Smithers Leonard C Editor (13 results)

Condition: Fair. . Former Library book. Samara edition. Limited edition, number 261 out of 500 copies. (literature, fiction).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One of 680 copies printed. Ex library with usual markings, otherwise a very good clean bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library with typical library markings/labels. Inside hinges of vol. 1 are cracked, otherwise binding secure on all vols. Plate 24, opposite title page of vol. 3 is detached, laid in. A few pages near beginning are starting to crack at hinge. Some pages uncut. Covers have corner and edge wear, fraying on top and bottom of spine cover. Gold decorative covers are bright. Top edge gilt. 416, 431, 444 pp. No dust jackets. Vol. 3 has 1897 pub. date. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardback copy. No dustjacket. Gilt illustration on front cover and gilt letters on spine. Bookplate inside cover. viii, 308pp. Book.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. No DW. Not dated but about 1920. Strong dark blue cloth, gilt.Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1400g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 6 volumes (12 volumes bound in 6 volumes) - complete set. Bombay Edition. Limited Edition of 625 sets. Very Good hardcovers in black cloth boards with red spinal block with gilt spinal lettering and gilt-decorative spines and front panels (shelf wear/rubbing to spinal extremities and to edges/corners of each volume; some fading to gilt of upper and lower spine of each volume; two small 1/4" tears to top spine of volume 6; small 1/4" circular chip missing to outer cloth of mid-spine of volume 5, not affecting spinal lettering; small 1/4" bump to lower right side edge of volume 1; front inner hinge is starting and exposed between front pastedown and front free endpaper of volume 1 but binding is still tight and strong on that volume). Translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R.F. Burton. Reprinted from the original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece illustration. Clean text and tight bindings. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this heavy 6-volume set. No international shipping due to size and weight of the set.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [GUEULLETTE, THOMAS-SIMON; SMITHERS, LEONARD C. (editor)]. The Transmigrations of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam (Chinese Tales). London: H. S. Nichols and Co., MDCCCXCIIII. [1894]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. One of seventy-five copies specially printed on hand-made paper; leather-bound; hardcover with slipcase; royal octavo (24.5 x 15.5 x 3 cm); pp. viii, 252, [18, publisher's catalogue], [1]. English text, translated from the original French. Beautifully bound in full vibrant crimson morocco by *Donnelley of Chicago, with gilt rules to covers and subtle fleuron design that extends from the bands around the second compartment of the spine onto the front and rear covers. Five bands to spine with title to second compartment. Gilt-ruled turn-ins with star and crescent moon tooled corner-pieces. Top edge gilt, other edges unevenly cut. Plain gray endpapers. Half-title. Title-page printed in red and black. Advertisements bound in at rear. Housed in its original red cloth flannel-lined slipcase. Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy. Notes: The Transmigrations of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam is a classic 18th-century collection of stories originally written by French author Thomas-Simon Gueullette and later edited and translated into English by Leonard C. Smithers. The book is structured as a series of interconnected "Oriental tales," being heavily influenced by the style of The Arabian Nights. It revolves around a Mandarin named Fum-Hoam who recounts his numerous reincarnations to the beautiful Princess Gulchenraz. His journey involves diverse characters, including treacherous court officials, wise sages, and royalty like Malik Al-Salim, the King of Georgia. The tales weave in elements of Confucianism and Taoism, offering a Western "Orientalist" perspective on ancient Chinese culture, magic, and moral wisdom. While Gueullette wrote the original French version in the early 1700s, Leonard C. Smithers published this English version in 1894. It is limited to six hundred and eighty copies only, seventy-five of which are on Arnold's unbleached hand-made paper, and five of which are on Japanese vellum. This copy is one of the seventy-five on Arnold's hand-made paper, and is specially bound by Chicago firm Donnelley. *"For thirteen years [1923-1935], the Extra Bindery [at Donnelley] was headed by the distinguished English bookbinder Alfred de Sauty, who was recruited by T. E. Donnelley from the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. De Sauty immediately set the standard for American bookbinding when he hired three European-trained bookbinders, William Anson, Basil Cronk, and Leonard Mounteney. As was the European tradition, hand-binding at RR Donnelley was a team effort. The head of the bindery generally established the design and specified the materials. From there, a book passed through the hands of several staff members, each responsible for a particular aspect of the process; sewing, backing, tooling, and finishing" (University of Chicago Library).