Paris, France: Isidore Liseux, 1889. Limited Edition. Large octavo, 391 pages. Good plus condition. Bound in blue cloth wrapped in clear acetate protective covering. Spine is blue with soiled and tanned title label. Moderate chipping and soiling to front cover and top edge of boards. Cloth torn along front side edge exposing boards. Bumping to fore-edges. Aging to text-block. Previous owner's book plate to front pastedown. Deckled pages sewn in unevenly. Mild tearing along side edge of pages 122 and 360 and along top edges of pages 307-309. Slight separation at gutter between pages 122-123, 250-251, 282-283, 298-299. Shelved in Case 12. More

Philadelphia: The F.A. Davis Co., 1893. First American Edition. Octavo, 436 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in dark green cloth, spine has gold lettering and tooling. Moderate shelfwear and chipping to head and tail of spine with minor creasing along length. Minor soiling to front cover and slight chipping to back cover. Bumping and chipping to fore-edges and edges of boards. Tanning to edges of textblock with minor foxing and soiling to top and side edges. Age-toning to textblock with light foxing to first free edge. Minor creasing on front and rear pastedowns. Slight separation between first and second free edge along gutter. Inscription by previous owner on second free edge with light writing in pencil to top right of page. Shelved in in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Pour Les Membres de la Société du Roman Philosophique, 1926. Limited Edition, #198/233. Quarto, 540 pages. In Very Good condition. Rebound in quarter red leather with marbled paper boards and new endpapers. Paneled spine is lightly sunfaded red with gilt lettering and gilt tooling. Minor shelfwear to spine and paper boards. Bumping and slight chipping to fore-edges slightly exposing boards. Slight ink mark to back board board. Top edge of textblock dyed red. Deckled textblock with minor water damage to last pages endpapers of original textblock. Mild soiling to pages 254-257 and 312-313. Signed flat by Heine and the Treasurer of the Society on the limitation page. Shelved in Case 12. More

Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. First English Language Edition: #358/650. Large octavo, 52 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in black paper, protected by clear acetate covering. Fading to gilt lettering and tooling to spine. Mild shelfwear to head and tail of spine with moderate chipping near head exposing board. Minimally chipped intricate gilt lettering and tooling to front cover. Mild chipping along all edges of boards. Top edge of textblock gilt. Age-toning and slight foxing to textblock. Deckled pages with slight writing in pencil to first free edge and rear pastedown. Textblock clean. Shelved in Case 12. More

Kitchener, ON, Canada: Ainsworth Press, 1971. Octavo, 725 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in brown leatherette with extensive gilt lettering and tooling to spine and front cover. Minor shelfwear to spine and boards. Slight chipping to tail of spine. Bumping to fore-edges. Possible water damage to top and bottom edges of textblock resulting in minor discoloration. Slight soiling to top and side edges of textblock. Age-toning to textblock. Slight writing in pencil to first free edge. Shelved case 12. More

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo, 264 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket is wrapped in mylar, price is uncut: '$3.00.' Spine is tan with black lettering. Minor creasing and tanning along sides and length of spine. Moderate shelfwear to dust jacket with mild chipping to top, bottom, and side edges. Probable minor water damage to front cover of dust jacket with minor tear to bottom edge. Slight soiling to bottom of back cover of dust jacket. Age-toning to textblock with slight soiling to bottom and side edges. Slight writing in pencil to first and rear free edges. Textblock clean. Loose previous bookseller's slip with book description. Shelved Sade. More

London: John Calder, 1987. First Translated Edition. Octavo, 185 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar, prices uncut: '£11.95,' '$17.95.' Spine is white and brown with brown and white lettering. Slight shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Slight tanning and creasing to dust jacket. Age-toning to textblock. Erasure marks to top right of first free edge. Slight separation at gutter between pages 94-95 and rear free edge and pastedown. Textblock clean. Shelved Sade. More

