MIKSZÁTH KÁLMÁN MUNKÁI [Complete 20 Volume Set]

Mikszáth, Kálmán

Budapest: Légrády testvérek [and] Révai testvérek, 1901-1907. Hardcover. Mikszáth (1847-1910) was a novelist, regarded by contemporaries and succeeding generations alike as the outstanding Hungarian writer at the turn of the century. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed his novel St. Peter's Umbrella so much that he visited Mikszáth solely to express his admiration, during a European trip in 1910. Octavo, twenty volumes: Szent péter eserny je; A két koldusdiák: a mi a lelket megmérgezi; A kis primás: Magyarország lovagvárai; Az Apró gentry: és a nép; A Beszél köntös: regény [with] A Lohinai f : elbeszélés; Nagyságos Katánghy menyhért; Nemzetes uraimék (mácsik a nagyerejü): regény; Pernye; Pipacsok a buzában; Club és folyosó; Urak és parasztok; Galamb a kalitkában [with] Az eladó birtok [with] Páva a varjuval; A gavallérok [with] A demokraták [with] Ne okoskodj Pista!; Prakovszky, a siket kovács [with] A körtvélyesi csíny; Tót atyafiak [with] A jó palócok; Uj Zrinyiász; Beszterce Ostroma; Kisértet Lublón: és egyéb elbeszélések; Tavaszi rügyek; [and] A Tekintetes vármegye. In the publisher's red diagonal fine-ribbed cloth bindings, with black and silver-stamped ruled and ornamental borders, silver and gilt-stamped ruled frame, and geometric strapwork frame with floral ornaments, black and gilt-stamped foliate field, and rectangular panels with floral ornaments and titling, and central oval panel with floral ornaments and titling on the front panel; black and silver-stamped ruled and ornamental head and tail bands, black, silver, and gilt-stamped ruled bands, geometric strapwork, floral ornaments and foliate decorations, black and gilt-stamped compartments with floral ornaments and titling on the spine; and a repetition of the borders from the front pn the rear panel, except in blind-stamp, with a blind-stamped central publisher's devices. All edges stained red, with olive endpapers featuring a green and brown-printed floral pattern. Mild spotting to the fore-edge of some volumes, with a bit of light rubbing to the corners and tips; otherwise a very good set. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Very good. Item #80938

Price: $800.00