Trois Contes. Texte définitif de la Bibliothèque-Charpentier by Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 - 1929 [cover 1928]

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1888.. Early British edition. Contains two stories: From the Earth to the Moon, and A Trip round the Moon: a sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. There is a frontispiece illustration, and another facing page 6. The titlepage and first few pages of the text are foxed, but the Boards are in very good codition with illustrations on the front cover and spine.

Paris: Six Rozemans, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unpaginated. Brown cloth library binding, gilt lettering. Rebound in library binding, original wrappers intact, pages unopened, rough cut edges, library stamps and label removal on binding's endpapers only, not affecting bound-in book, small hole in library free endpaper, slight darkening to some page edges. A very well-preserved book.

Beautifully illustrated, many in color.Corners bumped, wear to bottom edge of boards. Some written marks to inside rear end papers. Some pages discolored due to age others, as the color illustrations, not at all..

London:: Smith, Elder and Co.,. Hardback. Full tree calf binding with raised bands to spine, gilt titles to spine and gilt decorated compartments. Decorative gilt twisted border to both boards. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers and marbled to all page edges. Illustrated by Richard Doyle. The narrator is Arthur Pendennis, the protagonist of Pendennis. Leather to spine is very slightly faded and there is a hint of rubbing to spine hinges which remain strong. Text is particularly clean and crisp. Very good copy . Hardback. 1903.

First edition hardcover. 1866, New York. Condition is Very Good: Library sticker on spine, pencil note on copyright page, no other library markings. Some pencil notes on front blank, none elsewhere. Occasional foxing in text. Binding is sound. Light general wear to boards. A nice copy of an uncommon book. Author aims to offend as many people as possible and succeeds. Paginates: blanks, frontis, 312, [2], blanks, plus 11 unpaginated plates. Extremely obscure item. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Author is brother of Samuel Comstock - infamous mutineer of the whaleship Globe. Such a lovely family. More notes: Satire aimed at (?) Charles Farrar Browne who was a humorist working under the name Artemus Ward. Browne (Ward) was reportedly a favorite of Abraham Lincoln. More notes: Most, but not all, first editions of this time period have the date on the title page and this copy does not. I have looked at WorldCat, online libraries and sale copies; I cannot locate any copy with a date… Read More

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and rubbed, bookplate scar on . front pastedown of first volume, light wear to heads and tails of spines, . foxing to first and last several leaves of each volume.. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. Faded purple blindstamped cloth with border of fruit and leaf designs. Titles stamped in gilt on spines. Engravings after designs by Hammatt Billings. Following on the heels of her influential and bestselling abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe published this novel thinly based on her travels in Europe, some of which time was spent meeting with anti-slavery groups. Hildreth p. 78, BAL 19375A. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

RARE/SCARCE.USED. GOOD CONDITION. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1870. MAN AND WIFE, a novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Brown boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes. Signed and dated by former owners Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Wiswall of Newton Lake Falls, Mass. Sept. 1869.

MAN AND WIFE. Used. Good Condition. Antiquarian. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1871 Printing Thus. A novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Used. Good Condition. No DJ as issued. Black boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Paper covering split at spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes..

The Wizard, Haggard, H. Rider: Longman's Green 1st Edition, 1896, London. A tale of Africa. Used. Very Good/ No dust jacket is included. Red Boards with gold titling on spine. Titling is still nice. Summary: "The novel is placed in the imperialist literature of 19th-century England. Just like many of his other works, this novel is inspired by H. Rider Haggard's experiences of South Africa and British colonialism. The character Noma is meant to be representative of the theme of female authority and feminine behavior." A scarce title.

NY: Harper & Bros, 1857. First edition. Complete issues of Vol 14; December 1856- May 1857. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper & Bros., 1857. thick 8vo., 7" x 10", viii+864pp., numerous illustrations throughout. Contents include: Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit; Sunnyside, The Home of Washington Irving; Discovery of the Northwest Passage; Erie Railroad; North Carolina Illustrated; Patrick Henry; Albany 50 Years Ago; From Thebes to the Pyramids; Animal Declaration of Independence; Editor's Table; Fashions; Literary Notices; Monthly Record of Current Events; Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, marbled endpapers. Light fray at the crown, some rub at the upper tips, else very good plus, clean, pages bright, binding tight. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus. 8vo.