Trans Winifred Stephens (6 results)

Condition: Good. 1925. No Edition Remarks. 325 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt and an illustration. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked red cloth boards, now lightly scuffed and dust-dulled. Spine sun-toned; endbands slightly rubbed. Top edge gilt. Preliminary and final leaves foxed; the main text is remarkably well preserved: strong and clean, with pages unread and unopened. Physical description; lxxvi, [2], 477 pages : frontispiece, 1 plate ; 23 cm. Notes; Vol. 1 of 2. Translation of Vie de Jeanne d'Arc. Subjects; Joan of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked red cloth boards, now lightly scuffed and dust-dulled. Spine sun-toned; endbands slightly rubbed. Top edge gilt. Preliminary and final leaves foxed; the main text is remarkably well preserved: strong and clean, with pages unread and unopened. Physical description; lxxvi, [2], 477 pages : frontispiece, 1 plate ; 23 cm. Notes; Vol. 1 of 2. Translation of Vie de Jeanne d'Arc. Subjects; Joan of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Red cloth titled in black. Foxing, mostly to edges and endpages. Spine ends worn, slight bumping. The DJ in mylar is worn to spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. All pages intact, with firm bindings, and appearing unmarked. Moderately tanned and foxed text block edges. Boards show wear with rubbing and bumping to corners, edges and spines.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A desirable first English edition of Andre Malraux's first novel, complete with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first English edition of Andre Malraux's first novel, 'The Conquerors'. Translated by Winifred Stephens Whale.Scarce.With the very scarce original dust wrapper, unclipped. An incredibly smart example for its age.An exciting novelisation of the 1920s Cantonese revolution in Hong Kong, describing the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communists.The plot serves as a vehicle for French novelist Andre Malraux to discuss issues of colonialism and revolution, which he opposes and favours respectively.Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with fading to the spine and slightly to board edges. Minimal shelf wear. Dust wrapper is very smart indeed, with sunning to the spine and minor edge wear. Small chip to the fly leaf joint and a couple minor marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only minor offsetting to endpapers and a few spots to the fore edge affecting the odd page. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…