Adventures Gil Blas Santillane Complete (34 results)

Hardcover. Gr.-8°, 24,5 x 16 cm. Two original half-leather volumes with leather corners, gold embossed short title on green label on spine, gold decorative lines on spine, marbled covers and light red three-page trim. Corners and edges are slightly bumped and scraped. 486 / 478 pages, richly illustrated in one colour. Slightly yellowed in places in the marginal area, a few pages with small marginal lesions. The book block in front of the title page has cracked in both volumes. Both front inner covers with a mounted bookplate ( W. Fitz-Gerald O' Shaughnessy ). Overall in good condition outside and inside. --- Zwei originale Halblederbände mit Lederecken, goldgeprägtem Kurztitel auf grünem Rückenschild, goldenen Schmucklinien am Rücken, marmorierten Deckeln sowie hellrotem Dreiseitenschnitt. Ecken und Kanten sind etwas bestoßen und beschabt. 486 / 478 Seiten, reich einfarbig illustriert. Im Randbereich stellenweise etwas gelbfleckig, wenige Seiten mit kleinen Randläsionen. Vor dem Titelblatt ist in beiden Bänden der Buchblock angebrochen. Beide vorderen Innendeckel mit einem montierten ExLibris ( W. Fitz-Gerald O' Shaughnessy ). Insgesamt außen und innen in gutem Zustand. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Lesen Sie etwas Schönes auf einer Bank in der Frühlingssonne! Wir haben die passende Lektüre. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! LitFre.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 4 x 7 in. Original paper boards with paper spine label. Condition is GOOD+ ; spines has some fine cracks and a bit of loss, labels are toned and chipped. Bindings tight and text unmarked. PO's bookplate on front pastedowns.

Condition: Fair. Reprint. Complete four volume set. Original publisher's binding of quarter blue-grey cloth with drab boards. Paper title labels to spines. All edges untrimmed. Spines heavily worn with loss to cloth and labels. Rubbing and marking to boards. Cracking to joints, front board of Volume I is detached. Engraved frontis to all volumes. Foxing to frontispieces, offsetting to title pages, some light foxing to text. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper in two volumes. Overall condition is Fair. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches (10.5 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 314; 265; 303; 289.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. No Jacket. Half-Leather On Marbled Boards, 316 + 308 + 304 Pages; Each Part Has Its Frontis And Title Page. A Soundly Bound And Completetext-Block But The Front Hinge Is Broken And Spine Is Damaged, Intermittent Foxing Throughout. Not Ex Library. A Heavy Book, Overseas Shipping Will Exceed The Abebooks Default Rate - Please Email The Bookseller For An Overseas Shipping Quote.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Spine ends and cover corners lightly rubbed; small light stain at one lower spine; bookplates.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Small 12mo. Dark green 3/4 leather with marbled paper covered boards and 4 raised bands. Probably a later 19th century binding. Frontispiece engravings R. Smirke pinx, R C Bruen sculp. Intermittent light foxing. 316 pp, 308 pp, 304 pp. A very clean, tight and handsome set with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.

