Last Days of Pompeii, First Edition (111 results)

3 volumes. First Edition. 8vo, as issued in the printer's original state in drab paper boards,with paper lettering labels on the spines. xvi, 315; 296; 315 pp. A very handsome set, a bit age mellowed, internally sound, some expected light wear to the hinges and some rubbing to the labels. FIRST EDITION, RARE IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. The first edition of a classic of historical fiction. Bulwer's most celebrated work was inspired by his visit to the studio of the Russian painter Karl Bryullov at Rome, where an enormous canvas representing the catastrophe was hung. This is now in the Hermitage, covering much of the wall. "The Last Days of Pompeii is one of the best-documented examples of a novel in the boards and label period for which the earliest bindings were supplied by wholesalers, and not by the publisher. It was a practice at this time, just before publication, to offer trade subscribers a small extra discount on copies in quires. The "Bentley Private List" (1834, back wrapper) gives details for "The Last Days of Pompeii". At the trade subscription on September 24, 1834, five days before publication, the book in quires was offered at 21s. 3d., with the added incentive of 25 copies for the price of 24. 'The total subscription was 729.copies, and every single one of those copies was to be supplied in quires. Consequently, on publication day not a single copy in the publisher's binding crossed a bookshop or library counter; and Bentley-bound copies would only have been issued to supply later orders.' (Carter, "Binding Variants", pp. 33-35). Longmans were the single largest subscriber, taking 200 copies (for the price of 192), amounting to 27% of the total subscription. These copies would have been boarded for publication by Longmans, hence the Longmans' catalogue here. Of the six possible binding variants listed by Carter in "Binding Variants" and "More Binding Variants", this is 'A'. Sadleir 414 (half cloth, boards, labels); Wolff 940 (full cloth, labels).

[BULWER-LYTTON, George]. The Last Days of Pompeii. By the Author of "Pelham," "Eugene Aram," "England, and the English." &c. &c. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine labels, housed in custom cloth box. London: Richard Bentley, 1834. 3 Vols. First edition. Sadleir 414. Wolff 940. Complete with 1/2-titles in Vols. Two and Three (none issued with Vol. One). Professionally restored, else a very good or better set of the author's most important book.

First edition of this work translated by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

Three volumes. Contemporary 1/2 red morocco with cloth by Riviere (stamped on front endpaper in volume 2), front board of volumes 1 and 3 detached, otherwise fine. A very attractive copy of this classic work. TEG. Other edges uncut. First edition. Errata slips for all three volumes is bound into volume 1 after page xvi. There are half-titles in volumes 2 & 3 only. Volume 1 was issued without one. Sadleir 414. Wolff 940.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very attractive copy of this classic work. First edition First issue 3 volumes 8vo. Finely bound in period 19th century full calf with gilt raised bands and a pair of title and author labels calf on spine fine a very fine set. There are half-titles in volumes 2 & 3 only. Volume 1 was issued without one. Sadleir 414. Wolff 940. This is the basis for a silent film version and a later early sound version of the last days of Pompeii with the eruption of Vesuvius in circa 79 AD. This is a special set signed by its original owner, Byron Streatfeild of Kent Uk a famous noble family.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The Last Days of Pompeii Bulwer-Lytton First Edition, Richard Bentley, London 1834; Bulwer-Lytton's classic novel was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. It culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of 1st-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends. The protagonist, Glaucus, represents the Greeks who have been subordinated by Rome, and his nemesis Arbaces the still older culture of Egypt. Olinthus is the chief representative of the nascent Christian religion, which is presented favourably but not uncritically. The Witch of Vesuvius, though she has no supernatural powers, shows Bulwer-Lytton's interest in the occulta theme which would emerge in his later writing, particularly The Coming Race. - Wikipedia; 12mo, contemporary half-calf with marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine, black title labels; Good condition, Volumes 2 and 3 lacking originally issued half-titles & errata; some pulling and a small tear to the head of vol. 1 spine; bindings tight and square; boards, edges, and joints quite rubbed; vol. 1 front hinge cracked, others sound, ownership signatures dated 1837 to front pastedowns of vols. 1 and 2 and rear pastedown upside down of vol. 3; Sadleir 414, Wolff 940.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1925, 1ST EDITION, LATER REPRINT ISSUE, VG/GOOD-, SOLD AS-IS, Approx 3/4 In. Chip DJ Spine Base, , TINY Stains CHIPS TEARS around Extremities of DJ & Small Tears, & WEAR EDGES OF DJ, LITE Interior Fox, THE DJ'S HAVE RIPS AND TEARS AND SOME TAPE ALONG THE EDGES. THE BOOK is IN VG- CONDITION .8vo. Back of PINKISH BEIGE DJ has Small Lite stain List #763 Treasure Island & Kidnapped Thru #769 In the South Seas, Blue Topstain, SMALL RED EMBOSSED CLOTH Cvr has Very Nice Gold Gilt on Spine Cvr, BLUE TOPSTAIN,

