Davidson john translated by (5 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., London
- Hardcover
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Inside front board, bookplate and sticker of previous owners. FFEP signature of previous owner. Head of spine, bottom of spine small tears in cloth, and age toned. Otherwise clean, unmarked copy in very good condition. End papers marbleized. 359 pages.
The Wayward Wife and Other Stories
Moravia, Alberto (Albert Pincherle). Selected and Translated by Angus Davidson
Verlag: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, London, 1960
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Vereinigtes KönigreichThe Print Room
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping, closed tears and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners and folds rubbed with small loss, some time staining to back jacket, not price clipped (15s), no inscriptions, int…ernally clean tight and square, overll a vg copy. 221pp. An unhappy love, marriage of convenience and Gemma, the central character in 'The Wayward Wife' is drawn into an hopeless affair before she realizes where her true feelings lie. Unsentimental, clear sighted, dispassionately observant, this collection represent Alberto Moravia at his best. Alberto Moravia (1907-90), born Alberto Pincherle, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism. Jacket by John Woollon (illustrator).
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Gibbings & Company, Limited, London, 1899
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, USADale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, As Issued. First Thus. Originally published in green cloth, this set handsomely rebound in early unsigned 20th century half calf over marbled boards, marbled endpages, gilt lettering with lovely gilt floral decoration at spine, top edge gilt, with etchings by… Ed. de Beaumont and engraved by E. Boilvin. Translated into English by John Davidson. All three with period bookplate of Eugene Lent, small label of Lewis Vogler, noted collector. Near Fine, tiny rubs to leather at spine ends.
Weitere BilderPERSIAN LETTERS - Volume the First and Volume the Second - Privately Printed Limited Numbered Edition (No. 43/520) - complete set of 2 vols
Montesquieu [John Davidson - translated by and with notes and memoir of the author]
Verlag: Chiswick Press [Privately Printed], London, 1892
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Vereinigtes KönigreichOrlando Booksellers
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. Limited Edition. No. 43/520 limited edition. Complete set of two volumes privately printed and hand-numbered '43' in fountain pen to both volumes. Newly translated into English with notes and memoir of the author by John Davidson. (Author of "Scaramouch in Naxos" "Perfervid,"…etc. ***Illustrated with seven (of nine) etchings by Charles Edward De Beaumont engraved by E. Boilvin along with a 24k gold Persian colour illuminated fly-title page to each volume. ***Please note that one etching is missing in each volume at p. 12. ***On recto of each volume's illuminated page it states 'Note - Five hundred and twenty copies printed for England and America. Each copy numbered. Type distributed. No. 43.' (with the no. 43 handwritten in fountain pen). ***Printed by the Chiswick Press: Whittingham and co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London. ***Vol. I: Very good in navy blue cloth-covered boards. Slight spine lean. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, nicked and rubbed. Black titles on cream red bordered paper label to spine. Spine label slightly discoloured, browned, worn, creased and rubbed and slightly chipped at edges. Top edge of text-block gilt. Fore-edge and bottom edge of text-block deckled, (untrimmed - rough-cut) as called for. Printed on thick, quality, cream laid paper. Boards slightly rubbed and marked. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Slight crease to top of spine. Small hole to cloth of spine. Spine tight. Slight spine lean. No inscriptions. xliii-page prelims introduction by the translator John Davidson, London, dated September, 1891 plus 175 pages. 206mm x 154mm. ***Vol. II: Very good in navy blue cloth-covered boards. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, nicked and rubbed. Slight spine lean. Black titles on cream red bordered paper label to spine. Spine label browned, slightly discoloured, worn, creased and rubbed and slightly chipped at edges. Top edge of text-block gilt. Fore-edge and bottom edge of text-block deckled (untrimmed -rough-cut) as called for. Printed on thick, quality, cream laid paper. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Boards slightly rubbed and marked. ***vii-page prelims plus 203 pages including index. 206mm x 154mm. ***'Coffee is very much used in Paris; there are a great many public houses where it may be had. In some of these they meet to gossip, in others to play at chess. There is one [The Cafe Procope, a rendezvous of the wits of the eighteenth century] where the coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty; at least, there is not a single soul who on quitting the house does not believe himself four times wittier than when he entered it.' (Quote from Pages 82-83, Vol. One). ***Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) was a French political-philosophical Enlightenment writer. "Persian Letters" is an early epistolary novel. ***A very hard to find, private, limited, hand-numbered edition of Montesquieu: Persian Letters. Of interest to collectors of antiquarian limited editions and books printed by The Chiswick Press. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***. Charles Edward De Beaumont (engraved by E. Boilvin) including two 24k gold illuminated colour fly-titles. Please note that one etching in each volume is missing. (illustrator).
Verlag: LONDON: GIBBINGS & COMPANY, 1899
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Haddington Rare Books, North Berwick, Vereinigtes KönigreichHaddington Rare Books
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. f'cap8vo, three volume set, pp,lxii,130,xi,207,xi,168, etchings by Ed. De Beaumont engraved by E Boilvin, illustrated title-pages, gilt titled olive green cloth, endpapers browned, light age toning.
