Prevost the abbe (22 Ergebnisse)

Quarter-Leather. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Brown leather spine with marble design boards. There are a very few light scattered soil spots in the text. and a name and a few small notes printed in pencil on the front end paper. The spine has light fading. The slipcase is in fair condition with wear on all edges. Brissaud, Pierre (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Missing. New York, 1919. Black cloth covered boards with gold titles; mild wear to edges and covers; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Previous owner's name on front pastedown; Interior is clean and unmarked; 345 pages.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents, pen name fep, lix + 262pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Translated from the French and with an introduction by Burton Rascoe. Part of a Borzoi Classics uniform series including Wuthering Heights, Don Quixote, Moll Flanders, Madame Bovary, Tom Jones, Gulliver's Travels and several titles translated from the French.Owner's name discretely stamped on FFEP. Otherwise, clean text and interior. Tight, square binding. Gilt decorated spine and front cover. Publisher's logo blind stamped on rear cover. I have other volumes in this series.…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Slip case. Tr. from French to English by Helen Waddell "from the original text of 1731" by the author, the Abbe Prevost d'Exiles; 155 p., clean and unmarked on fine paper; small book plate of former owner on front paste down; full-page color ill.;by Pierre Brissaud; binding firm; marbled boards with gilded spine and still bright gilt lettering on brown patch on spine have minimal wear, being well protected by an unfaded sepia slip case with some rubbing on edges. …

Red cl.w.black letters on bkstr.VG xxxi,190pp. VAG Comed.d'Amour With Intro. by Guy de Maupassant, Pref.by Tr. & Notes by Author. Frontis W.tissue Overlay Plus 10 Plates (illustrator).

Zustand: Good. 1950. Translation. 219 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations by Valentin le Campion. Includes an essay by Edward Sackville-West. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.…

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, tears and toning. Tape repairs.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Paris, 1910; tan and green cloth covered boards; corner and spine edge wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 190 pages.

Zustand: Very Good. Later. Illustrated by Pierre Brissaud. Very good. Clean text with pictures, light soil end pgs, marbled board covers lightly rubbed on corners, leather spine with plate.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Later. Very good in a Very good minus slip case. Marbled board covers and leather spine, text edges are slightly browned, slip case spine is chipped and edges rubbed.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (romance fiction, france ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A refined Folio Society edition of Prà vostâs enduring tale of passion, obsession and ruin. The novel follows the impulsive Chevalier des Grieux and the captivating Manon as their love drives them through a series of dramatic reversalsâ"flight, poverty, deception and exileâ"capturing both the emotional intensity and the moral ambiguity that made this one of the great works of eighteenth-century French fiction. Prà vostâs narrative blends romance with sharp social observation, giving the story its lasting power.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 5.2 lb. Very good, cover of paper wrapper missing some material, cloth covers moderate worn and soiled. Preface by Guy De Maupassant. 12 engraved plates with tissue guards, vignettes headpieces on text pages. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir. Folio, 33x23.5 cm. xxi, 205 pp. Unbound signatures in publisher's hardcover green cloth chemise with gilt and black illustration on the cover. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A limited edition set of English translations of works by eminent French writers. 8 Volumes out of 10 in the Comédie D'Amour series. Eight of ten volumes from the Comédie D'Amour series, each illustrated with frontispiece. This limited edition series is comprised of English translations of esteemed 18th and 19th century works by French authors such as Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Flaubert, and Émile Zola. In bright red cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the boards, a little more rubbed to the front board of the History of Manon Lescaut and The Love Episode. Rubbed at the spines causing a discolouration of cloth and gilt lettering, although gilt remains bright on Madame Bovary. Light bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, generally worse at the heads, with a little wear to the extremities. The front hinge to Sapho starting. Internally, generally firmly bound. A little tender at page 78 and 79 of the History of Manon Lescaut. Pages generally bright clean, with some light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not stated (illustrator). book.…

Small folio, (308x227mm), pp: xx,iv,[1]-204, half title, title page printed in red & black with vignette, text in English, frontispiece & 12 full page illustrations by Maurice Leloir engraved by Louis Ruet & 225 vignettes & ornaments engraved on wood by Jules Huyot, prelims lightly foxed, original grey cloth, gilt, with gilt & blue illus. to front board & spine, head & tail of spine light wear, otherwise handsome & very good indeed. Printed by Georges Chamerot with the ink manufactured by Charles Lorilleur.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Paris: Panckouke, 1770. Quarto (10" x 8", 255mm x 200mm) Volume 19 [arctic travels] only. With one large folding engraved map, 2 full-sheet maps, 13 engraved plates, and engraved headpieces. Bound in French cat's paw calf gilt. Triple fillet with rosettes on boards. On the spine, 5 raised bands with 2 morocco panels in red (title) and green (volume). Marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Extremities rubbed. Front hinge starting at foot. Foxing and occaisional spotting. Bookplate of Ted Benttinen. Antoine François Prevost d'Exiles (the Abbé Prevost) (1697-1763) was a French priest, author and novelist. His Histoire général des voyages. was published in 20 volumes, including a supplement and 2 volumes of the Continuation from 1746-1770. This Volume 19 is the sole volume to deal with the Arctic. The Abbé is best known for his novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut published in 1731. Ted Benttinen was an oceanographer before pursuing a career in finance. The Ted Benttinen Library of Adventure and Exploration reflects his broad and first hand knowledge of oceanography. He was a conservationist and philanthropist.…

First Edition. Good condition. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir. Hardback.