Taking the Bastille de Alexandre Dumas - 1910

The Waverley Book Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 501 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Marking to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to cloth to spine. Wear marks overall.

British Books, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 444 pages. No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white frontispiece. Pages are mildly foxed & tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding is firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine. Gilt lettering has darkened.

R.E. KING & CO, 1920-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 444 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 444 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

UsedGood. Undated older Caldwell hardcover with gold letters and design on red cover; no writing or tears in text; photo page loose

London: British Books Book. Good. Leatherette. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Softcover, red leatherette gilt titles to spine, slightly shelfworn. Volume 1 of the trilogy that ncludes The Countess de Charny and Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge.

London, UK: Collin's Clear-Type Press. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 444pp, [4]pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, blind embossed publisher's logo on front, gilt titles on spine. Illustrated endpapers. 16mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges just starting to tan. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper, some pencil annotations on rear blank pages. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Published by Collins Clear-Type Press, c.1900. First edition thus. Undated. Illustrated Pocket Classics. Illustrated by Paul Hardy. 448pp. Condition: Good.
Bound in original red cloth boards with title and decoration in gilt to the spine. Some fading to the spine and a little rubbing, bumping, and slight marking to the boards, but the binding is otherwise in smart condition. Inside, the pages are clean, bright and free from marks or damage save for the usual toning and some cracking to the spine inside the front board..
In all, this is a smart edition of this historical novel by Dumas, the fourth in his 6 book series the Marie Antoinette Romances, set during the French Revolution. It is set several years after 'The Queen's Necklace', and following the story of Ange Pitou, a peasant who becomes involved in the revolution. It was first published in 1846, and is part of the 'Marie Antoinette romances'.

New York: George Routledge & Sons. N.D.. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Hinge is starting. No date. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .