Potocki Count Jan (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First UK Edition. First English edition 8vo. Minor wear. closed tears, marks to back of unclipped jacket, black boards, sound binding, very good page condition.

Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Hardcover with dustjacket : very good plus / very good plus. Book: remainder streak to fore edge of text block, otherwise like new. Jacket: light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Thus. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1966, 235 pages | intact copy shows moderate general wear; pages are conspicuously yellow due to age; free of name, notes etc | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Black cloth boards with red spine titles. Very clean and unmarked book with bright contents. Dustjacket also good. One small tear to front top edge and a little darkened around rear borders otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Original cloth. Minor bump to textblock edge. Slight rubbing to cloth. The DJ is a bit toned to spine, 2cm closed edge tear with crease to rear panel, slight wear to points. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Gray cloth hardcover. Three bookplate ghosts to ffep/fep else tight and unmarked. Trace soil to exterior. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 433 pages.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Great condition. Jacket has light wear, but inside is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. 1962, fine in fine dust jacket.

The Saragossa Manuscript: A Collection of Weird Tales. Count Jan Potocki. First written between the late 1790s and 1815 in French. This copy: First English edition published in 1961 by Cassell & Company Ltd. (London). Translated by Elizabeth Abbott, edited and with preface by Roger Caillois. Original black cloth with gilt spine title, in publisher's black dust jacket, xxii + 242 pages. Binding: Hardcover. Size: 21.0 x 14.5 cm. Weight: 0.7 kg. Language: English. Condition: Jacket: Good - light wear and small tears; minor creasing; previous owner's name written on innner jacket verso. Body: Good - lightly handled with general signs of use. Binding: Good - slightly loosened. Edges: Good - some foxing and age toning visible. Pages: Good - pencil notes on front flyleaf; faint foxing; previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Small stamp on title page; Age toning throughout. Text: Good - Legible. Price on front flap: Clipped. Description: A cornerstone of European fantastic literature, The Saragossa Manuscript was composed between the late 18th and early 19th centuries by Polish nobleman and traveler Count Jan Potocki. This English edition, published in 1961, was translated by Elizabeth Abbott and edited by French writer and scholar Roger Caillois. Set in 18th-century Spain, the narrative unfolds through interwoven tales of mystery, philosophy, romance, and the supernatural - stories within stories that explore fate, illusion, and human desire. The work later inspired Wojciech Has's acclaimed 1965 film The Saragossa Manuscript. Shipping from Tokyo, Japan. International shipping available. Please note: All sales are final, especially for higher-value items. Returns are not accepted unless the item is significantly not as described. Stock availability may change, as our listings are shared with a physical bookstore.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York:The Orion Press. (1960). 1st edition. xviii+233pp. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Book in very good clean condition. Boards clean with light soiling to page edges. Internally, endpages lightly age toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn along edges, with some small chips and tears. It is not price clipped. .

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published by Cassell of London in 1960. Soft cover. 1st edition. This is an Uncorrected Proof Copy. Book condition: Fair to Good. Both cover and inside pages are in good order apart from some foxing to the edges of the pages. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Price unclipped. See photograph. Dims: 203mm x 138mm x 20mm. 242 pages.

First edition in English. Octavo, cloth. A collection of about twenty-five supernatural tales, arranged in the traditional structure typified by THE DECAMERON (or THE CANTERBURY TALES): tales told over a series of days by travelers en route to somewhere or else holed up in transit. Translation of MANUSCRIT TROUVE A SARAGOSSE (1958), which collects the first fourteen days (thirteen of which were published in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1804 and 1805) and the "Tales Taken from Avadoro, a Spanish Story" (first published in Paris in 1813). "All in all, one of the Romantic masterpieces of the day." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1326. "His most famous supernatural work ." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 332-33. The work was continued in Potocki's THE NEW DECAMERON (1967). [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 2-43. Reginald 11831]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (25578).

Octavo, cloth. First edition in English. A collection of about fifteen supernatural tales, arranged in the traditional structure typified by THE DECAMERON (or THE CANTERBURY TALES): tales told over a series of days by travelers en route to somewhere or else holed up in transit. The narration of most of the stories here is broken up over several days. A sequel to THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT: A COLLECTION OF WEIRD TALES (1960) which collects the material from the remaining forty-five extant days and the epilogue. "All in all, one of the Romantic masterpieces of the day." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1326. "His most famous supernatural work ." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 332-33. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 2-43. Reginald 11830. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at edges and a bit of rubbing to black background ink. Scarce. A much nicer copy than most. (#160883).