Shop
-
The International Limited Edition of The Works of Victor Hugo
HUGO, VICTOR.
The Works of Victor Hugo.
Boston: Estes and Lauriat Publishers [c.1895].
The International Limited Edition of the works of Victor Hugo, limited to one thousand numbered copies. Octavo, thirty volumes bound in three quarter contemporary dark blue crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, illustrated with engravings, each with red lettered tissue guard. One of one thousand numbered copies, this is number 969. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 147512
-
Rare First Edition in English of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables
HUGO, VICTOR.
Les Miserables.
New York : Carleton, Publisher 1862.
First American edition and first edition in English of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, five volumes complete in one volume. Translated by Charles E. Wilbour. In near condition, previous owners names. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 140083
-
Rare first edition of Victor Hugo's La Légende des Siècles: First Series; From the Library of H. Bradley Martin
HUGO, VICTOR.
La Légende des Siècles. [The Legend of the Ages: First Series].
Bruxelles: 1859 Edition Hetzel.
First Brussels edition and true first edition of the first series of Hugo’s epic work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Provenance: from the library of H. Bradley Martin (his sale, Sotheby’s New York, October 16-17, 1989, lot no. 901; bookplate). “The H. Bradley Martin sale of 1989-1990 was a terribly significant sale of a stupendously varied and robust library that realized some major funds as well as publicity for Sotheby’s and for Martin’s executors. It also led H. Bradley Martin into the historic pantheon of legendary great bookmen. From it, we can surmise that book collecting on a massive scale and also the book auctioning industry was/were still alive and well in late 20th century America” (Jacqueline A. Martin, New York, April 1990. Preface: Sale 6036/The Martin Library, Part IX: Books and Illuminated Manuscripts/The Library of H. Bradley Martin/Highly Important Books and Illuminated Manuscripts. Thursday, June 14, 1990). Additional library stamp of “M. J. Putsage.” In very good condition. Housed in a custom morocco-backed marbled slipcase.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 142580
-
“When you get an idea into your head you find it in everything": Rare First Edition of Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris; One of only 1100 examples
HUGO, VICTOR.
Notre-Dame de Paris.
Paris: Charles Gosselin 1831.
First edition, first printing of Hugo’s masterpiece, one of only 1,100 examples. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in half calf. The publisher Charles Gosselin published the novel on 16 March 1831 in an edition of 1,100 copies as was his usual practice. It was such a sensation that an additional three printings had to be published the same year. The first impression of 1100 copies was separated into four groups, each bearing a fictitious edition statement on the title-page, a scheme designed to make the public believe that the novel was selling rapidly. “This first edition is the rarest of all the works of Victor Hugo; it has had a resounding impact worldwide, and is one of the most difficult titles of the Romantic period to obtain” (Carteret). In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable.
Price: $48,000.00 Item Number: 139559
-
"Life is the flower for which love is the honey": The Cabinet Edition of The Works of Victor Hugo; one of only 1000 numbered copies finely Bound and elaborately illustrated
HUGO, VICTOR.
The Works of Victor Hugo: Including [Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The Contemplations and The Legend of the Ages].
Boston: George H. Richmond & Co 1892.
Finely bound complete set of the Cabinet edition of the Works of Victor Hugo, one of 1000 numbered sets produced. Octavo, 40 volumes bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings including frontispieces to each volume. In near fine condition. From the library of A.J. Morgan with his bookplate. An exceptional set.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 133601
-
Finely Bound Set of the Novels of Victor Hugo
HUGO, VICTOR.
The Novels of Victor Hugo.
Boston : Dana Estes n.d.
The Illustrated Cabinet edition of the novels of Victor Hugo. Octavo, 12 volumes. Bound in three quarters navy blue morocco over blue cloth, elaborate gilt decorated spines with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, with illustrated plates, frontispieces. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 105448