Search Results: Foreign Literature/Lang from Sue Lloyd-Davies Books

Paris: Grund. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1977. First French Edition. Hardcover. French Language Book. Laminated pictorial boards. No dustjacket, presumed as issued. There are smudge marks to the boards, otherwise there are NO inscriptions or other marks. 56 pp. Illustrated with colour drawings. Overall, apart from the smudges, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'Fine' copy. "This French language edition tells the marvelous story of Aladdin and his lamp. "; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Cardiff: Gwasg Y Dref Wen. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1978. 1st Welsh Language Edition. Hardcover. This is the first Welsh Language edition of 'The Crab with the Golden claws'. Pictorial boards. The head/tail of the spine is bumped, a small surface rub, with loss, to the bottom edge of the rear cover, and there is some VERY SLIGHT fading to the base colour at the edges. No dustjacket, presumed as issued. There are No Inscriptions, but there is a stamp to the blank reverse of the front free endpaper = 'Dyfed County Library', which itself is overstamped with an oval 'Cardiganshire C P School' stamp. Also on the bottom front corner of the pictorial front pastedown (endpaper) there was a library pocket which has been torn off leaving some brown paper and some surface loss at that point o/w NO other Ex-Library markings and it is overall a VG copy. The page fore-edges are slightly browned (foxed) and there are some light foxing spots/some light marks internally. .… Read More

New York: The MacMillan Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed presentation copy. Bookplate to front pastedown. Dark blue cloth covered boards, clean, gilt titling to spine, slight staining to rear board. Inner hinge at title page has been reglued. 3 coloured folding maps. Contents include; The History of the people of Israel to the middle of the 9th century BC; The Advance into Canaan and the settlements of the Tribes; The Poems of the Prophet Amos etc etc. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT; 004740; 8vo; Signed by Author .

Germany: Schondorf Perryman. As New with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Schondorf (Germany) : K. A. Perryman/Babel, The Eleventh ISSUE OF THE SCARCE AND ERRATICALLY PUBLISHED ANGLO-GERMAN MAGAZINE BABEL. Original Grey Card Wrappers. 80pp. This issue includes 6 R. S. Thomas poems, and 1 Seamus Heaney poem - all with German translations by Perryman. Also included are works by Patricia Connolly, David Constantine, Werner Durrson, Richard Exner, Peter Green, Kenneth Hylton, W. D. Jackson, Christopher Jenkin-Jones, Marius Kociejowski, Jurgen Kross, Gila Prast, Sheenagh Pugh, Peter Russell, Wolfgang Schlenker, Iain Crichton Smith, Ulf Stolerfoht and Franz Wurm. The Publisher KEVIN PERRYMAN was apparently a lovely man; totally committed - but the magazine teetered on the brink of extinction. Now Scarce - and in Fine Condition. ; Periodical; 4to (small) .

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1940. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. In the original publisher's slightly glossy pictorial boards. Orange cloth spine - a little wrinkled, but NO loss. Large thin Folio - 14.4" x 10.5". 1st UK Edition with 1940 on the title page. The boards have some edge wear - light scratches, and surface paper loss at edges and, particularly, at the corners. A former owner has coloured the exposed edges to match and the boards look at least Good Plus now. Rare to find a 78 year old book of this size without some outer wear. SEE IMAGES. Internally pictorial red/grey/black/white 'elephant' endpapers. 40 pp. Delightful coloured illustrations, the colour is never quite the same in later reprints. One 'closed ' tear on pp 7/8 running from the inner edge out but not affecting any text or illustrations - the tear is NOT repaired with tape, and you might miss it completely unless looking for it. Otherwise, apart from this closed… Read More

London: The Folio Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. First Thus (Folio Society Edition). Hardcover. Bound in sand-coloured cloth with an illustration in chocolate brown that runs across the front cover, the spine and the back cover, with gilt lettering to the spine. The end papers and top edges of the pages are chocolate brown. In the Original plain chocolate coloured paper covered slipcase, in very good/near fine condition. The Illustrated cloth covered boards are crisp cornered, clean, no marks or bumps. (xviii) + 221pp. Long neat presentation note written sideways on to the inner edge of the front free endpaper. Translated by Donald Adamson. Illustrated in full page b/w plates by Helen Smithson. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright near 'As New' copy. ; 105718; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

London: The Folio Society. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. (1950s). Early facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth bound boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There is edge-wear, chipping and tears to the dustjacket extremities. There is light fading to the dustjacket spine, altough the lettering is still bright and clear. There are NO inscriptions or other marks. (v) + 303 pp. Illustrated with colour lithographs by Alistair Grant. Translated by Eric Sutton. Overall, apart from the 'faults', as detailed above, this is a Tight and Secure, Near 'Very Good' copy. "Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives - the sleazy colleagues, the… Read More

