Anne Geierstein, First Edition (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. A Very Good Copy in Original Green cloth,with gilt titles to spine,8vo 490pp Reprint.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8 x 5 inch. (illustrator). First Edition. 16 pages. 8.5 x 6 inch. An original complete edition of this weekly magazine. It is c200 years old and may have occasional light foxing or age discolouration. In the title I have listed articles or pictures of specific interest in this issue. It has been disbound from a compilation and is still unfolded and in nice clean condition. It will be despatched in a board back envelope. If ordering more than one issue reductions on postage apply.

Hardcover. Kl.-8°, Hand-bound linen with gold-embossed title on black spine label and decorative endpapers. The original book block with 506 (4) pages and several monochrome illustrations on panels is bound. Clean, good condition. --- Neuerer Leinen-Handeinband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf schwarzem Rückenschild sowie dekorativen Vorsatzpapieren. Eingebunden ist der originale Buchblock mit 506 (4) Seiten und mehreren einfarbigen Illustrationen auf Tafeln. Sauberer, guter 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 -- Genießen Sie ein gutes Buch auf einer Sommerwiese oder im kühlen Schatten bei einem erfrischenden Getränk. LitFre.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked leather. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 524 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects:Switzerland History 1032-1499 ; Fiction; France History Louis XI, 1461-1483 ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. R D Los Rios (illustrator). 1st Edition. 390 grams. Macmillan's Illustrated Pocket Scott. Waverley Novels in Twenty-Five Volumes. Volume XXIII only is for sale. With introductory essays and notes by Andrew Lang and illustrations by R De Los Rios.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked leather. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 524 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects:Switzerland History 1032-1499 ; Fiction; France History Louis XI, 1461-1483 ; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tan paper boards with brown corners and spine are heavily rubbed and soiled. Seniors Library is written on front and rear endpapers. 336 pages are tanned with some foxing. 1.25 pounds.

, iv, with 40 engraved plates each with tissue gaurd and small bit of text First Edition , Cover lightly rubbed around the edges, spine head chipped, and small split down front joint, some of the gilt has faded, light spotting to pages, plates are mostly clean and bright, book in good condition , Green calf, with gilt decoration and titles to front and spine, silk moire endpapers, gilt dentelles 23 x 16 cm Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardy, Paul (illustrator). First Edition. 1894 hardcover edition published by Adam and Charles Black in conjuction with Macmillan and printed by R. & R. Clark of Edinburgh. Dark red cloth boards with gold gilt illustration on front face and gold lettering along spine. Contains several illustrations by Paul Hardy. Very Good condition without a dust jacket. Spine ends are indented and show some shelf wear, very small split in cloth on the front edge of the rear cover; otherwise, the covers are in great shape. The binding is square and tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.

First edition thus. 8vo. [xiv], 480 pp. / [[ix], 470 pp. / Fromtispiece. Illustrations. Hardcover binding, gilt lettering spine, t.e.g., overall very good condition. (97113).

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 847 pages. Subjects; Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Scottish Fiction. Scottish Literture. The W 1 Kg.

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 847 pages. Subjects; Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Scottish Fiction. Scottish Literture. The W 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A re-backed 3 volume,1st Edition, set. Each volume in identical (presumed original) green pebbled cloth-covered boards with a newer, very similarly coloured, green cloth spine, and a Blue blocked, Gilt bordered, Gilt Title to the spine of each volume. New lemon endpapers to each book. Corners bumped and rubbed with age. Lacks all half-titles and advertisements, all books start with the title page after the new endpapers. Quite heavy foxing (browny-yellow spotting/patching) throughout to all volumes. Bindings very tight, all hinges sound, and, apart from the foxing, the text is clear and otherwise clean. No Inscriptions or other marks. Vol 1 = 336 pp; Vol. 2 = 346 pp; Vol 3 = 381 pp. " 'Anne of Geierstein' begins in autumn 1474 and ends in January 1477 with the defeat of Charles the Bold, The Duke of Burgundy, at the Battle of Nancy. Both Ballantyne and Scott had serious doubts about Anne of Geierstein and were therefore pleasantly surprised to find that the novel sold well especially in England. Along with 'The Fair Maid of Perth', Anne of Geierstein was Scott's most commercially successful novel after 1825." . SEE IMAGES. ; Each Volume Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Volume 1. Shelfworn. Owner's name on front endpage. Spine cracked. (France, Historical Fiction).

