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HUGO, Victor. By the Order of the King. Bradbury, Evans, & Co, London, 1870.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrations by S.L. Fildes. Complete 3-volume set. 8vo. viii, 297pp, (2pp ads); viii, 289pp; viii, 308pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous called-for tissue-guarded full-page plates. Very good. Mildly edgeworn and a tad age toned and corner bumped; some inner hinges once delicate but expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight -- and internally near fine and bright. A tight and attractive first British edition of this triple decker "Romance of English History" -- "The Authorized English Translation of Victor Hugo's l'Homme Qui Rit" note title pages, with title alone in red. First published in French in 1869 as (literal translation) "The Man Who Laughs," it first appeared in the English language in the New York (Appleton) edition of 1869. SADLEIR 1236.

Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.

HUGO, Victor.. By Order of the King. The Authorised English Translation of Victor Hugo’s L’Homme Qui Rit.. Bradbury, Evans & Co., London, 1870.

Price: US$492.79 + shipping

Description: In three volumes. First edition in English. 8vo., cont. ., half red morocco, marble boards, raised bands, gilt lettering on spines, T.E.G., ., viii, 297; (x) 309; (x), 289pp. Lacking list of illustrations in volume one and half titles in all three volumes. Spines darkened with a touch of rubbing, otherwise near fine. Sadleir 1236, Wolff 3333.

Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada

HUGO, VICTOR.. By Order of the King. London: Bradbury, Evans, 1870, 1870.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: First English Edition of L'Homme Qui Rit. Three volumes; original publisher's decorated cloth; very minor cloth wear; an excellent, clean copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

HUGO, Victor; illustrated by FIDES, S. L.. BY ORDER OF THE KING. The Authorised English Translation Of L'Homme Qui Rit.. London: Bradbury and Evans., 1870.

Price: US$519.82 + shipping

Description: First complete English edition. Three volumes. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the upper boards and spine, illustration in black to the upper boards. A very good set, the bindings with uniform rubbing and bumping to the spine tips and with a little rippling of the cloth, but clean and bright. The contents are slightly shaken, all three volumes retain the original half titles and are illustrated throughout with an engraved frontispiece and vignette title in each volume, 6 plates in volume I, 5 plates in volume II, and 3 plates in volume III. There is the occasional foxing spot to the margins of some pages and faint evidence of a bookplate having been removed from the endpapers otherwise clean throughout. An attractive example in original condition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom