Madame Bovary (Penguin Designer Classics, Limited Edition 1000 copies) by Flaubert, Gustave - 2006

J.M.Dent and co. London.,1904. FIRST BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with colour title page and 24 full page colour plates. Finely bound in original publishers delux full vellum binding with spine and front board fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy of this beautiful edition.:

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 384 pages; VG-; Green-yellow spine (slipcase) with raised bands and gilt lettering; Boards show mild wear to head/tail of spine, bottom corner of back cover is slightly bumped, and a small white stain appears just below the title on spine; Textblock has deckled edges, and the ffep / front pastedown have begun to separate from the rest of the textblock; Meets first issue points: page 245, line 12 "eye" -- page 245 line 16 "so pretty" -- page 291, line 7 "brainy bumps" -- page 342, line 23 "brain of Zeus"; However, the corn graphic on spine is pointed down; Housed in dark green 1/4 leather-bound and cloth slipcase, with matching cloth chemise; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346258. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition. First State.. BAL 3436. Frontispiece by Dan Beard. 260 pp. with 9 pages of ads. Original tan publisher's cloth with pictorial decoration on the front board in gilt, brown, and black, and gilt title on spine. A group of short stories from Twain. Tightly bound, solid, and square. Soiling to cloth. Ex Libris book plate on inside board. Ownership inscription on FFEP. Interior pages clean. Little to no wear to edges. Slight wear to tips. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at foot and crown.

New York: Brentano's, 1900. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ, VG+ to Near Fine condition. NO publ. date- appears to be early or 1st Brentano's printing (there were supposedly three undated Brentano's editions, all of which were issued prior to 1901). Dark yellow cloth binding w/ extensive color floral motif on both covers, black lettering on front & spine; 39 pages + printer's statement- all printed on 1 side only; top edge of text block gilt (still bright), side edge rough-cut; 6.25 x 4""; red & black lettering on title page. Binding: tight, bright & clean covers w/ vibrant colors; very small corner bows, slight spine discolor (lettering totaly intact & readable). Old pictorial (etching of temple?) lawyer/owner bookplate (5"" x 3""), dated 1914, inside front cover. Bookplate also appears to be pencil signed in bottom margin ""Antonio Barone '14"". Signature & style agree w/ Google search of artist's works (I am not an expert). Endpapers & text are tight &… Read More

Charlottesville, Virginia:: Virginia Arts of the Book Center,, 2008.. Edition of 38. 6.75 x 10"; 64 unnumbered pages. handbound artist’s book, purple cloth, three hand-sewn signatures. VABC collaborative bound-book project, drawing from the cultural legacy Frankenstein.The book features various VABC artists : Kristin Adolfson, Josef Beery, Bonnie Bernstein, Pierre Blondel, Patrick Costello, Dean Dass, Stacey Evans, Barbara Heritage, Angie Hogan, Sarah Knorr, Kevin McFadden, Lindsey Mears, Catherine Moore, Garrett Queen, Frank Riccio, Joan Schatzman, Jesse Wells. Binders: Addeane Caelleigh, Lindsey Mears, Stacey Evans. "'F', a portfolio of prints by the artists of the Virginia Arts of the Book Center, Charlottesville, 2008. All prints were inspired by the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, accomplished in various media including letterpress, block printing, and etching. For inquiries contact Kevin McFadden."--Virginia Arts of the Book Center Website, 2010./… Read More

Engraved title page with facing engraving signed M.Jackson titled UNCLE SAM'S EMANCIPATION: "O; massa may die; then nobody knows who get me, and nobody to take my part. No, master, I rather be free man"-Page 17. Also regular half-title and title page, 160pp. (plus 16 pages ads. for 1853 New Illustrated Works published by T. Nelson and Sons, London and Edinburgh.) Bound in contemporary marbled boards.
Londres : T. Nelson and Sons, 1853. Page de titre gravée avec gravure en regard signée M.Jackson intitulée UNCLE SAM'S EMANCIPATION "O ; massa peut mourir ; alors personne ne sait qui m'aura, et personne pour prendre ma part. Non, maître, je plutôt être un homme libre" -Page 17. Aussi faux-titre et page de titre réguliers, 160pp. (plus 16 pages d'annonces pour 1853 New Illustrated Works. Relié dans des planches marbrées contemporaines.

London: Effingham Wilson, 1830. First edition. leather_bound. Full brown crushed morocco. Teg. Fine. Cruikshank, George. 250 pages. 20.5 x 15 cm. Seven engraved plates, (including vignette title engraved by J. Thompson and T. Williams after George Cruikshank). COHN 23. Armorial bookplate, bound by John Bumpus, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, inner dentelles, silk moire decorated endpapers, clean and bright copy, two bookseller catalogue descriptions front free endpapers.

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 384 pages; VG-; Green-yellow spine (slipcase) with raised bands and gilt lettering; Boards show mild wear to head/tail of spine, bottom corner of back cover is slightly bumped, and a small white stain appears just below the title on spine; Textblock has deckled edges, and the ffep / front pastedown have begun to separate from the rest of the textblock; Meets first issue points: page 245, line 12 "eye" -- page 245 line 16 "so pretty" -- page 291, line 7 "brainy bumps" -- page 342, line 23 "brain of Zeus"; However, the corn graphic on spine is pointed down; Housed in dark green 1/4 leather-bound and cloth slipcase, with matching cloth chemise; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346258. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Brentano's, 1900. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ, VG+ to Near Fine condition. NO publ. date- appears to be early or 1st Brentano's printing (there were supposedly three undated Brentano's editions, all of which were issued prior to 1901). Dark yellow cloth binding w/ extensive color floral motif on both covers, black lettering on front & spine; 39 pages + printer's statement- all printed on 1 side only; top edge of text block gilt (still bright), side edge rough-cut; 6.25 x 4""; red & black lettering on title page. Binding: tight, bright & clean covers w/ vibrant colors; very small corner bows, slight spine discolor (lettering totaly intact & readable). Old pictorial (etching of temple?) lawyer/owner bookplate (5"" x 3""), dated 1914, inside front cover. Bookplate also appears to be pencil signed in bottom margin ""Antonio Barone '14"". Signature & style agree w/ Google search of artist's works (I am not an expert). Endpapers & text are tight &… Read More

Charlottesville, Virginia:: Virginia Arts of the Book Center,, 2008.. Edition of 38. 6.75 x 10"; 64 unnumbered pages. handbound artist’s book, purple cloth, three hand-sewn signatures. VABC collaborative bound-book project, drawing from the cultural legacy Frankenstein.The book features various VABC artists : Kristin Adolfson, Josef Beery, Bonnie Bernstein, Pierre Blondel, Patrick Costello, Dean Dass, Stacey Evans, Barbara Heritage, Angie Hogan, Sarah Knorr, Kevin McFadden, Lindsey Mears, Catherine Moore, Garrett Queen, Frank Riccio, Joan Schatzman, Jesse Wells. Binders: Addeane Caelleigh, Lindsey Mears, Stacey Evans. "'F', a portfolio of prints by the artists of the Virginia Arts of the Book Center, Charlottesville, 2008. All prints were inspired by the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, accomplished in various media including letterpress, block printing, and etching. For inquiries contact Kevin McFadden."--Virginia Arts of the Book Center Website, 2010./… Read More