First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Two very slight sunning without gravity to head of boards, handsome copy.
Paperboard binding after Mario Prassinos' original design.
Illustrated edition with 13 colour plates on brown paper by Arthur Rackham tipped in with captioned tissue guards, together with 14 black-and-white illustrations in the text by Rackham, including a frontispiece portrait of Alice, one of the very rare 20 copies on japon, signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page, copy from the deluxe issue. A few name copies on the same paper were also issued.
Publisher’s full vellum binding, flat spine lettered in gilt with a gilt illustration of the Cheshire Cat, upper cover stamped in gilt with the title and an illustration of two fantastic c
Second issue of the first illustrated edition of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, distinguished by the small bat vignette on the title-page.
Publisher’s neo-Gothic binding in full brown polychrome cloth, the smooth spine gilt-stamped with an allegory of Notre-Dame de Paris, the boards adorned with an extensive gilt and polychrome design (red, blue, and pink) depicting scenes from Notre-Dame de Paris, yellow endpapers and pastedowns, shaded white flyleaves, all edges gilt, a characteristic Romantic publisher’s cloth binding. Spine evenly faded. Minute split at the head of the upper joint. One leaf detached, two others working loose. Occasional marginal foxing.
Work embellished with
Stated fifth edition, illustrated with 316 wood engravings, including numerous plates. This fifth edition is the only one issued in the publisher’s cloth.
Publisher’s binding by Souze. Half red shagreen. Spine richly tooled with a bouquet of flowers, various large tools and special rolls. Boards elaborately decorated with a central gilt panel bearing the American eagle and the motto: E pluribus unum. Broad red and black border with several red and gilt medallions on a black ground. Gilt edges. A few scattered marginal foxmarks. Some rubbing, notably to the headcaps. Corners softened.
A handsome copy in its publisher’s binding.
First octavo edition illustrated with 92 engravings by Benett, including one folding map in colour: this marks the very first use of polychromy in an illustration for a Jules Verne novel.
Publisher’s Hetzel binding "aux deux éléphants" in full red cloth, signed by Lenègre, type 3, upper cover signed by Souze, lower cover Lenègre type “e” as described by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher’s EL catalogue at rear.
Spine slightly faded as usual, small black marks along the hinges, spine-ends softened as often, a pleasant copy almost free of any foxing.
“Deux ans de vacances” is a Robinson Crusoe-like novel featuring fourteen schoolboys from New Zealand.
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First edition of this album of caricatures by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi which he numbered and initialed (copy no. 36). Printed “in small numbers” (Bartholdi Museum), with only six located in institutions (Colmar Museum, BnF, Harvard, UPenn, NYPL, Rutgers University).
Publisher’s blue cloth binding, flat spine gilt-lettered lengthwise, upper board numerously framed in black, anchors and stars stamped in black at the corners, title and date gilt-stamped; lower board numerously framed in black, black stars at the corners and a central anchor, red edges. Slight rubbing to joints, faint
Second edition, illustrated with 33 plates outside the text, including 23 in black and white, 8 on tinted background, and 2 folding plates in colour (panorama of the city of Ballarat; map of the gold deposits), cf. Ferguson VII, 18716.
No copy recorded in the CCF.
The list of plates, p. xv, mentions only 27, as it groups together the reproductions of documents relating to the 1854 uprising.
Publisher’s binding in full grey cloth, flat spine and covers decorated in black and gilt, headcaps worn, endpapers and pastedowns in brown paper, inner hinges split, slightly shaken copy, a tear with paper loss along the inner hinge of the lower board, some light foxing.
The fi
New "À la bannière" edition with bevelled boards, violet on a red background, illustrated with 154 drawings by Férat engraved by Barbant.
Publisher’s decorative cloth binding "à la bannière" of type 6 signed by Lenègre, upper cover plate signed by Souze, lower cover of type e1 with central medallion on a black ground, framed with geometric motifs.
Attractive upper cover, with glossy percaline and sharp gilt, small black spots on the spine, head- and tailcaps collapsed as usual, some occasional foxing, small dark and light stains on the lower cover.
L’Île mystérieuse is linked, though not a sequel, to two other novels by Jules Verne, Vingt mille lieues sous les mer
Edition decorated with a portrait frontispiece, 24 plates, and a folding map at the end of the volume.
Publisher’s full blue cloth binding, blind-stamped, smooth spine gilt-tooled, blind-stamped illustrations on the front cover, gilt dentelle framing on the pastedowns, gilt edges. A handsome copy in its publisher’s binding.
