Bernard guilbert guerney introduction (8 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Some cover wear wtih a crease at the top edge of the front. Priority shipping available on this item. ***No international shipping.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: NEW full-leather cover. First Collector's Edition. CLASSIC: COLLECTIBLE: NEW First Collector's Edition (Orig. 1975) First printing: Series Publication: The Easton Press: "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" : Beautifully bound in genuine leather w/ 22-karat gold-inlaid mirror-patterned-arabesques on front & back panels & on four-hub / five-section spine w/ "ANNA KARENINA" in gilt on second spine pane & "Tolstoy" on fourth pane from top, SUPERB IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior in durably-fresh gilt, EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG NEW binding w/ pages sewn in between heavy-duty binding boards w/ crimson-gold-checked spine-caps & a peach-gold satin-ribbon page marker bound-in from top, SUPERB / IMPECCABLE moire-silk front & back ed-papers, PRISTINE interior printed w/ ELEGANT CLARITY on cream-white acid-free archival paper especially milled for this edition, frontispiece full color portrait of author. * 5.92" x 9.0" x 2.06", 1.48 kg, xiv+938 (952) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Constance Garnet's renowned translation of Tolstoy's great classic w/ text scrupulously verified & edited & w/ translation sensitively revised: Anna Karenina has beauty, social position, wealth, a husband & adored son, but her existence seems empty. When she meets the dashing Count Vronsky she rejects her marriage & turns to him to fulfill her passionate nature--w/ devastating results. One of world literature's greatest novels, "Anna Karenina" is both an immortal drama of personal conflict & social scandal & a vivid, richly-textured panorama of 19th-century Russia. * COUNT LEO TOLSTOY (1828-1910) was born in central Russia. After serving in the Crimean War, he retired to his estate and devoted himself to writing, farming, and raising his large family. His novels and outspoken social polemics brought him world fame. * ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: CONSTANCE BLACK GARNET was a native Russian speaker, the daughter of Russian emigres to England. She met Tolstoy at his estate & later translated many of his works, as well as many works by Dostoyevski & other celebrated Russian authors. She was married to Richard Garnet, the celebrated English writer & editor. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost charge) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted below-cost rates. Frontispiece full-color portrait of Tolstoy (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. A beautiful burgundy leatherbound edition from the Easton Press. Binding remains tight, the text appears clean throughout; full leather, all edges gilt with a ribbon bound in. The spine features gilt detailing and titles with four raised bands. 'Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences.' 935 pages. 6.1 x 9 inches. Includes an unused and never installed bookplate from the Easton Press. May require additional postage. This listing was made by a small independent book shop. We carefully inspect every single book we list and give accurate descriptions. If you require we will promptly send pictures of listed books upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Leatherbound. Condizione: New. FACTORY SEALED - A perfect gift. 934 pages : color illustration ; 23 cm. . . . . . High quality genuine leather; 22kt gold inlaid design on both back and front covers, spine with four raised bands and accented in 22kt gold -- gilt page edges; archival acid-neutral paper; Smyth-sewn; satin end papers and sewn in satin ribbon book mark. . . . . . . . . Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. With clamshell and rice paper covered books. Unfortuantely some ex libris bookplates. Nice otherwise. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inner DJ Flap PriceClipped, Yellow & White Bernhard endpapers of 4 men running Holding Torches Former owner Name Date FOX , HBDJ, 1928, Stated First Modern Library Edition on Copyright pg, VG+/ VG-, , EARLY Vintage Dustjacket, with 159 Titles on Back of DJ & Pre ZipCode Coupon mentions 95 cents, The dust jacket is Near Very Good with minimal chipping at the bottom of the spine. Larger chips at the top of the DJ including corners and a chip at the middle of the top of the rear panel. Bound In Flexible THICK Faux Green Leather With Gilt Lettering Bright. Binding No.4, Bernhard endpapers (Toledano 2000) 637 pgs, Translator Notes + ADS end with NANA, , 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 IN. , ML#138 ON DJ SPINE, in Beige printed DJ with Red Lines at Top & Btm Front, Contents: Foreword and biographical sketch, sections: The White She-Demon, Ecce Deus Ecce Homo, Poisoned Fruits, The Witche's Sabbath, Thy Will Be Done, The Diary of Giovanni Beltraffio, The Burning of Vanities, The Age of Gold, The Doubles, Still Waves, There Shall Be Wings!, Aut Caesar Aut Nihil, The Scarlet Beast, Monna Lisa Gioconda, The Most Holy Inquisition, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael, Death The Winged Precursor; Translator's Notes; list of Modern Library titles.…

Hardcover, 1040 pages. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good (Slipcase). Limited Editions Club. Hand numbered this being 1354/1500. Tenth in the Limited Editions Club series. Brown Russian cloth boards with gilding on boards and outer spines. Pictorial paste-downs and endpapers. Bound cloth placeholders. Includes detailed printing description sheet and Number 50, July 1933 Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club. Inked top edges. 24 sets of woodblock illustrations in color and black & white. Minor soiling to endpapers. Pages are clean, bindings are tight. Slipcase repair to edges and corners. Significant soiling to slipcase. Paper title on outer slipcase intact. Overall this is a beautiful printing/edition. Nikolas Piskariov (illustratore). Signed on limitation page by Nikolas Piskariov. …

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First British Edition. Near Fine, small corner and edge bumps, prior owner bookplate and blindstamp at front end pages, two small spots fore edge. In a Very Good dust wrapper, small chips and rubs at spine ends and corners. A science fiction classic, one of the the grandfathers of the satirical futuristic dystopia genre, WE was banned in Russia in 1921and first published in English in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York in a translation by Gregory Zilboorg. The German TV network ZDF adapted the novel for a TV movie in 1982, under the German title Wir (English: WE). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…