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Wells, H. G.
Christina Alberta's Father
Christina Alberta's Father
A realist novel dealing with issues of social justice from the legendary science fiction author.
Ward, Mrs. Mary Augusta Humphrey
The Story of Bessie Costrell
The Story of Bessie Costrell
First published in Cornhill Magazine in 1895. Missing its front free endpaper. Contains Edith Wharton's bookplate. This novel tells the fictional story of a women who is tasked with safeguarding an old man's nest egg, while facing her inner…
Tolstoy, Leo
Ouvres Completes
Ouvres Completes
Volume twenty-eight of thirty-seven. Translated by J. W. Beinstock. Quarter vellum with morocco labels. The title page includes a sketch of Tolstoy by Valery Muller. Includes three novels: La Puissance des Tenebres, Le Premier Bouilleur, and Les…
Tolstoy, Leo
Ouvres Completes
Ouvres Completes
Volume twenty-seven of thirty-seven. Translated by J. W. Beinstock. Quarter vellum with morocco labels. The title page includes a sketch of Tolstoy by Valery Muller. Includes four novels: La Mort D'Ivan Ilitch, Nicolas Palkine, Marchez Pendant Que…
Tolstoy, Leo
Ouvres Completes
Ouvres Completes
This is volume five of thirty-seven, of which EW had two copies. Translated by J. W. Beinstock. Quarter vellum with morocco labels. The title page includes a sketch of Tolstoy by Valery Muller. Includes five novels: Le Journal D'Un Marqueur, Une…
Tolstoy, Leo
Ouvres Completes
Ouvres Completes
Volume five of thirty-seven. Translated by J. W. Beinstock. Quarter vellum with morocco labels. The title page includes a sketch of Tolstoy by Valery Muller. Includes five novels: Le Journal D'Un Marqueur, Une Tormente de Neige, Albert, Du Journal Du…
Tolstoy, Leo
Ouvres Completes
Ouvres Completes
Volume one of thirty-seven. Translated by J. W. Beinstock. Quarter vellum with morocco labels. A sketching of Tolstoy appears on the title page, drawn by Valery Muller. Includes two novels, L'Enfance and L'Adolescence, the first two novels in his…
Tolstoy, Leo
La Guerre Et La Paix
Eleventh edition. Includes only the first volume of three. Full gray cloth with a morocco label. Translated with the permission of the author. This novel is considered to be Tolstoy's masterpiece, includes both fictional narrative and essays. The…
Stendhal
Le Rouge et le Noir
Le Rouge et le Noir
This is Stendhal's published novel. The story follows the life of Julien Sorel, as he tries to advance his social class in the midst of the French restoration. Text established and annotated, with a historical introduction, by Jules Marsan. Preface…
Stendhal
Armance: ou Quelques Scènes d'un Salon de Paris en 1827
Armance: ou Quelques Scènes d'un Salon de Paris en 1827
This is Stendhal's first published book. It tells the love story of two wealthy French people. Text annotated by Raymond Lebegue. Preface by Andre Gide. Author's name and title are underlined on the first title page.
Stendhal
Souvenirs D'Egotisme
Souvenirs D'Egotisme
Quarter calf with a morocco label. This is the autobiography of Henri Beyle, who is better known by his pen name 'Stendhal'. Stendhal was a French writer who served in Napoleon's army and known for his use of realism and his copious number of pen…
Shaw, Bernard
The Quintessence of Ibsenism
The Quintessence of Ibsenism
Blue velvet cover. The inside cover contains Edith Wharton's bookplate, and the inscription 'Box 42.1' on the upper right hand corner. Has markings on pages 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 29, 36, and 40. This book is an analytical essay on the ideas…
Seilliere, Ernest
Barbey D'Aurevilly
An inscription from the author reads, 'a Madame Wharton / Hommage respecteaux / Bon E. Seilliere'. This book is about the life and works of Barbey D'Aurevilly, the French novelist known for his collection of short stories, Les Diaboliques (The…