London: Head of Zeus. As New in As New dust jacket. 2016. 1st Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1784971510 . Black cloth-covered boards, with bright silver-gilt titling to the spine. SIGNED by the Author and the Translator (Jeremy Tiang) on a special limitation page, this being No. 101 of 250 copies ONLY of the First Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Impression with the correct Printer's Key - 9 7 5 3 1 2 4 6 8. A NEW copy - Tight, Bright, Sharp-cornered and now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover. " Six interlocking stories. One spellbinding novel. The year is 2013, and Hong Kong's greatest detective is dying. For fifty years, Inspector Kwan quietly solved cases while the world changed around him. Now his partner Detective Lok has come to his deathbed for help with one final case." Crime fiction set in Hong Kong. The original Chinese language book was published three months before the start of the so-called Umbrella Movement - the pro-democracy protests… Read More

London: Methuen. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. 1st Edition Paperback. Paperback. 0413409600 . In the original publisher's glossy pictorial card covers. No dustjacket as issued. Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. Protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket. 274 pp. Overall despite its status as an Ex-Lib copy this is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. "Through chapters on Brecht's relationships and attitudes to contemporary politics, English and American literature, Expressionism, music, art and cinema, as well as to such figures as Auden, Kipling, and Piscator, the book presents a detailed and wide-ranging account of one of the most significant men of this century"; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Guild Publishing. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Black boards with bright silver gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There is some light edge-wear, creasing and scratch marks to the dustjacket covers, otherwise there are NO inscriptions or other marks. (vii) + 472 pp. Illustrated with b/w line drawings, charts, maps and diagrams. Eight Appendices. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is a Clean, Tight and Secure, 'Very Good Plus' copy. "Carefully developed to present an exceptionally wide range of information in a lively, readable and visually exciting way, this work provides the general reader with a succint, thematic account of language variety, history, structure and behaviour." Please note that this book is overweight and very heavy at 1. 75Kg and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. ; 4to 11" -… Read More

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. 1st UK Edn. Hardcover. 0747503044 . Dark blue cloth bound boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and with bright gilt decorations to the front board. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There are indents running down both the dustjacket and cloth spine. There is also edge-wear and creasing to the dustjacket extremities. The dustjacket is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Fine. There are NO inscriptions or other marks. 421 pp. A Note on The Author. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is a Clean, Tight and Bright, 'Very Good Plus' copy. "Margaret Atwood charts the psychological process of memory as compulsion and memory as a healing act through the character of Elaine Risley, an artist who returns to her home town of Toronto for a retrospective of her work. Elaine's… Read More

Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires Editeurs. Good with no dust jacket. c. 1870s. New Edition. Hardcover. No Date c. 1870s. 545 pp. French text. Boards worn. ? Leather spine cloth boards? Corners and head/tail of spine very bumped/chaffed/scraped with loss. Four raised bands, gilt title, with gilt stamped compartments although the Gilt decoration and titling on spine is discoloured. Shiny white patterned e/p's. Front Hinge splitting and re-glued. All extrmities rubbed/fraying/chaffed and/or scraped. Previous owners inscription on e/p, dated 1873. Otherwise no date found. Ten full page black and white steel engraved tissue guarded plates and lots of wood engraved vignettes in the text. A little very light Foxing. Frontispiece - Le Petit Poucet, with tissue guard. Vignette on title page. All edges gilt. Internally Very clean tight and bright..; 8vo (tall) / Small 4to .

Edinburgh: University Press. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Selection from the tales and poems of Jules Supervielle, all in French language. Introduction in English. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, dustwrap torn and chipped, spotting, sunned, clean burgundy boards with bright gilt titling to spine, head/tail of spine lightly bumped, newspaper cutting pasted to front pastedown, 209pp, internally excellent, CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Small neat Name/writing on front endpaper. ; 106142; 8vo .

Belgium?: Commission Royale Belge De Folklore (Section Wallonne) Brussels. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1964/5. Presumed First Edition Thus. Paperback. Each book in Grey card covers/black titling. No Dustjackets as issued. 3 Volumes - 8vo books/booklets. Contributions au renouveau du folklore en Wallonie. VOLUME 1: La Renaissance du Folklore en Wallonie, VOLUME 2: La Danse Folklorique et le Renouveau de la Danse Populaire and Le Folklore Musical au Service de la Renaissance Regionale, VOLUME 3: Le Folklore dans le monde moderne. Presentation note/name saying that "these books were difficult to get hold of" on the top of the title page of Volume 1. Frontispiece in volumes 1 and 2. SCARCE. Essays/Articles on folk lore in Wallonia . Most TEXT in FRENCH, but one Article in German and one in Dutch in Volume 2. Introduction by M. Joseph Roland. Black and white photographs in volumes 1 and 2. Volume 1, 48pp. Volume 2, 144pp. Volume 3, 69pp. Card covered booklets, very good condition.… Read More

