Paris: Société Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins De Fer, [1970s]. Quarto; unpaginated. Book is bound in a black presentation binder with internal metal spiral binding. Mustard yellow and white graphic cover. Full-color illustrations and diagrams throughout, some which fold-out. Text primarily in French with some portions also translated to English..... More

Paris: Charpentier et Cie., 1876. Two volumes (of three); 32mo (11.5cm.); publisher's blue morocco-backed marbled boards, elaborate gilt spines in five compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [4],493; [4],461pp.; engraved frontispieces by Alphonse Leroy and Alphonse Lamothe, and two eaux-fortes Lalauze. Some scuffing to boards and spine ends, corners bumped..... More

Paris: Hachette, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's green decorative leatherette stamped in red and gilt, gilt-lettered acetate jacket; 302pp.; 8 mounted color plates, text illustrations throughout. Minor shelf wear along spine edges, jacket a bit dusty with a few tiny losses at extremities, else a Very Good, internally fine..... More

Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1928. Later printing. Inscibed by author on half-title. Printed wraps. Sextodecimo; 116pp. Lower half of front cover is detached from spine, but top half is holding. Spine itself is chipped and worn and detached at bottom, and back cover is barely holding on. Edges are chipped and..... More

Louvain: Publications Universitaires, 1961. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's printed card wrappers; vii,[1],362pp. Wrappers quite toned at extremities and along spine, faint crease to top fore-edge corner of upper cover, contemporary ownership signatures to half title; overall Near Very Good, internally clean and sound. Includes papers presented in French, German, and..... More

Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],v,[1],253pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes essays on the Suez Canal..... More

Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1866. Two volumes; small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],237; [2],238pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. More

Paris: Alexandre Cadot, 1856. First Edition. Small octavo (16cm.); contemporary brown calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine, marbled endpapers; 320pp. Boards a bit scuffed at extremities with some exposure, chiefly at corners, contemporary bookseller ticket to front pastedown and slightly latter rubber-stamps to title page a few internal leaves, stock uniformly..... More

Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1940. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 1350. Octavo; later half green crushed morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original front wrapper bound in rear; [4],278pp.; six leaves of plates, additional text illus. throughout..... More

Maurice LaLau. Paris: Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, 1923. Later Printing of the 1914 First Edition. French language. Quarto; iv, 154pp. Nine mounted color plates, with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Publisher's pink cloth with color illustration to front. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with some scuffs down..... More

Paris: Bernard Grasset, [1978]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's white photo-illustrated card wrappers; 248pp. Minor wear from handling, wrappers a bit yellowed, brief soil to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Account of the treason trial in the Soviet Union of the Jewish oppositionist Anatoly Chtcharansky. More

Paris: Éditions Georges-Anquetil, ca. 1920. Octavo (23cm.); later maroon cloth, red gilt morocco spine label; viii,728,[16](ads)pp. Bottom margins of both covers discolored from exposure to damp, text block uniformly toned, else Good to Very Good overall. Anthology of 18th-century French erotic and romantic literature. Authors include Diderot, Laclos, Casanova..... More

[Paris]: Mercure de France, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's card wrappers in white dust jacket; 190pp. Light wear and toning to jacket extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. The French playwright's only novel, published in English as "The Hermit" in 1975. More