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Price: US$8.17 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1860. No Edition Noted. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Volume II. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Boards have mild sunning and light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$13.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1860. Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz. Hardcover Leather. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles. Full leather boards. Spine sunned. Edgewear. AEG. 6x5
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Price: US$21.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. A very good copy vellum backed boards. No markings or inscriptions. Two volumes in one.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Price: US$32.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: two volumes, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, raised bands, decorated in gilt, lacking one leather spine label, minor rubbing to spines, ownership signature front free endpaper both volumes, bound without series half-title, a nice set. 292 nd 280 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: These two "Copyright Edition" books in excellent condition for their age. Unsure the date of publication. No dust jackets and simple blue hard covers. Preface dated 1859. See Pictures. Tauchnitz edition, published in two volumes, half vellum with blue cloth boards, pp. x, 292, & vi, 280. Vols. 515 & 516 of the Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors.
Seller: Oakleigh, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Five matching volumes, all Tauchnitz Editions as follows (image 1): 1. "The Human Boy". Eden Phillpotts. 279 pages (image 2)., 2. "Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni". Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1860. 2 vols. 292 and 280 pages (image 3)., 3. "A Strange Story". Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. Bart. 1861. 2 vols. 300 and 390 pages. All top edges gilt 13 x 16 x 12 cm shelf run (image 1). A lovely set bound in pale gray buckram, each with spines in red leather titles. Sold as one collection.
Seller: The Sanctuary Bookshop., Lyme Regis, United Kingdom
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition, vols. 515-516. 2 vols. in one: xii, 292, vi, 280 p. 16 cm. Brown cloth hardcover. Bumped corners, ink signature on front free endpaper, pp. 19-22 in first part jutting out a bit.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vols in 1. 12mo. Pp xii, 292; v, 280. Full vellum, gilt. Morocco labels. All edges stained red. Binding a little soiled but an attractive copy.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In two volumes. Illustrated with tipped in photographs. English text.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes bound in one, small 8vo (6 x 4 inches). xii, 292; vi, 280, [1] pages. Contemporary vellum, smooth spine richly gilt, red and black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endleaves, silk page marker, binder's note in manuscript on slip bound in after title. Copyright edition of 'The Marble Faun.'. Some intermitent pale unobtrusive spotting, light wear to binding, generally a very handsome copy
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xii, 292 , vi, 280 - two volumes. Illustrated with approximately eighty albumen photographs after scenery, art, portraits and street scenes of Italy. Vellum binding with Gilt dentelles and rules. Paper slightly yellowed but without foxing. Binding fragile and front board almost detached, some pages loose. Spine and boards heavily darkened.
Seller: One Book in a Million, Owosso, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 292 + 280 pages. Bound in full vellum with leather ties
Seller: Wild Hills Books, Largo, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Very good with bowed boards and slightly curling photos. Vol. 2 spine has two deep dings and a small portion of the black leather band is partially loose
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$219.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 vols. in 1. Copyright Edition. With 2 frontis. & numerous photographs. White vellum bound with gilt decolated on covers. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Vol.I: xii,292pp. / Vol.II: vi,280pp. Front & rear cover sl.stained. Its spine sl.sunned. All edges sl.sunned & stained. Front & rear fly leaf sl.sunned. 16x11.3cm. [s05899-213054]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Price: US$222.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 292/280 Seiten Zustand: Einbände leicht berieben, Ecken und Kapitale minimal bestoßen, Rücken leicht aufgehellt, Schnitt leicht gebräunt - insgesamt gut erhalten // Collection of British Authors Vol. 515/516 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500
Seller: Leipziger Antiquariat, Leipzig, Germany
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Transformation or The Romance of Monte Beni. Bernard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1860.
