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Two Tales By S.Y. Agnon: Betrothed & Edo and Enam
Agnon, S.Y.; Walter Lever (trans.)
Schocken Books 1966, Third Printing. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 237 pages, bound in black cloth; red top stain. Clean cover, tightly bound, sharp corners. Remainder mark bottome edge. Interior crisp, unmarked; two pages creased. Bright clean acket shows light edge wear; shallow tears and short crease at top of back panel. 28991
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17.96 USD
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Plays By Bjornstjerne Bjornson, in Two Volumes: First Series--The Gauntlet, Beyond Our Power, The New System; Second Series-Love and Geography, Beyond Human Might, Laboremus
Bjornson, Bjornsjerne; Bjorkman, Edwin (transl).
Charles Scribner's Sons 1913, First American Edition. Very Good; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Two volumes, complete; 281 and 284 pages respectively. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge of first series gilt; not series two. 1913, 1914 publishing dates, both first editions. Translated from the Norwegian by Edwin Bjorkman. Light edge wear. Some scuffing to boards on Second Series, faded spine. Tight bindings. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front endpaper of each book; toning to endpapers. Pages clean, unmarked. 28865
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40.50 USD
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Monkey
Ch'eng-en, Wu; Arthur Waley (translator)
George Allen & Unwin 1953, Sixth Printing. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 305 pages, bound in orange cloth. In jacket with price intact. Jacket art by Duncan Grant. "Monkey is a 16th century Chinese novel, a blend of folklore, mysticism, poetic prose and adventure. Clean bright cover, firm binding. Pages clean and unmarked. In jacket with shallow chipping top edge; large chip at top of back panel; tanning on spine. 29449
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36.00 USD
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A Dog's Head
Dutourd, Jean; Chancellor, Robin (translator)
Simon & Schuster 1953, First American Edition; First Printing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 149 pp. Translated from the French. A pristine, unread book. In bright jacket with a 1/4" tear, light soil. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care. 17464
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17.96 USD
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Miracle of the Rose
Genet, Jean; Bernard Frechtman (translator)
Grove Press 1966, First American Edition, First Printing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Bound in tan cloth. First Printing stated. Light rubbing on bottom edge of cover. Solid binding. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages clean, unmarked. Jacket shows light edge wear, a couple shallow chips,an 1" tear on rear flap. Original price intact ($7.95). 29078
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17.96 USD
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Gudrun
Koenig, Alma Johanna ; Bell, Anthea, (translator).
0688418996 / 9780688418991
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1979, First American Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pages, tan paper-covered boards. Clean, tight cover, sharp corners. Interior crisp, unmarked. Jacket shows light edgewear. 28472
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18.90 USD
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A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles
Maurois, Andre
D. Appleton & Co. 1929, First American Edition; First Printing. Illustrated by Edward Carrick. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 76 pp, bound in blue cloth patterned with green lines. Translated from the French by David Garnett. 4 woodcut illustrations.1st printing signified by (1) on last page. Light to moderate edge wear on cover. Interior clean, unmarked, mild tanning. Jacket with several tears, shallow chips (now protected in new mylar sleeve). Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care. 17461
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17.42 USD
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The Words
Sartre, Jean-Paul; Bernard Frechtman (translator).
George Braziller 1965, Third Printing. Signed by Author Very Good in Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; New York; This edition, translated from the French, was first published in 1964. SIGNED on the endpaper, "Jean-Paul" and inscribed "To Bob and Pat, Bon Voyage. April 7, 1965". Bound in original publisher's black cloth with charcoal top-stain. Clean cover, slightly dulled, esp. spine. Cloth at ends of spine softened and creased. Binding solid but one signature in is slightly offset from the others. Pages clean and bright. Touch of foxing on fore-edge of text block. Jacket chipped at ends of spine; shallow chips and tears on edges; spine tanned & smudged. Price intact on flap. ; Signed by Author 29084
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360.00 USD
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The People of Hemso
Strindberg, August
Albert Bonniers 1965, Reprint. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Stockholm, Sweden; Translated from the Swedish by Elspeth Harley Schubert. 220 pages. Clean, tight book with modest wear to bottom edge. Pages crisp, clean. Small previous owner's notation at top of endpaper. In jacket with light edge wear; several shallow tears. 29334
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27.00 USD
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Coup de Grace
Yourcenar, Marguerite; Grace Frick (trans.)
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1957, First American Edition, First Printing; First Printing. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages, cloth-backed cover; brick red top-stain.. About Fine book, clean, tight, with a hint of tanning to edges of text block. In jacket with rubbing on folds; several shallow chips, tears.Original price of $3.00 on jacket flap. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast. 28993
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27.00 USD
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