Emile 1832 (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (French literature, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (French literature, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1903 [the 1st edition of this translation was Estes and Lauriat, 1880; the French first edition was in 1869]. Very Good to Near Fine cloth, w/o dustwrapper. Four inserted illustration plates by Bayard Jones (1869-1969), who was born in Georgia, studied in France at the Academie Julian with Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant, worked as a periodical and book illustrator in New York, and was a member of the Society of Illustrators. Napoleonic murder mystery. Silent movie adaptations were released in 1914 and 1915 (not known to survive), and a television version in 1975 in the anthology series "Les grands detectives." Gaboriau is still well regarded as a pioneering founder of detective fiction; as there was not yet a detective category of publishing he was called the leading "sensation" novelist, after the sensationalist content, and was often called "the Edgar Allan Poe of France." He preceded Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, and Doyle clearly took some pointers from Gaboriau. His international fame held for many years, but then the overwhelming popularity of Holmes caused a decline of interest in Lecoq.…

1st edition. Poor paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, creased and nicked. Spine worn, roughly rubbed as with age and tearing (with some loss). Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 303 p 18 cm. Subject; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Crime novels. Crime fiction. Thrillers - 20th century. Mystery and crime. 1 Kg. …

Translated Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 277 pages. Subjects: Fiction. 20th century fiction. Crime and mystery fiction. Gaboriau, Emile. 1 Kg.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. YRIARTE, Charles Émile (1832-1898); SITWELL, F. J., translator. Venice: Its History, Art, Industries and Modern Life. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1896. American illustrated edition. Octavo (8vo). 449 pp. Publisher's original burgundy cloth elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt to the front board and spine; top edge gilt; ribbon marker present. Illustrated with 28 full-page photogravure plates, including the frontispiece, many retaining their captioned tissue guards; large folding color map of Venice at the rear. First published in English in 1880, Yriarte's extensive survey presents Venice as both a historic republic and a living nineteenth-century city. It encompasses Venetian government and society, architecture and painting, commerce and traditional industries, including glassmaking and lace, together with gondolas, festivals, customs, and everyday life. The unusually bright and elaborate publisher's gilt binding, extensive suite of photogravure illustrations, and large folding color map make this a particularly handsome example of the Coates edition. Contents generally clean and unmarked. Binding remains sound and square. Folding map crisp, complete, and intact. Corners lightly bumped, with minor rubbing at the spine ends; spine cloth gently mellowed, while the gilt lettering and decoration remain exceptionally bright. A bright gilt Very Good+ copy. [Attributes: Hard Cover; Illustrated.].…

New Edition. Very good copy in the original elaborately gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 476 pages; Revised and compared with the latest authorities by Maria Hornor Lansdale. Description: viii, 476 p. Front. , plates, ports. , fold. Maps, fold. Geneal. Tab. 21 cm. Subjects: Medici, House of. Art --Florence. Art, Etruscan. Florence (Italy) --Intellectual life. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Hinges starting. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description : 1 online resource (2 preliminary leaves, 537 pages) frontis piece. Subjects : Detective stories. Detective Fiction. Fiction. Translated From the French. French Literature. French Literature in English. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt-blocked titling. Minor, generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages; Description: 349 p. Subject: Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873--France--History 1 Kg. …

First Edition. A fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 728 pages; Description: viii, 728 p. : illus. , port. , plans ; 23 cm. Subjects: Bourbonne-les-Bains (France) . 3 Kg.