De Mery M (189 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. VG+ HB in G DJ, protected by mylar cover. Stated First Edition. xxi p., 1 l., 394 p.; col. front.; 24 cm. Ivory cloth over boards with dull gold title on blue field on spine. Front cover & top of spine darkened from exposure. Text block is tight and unmarked; a bit tanned from age. The dust jacket is unclipped but is in Good only condition. The front panel has separated from both the front panel and spine, with a cellophane tape repair to the spine. In addition, it has loss at the top of the spine (affecting the first word in the title) and has 1 1/2" L by 1/4" W loss at top of front panel. It is now protected in a clear archival sleeve. Documentary source for Roberts' novel Lydia Bailey. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 394 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); United States; 1940s; . Main Picture: Roberts & Roberts (Trans. & Eds., 1947), Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey - Front panel and spine of dust jacket. Picture 2: Roberts & Roberts (Trans. & Eds., 1947), Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey - Rear panel of dust jacket and page edges. Picture 3: Roberts & Roberts (Trans. & Eds., 1947), Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey - Front cover and spine. Picture 4: Roberts & Roberts (Trans. & Eds., 1947), Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey - Rearcover and page edges. Picture 5: Roberts & Roberts (Trans. & Eds., 1947), Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey - Frontispiece and title page with inset of First Edition notice. Picture 6: Roberts & Roberts (Trans. & Eds., 1947), Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey - First page of introduction. Picture 7: Roberts & Roberts (Trans. & Eds., 1947), Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey - First page of text. Picture 8: Roberts & Roberts (Trans. & Eds., 1947), Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey - Listing of Kenneth Roberts books following the last page of the text. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 773.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Volume 2. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover. Sticker inside front cover. Pages browned. Edges of spine bumped. Shelf rubbing to cover.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Later printing. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1947. Later printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Later printing of the first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Translated and Edited by Kenneth Roberts and Anna M. Roberts; Preface by Kenneth Roberts; Introduction by Stewart L. Mims. Color frontispiece painting by James Bingham. Very clean rust brown buckram cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 394 pages with index. Clean illustrated jacket is unchipped, some wear and tiny tears at base of spine, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Moreau's journal is filled with intimate details about life in America when the Republic was young. He discusses with candor the prevalence of divorce, cost of confinement, the shameless behavior of French emigres toward their American hosts, the prudery of the average American woman, the prevalence of prostitution. Much that is in this book had never before been mentioned in narratives about early America, and all the color and delicacy of the original have been brilliantly preserved in the Robertses' translation. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Published here in English for the first time and translated by Kenneth and Anna Roberts. Mery was an exile from revolutionary France who lived and operated a bookshop in Philadelphia. He traveled the eastern seaboard and provides detailed impressions of American life, manners, and customs in his diary. There is a trace of glue residue on end paper where an old bookplate must have been affixed. This is a stated First Edition. The dust jacket is worn and split; the edges and the spine are tape reinforced. ; Color Fronis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 394 pages. Illustrated by Color Frontis (illustrator).…

Condition: New. A Topographical and Political Description of the Spanish Part of Saint-Domingo; Containing, General Observations on the Climate, Population and Produc (Paperback or Softback).

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (United States, Travel) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

PF. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. No dust jacket. Cover has minor scuffing/soiling. Slight spine lean; hinges slightly cracked. Writing on front end page. Good condition.

Condition: New. In.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Société des Secouristes Français, infirmiers volontaires, Paris - sans date, petit in-8, broché, 366 pages Bon état général - Pour les envois hors de France, la tafication «livre & brochure» pour les frais de port a disparue.Les frais de port annoncés correspondent à une moyenne. Ils seront calculés au plus juste en fonction du poids de votre article.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Pp.: xxi, 395. Gilt titles to sp. (dull). Frontis. Grey cloth bds. Handling wear to sp. Deckle fore-edge. T.e. dusted.P/o name penned, f.f.e.p. No DJ. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Includes footnotes and index. Introduction by Stewart L. Mims. The memoir of a French Creole who spent five years traveling through the eastern United States and left us a very detailed and interesting account of American life during the early republic. A very nice copy. …

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

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Un volume broché de format petit in 8° de 52 pp.; couverture en papier bleu fortement effrangée. Considérations philosophiques et historiques sur la suprématie naturelle de la Noblesse. Voir photo.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.