Gondreville Mystery by Balzac, Honore de, with Introduction by William P. Trent - 1903: Works of Honore de Balzac, Tours Edition, Volume XXX

The Nottingham Society, 1901. Hardcover. Good. 1901. Edition de luxe. 405 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound leather with green boards. Gilt to spine. Rough cut pages to text block edge. Limited to 1000 copies. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is weak. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Some chipping to front board to centre.White staining present. Black staining present.

Elek Books, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 201 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Prize plate stuck to front paste down. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription & sticker to front pastedown & endpaper. Visible cracking to rear hinge with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear to front board & spine. Unclipped jacket. Panels have moderate edge wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Noticeable sunning to spine.

Pavilon Press, 2004. No Additional Listings Printed. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages.

Nottingham Society. 1901. Hardcover. UsedGood. University Edition, numbered 36, with introductions by George Saintsbury. H ardback, bindery rebound; surplus library copy; gold gilt top edge, uncut e dge on remaining sides; light fading. Clean text, tight binding. .

NY:: Citadel Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. First edition thus. Slight spine slant, foxing on fore edge, else very good in a very good (fading along the spine, foxing on rear panel) dust jacket. .

GB: Elek, 1958. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Text edges noticeably spotted. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is complete BUT a bit browned / dust soiled.. 1st Thus. Hardback. VG-/VG- DW.

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan, light reading creases in spine, binding tight, light tanning of pages with darkening of page edges. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

New York: The Citadel Press, 1958. First American edition thus. Hardcover book complete in its original illustrated (Pagram) dust jacket. 21 cm. 201 pages. The book is in near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. Light edge wear/bumping, rubbing, soiling to the unclipped dust jacket.

Paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

The Citadel Press, 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Pagram Dj Art. Translated by Gerard Hopkins. A clean, unmarked, unclipped copy in a Mylar cover. Tiny nick on dj.