Peter Antony Motteux (37 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. Volume 3. This book has soft covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Lawrence and Bullen January 1892 Binding: Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very handsome copy with little wear. Former owners book plate inside cover. LImited edtition. Bonded leather. #34 of 560 copies ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London: No publication date, c. late 19th century. Red cloth binding, paper label on spine, 524 pp. Includes ten full-page illustrations by Chalon. Very good in cloth. Chalon (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Library Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt decoration blind stamped on cover and gilt title on spine. Upper section of slpine is missing. Spine is sunned. Spine rubbed at base. Corners bumped. Usual library stamps and labels. Light tanning to front and rear end papers. Clean text. Rough cut pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Editiion. Ex-Library Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt decoration blind stamoped on cover and gilt title on spine. Upper section of spine cloth missing and small piece missing at base. Spine is sunned. Small splits to spine edge on lower cover. Light tanning to font and rear end papers. Usual library stamps and labels. Sporadic light foxing through text, otherwise clean contents. Rough cut pages. …

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Brown morocco gilt, small thick 4to., 741, (1) pages. One of 1,560 numbered copies nicely printed by Mackay on mould-made Fabriano and attractively bound by Woolnough. A fine copy.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Uniformally bound in brown cloth and gilt titles to spine, lightly rubbed with chipping to spine of volume 1. Price is for both volumes and depending on destination will incur extra postage to that stated. Please contact me direct for more information and accurate shipping costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Titles in red and black; inserted plated; full-olive green-buckram, spines gilt, a little wear to extremities. A very good set.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Natural linen with spine label printed in black and gilt, large 8vo., 741, (1) pages. One of 1,560 numbered copies printed by W. & J. Mackay on Fabriano Cartiere Miliani rag paper. Spare label at rear. An attractive, fine copy in archival mylar.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No publication date (late 19th century). Volume IX of Bibliophilist's Library. Black cloth binding, paste-on label, rough-cut pages. Volume I of 2 volumes. Printed on Japanese Vellum, limited edition, this being #96 of 1,000 copies printed by subscription only. Contains three books in this volume. Frontispieces plus 5 double illustrations/engravings with protective tissues. 322 pages. Paste-on label discolored, corners bumped. Very good condition. Boilvin, Emile, etchings (illustrator).…

Condition: Good0. First edition thus (hardback), volume 1 only. 4to (30cm by 22cm), xlvi, 341pp. 10 plates by Louis Chalon. Original white cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt morif to the front board. Binding rubbed and dusty, bookplate to the front pastedown, chafing to the foot of the spine, many pages unopened; overall, this book is in good condition. The is the large-paper edition printed on japon, limited to 210 sets (this book is number 92). Please note that this is volume 1 only. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A two volume set of this limited edition, no.939 out of 1000 published. First English translation with an introduction by Anatole de Montaiglon. Quarto hardback Bound in green silk with gilt embossed vignette to the front boards and lettering to the spines. xlviii + 342 pages + xiv + 456 pages Illustrated with 15 engraved plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece plate to volume I Good condition - edges rubbed and spine slightly darkened No inscriptions Printed by the Chiswick Press. Louis Chalon (illustrator). …

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Two volumes with owner bookplate, modest cover wear. No copyright date circa 1890. Privately printed by George Barrie & Sons. Emile Boilvin (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A. H. Bullen 1904. Three volumes. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. With illustrations. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Complete two volume set. Limited edition, number 923 of 1000 copies printed for England and America. Green moire bindings with gilt vignette to front boards. Page edges untrimmed. Fading and slight rubbing to spines. Foxing to page edges, heavy tanning to free endpapers. Light foxing to first and last few pages in both volumes. Occasional patches of light foxing elsewhere. Tear to upper margin of page xiii/xiv in volume I. Portrait frontis and eight plates in Volume I; six plates in Volume II. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper in both volumes. . Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 8 x 11.25 inches (20 x 28.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Large 4to. xlvi, [2], 341, [3]; xi, [3], 455, [1].…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 Volumes; Hardcovers in Very Good condition, 8vo, pages: lv,322; ix,448; 3/4 Burgundy leather, red cloth boards, spine titles in gilt, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, red satin place holders, Vol.I with frontis etchings in two states by Emile Boilvin (one with device at bottom) plus 5 additional etchings all with captioned tissues, Vol.II likewise with double frontis and 4 additional etchings; Printed for subscribers only; Tips worn, spine edges lightly rubbed. Bookseller accession no.: 16761. Extra postage will be required for this heavy 2-volume set. The adventures of two giants (a satirical story).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A handsome two-volume set of limited editions of Rabelais" comic Renaissance masterpiece, pairing the UrquhartMotteux translation with Louis Chalon"s illustrations. In the publisher's original green moire binding.A limited edition, being number six hundred and eighty two of one thousand copies printed for England and America.Complete in two volumes.Volume I is illustrated by Louis Chalon with nine plates, including a frontispiece, while Volume II is illustrated with six plates. Collated, complete.A late-Victorian edition of Rabelais" comic epic Gargantua and Pantagruel, presenting the classic UrquhartMotteux translation alongside Chalon"s richly imaginative illustrations.François Rabelais (c.1494-1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, and humanist, celebrated for his inventive language and sharp social satire. His Gargantua cycle remains a landmark of European literature, influencing generations of writers from Sterne to Joyce. In the publisher's original moire binding.Externally, very smart. The odd minor handling mark to boards. Slight fading to extremities and spines. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to moire. Slight discolouration to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers with the odd spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves and fore edge. The odd leaf uncut. Very Good. Louis Chalon (illustrator). book.…

Hardback. 3 Vols. Rubbed, fawn cloth with gilt spine titles. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed page edges. Owner bookplate to inside Fr. cover of each vol. 9.7" x 7". 1. xlvi pp. + 240 pp. 2. xii pp. + 265 pp. 3. xii pp. + 307 pp. Illus: 14 tissue-guarded plates by Louis Chalon. Wt: 2.6 Kg. Extra postage outwith UK. Uniform set in uniform condition. Good+.…