Search Results: Translated Books from Cornish Books

1907 2nd impression of the 1895 first edition.Green cloth cover with bright gilt lettering on front & spine. Title page printed in Red and Black. 272 p.pages, 460g, 7 3/4" tall.Slight edge wear. Ffep missing. No inscriptions except old penciled price on endpaper. Some light spots of browning to half-title and title pages, only a few very light spots elsewhere.

1926 9th impression of the 1919 first edition.Red cloth cover with bright gilt facsimile signature on front. Red marbled endpapers. Top page edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Bright gilt lettering on spine. 336 p.pages, 310g, 7" tall.Very slight edge wear. No inscriptions. Only a very occasional spot of foxing.

Collected Edition, first published 1949.Blue cloth cover with bright gilt lettering on spine. X (10) preliminary pages (Author's Note). Main text 447 p.pages + Biographical Note and Chronological List of Conrad's Works. 7 1/2" tall, 350g.Hinges sound & text block firm. Some very small and light spots of browning on page edges. No inscriptions.

London: John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1928. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Translated by Winifred Stephens. 263 Pages. Cover has black cloth boards with a Red Cloth Spine. Black lettering to spine. Previous owner's inscription on Half Title Page (Mary Jackson, Actress and Authoress, recently deceased aged 101. This book is from her collection) Some wear to corners and a small tear to front cloth. Pages in very good condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Paris: Le Quadrige D'Apollon, 1948. Original Wraps. Fair/Fair. Original Buff wraps with Red title and Grecian Chariot on front. Black Lettering on front & back. 320 Pages, 310g, 7 3/4" Tall. About 1/4 of the paper spine missing. Front and rear cover detached but present. Pages tanned. Library label on inside of front cover. No inscriptions on text. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Translated by Richard Aldington, with Introduction (Legend, Life, Friends, Libertin Question, Works) and Notes. Voyage to the Moon, Voyage to the Sun and Appendices. 9 Illustrations, including a Portrait and Signature of Cyrano. 329 Pages. Marron and Ivory cloth cover with Marron and bright gilt title label to spine. Hinges sound. A few little spots of foxing to first few pages and a little edge and marginal foxing on some pages. Spine ends bumped. Undated Edition, previous owner's inscription, dated 1938, on front free endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Kobenhavn: P. Haase & Sons Forlag, 1927. Original Wraps. Good+. 3 Books, in original deep Yellow Wraps with Black Printing on front. Each book Dated on front cover. DANISH TEXT. Modor Og Son, 1927, 194 pp; Forkyndersken 1. Del, 1934, 391pp and Forkyndersken 2 Del, 1935, 311pp. 7 1/2" Tall. A few edge nicks to covers. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: J. Walker, F. C. & J. Rivington and Others, 1813. Complete set of 2 volumes. Each vol. has an engraved frontis. illustration, protected by tissue guard, opposite and illustrated title page, followed by a printed title page (all title pages dated 1818). Frontis of Vol. I illus."Dorothea bathing her feet" and Vol. II frontis "Sancho resisting the Scullions attack on his beard.". Title of vol I vignette illus. show Don Quixote mounted "The Adventure of the Fulling Mills". Vol. I, xxiv preliminary pages including the Life and Preface. Main text563 p. pages. Vol. II "Contents" and 598 p.pages. In contemporay Brown Full-Leather bindings with 3 shalloe raised bands to spines. Gilt title and vol nos. in 2nd & 3rd compartments, Gilt Floral Design in others and Gilt Decoration on the bands. Narrow Decorative Gilt Border on fronts and backs. Gilt Decoration on board edges. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. 5 1/4" Tall, 500g. Some edge wear and wear… Read More

Kobenhavn: Det Schobergske Forlag, 1913. Half-Leather. Good+. META LINDE fodt HAUCH, ved Anna Koch Schioler. Andet Oplag. 279 pp. MATA HAUCH, Fjerde Oplag. 246 pp. DANISH TEXT. 2 Volumes in matching Bindings. both dated 1913. Attractive Contemporary Brown Textured Half-Leather, with Marbled Paper Covered Boards and Leather Corners. Gilt Titles and small Decoration to spines. Page edges Marbled. 7 1/2" Tall. Some edge wear, mostly at tips of corners and tops of spines. Very small closed tears to leather at top of spines. Spine colour slightly faded. No inscriptions except olf penciled price in corner of free endpaper. Text pages in very good, clean condition. Blank page at the back of Meta Hauch torn away and a small piece missing from edge of rear free endpaper. The 2 Books weigh just over 1 Kilo so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Please ask if you would like more pctures or information. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: T Werner Laurie Ltd Translated by Clara Bell with 3 Colour Plates from Paintings by Norman H Hardy. Frontispiece Plate "By Reef and Palm." Polynesian Romance. Undated, looks 1029's. Red/brown cloth cover withBlack lettering & Border to front, black motif on back and gilt lettering to spine. Spine colour faded. 217 Pages, 600g. A few spots of foxing to some pages, some wear to top & bottom of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Norman H Hardy. Book.

1970 Reprint of the 1953 First edition. Edited by George F. Maine. Introduced by Laurence Housman.Dark Blue imitation leather cover with Gilt lettering and foliate design on spine. 320 p.pages, 400g, 7 1/4" tall.In original clear acetate wraps.Ffep removed. No inscriptions. Wrapper unclipped, original price 10/- : 50p. Erapper has a piece torn away from lower 2" of spine and at the back.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1946. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. By the author of "Clochemerle". Translated from the French by Jocelyn Godefroi. 285 Pages. 7 3/8" Tall. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear, library labels on endpapers. No other inscriptions. Hinges sound. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

1927 8th impression of the 1898 first edition. Red cloth cover with bright gilt facsimile signature on front and blind stamped linear margin. Red marbled endpapers. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed. Bright gilt lettering on spine. 297 p.pages, 240g, 7" tall.Very slight edge wear. Old penciled price in top corner of ffep. No other inscriptions.

London: Frederick Warne and Co The "Albion" Edition, Dante's Masterpiece Translated by Rev. Henry Francis Cary. Frontis is a portrait of Dante, protected by Tissue Guard. 496 Pages. Undated Edition, witty gift inscription at the back is dated 1903. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to front and spine. Top Page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed. Hinges sound, pages clean, only an occassional spot of foxing. Binding a little fragile. Slight wear to cover. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Book.