The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau
BALZAC, Honore de
[Translated by Ellen Marriage. Introduction by George Saintsbury.]
FIRST APPEARANCE IN EVERYMAN IN MAROON LEATHERETTE BINDING
Published: Dent, [1912]
Stock code: 38136
Price: £60.00
8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of maroon leatherette, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, radial corners, pictorial endpapers, blue silk marker, a near fine copy.
EL 596; Seymour 56.0. A NEAR FINE COPY IN THE SCARCE MAROON LEATHERETTE BINDING -by far the most fragile of the early EL binding styles . 'The maroon Imitation leather style binding gives a striking appearance on the shelf when in pristine condition. Finding a perfect example of this binding style is a rare occurrence' (Seymour).