Scott Moncrieff C K Introduction (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Nice copy with just minor wear. Pages of text are clean, bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No Edition, Printing Or Date Present. Probably Published In The 1940'S. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth With Gilt Lettering Within Black Fields On The Front And Spine. Hinges Sound And No Ownership Information Present. The Book Is Worn At The Edges And The Top Page Edges Are Dust Soiled.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Copyright Renewed 1956. 611 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Top of spine is damaged. Occassional pen markings on text. Notes in pen on last page. No dj. Slightly bumped cover board corners. Light foxing on page edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition Thus. Spine is faded. Pages are slightly browned.; First Modern Library edition. Stiff paper covers with cloth surface.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Blue Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. no place; no date xvi, [227]pp Reprint of 1694 Edition [light chipping to paper spine label] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ornamented by Martin Travers (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear. Pages tanning somewhat. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping at spine ends and edges. DJ price clipped. ; Toledano binding style '8', Kent Endpapers, DJ 'h5' listing 329 titles. ; Modern Library; Vol. 156.1; 8.0 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Hardback. The Satyricon of T. Petronius Arbiter. Burnaby's Translation 1694. Previous owners name and date to inside cover. Slightly sunned spine to cloth. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Nothing is known of the author of the Satyricon. 227 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth Hardcover, gold lettering and logo on spine. Not ex. library. 243 pages, biblio. Toning on endpapers. Light wear on corners and spine ends. Endpaper toning. Contents clean, binding tight. The Abbey Classics. Undated circa 1920's. Martin Travers (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Abbey Classics Chapman and Dodd small hardback no jacket no date circa 1950's Blue cloth with gilt lettering xvi 226 pp, minor rubbing to boards and name to fep otherwise in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. New York: Northwestern University (1961). Hardcover. First edition. First printing. Fine/Fine. A clean tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Collector's edition. Stiff unmarked book with all ot the Easton Press features in full burgundy leather. About new but for small faint smudge to front board.; 450 pages. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni (illustrator).

hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. slipcase shows signs of wear xv, 450 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Slipcase. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. No Slipcase. 2nd Edition. Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., circa 1970r. Second (2nd) Edition. Printing not specified. Volume One, copyright 1934; Volume Two, copyright 1970. Volume One contains the Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch; Swann's Way; Within a Budding Grove; and The Guermantes Way, all translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff. Volume Two contains Cities of the Plain; The Captive; The Sweet Cheat Gone; and The Past Recaptured, the first three of which were translated by Moncrieff, and the last one by Andreas Mayor, replacing the shorter translation by Frederick Blossom in the first edition. Both volumes are in Very Fine condition. Appears Unread. No slipcase included. No Dust Jackets (as issued). BOTH VOLUMES: The Text Blocks are clean, white, tight, straight and square, with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Bindings are full tan cloth, color uniform throughout, with the author's initials, black, in a circle to the front board bright gilt and black titles, etc., to each spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. See the accompanying photos. VOLUME ONE: xv, 1141 pages. VOLUME TWO: 1140 pages. Each is 5 7/8" x 8 5/8". This two-volume edition is a translation from the French of A la recherche du temps perdu, a seven volume work, the individual volumes of which are entitled, Du Cote de chez Swann; A L'Ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs; Le cote de Guermantes; Sodome et Gomorrhe; La prisoniere; Albertine disparue; and Le temps retrouve. NOTE: These are heavy books and will require extra postage: $9.00 for domestic non-priority; International to be determined, as the books together weigh more than 4 lb. (2,246 grams / 79.2 ounces), and therefore are ineligible for shipment by First Class Package International Service, and would have to be shipped Priority International Service. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. New York: Heritage Press (1947). Translated by C.K. Scott-Moncrieff; introduction by Hamilton Basso; illustrated by Rafaello Busoni Hardcover in fine condition. Some spine fading. An otherwise clean, tight copy. Comes with slipcover in very good condition. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. 4700Q.…

First Edition. Confession written to the 'ladies' by a courtier at Louis XV's court. Broadway Library of 18th Century French Literature series. VG in dustjacket.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Heritage Press Edition. This is a Heritage Press Edition (1954) with Slipcase. Slipcase shows some light scuffing and edge wear. Book itself has no dust jacket and it's spine shows some fading and sunning. Book also shows some light shelf wear. Pages are lightly browned from age and page edges are speckled by printers. Bernard Lamotte (illustrator).…

