Droll Stories

The Bibliophilist Society. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dore, Gustav. [1874] First English Edition (originally published in French in 1837 under the title Contes Drolatiques). xxxii, 652pp. Illustrated with 424 engravings, most in text and some full page. A handsome volume, bound in black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and… Read more about this item

NEW YORK: Walter J. Black, Inc., 1927 NICE LOOKING SOFT LEATHER COVER, LIGHT BROWN WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE WITH DESIGN SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, TRANSLATORS PREFACEDIVIDED INTO FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD SET OF 10 TALES EACH. VERY INTERESTING WRITER. GREAT VARIETY OF LIFE IN ENGLAND. ENTERTAINING. CIRCA 1927, NO PUBLISHED DATE. Honoré de Balzac more commonly… Read more about this item

This hard bound book is in very good condition. The pages are all clean and neat and free from marks. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The boards are neat and clean. The spine is clean and neat.

[New York]: The Heritage Club, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine. Translated from the French by Jacques Le Clercq. With illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff. Extra illustrated with color plates by Ralph Barton taken from a limited edition of *Droll Stories* published by Boni & Liveright in 1928. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in green morocco over boards, with pictorial designs… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1874. First British Edition; half morocco, bands of gilt, Top edges gilt, marbled boards & end papers; slight bump at lower edge; in mylar protective wraps; 651 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Gustav Dore. 12 vo; 2 Pounds.

New York: Walter J. Black Soft limp full leather binding with gilt title on front and spine. Shelf rubbed. No date, circa 1920s. Clean and unmarked with some pale dampstaining to lower page corners. 553pp.. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Garden City: Garden City, 1942. hardcover. fair. Ralph Barton. Missing dust jacket. Beige cloth covered boards with gold botannical design on spine, and gold letters. Spine is somewhat darkened and gold is worn. Boards and spine are bumped. Front hinge is starting, webbing showing. Pages have no markings, but do have the occasional spot or… Read more about this item

Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dwiggins, W.A. Signed by Illustrator(s). Three hardcover volumes in slipcase. Copy #763 of 1500 made, signed by W.A. Dwiggins at colophon. Black cloth spines over paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spines, paper-covered slipcase with label on rear panel, 8-1/2" x 6". Wear to spine ends, rubbing to top of… Read more about this item

"Droll Stories" - Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine by Honore de Balzac. This edition features wonderfully illustrated plates by GUSTAVE DORE. Circa early 1900's (there is no date of publication stated); published in London. Complete and unabridged. Condition: Clean back cover and spine; light soiling to the front cover; sharp corners; the red cloth color on the spine has faded a… Read more about this item

Modern Library. First Thus. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Early Modern Library Edition, Later Printing. Published by Modern Library, c. 1930s (no date on copyright). Octavo. Red cloth boards stamped in gold with patterned endpapers and blue topstain. Binding style #8. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight… Read more about this item

No DJ. Name written on flyleaf. Binding separation - visible in photos, sound throughout the rest of the book. Wrinklng to first pages, also in photos

Printed for Subscribers Only. Fair. 1899. No publisher named, but "Printed for Subscribers Only" in London. Volume II only, and appears to be part of larger set. Binding a little weak at both hinges, but no splits. Pages unmarked but tanned. Ragged fore-edge and bottom edge. No dustjacket at issue. Burgundy cloth cover quite scuffed, with… Read more about this item

Heritage Press, 1939 reprint. Illustrated. HARDCOVER. NO SLIPCASE OR DUST JACKET. Cover is a little edge worn. Text is unmarked. Binding is strong and square. NOT ex-library.

London: Bestseller Library / Paul Elek Limited 1st Printing , 1958 ----------vintage paperback, trade size. Edgewear, wear to spine extremities, browning at page edges, a VG copy.. .. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

New York: Modern Library / Random House. N.D.. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. Several small chips and tears. No date. Complete and unabridged. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Modern Library. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Tight clean book, in red cloth with bright black-blocked titles, front and spine; in dust jacket with edgewear. Three monks illustrated on front of jacket. ; Modern Library; Vol. 193; 553 pages .

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Light wear to the spine tips with some fraying to the rear spine edge of the first volume. About Very Good, lacking the slipcase. W. A. Dwiggins. Three volumes bound in cloth-backed boards decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who also designed and decorated the book. Copy #1246 of 1500 SIGNED by… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Modern Library, No publication date. Reprint. Cloth . Very Good/Very Good. 12mo. in rubbed, scuffed dustjacket with dust stains. Flap is not clipped. Top textblock edge tinted black. Orange-red cloth covered boards with gold lettering & torchbearer colophon with black rectangles on front board and spine. Kent end papers front and rear. [553 pages]

London: Bibliophilist Society, 1900. Hardcover in very good condition. No dust jacket and no publish date printed, 651pp. This is a facsimilie of the (1874) first english edition Balzac's 'Contes Drolatiques,' reproduced at approx. 200%. Included are the 1874 translator's preface and 425 illustrations by Gustave Dore - printed here in a larger size so the fine quality of the… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, 2019. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.