French Literature from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

Paris: Les Editions Classiques & Contemporaines, 1951. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Good/N/A. Nice reprint edition of the classic bound or rebound in faux leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards and endpapers. Rubbing at corners and spine ends. Several instances of highlighting and a few makrs to text block which is tanned. Solid binding. In French.

Garden City: Image Books/Doubleday & Co., Inc, 1956. First Edition Thus/5th Printing. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. A nice square copy with one faint spine crease and minimal edge/corner wear. Light fading to spine and tanning to rear cover.

Garden City : Anchor Books/Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1956. Paperback. Good/N/A. A nice square copy with minimal wear and a little light creasing to spine. Some edge/corner wear and creasing. Spots/small stains to cover, ffep and front page ends. Anchor book #A79. Cover art and typography by Edward Gorey. Scarce.

New York: Random House, 1981. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good . The definitive French Pleiade Edition. In black cloth bindings with silver type and design motifs. Books in beautiful shape with sharp corners, clean interiors and tight bindings. Book club stamps to bottom of rear boards near spines. Jackets show show wear to spine ends with nick to head… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1939. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. In red buckram cloth with tipped on image to front board and title plate to spine which is well tanned. Top page ends tinted black. Ding to top rear corner. Stamp to rfep and some spotting to front page ends, otherwise clean with solid binding. Wonderful woodcuts… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1982. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The beloved classic in light blue pictorial boards and grey spine cloth with blue foil to type. Some smudges/spots to bottom of rear board and one to ffep. Jacket is unclipped($8.95) with a few short tears/nicks at spine ends and bottom of rear board, a small… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1982. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The beloved classic in light blue pictorial boards and grey spine cloth with blue foil to type. Some spotting to spine cloth and pale moisture staining to bottom edges of boards and pages. Jacket is unclipped with aforementioned moisture staining/rippling to bottom edges and some patches of… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Good/N/A. In cloth with blind stamping to cover and gilt to type and title box on spine which has dulled. Bump to top front corner, lesser ding to top rear corner, otherwise a nice copy with clean interior and solid binding. Top page ends tanned. Illustrated.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. In cloth with blind stamping to cover and gilt to type and title box on spine which has dulled. Ding to top edge of rear board, otherwise a nice copy with sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Top page ends tanned. Illustrated.

Paris: Gallimard, 1919. Reprint Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Good. A later reprint in Les Meilleurs Livres Francais series. In wraps with some creasing to spine, but nice corners. Tanning to paper. Jacket has some creasing to spine and short tears chips at ends with a few nicks short tears to conrers and edges as well. In French.

New York: Modern Library, 1941. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Complete and Unabridged. In green cloth with black title panel and gilt to type. Top page ends tinted black. Previous owner's name to ffep and faint price stamp to title page. Jacket has tears/chips mostly to spine ends, corners and top of rear panel with 3 inch… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1951. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. In red cloth blindstamped at front and with gilt to type. Top page ends tinted. Some fading to bottom of spine, a few dents and rubbing through to a couple corners. Small chips/tears at corners, top of rear panel and head of spine with larger chip at bottom.… Read more about this item

Paris: Georges Crs et Cie, 1923. First French Edition/First Printing. Paperback. Good/Good. Limited Edition pf apparently 1750 copies in wraps of which this is numbered #457. Some paper loss at spine ends and a few spots and short tears to edges. Jacket is attached at spine as issued and covered in glassine. Tanning to covers and page ends.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. In cloth with blind stamping to cover and gilt to type and title box on spine which has dulled. Dings to top corners, otherwise a nice copy with minimal wear/marks, clean interior and solid binding. Top page ends tanned. Illustrated.

New York: Grove Press, 1962. First US Edition/First Printing. Paperback. Good/N/A. First Printing stated. Trade paperback with edgewear and scuffing. Previous owner's name to first page, a few lines underlined in introduction and one page number alongside text. Illustrated.

Paris: Gallimard, 1960. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Good/N/A. A charming early vintage edition of the classic in French. Paperback in wraps with french folds/flaps. Tanning to covers with a few spots marks to front, some visible to verso of cover and ffep. Edgewear especially to spine edges. Pen mark to page following ffep, interior otherwise clean and binding fine.… Read more about this item

Chelsea: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1985. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . First Printing stated. The First US Hardcover Edition. In beautiful green cloth with gilt type to spine and red endpapers. Dent with small split to top of front board, otherwise sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is price-clipped with… Read more about this item

London & New York: Pegasus Books, 2021. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition stated with full number line 10-1. In ochre boards with black spine and gilt to type. Light dings to rear corners. Clean with solid binding. Jacket is unclipped and in great shape.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First US Edition/14th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. In ochre cloth with brown titling and brown tinted top page ends with a few spots. Light ding to bottom rear corner and red ""H"" stamp to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding. Jacket is price-clipped with very small chips at corners/spine ends and a… Read more about this item

New York: Urizen Books, 1977. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. In ochre boards with black spine cloth and gilt to type that has. Three of four corners rubbed/dinged/split with spot of rubbing to the remaining. Dents to bottom of front board and rear board and rubbing to top of front board as well. Some light moisture marks… Read more about this item