8vo. 6 x 9 inches. xii + 253 pp. Title page and other preliminaries in blue and black. Bound in original green cloth, gilt. Uncut pages. Spine sunned and a couple of ink stains on edges of front boards; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 5 black and white plates, including portrait frontispiece. Title page within decorative borders. Memoirs of the earlier life and career of the Duc de Lauzun (1747-93), French soldier, who served against the British during the American Revolution, returning to France in 1783. During the French Revolutionary War he took service with the army of the Republic and fought against the rebels in the Vendee. Following charges of lack of civic virtue and conspiracy against the Republic, he went to the guillotine on the last day of 1793, his wife following the next year. Translated by Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff (1899-1930), Scottish writer, educated at Winchester and the University of Edinburgh, and translator of Proust. Introduction by Richard Aldington (1892-1962), writer, First World war poet and biographer of T. E. Lawrence. AUTOBIOGRAPHY MILITARY MEMOIRS MILITARY FRENCH 18TH CENTURY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION** The Satyricon Of Petronius by Petronius Arbiter. New York: First published by The Modern Library in 1929, this is a 1930 printing. This is a nice Modern Library title in a great typographical dust jacket. Bound in brown balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers. The book is VERY GOOD-. Solid binding, gilt nice on cover and spine, faded matching topstain. Shelf wear and lightening of spine. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text. The beautiful typographical dust jacket is VERY GOOD- chipping at extremities and darkening to spine otherwise extremely clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 175 titles matching a 1935 printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION** The Red And The Black by Stendhal. New York. First Modern Library Edition 1929 stated on copyright page. This is a very attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title. Bound in blue balloon cloth (spine #5) with Kent end papers. Very short-lived binding style, in use 1929 - Spring 1930. This gold-heavy design was planned before the 1929 crash, and was quickly deemed too expensive for Depression-era book publishing. The gold torchbearer was replaced with a blindstamped torchbearer, and in 1930, the gold tree was dropped. The book is VERY GOOD. Solid binding, bright gilt on cover and spine, sunning to spine and part of back board, matching blue topstain nice. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text. Neat small bookstore sticker on bottom ffe "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc. Boston Mass.". GORGEOUS AND APPEARS UNREAD! The beautiful dust jacket is VERY GOOD with chipping and darkened spine otherwise VERY clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 159 titles matching a 1929 First Modern Library Edition. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN DUST JACKET ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION! This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. VERY RARE 1937 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET IN NEAR FINE CONDITION!! The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1937 stated on copyright page. Spectacular pictorial dust jacket design. The book is bound in blue balloon cloth type 7 binding. Book is NEAR FINE binding solid and tight, gilt bright and nice, matching topstain nice, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. GORGEOUS AND APPEARS UNREAD! The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with small chip on back panel and slightly darkened spine. GORGEOUS pictorial dust jacket is extremely bright and clean with and an amazing graphic on the cover! 95 cent price present and bright on front flap. 245 titles listed on the back panel indicating a 1937 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND THIS TITLE WITH A DUST JACKET IN THIS CONDITION! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOOK: Covered in Maroon balloon cloth; Spine 5; fading on spine; brownish topstain; large gold torchbearer on front; pinkish Kent EP; 159 titles listed at back. Per Scot Kamins, Dostoyevsky's Brother K is listed; Chaucer is not listed. STORY: Satirizes and parodies the human absurdities and spectacular failures of contemporary Roman society. Petronius' depictions of his protagonists and their equally disreputable acquaintances are icily drawn; the outrageous, the obscene, and even the monstrous appear as commonplace. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: Book has Raspberry Red Balloon Cloth, pink Kent Endpapers, cover has gold gilt torchbearer on front center; grapevine on side bottom and author/title on top of spine. Previous owner's name discretely written in ink on ffep with a date of 12/7/29. DJ unclipped (95 cents); 159 books listed on inside; covered in mylar; chips on corners and top spine edge; two short closed tears on back top. STORY: Petronius [died 66 A.D.] who, at the court of Nero, acted as arbiter of elegance and dictator of fashion. .…

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. 4to, 450 pp. Quarter red morocco, black cloth boards, gilt vignette illustration to upper cover and lettering to backstrip, backstrip faded, lacks slipcase, internally a fine copy. § Copy #666 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Rafaello Busoni. Signed.…