First edition, large octavo, illustrated with 78 engravings together with 12 chromotypographic plates by George Roux and 2 coloured maps.
Publisher’s binding by Hetzel in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre, with the "portrait collé" design: the upper cover signed Souze, polychrome, depicting various means of transport (balloon, locomotive, ships), with a sepia-toned portrait of the author mounted at the centre, and various navigational instruments highlighted in gilt in the foreground; lower cover of type "e" as recorded by Jauzac; spine decorated with several gilt and coloured illustrations; original blue endpapers; one upper corner slightly crimped; all edges gilt. HF catalogue at the
First edition, illustrated throughout the text.
Some foxing, light rubbing without consequence to the spines, small losses of green paper on the endpapers.
Contemporary manuscript ex-donos on the endpapers as a gift.
Publisher’s full blue cloth, smooth spines decorated with black Greek key motifs, black Greek key borders on the boards, upper boards adorned with a marine illustration, publisher’s black monograms stamped on the lower boards, green paper endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers preserved.
First illustrated edition, featuring 82 drawings by Tiret-Bognet and a color map of the Saint Lawrence River. Publisher's 1890 EX catalogue bound in at rear.
Binding with the two elephants, Lenègre type 3. Rear cover Lenègre type e.
Spine lightly faded, internally clean and well preserved.
In Famille sans nom, Verne recounts the story of a French-Canadian family during the Patriote Rebellion (1837–1838) against British injustice.
New edition, illustrated with drawings by de Neuville and Benett.
Publisher’s gilt-pictorial cloth binding known as “à un éléphant, titre dans l’éventail”, with Engel’s signature at the foot of the front cover plaque, spine featuring a lighthouse, rear cover of type “i” as defined by Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Headcaps very slightly compressed, faint trace of a removed label to the verso of the front board.
A handsome copy.
Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours is an adventure novel. It tells the story of an English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, who wagers he can travel around the world_
First deluxe large octavo edition illustrated by George Roux.
Publisher’s pictorial binding by Hetzel signed Engel, known as "type 4 globe" design, with "lighthouse" spine and lower cover of Engel "i" type as per Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally faded, as usual; headcaps very slightly compressed; some foxing at the beginning and end of the volume.
Sequel to Robur le conquérant, Maître du monde recounts Robur’s return to civilization aboard an amphibious vehicle.
Un drame en Livonie is a detective novel centred on the story of an innocent man accused of a murder he did not commit in Livonia.
Illustrated edition comprising 68 illustrations by George Roux, including 20 large plates in chromotypography and a map.
Y catalogue at rear.
Publisher’s binding by Hetzel signed Engel, known as “au globe”, type 4, spine with lighthouse motif, lower cover type Engel “i” as per Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Headcaps slightly pushed and frayed, some foxing, offsetting from adhesive paper to the head and tail of the blue endpapers.
Le Sphinx des glaces is a fantastical novel intended as a sequel to Edgar Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, to which it is dedicated.
Copy not recorded by Jauzac.
First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on bouffant alfa paper.
Publisher's binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Very handsome copy complete with its flexible cardboard slipcase.
New edition printed in 3,100 numbered copies on châtaignier paper, ours one of 100 hors commerce copies.
Publisher's full cardboard binding made according to Paul Bonet's original design.
Handsome copy.
First English edition, published one year after the first edition (American), complete with its illustrated dust jacket with unclipped price.
Publisher's pink-red cloth, title, author's name and publisher's imprint to the spine, all three in gilt.
Headcaps very slightly pushed, faint foxing to the boards, a fine copy. On the dust jacket, spine and boards sunned as is common, discreet wear and stains to the headcaps, boards and corners, marginal browning and a dampstain at the foot to the inside of the jacket.
English reprint of 1955 — the first American edition was published in 1927 and the first English edition in 1928 — on ordinary paper, complete with its original illustrated unclipped dust jacket.
Publisher's binding in light blue cloth, title, author's name and publisher's device stamped in dark blue to spine, title repeated, also in dark blue, to head of upper board.
Spine ends and edges slightly sunned as is often the case, a
First English edition of 1950 (the first edition, published the same year, is American) on ordinary paper, complete with its original illustrated unclipped dust jacket with gondola motif.
Publisher's binding in turquoise green cloth, to spine, a mock title label on red ground with palladium lettering and publisher's device also in palladium to foot, red central medallion to upper board echoing the gondola of the dust jacket, bottom edge untrimmed.
First edition of this poetry collection, which was awarded the Cholmondeley Prize on publication, complete with its dust jacket illustrated by Leigh Taylor.
