Books included in this catalogue span the 17th-20th centuries, with a focus on prose and academic study of French Literature. A large portion of this catalog comes from the library of the late Professor Lloyd Austin of the University of Manchester.
Paris: Michel Levy, 1870. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked calf over matching boards. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description: 17 volumes, complete works. Subjects: Honore de Balzac. French literature. Complete works.
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Munchen : Georg Muller, 1924. First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked, cloth-backed, marbled boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages; Description: 232p. 18cm. Contents: Das.....
Paris : Michel Levy Freres, 1866. New Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, leather-backed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages; Description: 315p. 16cm. Subjects: Balzac.....
Philadelphia : Printed only for subscribers by G. Barrie & son, 1895. First Edition. Good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 17 v. : ill. ; 22.....
New York : Printed only for subscribers by G. Richmond, 1895. First Edition. Good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 8 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.....
Paris : Calmann-Lévy, 1891. First Edition. Finely bound in 1/4 vellum over fine-ribbed green cloth board. Remains well-preserved overall, tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Mabel St. Oswald with her bookplate. Physical description; 309, [2] p. ; 18 cm. Notes; "Index: les personnages ...": p. [311].....
New York, P.F. Collier, 1900. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine covers and boards somewhat dust-toned and colour-faded. The cover of volume 11 is stained. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight and strong. Provenance.....
Bruxelles : H. Dumont, 1834. First Edition. Very good copy bound in contemporary full navy cloth. Spine bands worn, with panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. General surface wear and marks evident. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages; Physical.....
Bruxelles : H. Dumont, 1833. First Edition. Very good copy bound in contemporary full navy cloth. Spine bands worn, with panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. General surface wear and marks evident. Some light staining evident to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8".....
Bruxelles : H. Dumont, 1834. First Edition. Very good copy bound in contemporary full navy cloth. Spine bands worn, with panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. General surface wear and marks evident. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages; Physical.....
Paris : Michel, 1950. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin, University of Manchester. Physical description; xl, 557 p. : ports.....
New York, P.F. Collier, 1900. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands slightly dust-toned and rubbed, with some edge nicks, particularly to the spine of vol. 24. Panel edges dust-toned, with some minor bumping to corners. Spine covers and boards somewhat dust-toned and colour-faded. Remains.....
Paris: Librairie José Corti, 1964. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin, University of Manchester. Physical description; 190 p. ; 8º.....
Bruxelles : H. Dumont, 1832. First Edition. Very good copy bound in contemporary full navy cloth. Spine bands worn, with panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. General surface wear and marks evident. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Physical.....
Bruxelles : H. Dumont, 1832. First Edition. Very good copy bound in contemporary full navy cloth. Spine bands worn, with panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. General surface wear and marks evident. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages; Physical.....
Paris : A. Lemerre, 1909. First Edition. Near fine copy bound in half aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 253 p. ;.....
Bruxelles : L'Eglantine : Impr. Coop. Lucifer, 1923. First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 169 pages; Description: 169 p. Subjects: Literary anthologies. Educational readers. Juvenille literature. Language: French.
London : Grant and Cutler, 1977. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin, University of Manchester. Physical description; [4], 256 p......
Paris: Plon, 1929. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austiner, University of Manchester. Edition; Éd. définitive. Sereis; Le Culte Du Moi.....
Paris : Éditions du Seuil, 1966. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin, University of Manchester. Series; Collection "Tel quel". Physical.....
Paris : Éditions du Seuil, 1967. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin, University of Manchester. Series; Points ; 147. Physical.....
London : Printed for Thomas Boys, 1824. First Edition. Very good copy in the original half calf over marble boards. Gilt raised bands with a contrasting Red Morocco gilt-blocked title label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Minor, generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall;.....
London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Company, 1914. First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 238 pages; Description: xii p. , 1 l. , 238 p. Front....
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2000. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages; Description: ix, 206 p. ; 24.....
Paris: Société Les Belles Lettres, 1952. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; two volumes. Subjects; Charles Baudeliare. Les fleurs du mal. Oeuvres Completes. French literature. 20th century.....