Jean Gigoux (illustrator). A popular picaresque classic of European literature, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane was originally written in French by Alain-René Lesage and first published between 1715 and 1735. This English translation - initially anonymously issued but long attributed to the celebrated novelist Tobias Smollett - helped bring the roguish exploits of Gil Blas to a broad British readership. The work follows its titular hero through a series of vivid misadventures, satirising social pretensions, clerical hypocrisy, and the follies of power. This well illustrated edition demonstrates the enduring popularity of the translation during the 18th  & 19th  centuries. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. Translated from the French of Le Sage by T. Smollett, M.D., and Illustrated by Jean Gigoux. In Two volumes, complete. Published by J.J. Dubochet, Charles Tilt, and R. Hooper, London, 1836. Provenance: Armorial Bookplate of "William Webb Hayward" to first pastedown. A very good set of two full leather hardbacks. Covers with tooled gilt and blind stamped border designs, and the spine with gilt tooled decoration (now faded and rubbed). The spine also has raised bands and each volume with 2 later burgundy gilt morocco title labels. Covers with some rubbing and wear, but all soundly bound. Gilt dentelles to interior. Leather is sunned to tan colour to spine and extremities whilst the boards retain a reddish brown hue. Text is bright and clear throughout and the illustrations are bright and attractive. Vol I with some light scattered foxing throughout and Vol II has very few blemishes. Gilt edges to text block. An attractive set. Language: English Vol. I: 486 pp.; Vol. II: 478 pp. Both volumes with numerous illustrations in the text. Dimensions: Each volume approximately 245 × 165 × 35 mm. Weight: Approximately 2.1 kg (unpacked).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. These two 16mos. are in their original dark green crushed morocco leather bindings with blind-tooled rules, ornamentation & lettering. There is gold-tooling to the leather turn-ins at the top, bottom & fore-edges of the bindings. All edges gilt. Each volume has 13 engraved illustrated plates plus an engraved & illustrated title page for a total of 28 engraved plates. Condition: the front hinge of volume 1 is tender; light rubbing to the remaining hinges & corners of both volumes. Volume 1 has two bookplates: one mounted on the 1st pastedown & the other on the 1st free endpaper; volume 2 has one bookplate on the 1st pastedown. Else in very good condition. Illustrated with 28 engraved plates. Pages: volume 1: 350; volume 2: 344.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date. Original buckram-backed boards. Top edges gilt. Two covers partly lightly stained; one cover unevenly faded. "Limited to 300 copies for Britain and America." This copy not numbered.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. John Austen (illustrator). Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in putty 1/4 cloth, royal blue cloth, spine panels lettered in gilt. No. 380 of an edition limited to 1,500 copies, hand-numbered and signed by illustrator John Austen on Vol. II rear colophon. Slight soiling to cover cloth, spine panels somewhat toned. Vol. II shows 1" x 1/4" area of surface loss on lower spine panel. Firm bindings, clean and unmarked interiors. xxvi,330 + xi,331-661 pp., illus. including color. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Tan leather covers are crackled, chipped, and worn with 4 of the boards detached (present) and the other 2 with weak hinges. Spines are straight. Pages have very sparse modest foxing and faint toning but clean and in very good condition making them a good candidate for rebinding. Tailpieces and a total of 11 engraved plates present. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. Limited Edition. Complete in three (3) volumes, royal 8vo, uniformly bound in tan 1/4 buckram, blue paper covered boards, lettered in gilt on black leather title labels, top text block edges in gilt. Limited to an edition of 300 copies, this set out of series. All three volumes show modest soiling to cloth portions and mild surface rubbing/spotting to covers, with rubbing and relatively minor exposure to several corners. Firm bindings, clean interiors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Undated; printed ca. 1880-85. Reprint. Three small octavo volumes in yellow cloth bindings. B&W illustrations. Condition: some insect damage & minor soiling to bindings of volumes I & III; bookplates & labels to the first endpapers of all 3 volumes; else good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 1- 398 pages. Vol. 2- 407 pages. Vol. 3- 395 pages. 5 x 7 1/4 in. Maroon cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine, top edge of text block gilt. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers, heavy wear to spine ends esp. top ends and bottom end of Vol. 1, spines faded and soiled, corners lightly worn, cover edge of Vol. 3 and one small spot on rear cover edge highly abraded, edges of text block yellowed, pages clean, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Half leather and grained boards. Boards worn at edges and leather also worn. Internally clean bright and tight. Very good for age.

Full Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Complete four volumes with woodblock plates. Full leather is scuffed and worn, and a couple of the covers remain only barely attached. A little light foxing and some age toning. Contents all remain tight and generally clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Set of four hardcover volumes, complete, bound in leather. All have been re-backed with new, light brown leather over the spine, and gold-stamped title labels of black leather. It's inelegant, but serves a purpose. Plain endpapers. Interiors are clean and unmarked, with sound binding. Illustrations throughout. Volume 1 has an interesting hand sewn repair to page 131/132. Text blocks sound. A very good copy of what Poe described as one of the finest narratives written.

