Search Results: Authors starting with A from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

New York, New York: Vanguard Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 192 pages, black quarter cloth with silver title on spine. A very good, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, spine slightly canted, hinges and binding tight, paper moderately yellowed. In a good, lightly soiled dust jacket with some darkening along the back strip and fore-edges, with the original price.

New York, New York: William Morrow & Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 282 pages, rust colored cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, but a 1/2" scrape to the front cover cloth; hinges and binding solid, paper just slightly yellowed. In a good dust jacket with minor edge wear and chipping at the fold edges, sunning along the backstrip, with original price.

Harper & Brothers: NY, 1893. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket. Sold as an original reading copy only. Octavo, 7 1/2" tall, 366 pages, red titles and gilt decoration on light blue cover cloth, b&w plates and intertexual illustrations. A good copy overall with minor soiling obvious on the light blue cover cloth, darkening to the backstrip, moderate shelf wear and rubbing especially at the fore-tips and ends of the backstrip; hinges cracked but secure, internal binding solid, text paper relatively clean and moderately yellowed throughout.

Henry T. Coats: Philadelphia, C. 1895. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Without dust jacket. One of the many pirate editions, likely issued before the international copyright convention; undated but circa 1895. Octavo, 7 1/2" tall, 395 pages, gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles and decorations on green cloth. A very good minus, generally clean, neat original hard cover edition with minor shelf wear, with slight soiling to top fore-edge, binding tight, paper light to moderately yellowed. Without dust jacket.

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Octavo, 8 1/3" tall, 251 pages, orange cloth; with b&w photographs; map of Europe. A very good, clean hard cover with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. In a good only, moderately worn dust jacket, with small chips at the corner folds, a one-inch chip at top of back strip, sunning to the back strip, front panel split (neatly) along the spine fold, with original price. A very nice reading copy.

London, England: Jonathan Cape, 1931. Limited edition. Full Vellum. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issue. Signed by the Author on the limitation page. Number 284 of 304 copies printed on English hand-made paper. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 296 pages, gilt top fore-edge and spine titles, deckeled fore-edges, vellum covers. A very good, clean, neat hard cover limited edition overall with minor exterior shelf wear, foxing to exterior vellum.; binding tight, paper lightly yellowed.

Paris, France: Ludovic Baschet, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. French text. Number 144 of a limited edition on fine paper. Folio, 13" tall, 108 pages (text) plus 73 full page plates of 77 listed (4 plates missing) decorative beige cloth. A good copy only, internally good +, paper cream white with scattered light foxing primarily at the margins, a few marginal dampstains not affecting text, BUT binding is completely broken, front cover loose, worn, frayed and stained, back cover and backstrip cloth missing. Covers of soft cover edition bound in (French books of the period are often published simultaeously in soft and hard cover editions ). Includes intertextual vignette illustrations of artists. Approximately seven illustrations have been cut out from the pages. Because of damage already done, this is probably just a breaking copy, but the gravures are quite bright and clear. Overseas shipping cost is prohibitive.

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Hardcover--cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 245 pages, maroon quarter cloth with gilt title on spine. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition (third printing) with light shelf wear; small ink marking at top fore-edge (does not affect interior); hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with a short edge tear at bottom rear, with the original price.

Reinhold Publishing: NY, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto, 10 1/2" tall, 220 pages with intertextual black and white illustrations throughout, black titles on gray boards. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, a slight cant to the spine, binding tight, paper just slightly yellowed with very light foxing to the top fore-edge. In a very good minus, moderately worn dust jacket, with light exterior soiling, paper lightly yellowed.

New York, New York: Pergamon Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Quarto, 11 1/2" tall, vii + 260 pages + two loose tables in rear pocket, blue cloth, gilt titles. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, one corner slightly bumped; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, edge-worn dust jacket.

Harper & Brothers; New York, 1901. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket. A nice first-edition reading copy only. Octavo, 7 3/4” tall, 223 pages, gilt titles on green cloth. A good, generally clean, neat hard cover with moderate shelf wear, light exterior soiling, corners rubbed, binding solid, paper light to moderately yellowed, with foxing to the fore-edges and a cant to the spine. Without dust jacket.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1994. First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 2 color plates + 216 pages, green leather, gilt titles and fore-edges. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with llittle shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, but with a slight touch of foxing to the endpapers. Publishers slip laid in.

Little, Brown, and Company; Boston, 1927. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good minus. There was a limited issuance of this first edition which was signed and numbered. This the is the first 'trade' edition, but is also signed and dated on slip tipped in at the copyright page. Octavo, 9" tall, xiv + 311 pages + black and white plate pages, gilt top fore-edge and gilt titles on brown cloth. A very good, generally clean and neat hard cover over all with minor shelf wear; binding tight, but paper lightly yellowed. In a very good minus, moderately worn dust jacket, BUT with cloth tape applied to the blank reverse at the top and bottom edges.

New York, New York: Academic Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket (if issue. Octavo 9 1/2" tall, xix + 448 pages, blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover edition with light shelf wear, corners rubbed, bumping to top two corners, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white.

New York, New York: Academic Press, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 2 abstracts. Octavo 9 1/2" tall, vi + pages 1 to 90, partially disbound with original stiff wraps. A very, clean, neat soft cover edition with light shelf wear, BUT the entire volume has been cut apart (articles not listed have been removed), paper cream white. sold as is--excellent reading copyies as abstracts.

New York, New York: Dial Press, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 211 pages, white cloth with red title on spine and red end papers. A very good, clean, hardcover first American edition, first printing, with light shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. BUT -- would be fine except for a light damp stain (coffee?) along top edge of white cover cloth and at top of the back strip. In a very good dust jacket lightly soiled with several spots (same coffee?), sunning to the back strip, with original price.

Troy, NY: The Literary Combine, 1960. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Signed and inscribed by author on the front free endpaper. Octavo, 8 1/3" tall, 100 pages, pale green illustrated wraps. A very good, clean soft cover with minor shelf wear, light exterior fading and soiling to wraps; interior clean, bright, with tight binding.

Cornell University Press; Ithaca NY, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, xv + 321 pages, green cloth. A very good, clean, neat original hardcover first edition overall with minor shelf wear; binding tight, paper lightly yellowed, some slight foxing at the fore-edges. Without dust jacket.

New York, New York: Atheneum, 1992. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 275 pages, blue quarter cloth. A fine, clean, neat, unread hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket with the original price.

Machmadim Art Editions: NY, 1946. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket. Limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by the artist on the limitation page. Sold as a good reading copy only of this scarce title. Small quarto, 10 1/8” tall, unpaginated (approx. 48 pages), white titles on black cloth. A good, hard cover over all with general shelf wear and light exterior soiling, fraying to the back-strip editions top and bottom; hinges cracked, internal binding solid, clean paper light to moderately yellowed with slight foxing to the endpapers. Without dust jacket (if issued).