A Balzac Bibliography, Writings Relative to the Life and Works of Honorà De Balzac (with) Indexes to a Balzac Bibliography Containing an Index to Periodicals and a Topical Index to Items in this Bibliography
Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1929
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Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1929. INSCRIBED: "To Richard Gimbel, Esq., Lover of Books, Patron of Literature, from his friend, the bibliographer, (SIGNED) Royce, January 1929." Richard Gimbel purchased Edgar Allan Poe's Philadelphia residence and after refurbishment, donated the house and his extensive collection of Poe books and manuscripts (including the original manuscript of MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE) to the city as a museum. He later built impressive Dickens, Hardy, Thomas Paine, and aeronautical collections. In 1953 he was appointed curator of Aeronautical Literature at the Yale University Library. See Dickinson pp.137-138. NOT library discards. Two separate volumes. Published 1929 and 1930 respectively. First Editions. Very Good condition in Very Good dust jackets (price clipped; a few tiny chips). The jackets are protected by removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeves. Small booklabel on the pastedown endpaper. It reads simply: "Once Richard Gimbel's." Tear to title page of the first volume has been neatly mended with archival quality document repair tape. Pages are clean and unmarked. Over 4000 entries, many annotated. Introduction by E. Preston Dargan. Covers all material on Balzac in books and in periodical publications in a dozen languages up to 1928. Gives all essential bibliographical details for each entry, "with critical opinions of the more important and synopses of their contents" - from the dust jacket. The two volumes are uniformly bound in the original black boards with blue cloth spine, stamped in red and shiny gold. Complete with dust jackets. Full titles: A BALZAC BIBLIOGRAPHY, WRITINGS RELATIVE TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF HONORÉ DE BALZAC (with) INDEXES TO A BALZAC BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINING AN INDEX TO PERIODICALS AND A TOPICAL INDEX TO ITEMS IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY. Oversize Hardcover. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Editions. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Very Good condition/Very Good dust jackets. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 2 vols: xvii, 464pp + xi, 190pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…
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- Title
- A Balzac Bibliography, Writings Relative to the Life and Works of Honorà De Balzac (with) Indexes to a Balzac Bibliography Containing an Index to Periodicals and a Topical Index to Items in this Bibliography
- Author
- Royce, William Hobart (signed); Richard Gimbel, (inscribed to)
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
- Publication year
- 1929
- Condition
- Very Good condition
- Dust jacket
- Very Good dust jackets
- Signed
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- Hardcover
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About Books [Genny and Michael Winne, proprietors, formerly of Parsippany, New Jersey) has been selling rare and out of print books since 1985. Besides book fairs and mail order catalogue, long-time collectors and dealers will remember our lengthy For Sale ads in the Antiquarian Bookman and similar magazines. Our inventory of more than 40,000 volumes is especially strong in the specialities listed, but contains fine books in a variety of other fields as well. Because most of our books are stored in protective boxes, rather than on shelves, they cannot be viewed as a whole. If you want to examine specific titles, please provide 24 hours notice and we will make them available for your inspection. Phone calls to (702) 750-2722 are welcome, but please only between the hours of 8am and 10pm, west coast time. Our phone is a landline that cannot receive texts.…
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