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Nerval, Gerald de; Page, Lucie [translated]Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899. Second Edition. Zaehndorf. Sylvie: souvenirs du valois. De Nerval, Gerard; Page, Lucie [translator]. 1899.Thomas B. Moher. Second Edition, limited to 925 copies on Van Gelder Paper. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. [6] i-x; frontice and index; B. xi-xv, 2-88 pp [4]. Two line fillet border on front and back boards. Light brown calf, marble endpapers. Full gilt spine featuring five raised bands. Floral pattern on spine, along with red label featuring title and author, as well as date near tail. Sylvie is a novella written by French author Gerard de Nerval. First published in La Revue des Deux Mondes and later as a bopok in Les Filles du Feu in 1854. Often considered to be De Nerval's greatest literary acheivement, Sylvie has gone on to enchant audiences, including Marcel Proust. Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855) was a French writer, poet and translator. De Nerval is a pen-name for Gerard Labrunie. As a translator, Nerval introduced… Read More

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. NORDHOFF, Charles (1878-1947). -- HALL, James Norman (1887-1951). Mutiny on the Bounty. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932.

8vo. 20th-century blue crushed levant gilt, upper cover with central illustration of a ship in white, red and green morocco on-lay, edges gilt, concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of the H.M.S. Bounty and a ship of mutineers at sea; quarter morocco gilt slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of the first work in the Bounty Trilogy, based on the 1787 mutiny in Tahiti. Throughout history, few voyages are as infamous as that of the bounty. Even before the doomed sailing, the naval exploits of Lieutenant William Bligh and his participation in the third and final voyage of Captain James Cook, were quickly becoming legend. Sailing with such a distinguished officer should have been an honour but this was not the case.

On April 28th, 1789, the HMS Bounty was taken over by disgruntled crew members, led by acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian. The mutiny came on the heels of… Read More