Romance from Minotavros Books

Toronto: The Copp Clark Co. Limited, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. Original blue cloth with gilt and colour pictorial stamping on boards and gilt titling on spine. T.E.G. xv, 370 pp. Seven B&W plates, including frontis. Chafing to extremities, small damp stain to spine. Pencil ownership inscription to ffep. Text clean.

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to dedication page to Canadian author Madge Macbeth, dated October 1925 at Ottawa. N.d., [ca. 1908 or later]. Orig. burgundy cloth, gilt titles. T.E.G. 350 pp. [6] B&W illustrated plates. Spine tilted and sunned with a spot of… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Quarter green morocco, burgundy cloth boards. 319 pp. Minor rubbing to extremities, spine darkened, a few scuffs to leather. Lightly age toned to interior.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Rae, John. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. russet cloth. 310 pp. [4] B&W plates. Spine tilted, bumping and chafing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Acidified tape marks to gutter of flyleaves.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. yellow cloth. Top edge green. 312 pp. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, lightly bumped and worn to edges, a few short tears repaired to reverse with tape.

London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. green cloth. vii, 285 pp. Spine somewhat sunned, gilt faded. Foxing to edges of text block. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust jaket is sunned to spine, chipped to extremities, a few short tears, some general soiling.

London: Collins Clear-Type Press. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 1920s?]. Burgundy stiffened leatherette. T.E.G. 508 pp.; 509-1016 pp. Chafing to spine ends and corners, spine sunned. In VG burgundy slipcase with some scuffing and wear. One of Hugo's most powerful and popular romances, with vivid pictures of life as it was lived by outcasts and criminals… Read more about this item

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Brundage, Frances. 12mo. Blue paper boards. 254 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine tilted, damp stain to lower corner of rear board. Interior deeply age toned. Damp staining to lower corners of text block. Dust jaket is age toned, damp stained, lightly edge worn. An historical adventure and romance story… Read more about this item

New York: Arbor House, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED and dated Nov. 3, 1993 by Anne Rice to title page. Small damp stain to front board, minor chafing to spine foot. Dust jacket is price clipped, toned to flaps. About fine. A contemporary Lolita, Belinda is the sensual story of a postmodern nymphet and… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage Books, 1975. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.25" x 7.25" 1st Vintage paperback edition. Soft cover. 113 pp. Covers and interior age toned, covers slightly curled, spine sunned.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. cream cloth. 67 pp. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned and bumped to extremities, chipped to spine head.

London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth. viii, 378 pp. Spine tilted and darkened, rubbed to extremities. Interior age toned. Some pencil marginalia and underlining.

Lexington: The University of Kentucky, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Books I-IV in 2 vols. Full red cloth. Revised and reworked by Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo prior to 1505. Translated from the Putative Princeps of Saragossa, 1508. Spines lightly shaken. Spines sunned and rubbed, worse to volume I. Sticker ghost to foot of front board of volume… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Orig. tan cloth. ix, 199 pp. Spine tilted, rubbing to titles, some minor soiling to clock. Light foxing to edges of text block.

Paris: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 1948 or slightly later]. The Nelson Classics. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Top edges green. 640 pp.; 576 pp. Chafing to spine ends and corners. Movie tie-in sleeves for the 1948 Italian adaptation. Dust jackets are lightly rubbed, a few small chips. One of Hugo's most… Read more about this item

New York: A. Lewis Kelton, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth. 235 pp. Lightly chafed at spine ends, corners lightly bumped. Dust jacket is chipped to extremities, a few short tears and some creasing to edges, publisher's stamp to foot of front cover.

New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 212 pp. Front cover curled, else fine.

New York: Crown Publishers, 2017. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Purple paper boards. 311 pp. Fine.

New York: Humanities Press, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full maroon cloth. vi, 395 pp. Spine slightly sunned, rubbed to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Slightly age toned to interior. Near fine overall.

Manchester University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full red paper boards. x, 205 pp. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly soiled, some creasing to spine and front cover. This strangely neglected late Middle English romance is an important analogue of Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale. It reflects to an unusual degree… Read more about this item