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Heritage Press Books & Ephemera
The Princess of Cleves
by de La Fayette, Madame and Ashton, H
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1970. hardcover. Book VG+: mild shelf wear/age toning to spine, else clean, tight, square, unmarked. Slipcover VG with age toning/foxing./no DJ. Hermine David. 8vo 150pp. with introduction by Jean Cocteau. Set in the royal court of Henry II of France during the 16th century, widely considered one of the first examples of historical fiction and at the beginning of the trend of psychological novels. First published 1678. #01967.
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CA$25.01
The Tales of Hoffmann
by Hoffmann, E.T.A
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1992. hardcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked. Slipcover VG+: touch of shelf wear./no DJ. Hugo Steiner-Prag. 8vo 344pp. ten most famous novellas by the German writer, used as basis for an opera by Jacques Offenbach. Prologue by illustrator Hugo Steiner-Prag. #01974.
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CA$61.14
Frankenstein
by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Avon, CT: Heritage Press, 1962. hardcover. Book VG+: spine slightly sunned, mild shelf wear, else clean, tight, square, unmarked. slipcover VG: mild age/shelf wear./no DJ. Everett Henry. 4to 257pp. Sandglass pamphlet laid in, introduction by Edmund Lester Pearson. #01970.
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CA$122.28
Dialogues on Love and Friendship
by Plato / Jowett, Benjamin (transl.)
New York: Heritage Press, 1968. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: mild shelf wear, mild signs of toning/foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight. Slipcase VG: age toning. Eugene Karlin. 4to 208pp. Translated from the Greek, with Introductory Anaylses by Benjamin Jowett. With a Preface by Whitney J. Oates and Illustrations by Eugene Karlin. #02057.
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CA$27.79
Zuleika Dobson, or an Oxford Love Story
by Beerbohm, Max
NY: Heritage Press, 1960. Hardcover in slipcase. Published NY: Heritage Press, 1960. Sanglass Number VI: 25 laid in. Elongated 8vo., xvi+277pp., illustrations by George Him. Gray cloth with white titles in block and 2-color designs, color pictorial endpapers, speckled edges, printed on laid paper. Uniform sunning to the spine, else fine in near fine slipcase. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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CA$55.58
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
by Adams, Henry
New York: Heritage Press, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Large format hardcover, quarto sized volume bound in dark teal cloth and housed in gold slipcase. Sandglass laid-in. 348 pages. New introduction by Francis Henry Taylor. Illustrated with numerous back and white photographs by Samuel Chamberlain. First edition thus. Book shows very mild dulling to spine and small abrasion to middle of front board, else very good. Slipcase shows scratches and is rubbed at extremities...
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CA$13.90
THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS Heritage Press
by Joseph Conrad
New York: Heritage Press. 1965. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Sandglass neatly laid in. Illustrations by Millard Sheets. .
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CA$395.94
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
Hardcover with slipcase, published by The Heritage Press, 1950. First published n 1856, this is the first Heritage Press edition. Classic. Madame Bovary, always searching for happiness, will it always remain out of her reach? 348 pages, 6-3/4" X 10-1/4", sewn binding. Includes the 'Sandglass' newsletter that provides further information on the book and on the printing. Translated by J. Lewis May, illustrated by Pierre Brissaud and Theo Schmied. A total of twenty illustrations. Sturdy deocarted cover...
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CA$24.32
The Beach of Falesa
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Hardcover with slipcase, published by The Heritage Press, 1956. Originally published in the Illustrated London News in 1892, and then included in the short story collection 'Island Nights' Entertainments'. The story of John Wiltshire, a sea faring trader of copra, who finds himself arranged to be married to Uma, a native of the South Pacific island of Falesa. Illustrated by Millard Sheets. 156 pages, sewn binding, 7-1/8" X 10-1/2". Includes the slipcase box. Outer slipcase box is intact, all corners are...
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CA$25.01
The Story of Reynard the Fox
by Goethe, Wolfgang; Eichenberg, Fritz
NY: Heritage Press, 1954. Hard cover in slipcase. Published NY: Heritage Press, 1954. 8vo., 6 3/4" x 10 1/4", xi+248pp., illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Eichenberg. Translated by Thomas James Arnold from the original German. Introduction by Edward Lazare. Orange cloth with brown titles and pictorial yellow paper-covered boards, all edges tinted orange. Fine in very good, yellow slipcase. . Hard. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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CA$104.21
The Poems of Robert Browning
by Browning, Robert
New York: The Heritage Press, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, quarter russet cloth, decorated and lettered in gold, over pictorial patterned paper covered boards, in slipcase. 299 pages. Selected, edited and introduced by C. Day Lewis. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Peter Reddick. Sandglass from the Heritage Club laid-in. First edition thus. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine in a fine slipcase..
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CA$26.33
The Birds (bound with) The Frogs
by Aristophanes
NY: Heritage Press, 1959. Hard cover. Published NY: Heritage Press, 1959. 4to., 8" x 11 1/4". xii+52pp., illustrated by Marion Parry; xiii+62pp., illustrated by John Austen. Fine in very good slipcase. Sandglass Number I:25 laid in. . Hard. Fine. 4to.
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CA$34.74
The Monk And The Hangman's Daughter
by Bierce, Ambrose
NY: Heritage Press, 1967. Hard cover in slipcase. Published NY: Heritage Press, 1967. 4to., 7 1/2" x 10 1/2", xiv+80pp., full color illustrations by Michel Ciry. Translated from the German of Richard Voss by Gustav Adolf Danziger and Adapted by Ambrose Bierce, with an Introd. by Maurice Valency. Gold cloth with brown titles. Name on half title, else fine in near fine slipcase. Sandglass Number VIII: 33 laid in. . Hard. Near Fine. 4to.
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CA$48.63
Virgil's Aenied
by Virgil and Dryden, John (transl.)
New York: Heritage Press, 1944. first thus. hardcover. Book VG+: touch of sun to spine, else clean, tight, square, unmarked. Slipcase VG: mild age/handling. Carlotta Petrina. 8vo 397pp. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. with Mr. Dryden's introduction. #02280 HEAVY ITEM WILL REQUIRE EXTRA S/H.
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CA$55.58
Germinal
by Zola, Emile and Ellis, Havelock (transl.)
Norwalk CT: Heritage Press, 1992. hardcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked. Slipcover NF/no DJ. Berthold Mahn. 8vo 374pp. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Introduction by Henri de Montherlant. #01975.
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CA$34.74
Using Wayside Plants
by Nelson Coon
SIGNED Copy. Hardcover with dust jacket, a third edition copy, published by Hearthside Press, 1960. How to identify and use wild plants for food, medicine, and crafting. Includes chapters on useful trees, shrubs, lichens, flowers, herbs, and also a chapter on poisonous plants to avoid. 254 pages with Index and Bibliography, a section of black & white photos, and illustrations throughout the book. Bright yellow cloth covered boards, with the title and author name imprinted on the spine in dark green....
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CA$24.32
THE AMBASSADORS
by James, Henry C
NY: Heritage Press, 1963. Book. Illus. by Leslie Saalburg. Fine. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Fine in a Near Fine Slipcase, no dj as issued. Sandglass laid in. Priority and/or international shipping on this item will be extra and will be at actual shipping cost..
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CA$34.74
The Georgics
by Virgil
Hardcover with slipcase box, published by The Heritage Press, 1953. Classic ancient poem in four parts, each part somewhat based on the agricultural season of the year. This is the first Heritage Press edition. This version of the poem was translated in English verse by John Dryden. Introduction by George Whicher, and illustrated by Bruno Bramanti. 7" X 10-3/4", sewn binding, decorated cover boards. This copy includes the Heritage Press newsletter, 'Sandglass', which provides further information on the...
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CA$25.01
GONE WITH THE WIND Heritage Press
by Margaret Mitchell
New York: Heritage Press. 1968. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Near Fine slipcase. Illustrations by John Groth. Slipcase edges lightly sunned. Light foxing on top text block edge of each volume. .
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CA$395.94
The Adventures of Hajji Babba
by J.J. Morier
Hardcover with slipcase, published by Heritage Press, 1947. Originally published in 1824, this is the first Heritage Press edition. How Hajji Babba a barber, who travels from his hometown of Ispahan to Istanbul, having numerous adventures in the bazaars and the royal courts along the way. Includes the Preface by Sir Walter Scott, Introduction by E.G. Browne. Illustrated by Honore Guilbeau. 498 pages, 6-1/2" X 9-1/4", sewn binding. Sturdy illustrated cover boards, with the title and author name imprinted...
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CA$25.71
THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS Heritage Press
by Joseph Conrad
New York: Heritage Press. 1965. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase. Sandglass neatly laid in. Illustrations by Millard Sheets. .
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CA$388.99
Tales of the Gold Rush
by Bret Harte
Tales of the Gold Rush - Bret Harte (Illustrated Fletcher Martin 1944 Heritage Press Sandglass)
Copyright 1944, published by The Heritage Press (New York). Sandglass included. Housed in slipcase as issued with no dust jacket. Color illustrations. Slipcase is peeling at the bottom edge and has creases and rubbing that shows white underneath the gold finish. Slipcase and hardcovers have minor edge-wear and scratches. No writing or markings. Overall, it is in Very Good minus (VG-) condition.
Copyright 1944, published by The Heritage Press (New York). Sandglass included. Housed in slipcase as issued with no dust jacket. Color illustrations. Slipcase is peeling at the bottom edge and has creases and rubbing that shows white underneath the gold finish. Slipcase and hardcovers have minor edge-wear and scratches. No writing or markings. Overall, it is in Very Good minus (VG-) condition.
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CA$41.67
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Komroff, Manuel (ed. and introd.)
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1962. hardcover. Book VG+: mild shelf wear to boards and spine else clean, square, tight, unmarked. Slipcase VG: age toning. Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin. 8vo 477pp. includes Sandglass pamphlet. Revised and Edited with an Introduction by Manuel Komroff. Illustrations by Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin. #02064.
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CA$30.57
Old Creole Days
by Cable, George Washington; A Prologue by Tinker, Edward Larocque; The Scenes Of Cable's Romances by Hearn, Lafcadio
NY: Heritage Press, 1943. Hard cover in slipcase. Published NY: Heritage Press, 1943. 8vo., xxxi+224pp., illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrove II. Previous owner bookplate on pastedown, else near fine, clean, attractive in very good slipcase with minor wear/scuffing. Hard. Near Fine. 8vo.
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CA$34.74
