Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1923. Small octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [4],xii,[2],488pp. Cloth a bit spotted, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound. Swiss-born author's analysis of the woman's role in 18th-century France, first published in 1888. More

Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, 1863. First Edition. Octavo. 339 pages. 4 fold-out maps to rear. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Green cloth over marbled paper covered boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Moderate wear to boards; cracked at bottom corners and spine ends. Cracked at hinge but binding is sound..... More

Paris: N. Bonnart, ca. 1690. First Edition. 12mo (15.5cm.); armorial binding of Madame de Maintenon, full crimson morocco adorned with her coat-of-arms on both covers, triple-ruled in gilt with diminutive repeating rampant lions at each corner, elaborate gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; 100pp.; illus. and..... More

Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1844. 16mo; 495pp. Illustrated frontis with tissue guard. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corner tips with gilt lettering to spine. Boards worn down joints and rubbed away at corners, with chipping and exposure at spine ends and scuffing to front and back..... More

Paris: Librairie Garnier Frères, [1943]. "Nouvelle Édition, Revue sur les manuscrits avec une introduction, des notes et un index des nom propres par Michael François." 12mo; pp. [6], 516; one plate; conteporary limp blue morocco, decorative spine embossed in gilt, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Extremities rubbed, preliminaries a bit foxed, else..... More

New Haven: Yale University, December, 1965. 8vo, pp. 122; original grey pictorial saddle-stitched wrappers; spine and extremities toned, original price rubberstamped twice on upper cover, spine ends chipped, else Very Good. Articles organized into three sections: Sade the novelist, the philosopher, and the fomenter. More

Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey cloth, blue and gilt spine titling; 289pp. Spine a shade toned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good or better. Text entirely in French. More

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1911. Early reprint, originally published in English as "Arsene Lupin versus Holmlock Shears" in 1909 and in its original French the year preceding. Octavo. 277 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Green cloth decorated in gilt with illustration mounted to front. No dust jacket. Boards show light..... More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 327 pp. Four plates including frontispiece, complete. Green boards stamped in black, white, and gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show moderate shelfwear with general smudging and scuffing. Binding is sound, some minor spotting to rear endpapers..... More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1910. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 325 pp. Four color plates including frontis with tissue guard, complete. Dark blue boards stamped in yellow and brown. No dust jacket. Boards rubbed along edges and joints with chip to rear joint. Exposure to rear hinge..... More

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1925. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 315 pp. Frontispiece. Red striped cloth lettered in black. No dust jacket. Boards show light wear to extremities and spine lightly toned. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Originally serialized and published the year prior in book form as..... More

Paris: Librairie Plon / Plon-Nourrit et Cie., [1921-1922]. First Edition Limited to 2150 copies on alfa of which this is no. 1817. Three volumes; octavo; uniformly bound in publisher's white card wrappers printed in red, black, and gilt; photographic frontispieces to first two volumes and 28 plates, including thirteen folding..... More

Paris: NRF, 1948. First Hugo Edition, Limited to 395 copies of which this is no. 98. Tall octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers in glassine dust jacket; 210pp.; gouaches text illus. throughout. Jacket a bit chipped and worn at extremities, moderate shelf wear to textblock margins, else Very Good, internally clean..... More