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: G. Charpentier, 1880. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers; [4],356pp. Some scuffing to boards with brief exposure at corners, spine leather a shade sunned, textblock uniformly toned and a bit foxed due to inferior paper stock, shallow dampstain to fore-edge of early..... More

[Paris]: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1970. First Edition. Tall, narrow octavo (24cm.); publisher's decorative white card wrappers printed in red and black, French flaps; 270pp.; Chinese text printed in red throughout, text in English and French printed in black. Light wear and dustiness, faint spine crease, else Very Good and sound. More

Angoulême: Chez Jean Emery, Editions d'Art "L’Heptaméron," 1948. First Thus: Limited Edition of 2000 numbered copies of which this is No. 572. Octavo (22x16x1.5cm); 237pp. Fifteen full-page lithographic illustrations in color, with additional spot-color "ornementation" (orthographe française, chers lecteurs), all by P.-J. Emery. Jacket is in hand-made laid linen paper..... More

Paris: Editions Des Cendres, 2015. First Edition. Quarto. 413 pp. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations including frontispiece. White card wrappers with black and blue-gray lettering to front and spine. Text in French and English. Wraps mild rubbing to edges, bit of creasing at spine ends..... 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

Paris: Jean Bosc & Co., 1907. First Edition Limited to 200 copies on "papier velin des manufactures d'Arches," of which this is no. 25. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial wrappers printed in brown and black; [6]pp. & 54 + xxxv ll. of plates printed on rectos only. Wrapper extremities a...... More

Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in brown and black; 214pp. Light wear from handling, wrappers uniformly toned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. At head of upper cover: Publications de la Faculté des Lettres..... 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 front 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],vii,[1],262pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes a contribution by the French..... More

Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1864. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],410pp. General shelf wear, spine a bit toned, light soil to preliminaries, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes hygienist Apollinaire Bouchardat's..... More

Paris: Eugène Ducrocq, [n.d. but 1864]. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm.); publisher's crimson morocco-backed paneled cloth, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, moiré endpapers; [4],204pp.; eau-forte frontispiece, thirteen leaves of plates, including five additional eaux-fortes etchings, text illus. throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed, chiefly at corners and spine crown..... 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