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 12 Volume Set. Bound in red half morocco boards with green cloth, gilt lettering and design along spines, five raised bands along spines. Marbled inside covers and endpapers. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers, heavy foxing throughout set, some spines are lightly cracked. Set is in Very Good-minus condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Thus. Complete in twelve (12) volumes, uniformly bound in black cloth, front covers elaborately decorated and spine panels lettered in gilt. Worn but complete, with most volumes showing rubbing and/or shallow (to 1/4") cloth loss at spine extremities, rubbed corners. Text block edges typically tanned by age, flyleaves and adjacent pages tanned. Some endpapers chipped with loss along edges, a few hinges starting but most mended/firm, interiors nicely intact. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Library Edition, First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, tall 8vo (6 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches) in publisher's black cloth blocked in gold with ornate "orientalist" design approximating, perhaps, a harem screen, incorporating a section of Arabic bar lettering, the titles to the spine in gold, and rear board with a triangular vignette of Arabic script. Top edge gilt, others trimmed. Includes original publisher's note to booksellers, laid in. Also includes facsimile title page from Burton's subscriber-only first edition of 1885. This 1894 Library Edition set, in 12 volumes, contains extensive footnotes and a concluding essay by the Author. Vols. 1-12 complete, v.p. Printed on glazed stock, with extensive footnotes by Burton as well as a concluding essay at the end of the last volume. **CONDITION: Very Good. Occasional light marks to boards, very light rubbing to a couple of the outer joints, with moderate wear to head and tails of spines. Hinges appear in order. Top edge gilt a bit dulled. Light browning to prelims, and signs of light foxing to text block edges. Elsewhere light age toning, and pages are generally clean ( the odd smudge) and unwritten on. Vol. 1 with small 1/4 inch loss to top right of ffep. Set would require minimum of 15 inches of shelf space. As introduced in his "Translator's Forward," of Vol. 1, these tales of Moslem folklore were collected, adapted, written and rewritten from time immemorial, the various stories harking from areas of the Middle East, Northern Africa, Egypt and Syria; many places the Victorian polyglot extraordinaire army captain, traveler, author and later diplomat, CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD F. BURTON( 1821-1890) lived during his remarkable career, begun with the making of the Haj and visit to the Muslim citadel of Mecca in the early 1850's while in various disguises. He did convert to Islam from Catholicism, part of what sets him apart as a culturally-sensitive Western "orientalist," not unlike Lafcadio Hearn in this regard. Some earlier English and French nineteenth-century editions had been issued of "The Arabian Nights,", from which Burton takes exception with most. The premise of the work is a series of tales told by a woman, Scheherazade, the vizier's daughter, in order to distract the King Shahryar from the revenge he wishes to take on his unfaithful wife. Also described as a scientific and ethnographic work in its scope by the editor, and an important addition to world literature. REF: LOC. DNB. A.S. Byatt, Preface to "The Arabian Nights, Tales from a Thousand and One Nights," (New York,Modern Library, 2001.) (AMJ). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good set in red half leather with gilt titles and decorations on spine. Book plate on first pastedown. First volume has a couple of tears at top of spine. Otherwise, some minor scuffing, toning to edges of page block.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited. Bombay Edition. Limited to 625 sets. Privately Printed for Subscribers Only. Not dated. Reprinted from Burton's original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Twelve volumes in six. Black cloth boards with gilt front and spine. All six volumes are tightly bound and some have clearly never been read with some pages uncut, but all six volumes have some mild soiling and have heavy wear to the spines with edge wear and faded titles. We rated the set GOOD because of the spines. Otherwise, this would have been listed as a VERY GOOD set.…

