Mother of Pearl by France, Anatole - 1922

New York NY: Gabriel Wells. 1924. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; A Translation by Frederic Chapman ; The Works of Anatole France; 336 pages .

The Library Press Limited, 1925. Hardcover. Good. 1925. The Minerva Edition. 291 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt. translated by Frederic Chapman, edited by the late Frederic Chap. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean.

John Lane, 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Name of former owner in ink on front end page, otherwise clean and solid copy. Page edges are rough-cut and spine shows moderate sunning..

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924. Light edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, spine is discolored, pages 21-26 contain some underlining in ink, some fraying at the top of the spine, corners are bumped and rubbed, overall a clean readable used copy! Tan cloth with black lettering and design on the front cover and spine. 337 historical pages. "Laelius Lamia, born in Italy of illustrious parents, had not yet discarded the toga praetexta when he discarded the toga praetexta when he set out for the schools of Athens to study philosophy. Subsequently he took up his residence at Rome, and in his house on the Esquiline, amid a circle of youthful wastrels, abandoned himself to licentious courses." ---- from Chapter 1 (The Procurator of Judaea). Reprint. Tan Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: John Land, The Bodley Head, 1917. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, spine is faded, some fraying at the top of the spine, corners are bumped and rubbed, former owner's name and address are written in ink on the ffep and a newspaper clipping on the half-title page of Anatole France from 1921 showing the author at the age of 77, no dj, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean readable used copy! Faded red cloth with faded gilt lettering and design on the spine and faded white lettering and design on the front cover. 291 historical pages. "Laelius Lamia, born in Italy of illustrious parents, had not yet discarded the toga praetexta when he discarded the toga praetexta when he set out for the schools of Athens to study philosophy. Subsequently he took up his residence at Rome, and in his house on the Esquiline, amid a circle of youthful wastrels, abandoned himself to licentious courses." ---- from Chapter 1 (The Procurator of Judaea). Second Edition. Red… Read More

New York: Dodd-Mead & Company, 1924. Clean and tight and square. Sharp corners. Black background with gold designs and lettering. The Definitive Edition. Beautiful endpapers by Aubrey Beardsley. Name and date on the first endpage. No dust jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fiction.

John Lane, 1924-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Reprint Edition with rare dust jacket - collectable - will send out 1 st class post

London: John LaneThe Bodley Head LTD, 1929. 291p, Ill by John C. Pape', Translated by Frederic Chapman, decorative cloth, DW, Botton right corner slightly bumped, slipcase, VG+/VG+

PARKE AUSTIN & LIPSCOMB, 1909-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Hardcover. \r\nNo dust jacket.\r\nMinor cover wear.\r\nClean unmarked text. \r\nTight binding.\r\n

PARKE AUSTIN & LIPSCOMB, 1909-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. ***please read*** no marks on text - cover has minor wear - my shelf location 2-e-23*