Item #H25901 The Quest of the Absolute and other stories, limited to 100 copies, leatherbound. Honoré de Balzac.
The Quest of the Absolute and other stories, limited to 100 copies, leatherbound
The Quest of the Absolute and other stories, limited to 100 copies, leatherbound

The Quest of the Absolute and other stories, limited to 100 copies, leatherbound

London: Privately Printed for Members of the Elzevir Society, C. 1901. Hardcover. No. 6 of 100 copies of the Edition De Luxe. Translated by Ellen Marriage with introduction by George Saintsbury. 8vo, 9 x 6 inches, half dark green morocco and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt stamped & decorated on spine, very good, the spine color and parts of corners and boards have turned to a warm ruddy brown color (green is a notoriously "fugitive" color), contents very good, pages mainly uncut and unopened, very very light ex-library marks from CMU Library -- pencil note on verso of title page, withdrawn stamp on verso of rear flyleavf. Frontisiece and occasional engraved plates. Very handsome readable edition. Very good. Item #H25901

Price: $18.00

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