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

London: Lackington, Allen, & Co, 1813. leather_bound. Late 19th century full brown, mottled calf. Aeg. Fine. 2 Vols. Rowlandson, Thomas. 224, 205 pages. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Hand colored frontispiece by Thomas Rowlandson. Smollett's influence has been as important as his achievement." [see: CBEL Vol. X, p.37]. Hume said that Smollett was like a coco-nut, rough outside, but full of human kindness within. After Fielding, Smollett counts as the greatest purveyor of comic prose-epic of contemporary life to his generation, if not to his century. [see:DNB]. Bound by R. Wallis, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, double gilt cover border panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, two leather spine labels, moderate text toning, one cover rehinged.

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vol. I and II. Octavo. Full dark blue levant morocco bindings with fancy gilt turn ins, full bright gilt edges, decorative spine with gilt lozenge design, red leather labels in compartments between raised bands and bound by Holloway. Bookplate on endpaper. Minor brown blemishes to the colour plates and on the pages opposite. Wear to the joints on v.2, front joint is cracked down to the first compartment, otherwise are tender, covers are lightly rubbed with scattered dark blemishes and minor wear to the gilt edges, top corners on both volumes are slightly chipped and bumped. Otherwise both volumes are both firmly bound and in very good condition. 504 & 643 pp. .

London: Richard Phillips, 1806. Hardcover. Very Good. Eighth edition, octavo, three volumes; vii, [i], 272, 276, 264pp. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards (a little rubbed at extrermities), spine divided into five compartments by gilt rolls, gilt lettered red leather title and volume number labels in second and third compartments respectively, remaining compartments gilt. Early ink ownership name to volume 1 front free endpaper, volume 1 title-page 'Sketches of Fashion' obliterated by neat early ink hatching, sporadic light staining and soiling. Attractive early example of Surr's most popular work, said to have (literally) mortified Georgiana Cavendish upon learning that she was the inspiration for the character of a desperate gambler in the novel.

New York: The Macmillan Company, [no date] c.1916. Hardcover, gray cloth boards. Good/No Jacket. Scarce early American edition. 637 pages, from the Russian by Constance Garnett. Title page is undated, but this is from the uniform edition (7.5"" tall) of The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Volume III) published in the 1910s, states that 'other volumes [are] in preparation,' and includes a folded Macmillan advertisement of their 'New 1916 Novels.' Small Brentano's sticker on rep. Wear to covers, especially darkened spine, endpapers spotted, front hinge cracking. Also known as The Devils or The Demons, and originally published in 1871-2, this is the violent and bloody tale of the sinister hero Stavrogin, a powerful example of Dostoevsky's 'great sinner who has lost his faith.' The novel follows the strange life of Nikolay Stavrogin, a brilliant and attractive but sterile & nihilistic man, with a parallel plot line tracing the revolutionary movement in Russia. Dostoevsky, 1821-1881, was one of the most… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. BAL 3434. 8vo. Frontispiece and 23 b/w illustrations by Dan Beard. 277 pages + 8 pages of advertisements. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Internally clean. Wear to tips, corners, and cloth at the crown and foot of spine.