DU DERNIER ABENCERAGE
by CHATEAUBRIAND
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- Used - Front cover neatly detached; otherwise, minor wear. Hence, Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1879
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 256.72
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Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Front cover neatly detached; otherwise, minor wear. Hence, Very Good. Full gilt-decorated red morocco leather by Zaehnsdorf with gilt rules and gilt-decorated boards and spine; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Notes by Anatole France. Portrait by Louis Monzès after Devéria. In addition to the binding being signed by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 256.72
EUGENIE GRANDET
by BALZAC, Honore de
- Condition
- Used - Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1960
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 102.69
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London: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full tan buckram with gold-stamped black leather labels. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Richard Aldington. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. SOUTH AMERICA
by VERNE, Jules
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- Used - Owner Christmas inscription dated 1880 on the front endpaper; front hinge crudely glued. Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1876
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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London & New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner Christmas inscription dated 1880 on the front endpaper; front hinge crudely glued. Good. Decorated blue cloth titled in black on cover and on the spine over gold, ruled in blind on the rear. With 71 illustrations by Riou. The first of three parts, the other… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE
by DUMAS, Alexandre (Pere)
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine gold foil slipcase
- Published
- 1973
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 136.92
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine gold foil slipcase. Cyril Arnstam. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in blue linen with an embossed gold fleur-de-lis design at the center of the front cover. Illustrations by Cyril Arnstam that have been hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 136.92
BEL-AMI
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 77.09
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bernard LaMotte. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and white, 280 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the press of A. Colish. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations are fine full-page reproductions of watercolors by Bernard LaMotte, perhaps… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 77.09
TWENTY YEARS AFTER
by DUMAS, Alexandre (Pere)
- Condition
- Used - Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine gold foil slipcase
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 102.69
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine gold foil slipcase. Edy Legrand. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in red linen with an embossed gold fleur-de-lis design at the center of the front cover. Copy #844 of 1500 with illustrations by Edy Legrand that have been hand-colored… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
BEL-AMI
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
- Condition
- Used - Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 68.46
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Bernard LaMotte. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and white, 280 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the press of A. Colish. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations are fine full-page… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.46
MADAME BOVARY
by FLAUBERT, Gustave
- Condition
- Used - Typical mild sunning to the spine. Close to Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 342.30
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Zurich: Limited Editions Club, 1938. hardcover. Typical mild sunning to the spine. Close to Fine in a Fine slipcase. Gunter Bohmer. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-5/8") bound in semi-flexible full yellow Swiss silk with a gold-stamped green leather spine label. Introduction by Andre Maurois. Designed and illustrated with watercolors by Gunter Bohmer; printed and bound by Fretz Freres. Copy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.30
TARTARIN OF TARASCON
by DAUDET, Alphonse
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Near Fine, intact slipcase with a sunned backstrip
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 342.30
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine, intact slipcase with a sunned backstrip. W. A. Dwiggins. Two duodecimo volumes (4-3/8" x 6") bound in gold-stamped half black cloth with printed paper sides. Translated with an introduction by Jacques LeClercq. Designed and illustrated with line drawings by W. A. Dwiggins. The ninth book of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.30
