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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme and John Murray, 1805. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES. Vol. I - Front board is detached. Boards have stains and wear. Neat name to front endpaper. 206 pages+ 2 pages of adverts. Front gathering (up to page 24) loose and held on by a single thread. Edges mostly rough cut, spine mostly worn away but generally very clean and unmarked and binding tight ; Vol. II - Boards stained with wear. Neat name to front endpaper 346 pages+ 2 pages of adverts. Contemporary pencil calculation to rear endpaper. Edges mostly rough cut, spine mostly worn away but generally very clean and unmarked and binding tight ; Vol. III - Boards stained with wear. Neat name to front endpaper 356 pages. Edges mostly rough cut, spine mostly worn away but generally very clean and unmarked and binding tight ; Vol. IV - Boards stained with wear. Neat name to front endpaper 344 pages + 4 pages of adverts. Edges mostly rough cut, spine mostly worn away but generally very clean and… Leer más

London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1966. Gold title and decoration on blue boards which have a small white mark to back, a minor mark to front and a bump to one front corner. Internally there are two pages which have small holes which although affecting the text the text can still be discerned else very clean, tight and unmarked. 457 pages. 15 Illustrations. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Robert Baldick. Monsieur Nicholas is the story of Restif's life down to 1797, the facts of which are probably embroidered, but nevertheless the work remains a picture of 18th century society and as a frank and searching autobiography. It contains at the end 'Tenth Epoch' - My Last Afflictions and my Approaching End. 202. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Dennis Dobson, 1946. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front endpaper and light foxing to closed edges and endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket has light wear to edges, two small repaired closed tears and is not price clipped.232 pages. 5 illustrations. Translated from the French by Ruth Bethell. Charles Péguy (1873-1914) was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor, and Catholicism strongly influenced his works. It is remarkable that no book has yet been produced in England about Péguy, and this translation from the French fills the gap. It is a complete biography taking in the whole of Péguy's life from childhood to his death on the Marne in 1914, by a bullet to the forehead. The author was his friend and colleague for many years. C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnams / The Knickerbocker Press, 1905. Gilt signatures of Hugo and Drouet to front and gilt lettering to spine on blue cloth boards, all very bright and clean with just a little wear to spine head and tail and a small light mark to front. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. Text surrounded by blocking with words and phrases interspersed throughout at margin. xvii + 152 pages. One facsimile free, fore and lower edges uncut. With an introduction by Francois Coppee. Overall a Good + copy. C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.