First Edition. Good copies only in contemporary gilt-blocked orange and cream-coloured cloth boards, now somewhat dust-dulled and rubbed at the endbands. Minor stains to vol 1 spine and vol 2 fore-edge. Vol 1 and vol 3 front hinges broken, with vol 2 starting; vol 3 rear hinge starting. Text blocks remain bright, clean and securely-bound. A very serviceable set overall. Physical description; complete in 3 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Translated from the French. Subjects; French fiction 18th century Translations into English. Picaresque literature, French Translations into English. Spain Social life and customs 18th century Fiction. Rogues and vagabonds Fiction. Adventure stories, French Translations into English. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copies only in contemporary gilt-blocked orange and cream-coloured cloth boards, now somewhat dust-dulled and rubbed at the endbands. Minor stains to vol 1 spine and vol 2 fore-edge. Vol 1 and vol 3 front hinges broken, with vol 2 starting; vol 3 rear hinge starting. Text blocks remain bright, clean and securely-bound. A very serviceable set overall. Physical description; complete in 3 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes; Translated from the French. Subjects; French fiction 18th century Translations into English. Picaresque literature, French Translations into English. Spain Social life and customs 18th century Fiction. Rogues and vagabonds Fiction. Adventure stories, French Translations into English. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Worn spine bands and panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age with some tearing. Physical description: 2 v., plates : ill. ; 24 mo. With added engraved titlepage and frontispiece to each volume. Subject: Memoirs. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Worn spine bands and panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age with some tearing. Physical description: 2 v., plates : ill. ; 24 mo. With added engraved titlepage and frontispiece to each volume. Subject: Memoirs. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60077106: 1815. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 324 pages pour le vol. I, 272 pages pour le vol. II, 304 pages pour le vol. III et 288 pages pour le vol. IV. Annotations d'époque en pages de titre (ex-libris). Quelques légères mouillures et rousseurs. Galeries de vers dans les marges des dernières pages du vol. III, sans altération de la lecture. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Full Calf Leather. Condition: Poor. Later Edition. 3 Volumes complete. 316pp; 308pp; 304pp. Illustrated with numerous plates, each with a tissue guard. Full original calf leather with has had cloth-tape applied to the spine of the volumes. Handwritten titles on spine. Front free endpage missing in volume II. All volumes have moderate foxing as is common with books of this period. Overall POOR PLUS condition. Alain-René Lesage (May 8, 1668, Sarzeau -- November 17, 1747, Boulogne), also spelled Le Sage was a French novelist and playwright born at Sarzeau, in the peninsula of Rhuys, between the Morbihan and the sea, Brittany. Famous quotes from Gil Blas include: Gil Blas (1715-1735): "It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory." from Book III, ch. 11; "A flatterer can risk everything with great personages." from Book IV, ch. 7; "Pride and conceit were the original sin of man." from Book VII, ch. 3; "I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little more taste." from Book VII, ch. 4; "The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing." from Book VII, ch. 7; "Facts are stubborn things." from Book X, ch. 1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Sixth Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands and titling. An exceptional set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 0 pages; A new translation adorned with 12 new cuts, neatly engraved. 3 Kg.

Sixth Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands and titling. An exceptional set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 0 pages; A new translation adorned with 12 new cuts, neatly engraved. 3 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Full leather. Condition: Very good +. 6 x 9 in. Finely bound by Morrell in full brown calf with red and yellow spine labels, gilt spine decorations, gilt rules, gilt inner dentelle, all gilt text edges. 15 color plates by Clark. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; leather supple and joints excellent. Minor wear to spine ends. Covers very clean and bright. Bindings tight. Text and plates clean, bright, and unmarked. A very handsome set. Fine Bind. RGR.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, a new edition, carefully revised with twenty-four line engravings after Smirke, and ten etchings by George Cruikshank, pp,xii,600, marbled fore-edge, light age-toning throughout, early London bookseller's ticket on the rear paste-down endpaper. Fine heavily gilt ruby calf. A fine binding by Muches & Kemp, Oxford.

First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 4v. plates : ill. ; 8vo. Subjects; Classical literature. Literature, Modern -- 19th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 4v. plates : ill. ; 8vo. Subjects; Classical literature. Literature, Modern -- 19th century. 3 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Full Vellum. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus/Unique. First Edition Thus/Unique. Full Vellum. A lovely example of this most picaresque of picaresque novels, influential since publication, referenced by everyone from Swift to Dostoevsky to Sacher-Masoch and translated repeatedly from French to Spanish to English and back again. Scholarly thought lays its original authorship at the feet of Alain-Rene Lesage, although there are compelling arguments that suggest its original author might have been Spanish. A richly bawdy bit of social observation that laid the ground work for many staples of the genre; wicked robbers, hypocritical clergy, wise and cunning servants and the occasional dim witted nobleman. This particular copy is rendered transcendent by the addition of an erotic fore-edge painting to each volume. Five panels in the style of Rowlandson (volume I in fact depicting scenes from his ?Jugglers? cartoon) featuring Reubenesque beauties in ringlets and not much else accompanied by a number of portly, red faced chaps in a state of either advanced inebriation or visible excitement. Beautifully executed, and in lovely condition. Minor edge wear, light toning to vellum, else tight and clean; internally clean, some light scattered spotting and some light thumbing. Bound in full vellum gilt with black title labels, lavish gilt decoration to spines and wide gilded borders to boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 8vo. 486pp, 478pp.