Translations from Richard Beaton

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1888. Book. Good. Hardcover. New and Cheaper Edition. Undated [1888]. One hundred and twenty illustrations. Original decorated brown cloth. Spine ends scuffed, a few light marks on rear board, endpapers replaced, good. Publisher's catalogue dated 1888 bound in at end. Although not acknowledged in this edition, the translation from the original French is by… Read more about this item

London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1830. Book. Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. First English Edition in Two Volumes. Two volumes uniformly bound in mid-C19th green leather over green marbled board; gilt decorations and black leather labels on spines; green marbled endpapers. Lightly scuffed, faint stain to bottom edge of first few leaves in volume II: otherwise a good set.… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley, 1878. Book. Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition.. Favourite Novels. Favourite Novels binding: blindstamped green cloth, decorated in gilt on spine; brown endpapers. Corners rubbed, endpapers replaced, good. A German junker and Polish countess fall in love, but have to deal with the long-standing antagonism between their nations. Scarce..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original red cloth, ruled and lettered in black; yellow endpapers. Spine lightly sunned, a few light marks on boards, a little scattered foxing on early pages, very good. By the author of The Buchholz Family..

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition.. Late C19th green leather over green-and-black marbled boards. Light scuffing, light foxing, very good. The Clients of Doctor Bernagius comprises four long stories, set in Mexico, where Biart was Professor of Botany for more than twenty years. This edition (a year after the English first) was… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Illustrated. Original red cloth, gilt vignette of For Saleier and black border on front board, dark green endpapers. Cloth rubbed head/foot of spine, boards a little darkened on edges, inscription (1888) on verso of front free endpaper, good..

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original red cloth, bordered in black, with tulip on front board, lettered in gilt on spine, brown endpapers. Lightly soiled, corners bumped, good. A novel of contemporary Dutch life. "She has been able to describe the characters and events of her narrative with the like qualities which we… Read more about this item

London: Greening & Co, 1907. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Lotus Library: Greening & Co., 1907. Frontispiece of author. Title page printed and decorated in black and red. Original blindstamped violet cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly scuffed, otherwise very good. Maupassant's first novel. The second translation: Vizetelly had published the first under the title A Woman's Life in 1888..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original maroon cloth, lettered in black and gilt, illustrated with figures (For Saleier and woman) on front board; blue-and-white patterned endpapers. Small inkspot on top edge of front board, light marking on leading edge, foxing on prelims, good. A lively melodrama set during the French Revolution. Based on a… Read more about this item

London: Stanley Paul, 1916. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition.. Original black cloth, lettered in white, with illustration (iron gauntlet against red background) on front board. In box on spine below title; "Forbidden in Germany". Lightly scuffed, front free endpaper tipped in good. An anti-war novel written by a pacifist German novelist living in exile in Switzerland. Stilgebauer's novels (and opinions)… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1871. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Undated reprint (c1871). Contemporary rebinding in dark turquoise leather over blue-grey boards. Light trace of removed label on front board, leather on spine sunned to brown, very good..

London: Methuen & Co., 1912. Book. Good. Hardcover. First English Edition.. Undated first edition, with publisher's catalogue for Autumn 1912, announcing this tile, at end. Published in English the same year that Hauptmann was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Small nicks at foot of spine, trace of removed bookplate… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co., 1882. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original dark green cloth. Corners rubbed, inner joint papers cracking (but joints tight), good. A version by a different translator appeared in the USA. A historical novel portraying one of the most important events in Dutch history: the siege of Leyden by the Spanish under Valdez and the relief… Read more about this item

London: For the Proprietor, 1865. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Mid C19th red beaded cloth, with blindstamped borders. Spine sunned, a little faint foxing, otherwise very good..

London: Wm S. Orr, 1854. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Bound with: Walks Abroad and Evenings at Home Volume I. J. Bennett & Co., nd, c1852. Frontispiece and numerous woodcuts. Articles and serial stories, including The Adventures of Prince Pretty in the World of Insect Wonders by the Editor (complete) and Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by D[ay]… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Translated from the original Hungarian with the author's special permission by Louis Felbermann. "Special Authorized Edition" (ie First Edition). Undated first [1894]. Frontispiece portrait of author. Late C19th circulating library rebinding in maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. Corners and spine ends scuffed, good. A scarce… Read more about this item

London: George Bell & Sons, 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Bohn's Novelist's Library. Original blue cloth, with black lines head/foot of front board, lettered in gilt on spine; black endpapers. A few light marks on cloth, foxing (especially on prelims) otherwise very good. Grossi's novel is set in the early part of the C14th, in Milan and the… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1897. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Original grey-green cloth with art-nouveau designs in dark green, lettered in gilt. Minimal scuffing, endpapers browned, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, near fine. The eponymous heroine plays with the affections of several men before choosing the oldest (and richest). A review in The Spectator (April 1898) dismissed it… Read more about this item

London: John Parker, 1849. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. Translated from the original French (no translator's name given) Mid C19th rebinding in blue cloth. Pulled at head of spine with several small, minor tears: otherwise clean, tight: good..

London: Charles Daly, 1840. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Frontispiece, vignette title and a further sixteen plates. Mid C19th black leather over blue marbled boards. Lightly scuffed. Boards a little darkened, undated signature on front pastedown, signature (1876) on vignette title, foxing on margins of plates, otherwise very good..