Leather-bound Hardcover. Condition: very good to fine. First Edition. Richard Bentley, London, 1834. First edition First issue 3 volumes 8vo. (7.5" x 5"), 315, 296, & 315 pages. Bound in 3/4 calf over marbled boards, spine with 5 slightly raised bands and a pair of title and volume labels, as well labels at the bottom of the spine with 1829 on vol. 1 (?, the title page of vol. 1 shows 1834 as publication year) and the correct 1834 on vols. 2 and 3. Vol. 1 was not issued with a half title, vols 2 and 3 have half titles bound after the title page. Wolff 940.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. SCARCE. Two volume in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decorations back, marbled end papers, frontispiece portrait engraving. Near Fine, light rubbing at tips, prior owner name Henry Moore both volumes. A handsome set and a quite uncommon American edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. First American Edition of Bulwer's hugely successful novel, complete in two duodecimo volumes. xii,[2],9-240; 201,[3],28(publisher's catalogue),[8][further advertisements)pp. Original publisher's peach-colored cloth, printed paper spine labels, contemporary manuscript ex-libris to title pages. Spines a shade lightened, else an exceptionally crisp, clean, well-preserved set, in early American cloth. First published in London the same year, The Last Days of Pompeii, Bulwer's single most successful book, "rapidly achieved classic status and remained a best-seller for the rest of the century; it was translated into at least ten languages (no fewer than sixteen French impressions had been issued by 1864), was frequently dramatized, and twice adapted as an opera. Two years after the death of [Walter] Scott, Bulwer's epic tale of Roman indulgence, Christian martyrdom, and the cataclysmic eruption of Vesuvius established him as the most popular historical novelist of the day." (ODNB) The novel was inspired by both Bulwer's visit to the ruins of Pompeii and by Karl Briullov's monumental painting The Last Days of Pompeii, which Bulwer saw when it was exhibited in Milan, in 1828. Walter Scott described the painting as an "epic in colors," and it inspired a poem by Pushkin. After many years at the Louvre, it is now housed at the State Russian Museum, in St. Petersburg. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded bottom and side edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Notes from publisher neatly laid in. ; First Easton Press Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1966, 1ST EDITION, LATER REPRINT ISSUE, VG/GOOD+, SOLD AS-IS,LARGER FORMAT, In PURPLE Illustrated Dustjacket with Lite Extremities Scufing at DJ Folds & SPINE EDGES TINY CHIPS TEARS around Extremities of DJ , & WEAR EDGES OF DJ, VERY LITE Interior Fox, .8vo. Back of LAVENDERPINK DJ has Small SCUFF List FEWOF 500 AUTHORS, , SMALL REDDISH EMBOSSED CLOTH Cvr has Very Nice BRITE Gold Gilt on Spine Cvr, 410 pgs ,Everyman s Library #80, VISIT THE LITERARY SHRINE of ione of Pompeii WHERE Lytton wrote His Great Romance. Story centered upon the Destruction of Pompeii BY THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS ON AUG 24TH, A.D. 79.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition. Quarto, viii, 425pp. In publishers cloth, title in gilt on spine, inserted picture on front cover. Complete with 9 full page color illustrations, plus illustrated title page. Ownership inscription opposite half title. In scarce publishers dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, color illustration affixed to front panel, some wear at edges, but overall an exceptional copy. Part of the Scribner's Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. Dark green full cloth boards w/ornate, black embossed cover design and ornate gilt embossed spine design, light shelf wear, rub. Pages near fine; attractively toned. Frontispiece illustration w/tissue cover of knight on horse depicting Harold, Last of Saxon Kings. String-bind, good; hinges intact. 304 and 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.