Paris: Chez Massé, Éditeur proprietaire, 1800. First Edition. 12mo, [4], 256, [4], 246, [1] pages. In Poor condition. Rebound in quarter marbled paper, plain brown paper spine. Shelfwear, chipping, and tearing to paper spine and boards. Edges of textblock tanned with age-toning and minor soiling to textblock. Lacking both issued frontispieces. With both half-titles. On Tome III the title page has had 'Tom III' torn out, with the small hole repaired. Small backing to fore edge of half-title and title page. Tome III A1 is missing the top half of the leaf, plain paper attached with crude ink titling to the recto only. Tome III F1 with small repair to the fore edge and crude ink lettering to the recto. Tome IV G11-12 with some damage to fore edges, G12 with slight loss to words. Significant tide-marks and water staining throughout, though most severe at extremities and along gutters. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Éditions Tête de Feuilles, 1973. First Edition Thus. Octavos, eight volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and tooling. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to spines and boards. Light bumping to fore-edges. Volumes have light stray pencil marks along with slight black ink marks along corners of textblock edges and on edges of assorted pages. Light soiling to edges of textblocks. Volume one has minor writing in pencil on half-title page and minor stray ink markings to top edge of textblock. Volume two has light chipping to back cover, light residue to front cover, and minor indentation to top edge of textblock due to creased pages. Volume three has stray ink marks to top edge of textblock. Volume four has minor chipping and scratch marks to front cover. Volume 7 has mild rubbing and scratching to front and back covers, slight tears to bottom edge of text block at pages xviii, xix, and xxvii, and slight sticky residue along bottom edge of textblock. Volume 8 has minor scratching to covers and slight shiny residue to spine. Age toning to textblocks. Each volume includes red endpages and orange ribbons. Black and white facsimiles of paintings and Sade's handwritten manuscripts tipped in after "Voyage d'Italie" in volume 8. Shelved above Science. More

Paris, France: Les Amis Des Éditions de Minuit, 1949. First Edition: #73/500. Octavo, 265 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is tanned white with black lettering. Moderate tanning with minor soiling to front and back paper covers. Age-toning to textblock with unevenly cut edges. Textblock clean. Shelved Sade. More

[Paris, France]: 1772. Clipped portion of a Very Good condition legal document, one page in Italian-style on a slip of laid paper. Tiny creases at center of page. Marquis de Sade's signature in ink is lighter than the rest of the document. Housed in Very Good condition black frame with white matting. Dimensions of frame: height 5.5 inches x width 8.25 inches; dimensions from sight: height 3.5 inches x width 6.5 inches. Shelved in Case 4. More

Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1948. First Edition. Octavo, xxxviii, 149 pages. Bound in orange wove paper wrapped in protective clear plastic wrapping. Spine is orange with black lettering. Slight soiling and fading to covers and spine. Age-toning to textblock. Inscribed by Lély on half-title page. Several pages uncut throughout textblock. Tables and original documents tipped in throughout. Offset mark to last page from. back cover. Textblock clean. Shelved in Case 12. More

London: Aux depens de la compagnie, 1795 [1880]. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 453 pages. In Very Good condition. Quarter bound in green cloth with silk marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor rubbing and shelfwear to head and tail of spine with stray dark possible ink marks above title. Fading of cloth boards along hinges of spine. Bumping to paper fore-edges exposing boards and chipping along top and bottom edges of front and back paper covers. Age-toning to textblock. Small ink marks to top left of first free edge. Slight separation between first free edge and half-title page at gutter. Tanning with intermittent light soiling to edges of pages. Mild soiling and minor tearing to half-title page for second book in volume located after page 206. Noticeable staining to bottom right of pages 2165-247. Pages tipped in between 16-17 and 240-241 cut. Shelved in Case 12. More

Londres: [n.p.], 1776. Early Edition. 12mo., xxxii, 206 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in full early calf. Spine has gilt lettering and tooling along with slightly peeling brown label. Mildly faded gilt tooling also visible along top and bottom edges of boards. Boards are slightly exposed due to bumping at fore-edges and along top edges of boards and spine. Mild rubbing, scratching, and chipping to both covers. Mild creasing along hinge between spine and front cover resulting in slight separation between them at top of spine. Publisher's red speckling along edges of textblock. Age-toning to textblock. Marbled endpapers. Ink notes to verso of half-title. First free edge partially separated between marbled recto and plain paper verso. Green ribbon. Shelved in Case 12. More

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press, 2015. Octavo, 211 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is sky blue with black and white lettering. Minimal shelfwear to spine and covers. Textblock clean. Shelved Sade. More

New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, xi, 256 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is white and grey with black lettering. Minimal shelfwear to spine and covers. Textblock clean. Shelved Sade. More

Paris, France: Edouard Rouveyre, 1878. First Edition. Octavo, xlviii, 53 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's printed wrapper with black lettering to spine, black and red lettering to cover, and red designs to both covers. Numer '118' written in pencil on bottom left of front cover. Age toning to paper covers and textblock. Minor foxing to textblock. Deckled pages sewn in unevenly. Shelved in Case 12. More