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(Stockholm, Sweden): S. Fischer Verlag. G/FR. 1960. Later Printing. Cloth(Hrdcvr). "Joseph Fouché - Picture of a political man." In German. . 8vo., 287 pp., Corners slightly rubbed, foxing on top of pages. Dustjacket corner and edges rubbed. .

Cassell, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. in original illustrated cloth with a matching dust jacket which is only slightly rubbed at the top and bottom of the spine and at the top corners. The top edge of the textblock is tinted red. A collection of short stories translated by Eden and Cedar Paul and Constantine Fitzgibbon. Rubbing a little bumping of the book corners with softening of the back strip edges. A small split to the top back strip edge. Light sunning of the back strip. Age toning and foxing of text block edges with light age toning and the occasional foxing spots, predominantly at the beginning and at the end of the book. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste -down. Little chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Rubbing of the edges and panels with sunning along the front edges and to the back strip. Foxing to the end pages and to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 343, [3] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0289101. .

U.S.A: The Viking Press, 1946. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback BCE Hardcover Book in Good Condition. Section with 14 plates of sepia illustrations before text. Translated by William and Dorothy Rose. The life of one of the world's most notable writers and one of the founders of realism in European literature, Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a series of almost 100 novels collectively called "La Comedie Humaine", which provide a portrait of all aspects of French society in the years after Napoleon's fall in 1815. He is known for his very human and realistic characters. His biographer, Stefan Zweig (1881-19420 , was himself a prolific Austrian novelist, and a playwright, journalist and biographer, quite popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The book is bound in light grey cloth with red script HB on the front panel, red panel on spine with grey and red titles. Clean, corners and spine ends scuffed. Tight and solid. Previous gift-giver message on loose endpaper. Interior of book is clean, unmarked, no tears, pages toned. 404 pages with Appendix and Bibliography. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 1946, The Viking Press, New York, New York, USA

Frankfurt: S. Fischer, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Pages are age toned. DJ with mylar protection.

Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardback. 0224019848 . Dust jacket, lightly age-toned on inside, unclipped; maroon cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, corners sharp, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight. ; 8.12 x 6 x 1; 304 pages .

Frankfurt:: S. Fischer Verlag,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 3100970373 . Text is in German. A reprint edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

New York: Hastings House, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Translated and edited by Henry G. Alsberg with the assistance of Erna MacArthur. A few pages and text block faintly stained at the bottom, covers with light edgewear, very good in a slightly spine-tanned good only dust jacket with two large tears on the front panel, a 1" chip on the rear panel, faint stains and several small chips and tears.

New York: The Viking Press, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 247pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly cocked spine, foxing on the page edges, and spotting thus very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with toning, short tears, and spotting.