- Occas. sl. foxed. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Vicaire III, p.603; Carteret III, p.224; Sander 253; Brivois 139.
Töpffer, R. Nouvelles Genevoises. Paris, J.-J. Dubochet et Cie, 1845, 1st illustr. ed., VII,(1),350,(1)p., woodengr. frontisp., title-vignette, 39 woodengr. plates and num. ills. after R. TÖPFFER, contemp. gilt hmor.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Covers trifle rubbed. Good copy.
= Vicaire VII, p.858; Carteret II, p.584-586; Brivois p.406; Sander 685.
AND 5 others similar, i.a. B. DE SAINT-PIERRE, Paul et Virginie (Paris, 1855, later ed., num. engr. plates, contemp. richly dec. cl., 4to).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown and first free endpaper; (sl.) foxed. Very good copy.
= Carteret III, p.224; Vicaire III, p.603; Sander 253; Brivois 139.
Janin, J. Un hiver à Paris. Ibid., L. Curmer/ Aubert et Cie., 1843, 1st ed., (4),283,(1)p., 18 steelengr. plates by E. LAMI, num. ills. after i.a. GAVARNI, H. DAUMIER and N.T. CHARLET, contemp. gilt hcalf, 4to.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; plates (sl.) foxed. Backstrip sl. rubbed.
= Carteret III, p.316f; Vicaire IV, p.538f; Brivois 207; Sander 359.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sl. yellowed. Corners sl. bumped. = Dreyfus 1.
(Wilson, C.A. (ed.)). First Appearance In Print Of Some Four Hundred Familiar Quotations. Middleton, Wesleyan Univ., 1935, XIV,(2),261,(3)p., printed in a lim. numb. ed., orig. hcl.
- Sl. yellowed.
= With MANUSCRIPT DEDICATION on first free endpaper: "To my good friend Richard Curle from the surveyor (p.xii) of what he hopes will become a well-trodden new path in book-collecting. Feb.26, 1935." On page XII the initials "C.A.W." below the Preface are crossed out and replaced by the signature of the editor, Carroll Atwood [Wilson]
AND a anonymous calligraphed manuscript "Bible Prayers", black and red ink, bound in full gilt mor. by "Bain, London", dated "1920" on the frontcover, t.e.g. (binding some sm. specks and trifle rubbed at extremities).
- Wrs. loose/ frayed (sl. dam. ill.).
= First publ. 1851. Each plate w. 1 to 17 illustrations relating to each other, w. accomp. text below. Leblanc p.88.
= First illustrated edition. Vicaire I, p.4; Brivois p.1; Sander 1; Leblanc p.15; Carteret III, p.30: "(...) recherché aussi bien pour le texte que pour les illustrations".
AND 2 others illustrated by/ after G. DORÉ: H. DE BALZAC, Les contes drolatiques (ibid., (±1880), 13th ed., 425 ills. by G. DORÉ, contemp. gilt hcalf) and A. TENNYSON, Enid (London, 1868, 1st ed., 9 steelengr. plates after G. DORÉ, orig. gilt dec. cl., a.e.g., folio).