Search Results: Titles starting with S from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 476 pages, green quarter-cloth. A fine, clean, hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean dust jacket with slight darkening to the back strip, with original price. Publisher's review slips laid in.

Strand, London, 1893. First thus. Hardcover. Good. This scarce original edition is offered despite some significant flaws. Six complete original issues bound without covers and advertisements. Quarto, 9 1/2" tall, 724 pages, rebound in blue-green cloth. A good, generally clean, sturdy, hardcover copy overall with moderate exterior shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, foxing and soiling to the cover cloth and fore-edges, front hinge cracked but secure, with several early pages loosened and light foxing to the endpapers and scattered throughout. It was the common practice for monthly periodicals at this time to issue bound volumes of the previous six issues, printed from the original plates, before melting the plates down for recasting.

Strand; London, 1891. First thus. Hardcover. Good. This scarce original edition is offered despite some significant flaws. Six complete original issues bound without covers and advertisements. Quarto, 9 1/2" tall, 670 pages, rebound in blue cloth. A good, generally clean, sturdy, hardcover copy overall with moderate exterior shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, foxing and soiling to the cover cloth and fore-edges, rear hinge cracked but secure and interior binding cracked once but secure, though a single page is pulled loose (does not affect the Doyle stories), and light foxing to the endpapers. It was the common practice for monthly periodicals at this time to issue bound volumes of the previous six issues, printed from the original plates, before melting the plates down for recasting.

San Francisco, California: Sierra Club Books, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 252 pages; with b&w photographs and illustrations. A near fine, clean, hardcover first edition with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, pages white. In a near fine, lightly edgeworn dust jacket with original price.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thomas Wells, 1817. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good -. 6 1/4" tall, 231 + viii (index) + 276 including additional index pages, gilt fore-edges; gilt titles and decorations on black leather. A very good minus over all, generally sturdy neat and square original hard cover edition with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, hinges and binding solid, paper light to moderately yellowed with some scattered foxing (primarily at the endpapers) with a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper, fore-edge gilt wearing thin.

London, England: John Cassell, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Relatively scarce. This copy is in difficult condition but sold as a good reading copy. (Two volumes bound as one). Duodecimo, 7" tall, 144 + 144 pages (288 total), light brown embossed cloth; with small intertextual b&w illustrations. A good reading copy only, missing the back cover and the back strip, internal binding still solid, paper clean, and moderately yellowed with occasional light foxing.

Brown University Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good minus. Translated from the German by W. F. Twaddell. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, vii + 129 pages, white spine titles on blue cloth. A very good+, clean and neat hard cover over all with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white, with light foxing to the top fore-edge. In a very good minus, clean, moderately worn dust jacket with some color fading at the spine, with the original price present.

New York, New York: George H. Doran , 1924. Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Without dust jacket. Octavo, 7 3/4 " tall, 335 pages, brown titles on orange cloth. A very good minus, generally clean, sturdy hard cover edition over all with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, light foxing to the fore-edges, hinges and binding solid, paper clean, lightly yellowed; with a previous owner's signature on the front free end paper. Without dust jacket.

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good -. Offered as a very nice reading copy; with a two-page b&w illustration by Maitland de Gogorza. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 199 pages, gilt titles on black quarter cloth with decorative paper over boards. A very good (minus) hardcover edition with moderate shelf wear and significant color fading to the cloth at the back strip; front free end paper torn out; hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed, with foxing to the top fore-edge. Without dust jacket.

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.

London, England: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 226 pages, green cloth with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean sturdy hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. In a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear, with original price.

University of Georgia Press, 1990-10-01. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, xxxix + 632 pages, gilt spine titles on green cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket. Because of size and weight, this volume will require some additional postage,

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 361 pages. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly edge worn dust jacket with the original price. Publisher's review slips laid in.

Chicago, Illinois: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth,. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 234 pages, black quarter cloth with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean hardcover first edition with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket, with original price.

Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 37 pages, black and gray boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, slightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 289 pages, black and blue boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket, with the original price.

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 244 pages. A fine, clean, sturdy, hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean, lightly worn dust jacket with original price.

Peter E. Randall, Publisher; Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1995. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Quarto, 10 1/2" tall, x + 359 pages with intertextual black and white illustration, gilt titles on green cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper bright. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good/Good. Duodecimo, 7 1/2" tall, 354 pages with eight black & white plates + nine pages with ads; red cloth with black lettering. A very good (minus), clean hard cover edition with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, with paper moderately yellowed and foxing to the exterior fore-edges. In a good only, edge worn dust jacket, with chipping at the edges, some foxing to the back strip and upper front panel.

New York, New York: Henry Holt, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 290 pages, blue quarter-cloth with gilt title on spine. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, clean, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price. Author's first novel