Price: US$230.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Tauchnitz edition of this major Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in a lovely vellum binding. The two volumes bound as one. Transformation, Or The Romance of Monte Bene was the last of the four major romances by Hawthorne. It is set in a fantastical Italy on the eve of the American Civil War. Thematically and in terms of genre the novel is a mixture of fable, gothic novel, pastoral writing and a travel guide. Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz founded his Leipzig publishing firm in 1837 at the age of 20. His specialism was publishing foreign language books, particularly English. He began his firm at a defining period for English literature, as popular authors were producing a wider range of work in differing genres and forms. Tauchnitz built a good reputation with many leading British and American authors which lead him to be the principal publisher of English Language books in continental Europe from 1840 to 1940. In some instances authors sent Tauchnitz their proofs in order for them to be published at the same time as the British publisher, or in some cases before. In nineteenth century Britain, an author's work could be published by several different publishing houses leading to the production of their novels in a variety of formats. By Tauchnitz owning the publishing rights to nearly all the leading British authors for the first time there was a consistent format. Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist of the Dark Romantic genre. Much of his writings focus on New England with Puritan inspired allegories. His works often centre on inherent evil and the sin of humanity. In a half vellum binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with patches of rubbing to the paper covered boards, particularly to the rear board. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Handling marks and fading to vellum spine as expected. Title page to volume I has a closed tear from the top of page at gutter to centre. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are age toned with instances of light scattered spots. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Transformation: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Transformation: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, By Nathanial Hawthorne, Copyright Edition, In Two Volumes, Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1860, extra-illustrated, vellum, 6.75 x 4.5, 18mo. In fair condition. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing, staining and darkening of vellum. Volume one is particularly worn with significant staining and soiling. Worming to spine with loss of vellum at surface. Gilt finishing affected by staining. Curved boards. Floral end papers clean. Text is curved from boards, toned at edges. Extra illustrated with photographs of art from Florence and Italy. Free of ownership. Some markings in the margins of volume two. Bindings intact. Please see photos. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known by the British title Transformation, was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was published in 1860. The Marble Faun, written on the eve of the American Civil War, is set in a fantastical Italy. Tauchnitz was the name of a family of German printers and publishers. They published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside of Great Britain, including initial serial productions of Charles Dickens. Though copyright protection did not exist between nations in the 19th century, Tauchnitz paid the authors for the works they published, and agreed to limit their sales of English-language books to the European continent, as authors like Dickens and Bulwer-Lytton had separate arrangements for publication and sale in Great Britain.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Both book conditions are Very Good, bound in vellum with gilt stamping, decorated end papers. Minor edgewear and light blemishes to covers of both volumes. Some damp staining and foxing to top page edges of both volumes. Typical bowing to vellum. Short tear to Title Page of Volume I. Text is unmarked. Illustrated with full-page albumen printed photographs throughout both volumes. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 292 and 280 pages. First Edition in this Format; Stated Copyright Edition.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: 16mo (16cm). Two volumes in Florentine vellum with black leather onlays and gilt tooling to fronts and spines, titled in blue paint on front boards, all edges gilt; brown, white, and gilt patterned endpapers; [iii]-xii,292pp; [iii]-vi,280pp; 29 albumen prints laid down on inserted leaves. Contemporary bookseller's ticket of Giulio Giannini, Florence. Bookplates of Marlboro College Library, covering other bookplates now illegible; Marlboro College embossed stamps to title pages. Bound without half-titles. Sound, lightly rubbed with mild external dustsoil, partial crack to front joint of vol. II; internally clean, most photographs lightly faded: Very Good. One of the most popular of several Tauchnitz titles sold as souvenirs in Italian tourist cities, bound in decorative parchment over boards and extra-illustrated with photographs of important sites and statues. The American title (and Hawthorne's chosen title) of the novel was The Marble Faun, but UK publishers altered it to Transformation. Though the latter title was used by Tauchnitz, this copy is titled The Marble Faun on the front covers, suggesting it was marketed to American tourists in Florence. TODD/BOWDEN 515Db and 516Db. CLARK A23.4D.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Both books of this two volume set, complete, are bound in cream colored leather and have gilt decorations on the board and spine and gilt lettering on the front covers. All edges are dyed red, and there are floral decorated end papers. Volume 1 has 292 pages not including the twenty-two (22), complete, photographs that are affixed to separation pages throughout the volume. Volume 2 has fifteen (15) photographs in addition to the 280 pages, including the postscript dated March 14, 1860. It appears that the manner in which the the photos were included has caused the boards and pages to curl open. The covers are lightly soiled, but both volumes are clean internally and without foxing.
