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55 - HUGO (Victor). 38 vols., in-8°.
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HUGO (Victor). 38 vols., in-8°. Red half-chagrin, spine with 5 decorated false ribs, gilt titles, gilt fillet on the covers, gilt head. (Contemporary binding). The set comprises 6 works in first edition or partly first edition: Les Misérables, partly first edition. Les Misérables. Paris, Pagnerre (printed by J. Claye), 1862. 10 tomes in 5 volumes. Published in the year of the original edition; the titles of tomes I and II state ‘fifth edition’, whilst those of tomes VII to X state ‘third edition’. Volumes III to VI, ‘Cosette’ and ‘Marius’, with no mention of an edition, are first editions. (Vicaire, IV, 328). The Man Who Laughs. Paris, Librairie internationale; and Brussels, Leipzig and Livorno, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Co. (printed by L. Poupart-Davyl, vol. I, then by CH. Lahure), 1869. 4 tomes in 2 volumes. First edition. (Vicaire, IV, 341). A few foxing spots. The Four Winds of the Spirit. Paris, J. Hetzel and A. Quentin, 1881. 2 vols. First edition. (Vicaire, IV, 363). Circular scuffing with a tear in the paper on the upper cover of volume I. *Les Travailleurs de la mer*. Paris, Librairie internationale; and Brussels, Leipzig and Livorno, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Co. (printed by Ch. Lahure), 1866. 3 volumes in 2 parts. Published in the year of the first edition. Vicaire notes that the first edition was printed by J. Claye. [Bound together with:] from the same publishers: Paris (Introduction to the book *Paris-Guide*). 1867. 124, [1] pp. Published in the same year as the original. [Bound together as a sequel:] *Le Pape*. New edition. Paris, Calmann Lévy, (printed by Quantin), 1879. 169 pp. Published one year after the first edition. Histoire d’un crime. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1877–1878. 2 volumes in 1 volume. Volume I bears the notation ‘sixth edition’; Volume II has no edition notation; first edition. (Vicaire, IV, 353). The Art of Being a Grandfather. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1877. First edition. (Vicaire, IV, 355). *Les Châtiments*. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, (printed by J. Claye), 1875. First edition, in-8°. Unillustrated. (Vicaire, IV, 315). Acts and Words. Before Exile – During Exile. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, (printed by J. Claye), 1875 and 1879. 3rd edition. HUGO (Adèle, née Foucher, Madame Victor Hugo). Victor Hugo as told by a witness to his life. Paris, Librairie internationale; and Brussels, Leipzig and Livorno, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Co. (printed by J. Claye), 1863. 2 vols. First edition. (Vicaire, IV, 453). Works. New edition, illustrated with vignettes and expanded to include ‘La Légende des Siècles’. Paris, Vve André Houssiaux, Hébert & Co., successors, 1878. 19 vols. (out of 20; vol. I of the Dramas, *Cromwell*, is missing). Portrait of V. HUGO as a frontispiece and numerous out-of-series illustrations. Poetry (8 volumes); Plays (volumes II–IV); Novels (4 volumes); Miscellaneous Literature and Philosophy (1 vol.); *Le Rhin*. Letters to a Friend (3 vols.). Also published by the same publisher: *L’Année terrible*, 1880. A few foxing spots. An attractive set.
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