Paris: Éditions Maurice Ponsot, [1944]. First Edition, limited to 800 copies of which this is no. 633. Folio (31cm.); loose as issued in green pictorial die-cut wrappers housed in publisher's green mottled paper-covered chemise, printed paper spine label and matching slipcase; 197pp.; sixteen aquarelles plates, additional illus. throughout text printed..... More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's terra-cotta cloth, spine lettered in silver foil; xiv,[2],613pp.; illus. and charts throughout. Some dust-soil to top textblock edge, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Very Good or better copy overall. The French sociologist's most important work, based..... More

Paris: Garnier Frères, n.d., ca. 1870. "Nouvelle Édition Collationnée sur la Dernière Édition Publié du Vivant de l'Auteur." 12mo (18cm.); contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in five compartments, marbled endpapers; [4],502pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Boards rather rubbed, leather a bit dried and spine crown pulled, else..... More

Geneve: 1755. Small 12mo (15cm.); full contemporary calf, gilt spine in six compartments, reddish-brown gilt spine onlay, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; xviii,[19]-326pp. (*12 B-N12 O7 [M4 and M6 missigned L4 and L6]). Boards a bit scuffed, tiny chips at spine ends, 20th century Lisbon bookseller ticket to front pastedown..... More

Paris: Guy le Prat, [1947]. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's patterned paper-covered boards printed in brown; 180pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Brief split at top spine edge of upper cover, contemporary ownership inscription, else Near Fine. Text entirely in French. More

New York: William Sloane Associates, 1949. First Edition. Stated First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket designed by Rafael Palacios; [8],273pp. Jacket significantly worn and chipped, spine entirely perished and crudely repaired with old brown paper, rear flap separated but present and laid in; boards a bit rubbed..... More

Paris: Barbou, 1770. First Thus. 12mo (17cm.); contemporary sheep, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; xii,455pp.; engraved folding view, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Binding quite worn with long shallow exposure at extremities, joints cracked leaving front cover nearly separated, lacking front free endpaper; a Good only, albeit internally sound..... More

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. First U.S. Edition. Octavos. 516, 399, 368 pages + lxix appendix. Frontis portrait of Napoleon. Three volumes. Original beige boards in drab olive cloth with paper labels to spine. Wear with some loss to extremities; cracked along joints and spine ends..... More

Paris: Félix Alcan, 1893. First Edition. Octavo; later two-toned library cloth, original wrappers mounted to covers, spine lettered in manuscript; xii,569pp. Corners bumped, general dust soil to boards, bubbling to upper cover mounted wrapper, textblock uniformly toned, else a Good reading copy overall. Of special note are the..... More

Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008. First Edition. Octavo; xi, 322pp. Illustrated dust jacket over brown leatherette with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket very lightly creased near head of spine, but crisp, with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Sparse marginal checks and..... More

New York: Frick Collection / Princeton University Press, 1992. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket; [8],335pp.; photographic illus. throughout, many full-paged and in color. Light shelf wear, foxing along margins of rear jacket flap and jacket verso, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket..... More

Second Edition. Dublin: P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Sleater. J. Moore, J. Jones, A. Grueber, W. Jones, R. Weite, J. Rice, and R. M'Allister, 1791. Second Edition. Part 1 (all published). Octavo; viii, 366 p. [A]5 B-2A8. Leaf 2A8 [blank] removed. Lacks fold-out chart of Constitution. Contemporary mottled calf with..... More

New York: New York University Press, 1997. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to writer and columnist William Safire and his wife with inscription "For Bill and Helene, these Paris pages in all friendship - Tom. NY 3/97." Octavo; 298pp. Photographic dust..... More