Publisher's binding in brown half-cloth, title, author's name and publisher's device gilt to spine, bronze-coloured glossy paper to boards. To recto of rear endpaper, a manuscript quotation in black pen by a celebrated English poet: "the mind can only repose on the stability of truth... Samuel Johnson."
Copy of the thirteenth printing of the first edition illustrated by the author.
Publisher's full bottle-green binding, smooth spine decorated in black with the title and author's name at the head and the publisher's name at the foot, upper board decorated in black with the title and author's name within a blind-stamped border, complete with its illustrated dust jacket. Author's inscription in blue ink on the first free endpaper, followed by a slightly faded ex-dono on the next: "I hope you will still feel like reading this. Love, Sisi."
Headcaps slightly bumped, losses, folds and tears to the dust jacket.
Illustrated edition with 150 drawings by Riou.
Publisher's catalogue by FN bound in at the rear.
Hetzel publisher's binding "aux deux éléphants" type 3, full red percaline binding signed A. Lenègre, rear board type "e" as identified by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Manuscript inscription on the title page, upper right.
First Gallimard edition, one of 1,050 numbered copies printed on Alfama du Marais paper.
Publisher’s boards bound after the original design by Paul Bonet.
A very fine copy.
First edition illustrated with 80 plates hors texte. Each play is accompanied by one steel engraving and one wood engraving. The names appearing on the plates include Geoffroy, Verdeil, Rouargue, and Harvey, though most of the steel engravings — remarkably fine and often marked by a highly imaginative, at times visionary style — are unsigned.
Publisher’s original blue morocco-grain cloth binding, richly gilt, the spine lavishly decorated with a geometric interlace and foliate motifs; the boards with a large romantic blind-stamped frame and two distinct central designs, one depicting Falstaff, the other a composition with a lyre, a medallion, and related emblems. Slight damage at the up
First issue with three half-titles, three frontispieces, one heightened in gold, and richly illustrated with ornamental borders and in-text vignettes, together with fourteen full-page plates by Andrew Best Leloir and Levilly. Edition prepared from the 1704 text, revised and accompanied by a dissertation by Baron Silvestre de Sacy.
Rare publisher’s bindings in red half shagreen. Spines decorated with a large gilt ornamental panel featuring an oriental dancer at its centre, surrounded by multiple motifs inspired by the East. Large dark stain at the foot of volume two, as well as a narrow split to the leather measuring approximately 8 cm. Foxing and browning throughout. From p. 70 of volu
Published in the year of the first edition, one of 950 numbered copies on wove paper.
Publisher’s binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Attractive copy, complete with its original flexible cardboard slipcase.
Illustrated edition by George Roux featuring 12 large chromotypographs, 2 maps, and numerous photographic views.
Publisher’s decorative binding by Hetzel, signed Engel, known as “au globe,” type 4, spine with the lighthouse design, lower cover of Engel type "h" as per Jauzac; all edges gilt.
Headcaps very slightly pushed without consequence, original blue endpapers faintly faded as often, a few occasional spots of foxing.
Les Frères Kip is a detective and adventure novel, likely inspired by a late 19th-century criminal case: the Rorique brothers.
Copy not recorded by Jauzac.
New edition, illustrated with 111 drawings by Neuville and Riou. 7 plates, some in color.
Publisher's gilt Globe binding, upper cover signed Blancheland, Engel relieur, spine with lighthouse motif, rear cover of Engel H type, publisher's Y catalogue at rear of volume.
Spine with minor discoloration, a few small stains to upper corner of front cover, endpapers discolored, corners slightly twisted, the engraving between pages 122-123 with small corner lacks, occasional light foxing mainly to edges.
Undoubtedly the most famous of Jules Verne's novels, featuring the mythical figure of Captain Nemo and his legendary submarine, the Nautilus.
First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa bulky paper.
Publisher's binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Handsome copy despite slight traces of sunning at head and foot of spine and to margins of boards.
First edition of each volume.
Publisher’s full burgundy cloth bindings, flat spines, blue endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved for the second volume, front cover preserved for the first volume, gilt top edges.
Minor discoloration spots on the boards.
The first volume includes 75 biographies of notable figures of the time (each featuring a facsimile autograph and a wood-engraved portrait by Brauer), including Paul Arène, Léon Cladel, Coquelin ainé, Charles Gounod, Frédéric Mistral, Albert Robida, Octave Uzanne...
The second volume contains 76 biographies (each with a facsimile autograph and a wood-engraved portrait by Brauer) of figures such as Auguste Barthold
