Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historical and Literary de Saint-Beuve, C.A

New York: Lamb Publishing Co, 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 1st English language edition. Richly decorative covers with gilt titles and incised fleurs de lys. Top page edges gilt. Sepia tinted illustrations throughout, protected with tissue guards. Some shelfwear, but overall a very handsome volume.

Chicago: S.S. Griggs, 1891. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Near fine. Out of print. 5th Edition. Binding is cloth boards.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Large, thicker, very heavy book, quality dark blue cloth with thin embossed border to front, gilt lettering dulled at spine top, lightly browned inside covers and adjacent end papers, neat ink owner's name and date (June 4, 1932) on first front end paper, 443 roughcut pages, 52 portraits on glossy pages, top-edge bright gilt. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, blue background with a list of biographies at bottom front: Richelieu, Rochefoucauld, Abbe de Rance, Moliere, Pascal, Racine and more. DJ creased with tiny nick at top front edge, thin chip along spine top edge, small chip at spine bottom left edge, tiny near-chip at spine bottom left, tiny tear at spine top left edge, light crease and micronick at top back bookfold edge. DJ beneath mylar. Fair DJ/Very Fine book.

New York: Putnam's, 1906. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes bound in buckram with leather spine labels, gilt top edge and inset portraits on the front boards. Near fine with some fading to the spine of volume one. 1906 name and address.