OEUVRES COMPLETES DE H. DE BALZAC... by Balzac, Honore de - 1876

Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana Apud Balthasarem Moretum et Viduam Ioannis Moreti et Io. Meursium, first edition., 1623. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine engraved title with globe, cherubs & gods, second engraved showing angry men with torches & axes and a hydra monsteer by Cornelis Galle (1576-1650) after Rubens + 44 full-page copperplates by Collart and others + 55 nice initials with figural & anima. Three Volumes in Two folios. Full vellum with yapp edges and old ink titles to spines (Vol.I-II with vellum repair to split front hinge of spine, both Vols lack ties, some marks but mostly well-preserved, clean vellum). Vol.I half title + 1st engraved title +[32]pp prelims +409(recte 411)pp +[1]p blank; Vol.II half title +415-707 +[1]p cherubim & motto +[113]pp index with privilege at end + colophon dated 1623 + Plantin printer's device to last leaf. Vol.III half title + 2nd engraved title +[4]pp prelims +678pp + [107]pp index + colophon dated 1623 + printer's device to last leaf. Some page mis-numbering,… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1891. Eight volumes, published 1891-1893, finely bound in unsigned contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, the backs gilt, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Florentine Nights, V. I; Pictures of Travel, Vols. II and III; The Salon, V. IV; Germany, Vols. V and VI; French Affairs, Letters from Paris, Vols. VII and VIII. Small labels of period San Francisco book sellers D.P. Elder and Morgan Shepard rear end pages. Very Good Plus, contemporary gift inscription Santa Monica, CA dated 1900 in pencil front end page Vol. II. Scattered underlining in pencil, mostly in Vol. II but noticed in half the volumes, prior owner name in pencil. The bindings showing the faintest of wear, a quite lovely set overall, and exceedingly SCARCE as a set. ( Worldcat locates 4 holdings). A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders and priority mail. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over… Read More

Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase).; Two volumes in slipcase; 24 x 30 x 5 cm; 3 Kg; 464 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Volume 1: 208 pages; Volume 2: 256 pages; Used book in very good condition. Looks as new. Signs of wear on the slipcase.; These two volumes present a selection of Chinese Ceramics belonging to the celebrated collection of Far Eastern art established as a museum in Geneva through the bequest of the Swiss collector Alfred Baur in 1964. A full catalogue of these ceramics by John Ayers was published in four volumes between 1969-74, but this much-sought after work had long been out of print. The present more condensed choice of 342 of the finest pieces is illustrated wholly in colour with many details including marks and inscriptions, and an extensive Introduction discussing recent advances in scholarship. Volume 1 includes Tang, Song and Ming wares including many… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. # 448 of 500 copies in the Autograph Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR at illustrated signature page bound at front of Vol. I. Four volumes bound in contemporary half dark red morocco over pale red buckram boards, gilt backs, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, light rubbing at corners, two small stains bottom edge of page block Vol. I. I. Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker, 1755-1788 --II. Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman, 1789-1801 --III. Conflict and Construction, 1800-1815 --IV. The Building of the Nation, 1815-1835. A quite handsome set. This heavy set will require additional postage for Priority mail and International shipping, please inquire before ordering. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1894. Twelve volumes, published 1893-1894. The Oregon Trail, 1 vol.; The Conspiracy of Pontiac, 2 vols.; FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA; Pioneers of France in the New World, 1 vol.; The Jesuits in North America, 1 vol.; LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West, 1 vol.; The Old Regime in Canada under the Regime of Louis XIV. 1 vol.; Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV, 1 vol.; A Half-Century of Conflict, 2 vols.; Montcalm and Wolfe, 2 vols. Uniformly bound in half brown crushed morocco over marbled boards, ornately decorated gilt backs, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, small rubs at some corners, a quite handsome set, uncommon in current commerce in fine bindings. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Half-Leather. Very Good. Complete eight-volume set, each volume bound in half-leather with marbled boards borded in gilt, banded spines with gilt titles and decoration, gilded head edges, marbled endpapers. Pages clean save for mild toning in the margins throughout, a small and faintly inky water stain at the lower bound corners of Volume III, mild rippling along the head edges in Volume V, and small water stains at the heel edges of three other volumes; all bindings remain square and tight, the leather somewhat darkened about the spine heel on five volumes and worn with occasional spots of exposure at the free corners, more gently rubbed at spine ends, with the occasional nick or scratch along the spine and occasional, mild flaking along front hinges, the marbled boards showing chipping at head and heel edges and surface scuffs on the back of Volume VIII and on the front of Volume VI, otherwise lovely. xix + 625, xvi + 699, xii + 591, xv + 606, xvi + 602,… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1891. Eight volumes, published 1891-1893, finely bound in unsigned contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, the backs gilt, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Florentine Nights, V. I; Pictures of Travel, Vols. II and III; The Salon, V. IV; Germany, Vols. V and VI; French Affairs, Letters from Paris, Vols. VII and VIII. Small labels of period San Francisco book sellers D.P. Elder and Morgan Shepard rear end pages. Very Good Plus, contemporary gift inscription Santa Monica, CA dated 1900 in pencil front end page Vol. II. Scattered underlining in pencil, mostly in Vol. II but noticed in half the volumes, prior owner name in pencil. The bindings showing the faintest of wear, a quite lovely set overall, and exceedingly SCARCE as a set. ( Worldcat locates 4 holdings). A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders and priority mail. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over… Read More

Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase).; Two volumes in slipcase; 24 x 30 x 5 cm; 3 Kg; 464 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Volume 1: 208 pages; Volume 2: 256 pages; Used book in very good condition. Looks as new. Signs of wear on the slipcase.; These two volumes present a selection of Chinese Ceramics belonging to the celebrated collection of Far Eastern art established as a museum in Geneva through the bequest of the Swiss collector Alfred Baur in 1964. A full catalogue of these ceramics by John Ayers was published in four volumes between 1969-74, but this much-sought after work had long been out of print. The present more condensed choice of 342 of the finest pieces is illustrated wholly in colour with many details including marks and inscriptions, and an extensive Introduction discussing recent advances in scholarship. Volume 1 includes Tang, Song and Ming wares including many… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. # 448 of 500 copies in the Autograph Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR at illustrated signature page bound at front of Vol. I. Four volumes bound in contemporary half dark red morocco over pale red buckram boards, gilt backs, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, light rubbing at corners, two small stains bottom edge of page block Vol. I. I. Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker, 1755-1788 --II. Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman, 1789-1801 --III. Conflict and Construction, 1800-1815 --IV. The Building of the Nation, 1815-1835. A quite handsome set. This heavy set will require additional postage for Priority mail and International shipping, please inquire before ordering. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1894. Twelve volumes, published 1893-1894. The Oregon Trail, 1 vol.; The Conspiracy of Pontiac, 2 vols.; FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA; Pioneers of France in the New World, 1 vol.; The Jesuits in North America, 1 vol.; LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West, 1 vol.; The Old Regime in Canada under the Regime of Louis XIV. 1 vol.; Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV, 1 vol.; A Half-Century of Conflict, 2 vols.; Montcalm and Wolfe, 2 vols. Uniformly bound in half brown crushed morocco over marbled boards, ornately decorated gilt backs, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, small rubs at some corners, a quite handsome set, uncommon in current commerce in fine bindings. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.