André Gide Pref (5 results)

Condition: Good. First Edition. First English language translation; stated "First Printing;" 198 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong paper faintly age-toned; front gutter cracking but binding firm; in absence of d.j. the peacock blue boards with clear gilt lettering and vignette on front board and effaced lettering on sunned spine have lightly bumped corners and noticeable but not extreme rubbing along crown of spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Undated (presumably 1950) first Canadian edition of Lagerkvist's classic novel. Translated by Alan Blair with a preface by Lucien Maury and a letter by André Gide. Copy is in very good condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the green cloth boards. Interior is clean and unmarked save for former owner's signature on front free end paper. Dust jacket is good with some fading as well as a couple of chips to the top edge. Now wrapped in protective plastic cover.…

Limited Edition. Octavo. 22cm x 14.5cm; 387pp. Publisher's full deep brown leather titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards. Silk moiré endpapers, silk page ribbon. All edges gilt. A fine, unread copy from the publisher's series "Collector's Library of Famous Editions.".

S.l., Gallimard, (1968). Un vol. au format gd in-12 (201 x 141 mm) de 167 pp. Reliure d'édition de pleine percaline satinée azur, plats ornés de filets d'encadrement gras et maigre à froid, titre frappé or au premier, dos lisse, titre doré en long. Un des exemplaires du tirage numéroté sur bouffant alfa Calypso ; sous reliure d'édition établie d'après la maquette de Robert Massin.''Ce récit, dont j'admire aussi bien la valeur littéraire, a d'autre part la valeur d'un document, et ces deux qualités, si inespérément unies donnent à Vol de nuit une exceptionnelle importance''. Petite trace de choc affectant l'angle inférieur droit du premier plat. Du reste, très belle condition.…

Condition: Bon. In-8 broché, couverture imprimée en deux tons, un peu tachée au second plat. Préface d'André Gide, introduction d'Octave Mirbeau.