(.series of 71 original illustrations reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Letchford. Library edition - In 12 Volumes cpl. - in englischer Sprache ). Band 1 mit XXXII ( Contents und Foreword ), 416 Seiten / Band 2 mit VIII ( Contents ), 1 Blatt, 431 Seiten / Band 3 mit X ( Contents ), 1 Blatt, 444 Seiten / Band 4 mit X ( Contents ), 1 Blatt, 420 Seiten / Band 5 mit VIII, 400 Seiten / Band 6 mit 2 n.n. Blättern, 408 Seiten / Band 7 mit VIII, 1 Blatt, 406 Seiten / Band 8 mit XIII, 1 Blatt, 444 Seiten / Band 9 mit 2 n.n. Blättern, 424 Seiten / Band 10 mit XIX, 1 Blatt, 479 Seiten / Band 11 mit IX, 1 Blatt, 495 Seiten / Band 12 mit XXIV, 1 Blatt, 399 Seiten. Mit zusammen 71 schwarz-weißen bzw. getönten Illustrationen auf Tafeln. Die Titelblätter jeweils in rot und schwarz gedruckt. Die Einbände jeweils in goldgeprägtem Original-Leinwand mit reich goldgeprägtem Vorderdeckel sowie meist mit Kopfgoldschnitt, 4° ( 26,5 x 17 cm ). Leider von nur mäßiger Erhaltung: Die Einbände sind berieben, Ecken und Kanten teils bestoßen, der schmale Einbandrücken zu den Kapitalen hin meist etwas angeplatzt und meist stärker ausgefranst. Die Bindung ist meist defekt, Buchblock teils stark gelockert. Innen sind die Seiten teils gering fleckig bzw. gering stockfleckig, nur wenige Seiten stärker fleckig, Buchschnitt meist leicht stockfleckig. Seiten meist unbeschnitten. Die Tafeln meist sauber und von guter Erhaltung. Zusammen 12 Bände ( so vollständig ). ( Gesamtgewicht ca. 14400 Gramm ) (Bitte beachten: Beim Versand ins Ausland erhöhte Versandkosten aufgrund des hohen Gewichts ) ( Lagerort SR, Schreibtisch unten )( Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage ) / Artikel 21619 /// (.series of 71 original illustrations reproduced from the original pictures in oils specially painted by Letchford. Library edition - In 12 Volumes cpl. - in englischer Sprache ). Band 1 mit XXXII ( Contents und Foreword ), 416 Seiten / Band 2 mit VIII ( Contents ), 1 Blatt, 431 Seiten / Band 3 mit X ( Contents ), 1 Blatt, 444 Seiten / Band 4 mit X ( Contents ), 1 Blatt, 420 Seiten / Band 5 mit VIII, 400 Seiten / Band 6 mit 2 n.n. Blättern, 408 Seiten / Band 7 mit VIII, 1 Blatt, 406 Seiten / Band 8 mit XIII, 1 Blatt, 444 Seiten / Band 9 mit 2 n.n. Blättern, 424 Seiten / Band 10 mit XIX, 1 Blatt, 479 Seiten / Band 11 mit IX, 1 Blatt, 495 Seiten / Band 12 mit XXIV, 1 Blatt, 399 Seiten. Mit zusammen 71 schwarz-weißen bzw. getönten Illustrationen auf Tafeln. Die Titelblätter jeweils in rot und schwarz gedruckt. Die Einbände jeweils in goldgeprägtem Original-Leinwand mit reich goldgeprägtem Vorderdeckel sowie meist mit Kopfgoldschnitt, 4° ( 26,5 x 17 cm ). Unfortunately in only moderate condition: the bindings are rubbed, corners and edges partly bumped, the narrow spine usually somewhat chipped towards the capitals and usually more frayed. The binding is mostly defective, the book block partly very loose. Some of the pages inside are slightly stained or slightly foxed, only a few pages are more heavily stained, most of the edges slightly foxed. Pages mostly uncut. The plates mostly clean and in good condition. Together 12 volumes ( so complete ). ( total weight approx. 14400 grams ) (Please note: When shipping abroad increased shipping costs due to the high weight ) ( storage location SR, desk below ) ( more pictures on request ) / item 21619 /// (série de 71 illustrations originales reproduites à partir des peintures à l'huile originales réalisées spécialement par Letchford. Édition bibliothèque en 12 volumes en anglais). Volume 1 avec XXXII (Table des matières et Avant-propos), 416 pages / Volume 2 avec VIII (Table des matières), 1 feuillet, 431 pages / Volume 3 avec X (Table des matières), 1 feuillet, 444 pages / Volume 4 avec X (Table des matières), 1 feuillet, 420 pages / Volume 5 avec VIII, 400 pages / Volume 6 avec 2 feuillets non numérotés, 408 pages / Volume 7 avec VIII, 1 feuillet, 406 pages / Volume 8 avec XIII, 1 feuillet, 444 pages / Volume 9 avec 2 feuillets non numérotés / Volume 10, 424 pages ; Volume 10, 479 pages (1 feuillet) ; Volume 11, 495 pages (1 feuillet) ; Volume 12, 399 pages (24 feuillets). Cet ouvrage comprend 71 illustrations en noir et blanc ou coloriées, imprimées sur planches. Les pages de titre sont imprimées en rouge et noir. La reliure d'origine est en toile dorée à la feuille, avec des plats et des tranches de tête richement dorés. Format in-quarto (26,5 x 17 cm). Malheureusement, l'état de conservation est passable: la reliure est frottée, les coins et les bords sont parfois émoussés, le dos étroit est généralement légèrement fendu et plus effiloché en tête et en pied. La reliure est globalement défectueuse et le corps d'ouvrage est parfois très mobile. À l'intérieur, les pages sont partiellement tachées ou rousses, quelques-unes seulement étant plus fortement tachées. Les tranches sont généralement légèrement rousses. Les pages sont pour la plupart non rognées. Les planches sont généralement propres et en bon état. Collection complète de 12 volumes. (Poids total approximatif: 14400grammes) (Remarque: des frais de port plus élevés s'appliquent pour les envois internationaux en raison du poids) (Emplacement de stockage: SR, bureau en dessous) (Photos supplémentaires disponibles sur demande) / Article n°21619.…