Seller: Before Your Quiet Eyes, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$349.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Tauchnitz Edition (Todd & Bowden's fourth setting, impression Db), "copyright edition" on title page, of Hawthorne's Italian romance cum travel guide. Two volumes in one, thick foolscap 8vo (155 x 107mm): xii,292; vi,280,[2]pp, with 24 mounted period photographs of Roman monuments, statuary, buildings, and street scenes. Contemporary Florentine vellum, spine decorated and titled ("The Marble Faun") in gilt, upper cover paneled and titled ("Roma") in gilt, marbled end papers, edges stained red. Tightly bound and clean throughout, a virtually pristine example, aside from slight waviness to margins of inserted leaves with photographs, which are printed on heavy coated stock. (The photographs were sold to the tourist trade and inserted by Italian binders into copies, most, as here, with half-titles removed.) Todd & Bowden 515Db & 516Db ("the Tauchnitz book most often found extensively extra-illustrated with photographs and found in elaborately decorated vellum"). Clark A23.4. BAL 7620 and 7621 (for first editions). Grolier Hawthorne 32 (for discussion of London and Boston titles). Boni, p. 143. Popular Tauchnitz titles sold as a souvenir in Italian tourist cities, with photographs of important sites and statues. Originally published in 1860, in London (as Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni) and in Boston (as The Marble Faun). Written on the eve of the American Civil War, the novel is set in a fantastical Italy, combining elements of fable, pastoral, gothic romance, and travel guide. Hawthorne supposedly was inspired to write it when he saw the Faun of Praxiteles (in our copy, the frontispiece to volume 1) in the Palazzo Nuovo of the Capitoline Museum in Rome, and he included extended descriptions of art and architecture as backdrop to the tale of mystery, murder, and romance. Thus, it became customary for nineteenth-century travelers to Rome and Florence to use the book as a guide, rebound (often in elaborately decorated vellum, as here) and extra-illustrated with tipped-in photographs of the scenes Hawthorne described. A profusion of elaborate formats in special and bespoke bindings embellished with widely varying numbers of photographs exist, and thus few copies are identical. ("The absence, presence, or sequence of inserted photographs has no significance in determining textual priority," according to Clark.) Further complicating matters is the confusion created by the Tauchnitz practice of preserving the 1860 title page unchanged through "at least four editions and an untold number of printings extending well into the twentieth century. Four settings of type have been identified . . . more may exist." (Clark) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$397.07 + shipping
Description: A selection of from the Tauchnitz 'Collection of British Authors' series. This collection contains the following works: Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Transformation: Or, the Romance of Monte Beni', complete in two volumes. This work was published simultaneously in America under the title 'The Marble Faun' (as seen on the title of this copy) and is the last of Hawthorne's four major romances. These volumes contain no illustrations and show no evidence of removal. A first edition copy of John Addington Symonds's 'New Italian Sketches'. This work contains selections from two earlier texts, 'Sketches and Studies in Italy' and 'Italian Byways', and provides a charming account and study of places for travellers in Italy. Edna Lyall's charming novel 'Donovan: A Modern Englishman', complete in two volumes. 'Edna Lyall' was the pseudonym for Ada Ellen Bayly, the renowned English novelist and early feminist who published eighteen incredibly popular novels and novellas between 1879 and 1902. Her works are renowned for their historical focus, and for her rather melodramatic plots and caricatured characters. Frederic William Farrar's 'Darkness and Dawn', complete in three volumes. This work of historical fiction recalls true events of Pagan and Christian history, and is clearly demonstrative of the author's Anglican faith. Indeed, beyond his fictional works, Farrar is best remembered as a cleric of the Church of England and the Archdeacon of Westminster from 1883 to 1894. Each work is a 'Copyright Edition'. These works is from the Tauchnitz 'Collection of British Authors' which started in 1842 and continued for almost a century. The collection eventually comprised of 5370 volumes. This collection is largely in a uniform full paper vellum binding, with beautiful and elaborate gilt detail to the boards and spine. 