Paris: G. Charpentier, 1880. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers; [4],356pp. Some scuffing to boards with brief exposure at corners, spine leather a shade sunned, textblock uniformly toned and a bit foxed due to inferior paper stock, shallow dampstain to fore-edge of early..... More

Limoges & Paris: Librairie des Bons Livres, 1857. Quarto. 208 pp. 64 hand-colored engraved plates with tissue guard, complete; includes additional engraved title page and 63 plates of fashions and dress of the peoples of the world. Dark brown embossed cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, green, blue, and red; all..... More

[Paris]: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1970. First Edition. Tall, narrow octavo (24cm.); publisher's decorative white card wrappers printed in red and black, French flaps; 270pp.; Chinese text printed in red throughout, text in English and French printed in black. Light wear and dustiness, faint spine crease, else Very Good and sound. More

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 1495. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's blue decorative gilt-embossed cloth, top edge gilt, in original gilt paper-covered slicpase; xvii,[1],300pp.; color frontispiece, illus. throughout, text printed in double columns within blue decorative border. Tiny soil..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1920]. "Definitive Edition." Small octavo; publisher's cloth in decorative gilt dust jacket; 297pp. Tiny chips and light wear to jacket extremities, old tape repair to spine crown verso, corners nudged, contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown, else a Near Fine copy in a Very..... More

Paris: L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza, 1931. First Edition, Limited to 50 copies on "Japon impérial," of which this is no. 19. Small octavo; 169pp.; publisher's white pictorial wrappers; illus. throughout. Just About Fine, a lovely, uncut copy. By the noted French novelist who often appropriated African motifs into..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's two-toned cloth, spine lettered in red, reddish-brown topstain; ix,[1],213pp. Cloth lightly rubbed at extremities with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, spine darkened, textblock a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. "I present this book for..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, pink topstain; xv,[1],978pp. General shelf wear to jacket margins, contemporary ownership ex libris to front free endpaper, early leaves unopened, else Very Good and sound. Substantial "Reader," including the complete texts of..... More

[Paris]: Hachette, [1964]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's decorative paper-covered boards; 90pp. Ownership sticker to front flyleaf, a hint of rubbing at spine foot, else a Fine copy. More

New York: Washington Square Press, Inc., 1967. First Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo. 396 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt; yellow topstain. Unclipped dust jacket worn along edges with a few minor nicks; toning to verso. Boards shelfworn with fading to edges; rubbing to spine..... More

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1942. First American Edition with (1) on final leaf of text. Octavo; publisher's cloth, black topstain, decorative price-clipped dust jacket; [4],203pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small closed tears, spine panel a shade sunned, foxing and dust-soil to rear panel and..... More

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, [1925]. Octavo; publisher's cloth in grey printed dust jacket; [8],157pp. Very light wear to jacket extremities, spine panel a shade toned, else a Very Good, remarkably fresh copy. Philosophical dialogue between a young officer and the older philosopher/tutor "upon the nature..... More

Paris: H. Floury, Editeur, 1923. First Edition. Quarto (10.25" x 8"); 215pp. Illustrated paper covers under folding glassine covering. French-language, with color and black and white illustrations throughout. Glassine torn at spine ends with nearly half of back missing. Book covers are bumped and worn along edges with chipping at..... More