xii, (3), 10-240; 201 pp. First American edition. First American edition. xii, (3), 10-240; 201 pp. Bulwer-Lytton's most celebrated novel, one which virtually established a new genre of historical fiction. Inspired by his visit to the studio of the Russian painter Karl Bryullov at Rome, where an enormous canvas representing the catastrophe was hung. Contemporary three-quarter brown morocco, green cloth. Head of spine chipped, extremities rubbed, some light foxing; Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Astor Library edition which was an inexpensive collection of books of lasting value published by Dodd, Mead with each book priced at $1.00 and with an attractive jacket as well. Very uncommon with the jacket which has some some loss along the spine and along the top edge of the front panel. The flaps are blank as was common for jackets of this era. Some staining to the fore edge of the textblock. You won t find another copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Three volumes, octavos, bound without half titles in contemporary quarter calf, very worn, joints cracked, few spine panels gone, few pages becoming loose, with all errata slips present. This set of perhaps Lytton's most famous novel has in each volume the bookplate of Edward Strutt, the first Baron Belper (1801-1880), friend of Bentham, Mill, Macaulay, and of the major political and literary lights of his day. First edition. This set will require extra postage, with the exact amount depending upon the destination.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in boards.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Illustrated with many whole page color plates and in text b/w drawings. Introduction by Edgar Johnson. First Van Nostrand Reinhold edition, indicated first printing. Based on limited edition 1956. Untrimmed fore edges. Excellent condition like new of the book. A beautiful book. 522pp.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. 35 HRN 35 First Edition - First issue to use the title Classics Illustrated. LAST DAYS OF POMPEII with art by H C Kiefer. Volcanic explosion cover. Vertical crease in middle of cover does not break the color. Beautiful spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Collection of British Authors, Vol. XIV. 16x12cm 438 pages. It is a book for the learned British traveler. Percaline covers, compact and light. With an ex libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American edition. Two volumes. In the original publisher's cloth boards with printed paper spine labels. Partial splitting to the joints, else a good sound set with chipping to the spine label edges, moderate fading and staining to the boards. *OCLC* locates five sets in the original publisher's cloth boards. *Checklist American Imprints* 25393.

BULWER-LYTTON, Edward George. THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1834. 2 vols. First American edition. 8vo., tan cloth. A very good set in the original cloth that shows some soiling and loss of paper spine labels, slight wear at the spine ends.

[BULWER-LYTTON, Edward George]. The Last Days of Pompeii. By the Author of "Pelham," "Eugene Aram," "England and the English," &c. Original cloth with printed paper spine labels. New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. 2 Vols. First American edition. Some fading and scuffing to cloth, light scattered foxing, else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Kurt Craemer (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Limited, Signed, Numbered Edition Series; Color Illustrations; 8.20 X 5.60 X 1.30 inches; xxi, 513 pages; SIGNED AND NUMBERED 1187/1500 ON COLOPHON PAGE BY THE ARTIST [CRAEMER] AND PRINTER [MARDERSTEIG]. Hard cover is bound in full light gray Italian linen with a Pompeii design in a darker grey. Very slight rubbing to covers, pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Paper is high quality, Muslianco paper, printed at the Officina Bodoni, Verona and illustrated with woodcuts by Kurt Craemer from designs he saw in Pompeii. Slip case is grey with paste down on spine. Slight rubbing. Classic Victorian tale of the last days of Pompeii. From poets to flower-girls, gladiators to Roman tribunes, here is a plausible story of their lives, their loves, and the tragic fate that awaited them. Extra heavy, 4#. ; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. Rubbing, open tearing along panel/spine edges. Light staining on front panel. Illustrations by F. C. Yohn.

Hardcover. First Edition; Early Printing. Good in boards. Front hinge starting. Title page detached Small scuff on top of front panel. Darkening througout.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Last Days of Pompeii issue by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. 35 HRN 35, First Edition. H C Kiefer art.

1. Aufl. XIV, 562 S. Early English edition. Einband etwas bestoßen, die ersten und letzten Seiten minimal fleckig, Name auf Titel, sonst schönes Ex. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 Kl.-8°, dekorativer Halblederband der Zeit.

12mo. original cloth, paper spine label. xii,7-240; 201,2-20 pages. 2 volumes bound together as issued. First American Edition (Kohler 63, Rinderknecht and Bruntjen 25393). Contains a preface as well as a list of "Valuable Works Published by Harper & Brothers, New-York". Wear and rubbing along extremities, corners and spine ends bumped, small tears in cloth binding near spine ends, binding and paper spine label sunned with some paper loss, hinges visible, sunning and various creasing or dog-earing on pages. original cloth, paper spine label.