Search Results: French Literature from Mary Riversong Books

Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma. Translated from the French by The Lady Mary Loyd. Published by D. Appleton & Co., NY. 1901 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. States 1 on the last page. Black cloth boards. Paper title label is present on spine but has darkened over time. Used. Good condition/ No DJ is included. A clean, solid copy. Green decorative endpapers are intact. Summary: The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is a novel by Stendahl published in 1839.Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, Andre Gide, di Lampedusa and Henry James. It was inspired by an inauthentic Italian account of the dissolute youth of Alessandro Farnese."

Hilaire Belloc The Girondin Thomas Nelson and Sons, London. FRENCH REVOLUTION. Copyright page states: First Published 1911. VG/ No DJ included. Used. Green boards with gold gilt titling on spine. Titles are bright but some chipping off of gilt. 372 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ½.

Hugo, Victor. Please excuse our group photo, but please see this item (in beige and red dust jacket) at bottom right. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Undated. Circa 1940. Books, Inc. VG/VG original Publishers price-clipped DJ. QUITE RARE THUS. Green leatherette boards. Beige dust jacket with red and yellow titling and ornamentation. Protected in a mylar wrap. 360 pages. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.

Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

Tasha Tudor. The Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales. Copyrights 1961,1965 Platt & Munk Co., Inc. New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 61-13221. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. SCARCE .LARGE FORMAT. 76 pages. 10 ¼ x 12 ¼.