Introduction by Andre Maurois (21 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Advance Reading Copy / Uncorrected Proof. Non-pictorial cover. No ownership markings.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pyramid Gift Edition. 236 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stains on top and fore edges.

First US printing. Second novel by this young writer, born in France of American parents, and originally published in France under the title 'Adrienne Mesurat.' Translated by Henry Longan Stuart, with an introduction by Andre Maurois. Good in black cloth with gold lettering, lacking the dj, lettering on spine rubbed and faded.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Signet #868AB, Light wear along the edges and corners. Tanned pages. Light wear along the spine and binding. Cover art by Avati.

Illustrated Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Jean Oberle (illustrator). Immaculate and tight, gift quality copy in lightly worn, tan paper-covered slip case; 205pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Jean Oberle (illustrator). Textblock immaculate and tight; Speckled top edge; Sunned red cloth spine, decorative Fleur-de-lis sides, minimally shelf worn. In moderately-aged slipcase. Lacks the "Sandglass" insert; 205p. A classic of French literature. Size: 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Tall octavo in red & tan cloth binding. In slipcase. Color illustrations. Condition: minor wear to slipcase; rubber stamp & bookplate on 1st free endpaper; front inner hinge starting; else VG. 205 pages.

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Color Plates (illustrator). London, UK: Nonesuch Press. G/No Dustjacket. 1942. . Cloth. Sm 4to., 205 pp., rubbed .

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Copyright 1951. 216 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased spine. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Stains on fore edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by OGG, OSCAR TYPOGRAPHY & DESIGN (illustrator). First Edition?. Page 37/38 missing, else bright, very nice, clean covers & text paperback; black spine titles on dar orange heavy cloth hard covers.showing many 2" hoizontal bars to left side cover & spine.attractive design. ; 557pg THICK pages; originaly published in Vogue, this is 1st anthlogy appearance ever for any of them.Many by major authors.Most are short and characteristic of their author's larger work.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Copyright © 1952. 661 pp. An excellent study/work/research/reading copy! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external, but minimal internal wear and use. Copy with crisp and bright pages. Moderately shelf worn covers. Minor tears to last three pages and back cover by spine on top. Ocassional pen, pencil and/or highlighter markings on text and/or marginalia.

Hardcover. 8°. Orange-colored original cloth with spine title and cover illustrations in gold embossing and color header. Capitals and corners are slightly bumped. XX, 218 (6) pages with many color illustrations on plates. Overall clean inside. Good condition. --- Orangefarbenes Original-Leinen mit Rückentitel und Einband-Illustrationen in goldener Prägung sowie Farb-Kopfschnitt. Kapitale und Ecken sind etwas bestoßen. XX, 218 (6) Seiten mit vielen farbigen Illustrationen auf Tafeln. Insgesamt innen sauber. Schönes Exemplar in gutem Zustand. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Der Juli wird heiß - was halten Sie von einem Buch über Reisen in kühlere Gegenden! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! LitFre.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Bernard Lamotte (illustrator). This 11-1/4" tall HC w/slipcase is in near fine cond. Spine is moderately sun faded from a light blue to a light brown, extremely light edgewear; otherwise and interior, as new. Appears unread. No evidence of prior ownership. Slipcase is fine, having extremely light edgewear, no issues. Not ex-lib. Sandglass included.

Decorative Hardcover in Slip C. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. Edy Legrand (Illustrations by) (illustrator). Special Contents of This Edition Copyrig. 430 + xiv pp. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, scarce, true collectible gem! A wonderful copy! An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Addendum included. Slip case in mint condition. No dust jacket. Synopsis: Deep inside the dreaded Bastille, a young prisoner has languished, his face hidden from all, for eight long years. He knows neither his true identity nor the crime that got him there. Then Aramis, one of the original three musketeers the finest swordsmen in all of France bribes his way into the young man s cell to reveal the shocking truth. The revelation of this truth could very well topple Louis XIV, King of France, from his throne and Aramis aims to do just that. But a daring jailbreak, a brilliant masquerade, and a bloody fight for the throne may make Aramis betray his sacred vow of All for one, one for all. And in so doing, he will pit musketeer against musketeer, bringing an end to this swashbuckling saga and either honor or disgrace upon them all.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 293 Pp. White And Orange Cloth. First American Printing. Very Near Fine, No Marks., Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Light Wear, A Few Small Edge Losses.

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1957 First Edition, first impression. Biographer and Critic Malcolm Elwin's Review Copy. Size octavo, 201 pages. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good, edges slightly rubbed, spine and outer panel edges sunned, not price clipped. The report of the 28th International P.E.N Congress held in 1956 in London. Containing essays by J. B. Priestly, Angus Wilson, William Empson, V. S. Pritchett, Andre Maurois, E. M. Forster, Stephen Spender, et al. This was the Review Copy of Biographer and Critic Malcolm Elwin (1903-1973). Loosely inserted is a typed carbon copy of Malcolm Elwin's Review of the book, 7 pages. Tipped onto the front end-paper is the original compliments slip from Angela Pain of Hansom Books Ltd on which she has asked Malcolm to produce a review of around 1200 words by April 8th, and also the compliments slip from Messrs. Hutchinson and Co Publisher's Ltd enclosing the book and asking Malcolm Elwin for a review of the book and requesting that no notice of the review should appear prior to the publication date of 25 Mar 1957.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First thus, limited to 1,000 numbered copies, a clean unmarked copy in the dust wrapper.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Jean de Bosschère (illustrator). ex. 1098/3000, 218 p. Ill. Bookplate of the Fraser Institute. Class number on spine insolated.

Three Quarter Leather. Condition: Fair to Good. Very worn bindings, needs re-binding. Loss to top and tail of spines. No titles on spine. Rubbed mleather and boards Contents in good condition. Neat inscriptions. 4 Frontis plates. Four volumes complete. 3.5" by 5.5" tall. Vol 1. 357 pages clean and tight. Vol. 2. 424 pages clean and tight. Vol 3.383 pages clean and tight. Vol 4. 412 pages clean and tight Size: 12mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. London: The Nonesuch Press, (1942). Hardcover. First edition. First printing. Fine/Fine. A clean, tight copy. Comes with original slipcase. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First US Edition; First Printing. Spine darkened, cloth foxing, light tone, 1931 owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First US Edition, First Printing of this classic pioneering anthology of alternative history by historians examining counterfactual events. First published in England in 1931 as If It Had Happened Otherwise, but few stories were deleted and Van Loon's Nieuw Amsterdam added for the US. The What-If scenarios of the historians have been considered more methodical with their focus largely on outcomes of specific military battles, than the imaginative leaps of the science fiction writers. Robert Reginald; Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist 1700-1974; 13508. Contents: If the Moors in Spain had won / Philip Guedalia; If Don John of Austria had married Mary queen of Scots / G K Chesterton; If the Dutch had kept Nieuw Amsterdam/ H W Van Loon; If Louis XVI had had an atom of firmness / André Maurois; If Drouet's cart had stuck / Hilaire Belloc; If Napoleon had escaped to America / H A L Fisher; If Byron had become king of Greece / Harold Nicolson; If Lee had not won the battle of Gettysburg / Winston S Churchill; If Booth had missed Lincoln / Milton Waldman; If the Emperor Frederick had not had cancer / Emil Ludwig; If it had been discovered in 1930 that Bacon really did write Shakespeare / J C Squire.; (ix), 379 pages.