merimee prosper johnson a e bull (7 risultati)

Sm quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 203pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate scuffing & fraying to board & spine edges, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, basic/plain gift plate tp ffep, light to moderate cracking & foxing to gutters throughout- boards sl shaky).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Full red cloth with gilt lettering & decoration, top edge gilt, grey illustrated endpapers, 11" x 8-1/2", color plates with tissue guards, 203 pp. All plates present. Spine gilt darkened, minor fading to covers. An attractive copy, with a vintage bookseller's label to rear endpapers (Stewart & Kidd, Cincinnati). Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.

Translated by A. E. Johnson. ix, 203 [1] pp. Illustrated in color and black and white by Rene Bull. 4to, publisher's red gilt-decorated cloth. Old ink gift inscription on half-title; spine slightly sunned; light use to cloth at extremities.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Rene Bull(Illustrator) Rene Bull(Interior Artist) A. E. Johnson(Translator) (illustratore). 1st Edition. Carmen by Prosper Merimee (First US edition) Rene Bull Spine pulled shaken, gilt darkened, spine ends and cover corners frayed. Cracked front hinge, with fragile, chipping endpapers. Rear endpapers not chipped, only a hairline crack at lower joint. Two tissue guards have closed tears. Brilliant color plates. Owner's faded namestamp to back of front free endpaper. First American edition. Illustrated by Rene Bull. 16 color plates w/tissue-guards. Pictorial endpapers. Full red buckram with decorative gilt to cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 203 pp. BOOK.

203pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,ill.eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,teg,spine cracked).

Hard cover. Condizione: Very good. No jacket. Cover has some wear, but in good condition. Previous owner's name on front end-paper, but inside is otherwise clean and unmarked.

First edition with these illustrations hard back binding in publisher's original venetian red buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt theatre drapes and Japanese fan to the front cover, top edge gilt, grey and white silhouette matador illustrated end sheets. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Mérimée is best known for this novella Carmen, which became the basis of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. Contains [ix], 203 printed pages of text with with 16 intricate full-page colour plates with lettered paper guards, and 74 large monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine dulled, off-setting to the verso end papers and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).