'New Italian Sketches' has been rebound in a half paper vellum binding with imitation green morocco over boards. This work however features the same gilt detail to the spine as the other volumes. In a full paper vellum binding, with beautiful and elaborate gilt detail to the boards and spine. 'New Italian Sketches' rebound in a half paper vellum binding with imitation green morocco over boards. Externally excellent, with slight discolouration and marking to boards, as expected with paper vellum binding. Minor shelfwear to extremities and slight rubbing to spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned to extremities but bright and clean, with the odd slight spot to the occasional page. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Off-white paper over boards, with gilt titling and illustration. Marbled endpapers. 280 pp. 40 photographic plates. Though published in Germany, text is in English. Great binding. VG- (Some light wear and rubbing to boards. Pages very clean. Two pages of preface loose but present.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Transformation. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Copyright edition published in 1860 in Leipzig, Germany. 2 volumes in 1. Ownership plate on first pastedown. Writing on front endpage.
Seller: Perish or Publish Bookseller, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Leipzig., Bernhard Tauchnitz., 1860. 8vo. First edition with two volumes in one. Bound in full PERIOD vellum with gold decoration around the borders binding with gilt stamping, marbled eps & red edge stain ("The Marble Faun" [the US title] on spine. Illustrated with numerous early photographs of statues, scenery, architecture, and landscapes of various places in Rome. Early printing of this book with copyright edition on title page. Published the same year as the first edition. 8vo. 6-1/4" x 4-1/4". 1st edition thus. 2 volumes in 1 A good copy. Per the note to Todd & Bowden's entry for this title, the work often used as a guide by the 19th c. traveler to Rome. The number of photographs, as well as photographic images, will vary from copy-to-copy. Illustrated with 59 mounted photographs (Vol I:34 Vol II 25: ) depicting Rome, divers sculptures, paintings and art, street scenes, personalities of the time, etc. The most photographs in any 2 vol. is 98. William B. Todd, acknowledged Tauchnitz authority, notes that the present novel, "as a useful guide to Rome, is the Tauchnitz book most often found extensively extra-illustrated with photographs and bound in elaborately decorated vellum." The must have guide book of 1860's Rome.
Seller: L'Estampe Originale ABAA/ILAB-LILA, Saratoga, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1088.73 + shipping
Description: 2 vols, 12mo, pp.I: xii, 292, II: vi, 280, [2], with 99 albumen print photographs (49 in each volume, plus frontispiece portrait after a painting); without half-titles as often; several photographic plates after art, sculpture, engraving; all edges gilt; in contemporary vellum over boards, gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; bookplate of George Henderson to upper pastedowns.First edition thus, extra-illustrated with ninety-nine albumen print photographs. 'The novel, a useful guide to Rome, is the Tauchnitz book most often found extensively extra-illustrated with photographs and bound in elaborately decorated vellum' (Todd & Bowden). The elaborate vellum binding was favoured by Italian binders who bound and marketed the edition for the tourist trade; copies often differ with half-titles usually lacking, as here, and the number of illustrations varying this copy is especially well illustrated. While copies are seen with as few as a single photograph, or as many as over one hundred, the illustrations usually number approximately sixty. Fourth setting, second impression, as described in Todd & Bowden 515Db and 516Db [vol.2] for a copy of the same edition (with half-titles remaining). Extant copies in dated wrappers indicate printing was likely 1878. Language: English
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom