European Literature from William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
by Alfred W. Pollard
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1917
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$336.44
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Full blue cloth; gilt particulars to front and spine. Complete with 16 colored plates with tissue guards. Hinges and gutters firm. Minor wear to cloth on head and tail (see image). Occasional foxing and toning to tissue guards not affecting plates, otherwise a nice copy without previous owners' names or defacements.
7 x 8.5 in Item Price
NZ$336.44
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Celtic Myths and Legends
by T. W. Rolleston
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$243.92
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Teal leather with gilt particulars. Three raised bands and a black label to spine. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. Losses to foredge gilt and scratch to top edge, otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names, bookplates, or other defacements.
6.25 x 9.25 in Item Price
NZ$243.92
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The Faerie Queene
by Edmund Spenser
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- Used
- Edition
- 1609
- Published
- 1609
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$11,354.85
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First folio edition. Full ruled calf rebacked in supple calf with new endpapers. First stanza of each canto printed inside four-component woodcut. Numerous woodcut headpieces, tailpieces, and initial letters.
Loss to title page, not affecting text or image. Archival tape repair at title page gutter and last page. Undecipherable scribbling to title page, as well as to pages 1, 2, 252… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$11,354.85
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Vogel Europa's
by Anton Fritsch [H. Bradley Martin]
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- Used - Good
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- 1871
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$756.99
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Quarter worn morocco over ribbed cloth boards (see image 2). Contains 61 recto only folio plates. From the library of H. Bradley Martin with his plate to upper left paste-down. Item Price
NZ$756.99
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Landscape Illustrations of the Waverly Novels with Descriptions of the Views. [Two Volumes]
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1834
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$336.44
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Scarce two volume set. Vol. I is Waverly to Legend of Montrose, while Vol. II is Ivanhoe to Woodstock. Dark brown full morocco with debossed gilt particulars. Gilt inner dentelles. Vol. I is missing front fly. Moderate foxing throughout. Tidemark to top of Vol. I into images (see image 2). All edges gilt. Pencil markings to… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$336.44
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 2002
- ISBN
- 9788475065526
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$168.22
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Red paper-covered boards; white label with text to front board and spine. Red dust jacket with text. Limited edition of 500, this being #247. Top edge of pages uncut. Slightly deckle edges. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear and sunning to dust jacket overall (see image). 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$168.22
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The Laird and Ither Kent Fouk and Gear (SIGNED by author)
by Jeffrey Inglis
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- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1918
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$504.66
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Signed by author to title page in June 15, 1922. Brown paper wraps with text and sewn binding. Written in Scottish Gaelic throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. 1/2 inch closed tear to top edge and crease to front wrap; light soiling to wraps (see image). 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Shipped through USPS Priority insured mail. Item Price
NZ$504.66
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The Adventures of King Pausole
by Pierre Louys
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Published
- 1926
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$185.04
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Limited to 990 copies, this being #295. Vibrant blue cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Deckled edges. All 10 color sur blanc plates throughout, some with silver and majority in duo-tone printing. Previous owner's name (John Donald Hotchkiss) to front pastedown, otherwise no other names or markings. Bumping to head and tail of spine, and very… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$185.04
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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (7 Volumes - Complete)
by Geoffrey Chaucer, Edited from numerous manuscripts by Walter W. Skeat
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- Used
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1972
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$672.88
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Black cloth boards with copper particulars to front board and spine. Cream paper dust jacket with text and design. All 7 dust jackets protected in mylar. Volumes contents are as follows: Vol. 1: Romaunt of the Rose and Minor Poems; 2: Boethius, Troilus; 3: House of Fame, Legend of Good Women, Astrolabe, and Sources of Canterbury Tales; 4: The Canterbury… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$672.88
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The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$159.81
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Full midnight blue grained morocco with gilt emblem to front board and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; deckled edges. Marbled endpapers. Catalogue No. 24 of Editions de Luxe Limited, The Collector's Book Club. Introductory essays by George Rylands and Charles Williams. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton. Full page black and white illustrations throughout. Pages bright and clean. Bookseller's… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$159.81
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Cuestion Social y las Manifestaciones Obreras
by Justo Fornovi
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1891
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$142.99
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Quarter black morocco with grey cloth boards; 5 raised bands and gilt particular to spine. Decorative endpapers. Wraps bound in. Previous owner's name to front endpaper and half title page, otherwise no other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light soiling to cloth boards (see image). 203 pp., [1]. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Item Price
NZ$142.99
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Proverbes Vendeens (INSCRIBED by Author)
by Jehan de la Chesnaye
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1906
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$168.22
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Inscribed by author to title page and signed "J. de la Chesnaye". Paper wraps with text to front wrap. Collection of various idioms, colloquialisms, and sayings entirely in French. Preface by Beaurepaire-Froment. Limited edition, #54 of 1000. 302 proverbs in total. Front wrap detached and various losses to wraps (see image). Aside from author inscription, no previous owners' names or… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$168.22
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Works [Waverly Novels] - 24 Volume set (Complete)
by Sir Walter Scott
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- c. 1880
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$2,018.64
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Half tan polished calf with debossed detailing and marbled boards; 4 slightly raised bands with gilt particulars to spine and morocco labels in red. All edges marbled. Each volume contains preface and introductory notes by Scott, originally published in the first edition of this set. Contains editorial notes throughout. Attractive and quite supple 24 volume complete set in very good… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$2,018.64
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Works [Waverly Novels] - 24 Volume set
by Sir Walter Scott
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- c. 1880
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$1,598.09
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Half tan polished calf and marbled boards; 4 slightly raised bands with gilt particulars to spine and morocco labels in red and blue. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Each volume contains preface and introductory notes by Scott, originally published in the first edition of this set. Contains editorial notes throughout. Attractive 24 volume complete set in very good condition. Titles… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,598.09
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The Novels and Romances of Edward Bulwer Lytton (Complete 40 Vol. Set) I-II. The Caxtons.--III-VI. My novel.--VII-IX. What will he do with it?--X-XI. Pelham. Falkland.--XII-XIII. The disowned.--XIV-XV. Paul Clifford.--XVI. Godolphin.--XVII. Ernest Maltravers.--XVIII. Alice.--XIX-XX. Night and morning.--XXI. Lucretia.--XXII-XXIII. Kenelm Chillingly. The coming race.--XXIV-XXV. The Parisians.--XXVI. Eugene Aram.--XXVII. The pilgrims of the Rhine. The ideal world. Zicci.--XXVIII. Zanoni.--XXIX-XXX. A strange story. The haunted and the haunters.--XXXI-XXXII. Devereux.--XXXIII. The last days of Pompeii.--XXXIV-XXXV. Rienzi.--XXXVI. Leila. Calderon the courtier. Pausanias the Spartan.--XXXVII-XXXVIII. The last of the barons.--XXXIX-XL. Harold
by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
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- 1896-1898
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$3,700.84
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Very handsome forty volume complete limited edition set in green grained half morocco with spine reverted to brown. Five raised bands and gilt author and title as well as gilt decoration; top edge gilt. Number 109 of only 1,250 copies. Marbled endpapers and red silk ribbons. All books measure 5 3/4 x 8 inches. Item Price
NZ$3,700.84
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Kjernefulde Ordsprog
by Peder Syvs
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1807
- Quantity Available
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$168.22
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Very nice copy, 19th century polished half calf over marbled boards, 4 raised bands. Gilt author and title to spine, with marbled endpapers. This copy of Danish proverbs is in Danish. xl, 259 pgs, 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Item Price
NZ$168.22
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William Shakespeare: A Biography (Extra-Illustrated; 2 Volumes - Complete)
by Charles Knight (Ed.)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Extra Illustrated Edition
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- 1842
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$10,093.20
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Half red morocco with gilt rule and marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt detailing to spine. Marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Bound by Rose Bindery, Boston. Extensively illustrated with many engravings, portraits, and the like, some in full color. India paper proofs of Knight's text in only fair condition. Light wear to exterior (see image). Volume 2 has water… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$10,093.20
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Proverbes et maximes du droit germanique
by A. Chaisemartin
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1891
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$504.66
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Very nice copy in quarter black grained morocco (with spine faded back to brown) over marbled paper boards and speckled edges, gilt title to spine. Marbled end papers; bookplate of famous proverb collector de Guinzbourg to front paste down. Folding inscription of Chaisemartin inserted folding page preceding half title. xxx, 585 pages, 6 x 8 3/4 inches. Item Price
NZ$504.66
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The Novels, Tales, and Sketches of J. M. Barrie (12 Volumes - Complete)
by J. M. Barrie (James Matthew)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Author's Edition
- Published
- 1909
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$403.73
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Author's edition, with facsimile signature to copyright page. Half green morocco with light green cloth boards and gilt rule; 5 raised bands with gilt particulars to spine; top edge gilt. Titles include, but are not limited to: Auld Light Idylls, When a Man's Single, A Window in Thrums, The Little Minister I and II, Sentimental Tommy I and II, My… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$403.73
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Treasure Trove: The First of a Series of Accounts of Irish Heirs: Being a Romantic Irish Tale of the Last Century.
by Samuel Lover
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1844
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$235.51
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Half deep red morocco over red cloth boards; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. 26 hors texte engravings. (see image). iv, ii, 411 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. Item Price
NZ$235.51
