Merton Reginald Translator (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Thus. First thus, first impression. 246pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth is worn and rubbed, with some minor cracking at the base of a lightly sunned spine. Text block edges, endpapers and page margins a little toned. Previous owner's name neatly inked on the front free endpaper. A few minor signs of handling internally. A fine translation of Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time, widely regarded as the first major psychological thriller in Russian literature. First translated into English in 1853 (and, much later by Vladimir Nabokov) under the title Sketches of Life in the Caucasus, by a Russe, it is structured as five interconnected stories revolving around the same main character, Grigory Pechorin. This edition features a foreword by Prince Mirsky one of the finest Russian literary historians. Merton's translation is often considered the most readable and flowing available, as Merton prioritised turning the Russian into natural, elegant English.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. An overview of the world of spiritualists, mediums, magicians, & secret societies, the "unexalted masters" who have served as "heroic messengers" to bring the truth from East to West. In 287 pages with Index in rear. Translated from the original French by R. Merton, originally published in Britain under the title, "The Return of the Magi." This is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, First Printing, with a 1932 copyright date. Hardcover octavo has violet cloth over boards stamped with gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: completely clean & unmarked inside, pages creamy white with light, even tanning, heavier offsetting to endpapers; small sticker to ffep from Llewellyn's astrological bookstore in Los Angeles, CA. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Exterior boards show spotting & mild rubbing to extremities, heavily sunned spine. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

dj. First Edition. [Animal novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in blue to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price 7s. 6d. to front flap. Previous ownership inscription pencilled to free endpaper, toning to top edge of textblock, slight rolling to spine, dust-jacket toned to spine. A very good copy. 'Rau Tau', translated from the French by Reginald Merton, is a tale of a journey through the African Bush.…