Edmond ABOUT

Edmond ABOUT

Born24 février 1828
Died16 janvier 1885
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrance
Écrivain, dramaturge et journaliste politique, élève de l'École d'Athènes en 1852-1853
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ABOUT, Edmond
  1. Le roi des montagnes
    Edmond ABOUT, Gustave DORÉ

    Le roi des montagnes

    Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1861|15 x 23.70 cm|relié

    First illustrated edition by Gustave Doré. 142 vignettes and 12 plates.
    Includes: Autograph inscription by the author on a card with his red seal on the left side of the card, for an appointment.



    Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons and fillets. Spine slightly faded. Some foxing. Handsome copy.
    One of the first books illustrated by Gustave Doré after Balzac's Contes drolatiques. A popular novel that enjoyed great success in its time and remains one of the classics of adventure novels for young people.

    €450
  2. Trente et quarante
    Edmond ABOUT, Hermann VOGEL

    Trente et quarante

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1891|20.50 x 29.50 cm|relié sous étui

    First edition illustrated with text illustrations and plates by Hermann Vogel and ornaments by Adolphe Giraldon, one of 60 numbered copies on China paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Japan.
    Full blue morocco binding, spine very slightly faded with five raised bands, date and place gilt at foot, gilt borders on the headcaps, gilt fillet border on the pastedowns in full purple morocco, purple watered silk endpapers, following endpapers of combed paper, covers preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on the edges, slipcase edged with blue morocco, marbled paper boards, superb full morocco binding with doublure signed Blanchetière Bretault.
    Each plate appears in triple...

    €680
  3. Le roman d'un brave homme
    Edmond ABOUT, Adrien MARIE

    Le roman d'un brave homme

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1882|17.50 x 27 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Edition illustrated with 52 original compositions by Adrien Marie.
    Publisher's binding in full polychrome boards, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt ornamental motifs, front cover also enhanced with gilt decoration, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
    Some light foxing affecting mainly the very last pages of the work.
    Handsome copy presented in boards of beautiful freshness.
    €80
  4. Trente et quarante
    Edmond ABOUT

    Trente et quarante

    Hachette|Paris 1891|20.50 x 27.70 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations by Vogel and ornaments by Giraldon (typographic etching). Printed on large glazed vellum. Title page in red and black.
    Publisher's binding in full chocolate shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with interlaced figures 30 and 40. Boards decorated with a pattern of figures 30 and 40, with a border frieze. This pattern is repeated on the green endpapers. Spine uniformly faded to tawny. Light rubbing to corners. One nick at head.
    Very fine copy, perfectly fresh.
    Art critic and political journalist, his comic and satirical novels earned him great renown, notably Le roi des montagnes. Le Trente et...
    €350
  5. Le cas de M. Guérin
    Edmond ABOUT

    Le cas de M. Guérin

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1878|11 x 18 cm|relié
    Tenth edition.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  7. Le roi des montagnes
    Charles DELORT, Edmond ABOUT

    Le roi des montagnes

    Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1883|19 x 25 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with 7 drawings by Charles Delort, one of 200 numbered copies on Holland paper.
    Work also illustrated, as frontispiece, with a portrait of Edmond About engraved by A. Mongin after a photograph by Nadar, and with head- and tailpieces at the beginning and end of each chapter.
    A small tear at the foot of the spine, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
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  8. Madelon
    Edmond ABOUT

    Madelon

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1863|14 x 23 cm|relié
    Edit Original for which n'est not mention leading copies.
    Binding full Havana morocco, back with five nerves crimped nets black ornate coffered black embellished with arabesque black, roller black on caps, frames quadruple nets and florets blacks spandrels on covers, guards and contreplats paper the tank, framing a black lace on contreplats, preserved covers, gilded head, elegant binding of unsigned time.
    Precious autograph signed Edmond About: "To Madame George Sand, a tribute to religious admiration." Edmond About. "
    Beautiful copy fully established.
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  14. Rome contemporaine
    Edmond ABOUT

    Rome contemporaine

    Michel Lévy frères & Cie|Paris 1861|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half-shagreen binding in navy blue, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Light foxing primarily affecting the edges;
    €150
  15. Rome contemporaine
    Edmond ABOUT

    Rome contemporaine

    Michel Lévy|Paris 1861|14 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, some light wear marks without consequence, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy.
    €40
  16. Rome contemporaine
    Edmond ABOUT

    Rome contemporaine

    Michel Lévy frères & Cie|Paris 1861|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
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