Search Results: Ten Droll Tales by Honore De Balzac

The Abbey Library, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 218 pages. Blue dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Dents to edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Some tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Marks overall.

London: The Abbey Library, Undated. Hardcover. Very good. Jean de Bosschère. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May with an introduction (printed in English and in French) by André Maurois. 24pp b&w plates by Jean de Bosschère. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Light tanning to the text paper. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy without dust jacket.

hillman book, , (first US 1949), . 012, , good, due to upper right corner small chew mark, (COLLECTION OF 10 STORIES), , paperback,

UK: Abbey Library dustwrapper torn around edges, text browning with age. Undated but prob. about 1950.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by JEAN DE BOSSCHERE. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hillman book, , (first US 1949), . 012, , good - very good, (COLLECTION OF 10 STORIES), , paperback,

hillman book, , (first US 1949), . 012, , very good , , (COLLECTION OF 10 STORIES), , paperback,

The Abbey Library Book. Illus. by Bosschere Jean De. Very Good. Hardcover. No jacket. Undated. 218pp. Black and white illustrations. 0.

Short stories by the author. Fair Imperia. Venial Sin. King's Mistress. Devil's Heir. Merrie Diversions of King Louis the Eleventh. High Constable's Wife. Virgin of Thilhouse. Brothers-In-Arms. Cure of Azay-Le-Rideau. Rebuke. Photo front cover.

United States: Hillman No. 12, 1949. Solid with creases on the spine and some thin creases on the covers, otherwise the covers show light wear.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

Hillman, 1949. Softcover. Very Good. No. 12

Ten Droll Tales by Honore de Balzac, Hillman 12, 1948, first printing with photo cover art. Bright, clean and tight; covers nice and colorful; mild lean to spine and light creases.

New York: Rarity Press. Good with no dust jacket. No pub date. Hardcover. Owner Inscriptions. .

NY: Abbey Library, 1950. black c w/gilt titles; illustrated end papers; 219 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by JEAN DE BOSSCHERE . 8 vo.

London: Murrays Book Sales, n.d. (ca. 1950?). Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo, 5.5 x 8.5, xx + 220 pages, illustrated. Title continues: :Being the story of the fair Imperia, the venial sin, the merrie diversions of his most Christian majesty king Louis the eleventh, together with certain other quaint and piquant histories making up the first decade of the droll tales of Master Honore de Balzac, rendered faithfully into English by J. Lewis May, with an Introduction by Andre Maurois and illustrations by Jean de Bosshere. Tightly bound; cover shows no wear apart from fading of the back strip. Interior: paper is tanning, but not yet brittle.

hillman book, , (first US 1949), . 012, , very good -fine, , reading crease, (COLLECTION OF 10 STORIES), , paperback,

Hillman, 1949. First Printing. Hillman 12. Very Good condition.

hillman book, , (first US 1949), . 012, , almost near fine, , (COLLECTION OF 10 STORIES), , paperback,

hillman book, , (first US 1949), . 012, , near fine, , (COLLECTION OF 10 STORIES), , paperback,

New York: Rarity Press, 1931. Hardcover. Introduction by Andre Maurois. Translation by J. Lewis May. Illustrations by Jean de Bosschere. Small 4to. Lavender cloth with silver spine lettering and decoration. xvii, 218pp. Color frontispiece, full-page illustrations (some color). Very good. Faint binding edgewear. A tight and nice copy of these saucy French tales with racy line drawings. To cite subtitle: "Being the Story of the Fair Imperia, the Venial Sin, the Merrie Diversions of His Most Christian Majesty King Louis the Eleventh, Together With Certain Other Quaint and Piquant Histories Making Up the First Decade of the Droll Tales....

Pages 218 pp.8vo. Orange cloth binding, decorated in black & gilt. Limited edition of 3000 numbered copies. Illustrated by Jean De Bosschere. Very good condition.