Boston: Chez J.H.A. Frost, 1824. Second American Edition. 12mo. 379 pages + 3 pages advertisements. Contemporary sheep with spine lettered in gilt. Text in French, advertisements in English. Worn at extremities with exposure to edges and loss at spine ends, most significantly to top of spine with gatherings exposed..... 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]: Hachette, [1964]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's decorative paper-covered boards; 90pp. Ownership sticker to front flyleaf, a hint of rubbing at spine foot, else a Fine copy. 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: Éditions Garnier Frères, [1961]. First Thus. Thick 12mo (18.25cm.); publisher's green gilt-embossed cloth, pictorial plate mounted to upper cover, original mylar dust jacket; [6]xxiii,[1],944pp.; four leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, additional text illus. throughout, including many full-paged. Tiny soil spot to rear cover, a few chips..... More

Paris: Éditions Stock, [1948]. First Thus. Limited to 2200 copies of which this is no. 261. Octavo; publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers; xxxiii,[1],181pp.; frontispiece and head- and tail-pieces throughout. Very Near Fine condition. Forms part of the series "Cent Romans Français." French social novel set in a small working class..... More

Paris: Librairie Jacques Lecoffre, 1873. Cinquième édition, revue et augmentée. (Fifth edition, revised and augmented.) Seven volumes; octavo (22.5cm.); contemporary blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt spines in six compartments, all edges speckled, marbled endpapers. Ex-Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry with their early 20th-century markings, boards a bit scuffed..... More

Paperback. Paris: Editiones Denoel, 1994. French-language. Signed by the author with brief inscription to fellow writer and journalist William Safire and his wife Helene on half title. Octavo; 302pp. Photo-illustrated paper wraps. Covers faintly shelfworn but clean and crisp with no chips or tears. Binding is sound and pages unmarked..... More

Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, [1956]. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white decorative card wrappers printed in green and white; 362pp. Light dust-soil with some bumping at tail of spine. Forms part of the series "Les Temps et les Destins." More

Paris: P.-V. Stock & Cie., 1913. First Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [2],240pp. Spine a bit faded, textblock uniformly toned and very lightly foxed, else Very Good and sound. The prolific playwright's comedic portrait of the bourgeois single woman, in this case Thérèse, who loses her..... More