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . [NCBEL III 674] Volumes 2 & 3 [of 3]. Spines worn. Front hinge of Vol. 3 starting to crack. (France, Historical Fiction).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: Printed for Cadell and Co, 1829. Complete in three volumes. Plain unlabeled paper-covered boards, blue and gray-- may be original. Some of boards detached but included, a little chipped. Interior not so bad with a bit of foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Waverly Novels ; Fair condition Ex-library Hardcover Octavo, 1894, 1st edition. Usual library markings and attachments. Tattered spine ends and tips. Binding shaken. NOT A REPRINT! Printed in 1894. RARE EDITION : ANTIQUE Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, complete in three volumes. A very good set in contemporary half calf, a clean unmarked set, the bindings are a little scuffed at the edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard cover. Three volumes; size of the bindings: 5 in. x 8 1/8 in. Vol. I: [4], [1]-336 pp. with imprint at the bottom of page 336; Vol. II: [4], [1]-346 pp., with the imprint at the bottom of p. 346; Vol. III: [4], [1]-381 pp., with the imprint at the bottom of p. 381; + 2-page publisher's catalogue. All volumes have the first and the second half-titles. Bound in full, dark-brown morocco leather by Zaehnsdorf, with their gilt stamp on the lower front inner turn-in, five raised bands on the spine, with gilt titling, double-line borders, and richly gilt inner dentelles, brown watered silk endpapers, top-edge gilt. The fore and lower edges of the book have not been trimmed in binding. Fading to the spines and cover margins. Some rubbing to the bands and to the cover corners shows on Vol. I. & III. Vol. I. pp. 11-25 and other pages, show scattered brown spotting, as does Vol. II., and Vol. III shows some scattered brown stains to pp. 254-264, pp. 333-345, and scattered brown spotting. With the bookplates of Cleveland, Ohio-based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), on the reverse of the front free endpapers. Weight 4 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 336; 1 p.l., 346; 381. half-title in Vol. II only. contemporary half calf, gilt backs (rubbed, 1 spine label lacking, edges & spine ends worn). First Edition. Todd 227A. NCBEL III 674.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 5 volume set, 7 inches tall. Quarter calf with gilt bands, twin labels and charming gilt tooling to the panels. First edition in French of Anne of Geierstein; or, the Maiden of the Mist (Edinburgh, 1829), which though separately issued also formed part of the Oeuvres complètes, as stated on the half-titles. This set is from the library, though without the bookplates, assembled at Voltaire's former home, the Chateau de Cirey ( Champagne) by Mme de Simiane ( 1761-1835 ), sometime lover of Lafayette and later, a correspondent of Fanny Burney. Diane-Adelaide de Simiane's early life was colourful and she came to Cirey in 1795 after a period of incarceration during the Terror. Previously she had been married to Charles-Francois de Simiane, who had served with Lafayette in America and who died in mysterious circumstances in 1787.

The Centenary Edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Robertson with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated title page and tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, in-text illustrations. In very good condition. A lengthy series of novels by Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe for nearly a century. Because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827, the series takes its name from Waverley, the first novel of the series released in 1814. The later books bore the words "by the author of Waverley" on their title pages. "Scottâs influence as a novelist was incalculable; he established the form of the historical novel, and the form of the short story" (Drabble, 879).

Complete first edition set of Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, 74 volumes uniformly bound in full morocco by Morrell, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional set. A lengthy series of novels by Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe for nearly a century. Because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827, the series takes its name from Waverley, the first novel of the series released in 1814. The later books bore the words "by the author of Waverley" on their title pages. "Scott s influence as a novelist was incalculable; he established the form of the historical novel, and the form of the short story" (Drabble, 879).

Amsterdam, Gebroeders Diederichs, 1830(-1834), 1st Dutch ed., 3 vols., (2),282; (2),284; 318,(2 publisher's cat.) pag., 3 identical acquatint engraved titles and 3 different frontispieces by R.G. Reeve after J. Sargent, contemporary uniform marbled wrappers, untrimmed. = Rare first Dutch translation of Anne of Geierstein (1829). Volume 2 partly waterstained; vol.3 lacks first free endpaper and divisional title.

First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, pp. [4], 336; [4], 346; [4], 381, [1], [2] Cadell ads; original blue-gray paper-covered boards, terracotta cloth shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; spines a bit sunned, and with the ownership [?] name "Ayton" in manuscript at the bottom on the spines; edges rubbed, but on the whole, very good. Todd & Bowden 227A.