Leipzig: R. F. Koehler. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. 0403452333 . In the Original Navy blue cloth with Bright gilt titling to the spine. A very bright decorative gilt bordered front cover with a gilt embossed submarine in a gilt oval with a gilt crown with crosses under the bright gilt title. No dustjacket. The page fore-edges are 'dusty' and foxed. The book is IN the GERMAN language. This copy belonged to Sir Robert Birley & has his signature on the front pastedown & a newspaper cutting of his obituary. (viii) + 207 pp + 9 pp publisher's adverts. Illustrated with a b/w frontispiece, b/w plates and 2 Maps. A large Folding Map in a Paper holder at the end of the book. Tables, Index, GERMAN TEXT. The covers of this copy are Near FINE, and the book is Very Good internally but there are some foxing patches here and there, mainly to the prelims and the first few pages or so. First Edition. " The Author was a famous Vice Admiral, and… Read More

France: Avec Le Concours Du Centre National Des Lettres. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1984. Unknown. Hardcover. 2718801263 . Green Cloth Bound Boards with clean and clear white decoration/logo and lettering. Dustjacket is very slightly 'rumpled' on the edges and the laminate to the wrap is beginning to peel a little, o/w the jacket is VG. 316 pp. FRENCH text. Illustrated. Sous l'égide de l'Association des Ecrivains de l'Ouest et de l'Association des Ecrivains Bretons. (A Dictionary of Breton Writers of Today) ; 000249; 8vo (large) / Small 4to .

In Düsseldorf: Arnz & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1852. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Note: LACKS 5 Plates - see details further on. ALL TEXT in GERMAN. In very dark blue/green cloth-covered boards with blind-stamped decoration and bright gilt titling to the front board only. Spine has come off at some point and has been completely reglued, and corners bumped with scraped tips. Head and tail of spine chipped with a little loss to the cloth. Internally, (apart from light foxing patches all over pages here and there, some pages worse than others, as usual with these volumes) generally clean and tight, but does LACK 5 plates - Nos: 29, 33, 35 40 & 41. The pagination is rather odd but all text/illustrations seem complete, some pages are numbered - others with woodcut illustrations are not - but I have been through it page by page and think I am correct. No Inscriptions or other marks. 192 pp. Numerous Full, half and smaller page b/w woodcut illustrations, and 43 (of 48)… Read More

In Düsseldorf: Arnz & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1856. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Note: LACKS 8 of 48 Plates - see details further on. ALL TEXT in GERMAN. In dark burgundy cloth-covered boards with blind-stamped decoration and bright gilt titling to the front board only. Spine faded, and corners bumped with scraped tips. Head and tail of spine chipped and a repaired tear to the top rear edge (2cms). Internally, (apart from light foxing patches here and there, some pages worse than others, as usual with these volumes) generally very clean and tight but does LACK 8 plates - Nos: 3, 7, 8, 15, 17, 30, 45 & 46. - and plate 36 has been mis-placed as Plate 3. The pagination is rather odd but all text/illustrations seem complete, some pages are numbered - others with woodcut illustrations are not - but I have been through it page by page and think I am correct. A small former owner's, or maybe a bookseller's, stamp, with initials and a crown, on the front free… Read More

Paris: Librarie Hachette & Cie. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Presumed First French Edition. Hardcover. Ex Reference Library - re bound in a quarter leather (or pseudo- leather) library binding with glossy cloth-covered boards. Bright gilt titling to the spine, including the Dewey decimal library numbers. No date shown so date taken from the Preface. ? 1910/11 ? Page fore-edges browned and foxed (spotted) with age. Overall internally minimal library markings - a Reference label to the front pastedown and small oval - erasable - stamps here and there in the book. New plain yellow endpapers. Some foxing to the half-title and to the tissue guard for the b/w portrait frontispiece of Hardy, o/w generally very clean and tight. FRENCH TEXT throughout. A card with 'Errata' inserted before the Avant-Propos (Foreword) . (8) + 508 pp including the Bibliography; et Analyse des Chapitres. One further b/w tissue guarded portrait of the older Hardy. See Images; Ex-Library; Large, Thick, 8vo… Read More

Paris: Boivin & Cie. Good+ with no dust jacket. Paperback. Card covers, pages and covers browning with age, NO INSCRIPTIONS, spine split, edges slightly worn, map, pages uncut, tall 8vo, 218pp, Text in French. Pages edges slightly chipped.; 106314; 8vo (large) .