What Never Dies

United States: Privately Printed , 1928. Private Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, light purple cloth boards half bound with gray to spine. Exterior shows fading and tanning along edges, spine is faded as well. Edges and corner show bumps and wear. The… Read more about this item

Paris: Privately Printed, 1902. Very Good. Very good. Translated into English by Sebastian Melmoth (Oscar Wilde). Light green cloth with brown spine label.

New York: Privately Printed, 1928. Hardcover. Very good condition. Translated by Oscar Wilde, under the pseudonym of Sebastian Melmoth. Large 8vo, 438pp, Color ,sugestive, frontispiece. Pictorial endpapers, bound in dark and light blue cloth with gold gilt title on the spine. Complete with printed dustjacket chipped at edges and lower spine. Top edge gilt with uncut foredge. Translated… Read more about this item

Privately printed, 1928. Hardcover. 438p. A lavender cloth hardcover book in good condition. The spine is tanned and the gilt lettering difficult to make out. Red smudge at bottom of front cover. The front hinge has been repaired with archival tape. Text unmarked and binding secure for reading purposes. An English translation of this French classic. The translation has… Read more about this item

Paris: Privately Orinted, 1902. Limited. hardcover. fine. Translated into English by Sebastian Melmoth. Small 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Paris: Privately Printed, 1902. Limited Edition. Some scattered foxing, still a fine copy.<br/><br/> One of 500 copies. The translation was falsely attributed to Oscar Wilde under his French pseudonym.<br/><br/>

London: The Fortune Press, 1933. First UK edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Barbey d'Aurevilly [1808-1889] was a novelist & essayist who became famous in the mid-19th century and who influenced other writers such as Marcel Proust, Henry James, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Best known works include 'Les Diaboliques' (The She-Devils). Original french edition published 1883. 8vo, 365 pp,… Read more about this item

The first English translation of a French novel by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, first published in 1884. It was translated into English by Sebastian Melmoth (O.W.). The translation was at one time attributed to Oscar Wilde, working under a pseudonym, but this has subsequently been shown to be untrue. Only 500 copies of this first edition were printed "for private circulation only,… Read more about this item

Fredonia Books (NL), December 2002. Trade Paperback . Very Good. Very minor shelf wear.

U.S.A: Privately Printed, 1928. HB. Quarter gray cloth over purple cloth, gilt lettering and designs on spine, 8vo., 438 pp., TEG. Translated from the French by Sebastian Melmoth (Oscar Wilde). Frontis illustration lacking tissue guard. Minor edge wear, one corner worn to boards, front and rear hinges cracked, owners name ffep (dated 1928). Book condition VG-.

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Paperback / softback. New.