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
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1953. First Thus; Limited Edition of 1500 copies, this being #432. Large octavo. 420 pp. Hand-colored gravures by Legrand. Bound in blue silk stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Publisher's prospectus and monthly newsletter laid in at front. Housed in publisher's slipcase... More
![Item #25186 Democracy In America [Two volume set]. Alexis De Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, trans](/pictures/thumb/25186.jpg?v=1674772390)
New York: The Colonial Press, 1900. Revised Edition. Two octavo volumes. 442 pp.; 399 pp. Black and white illustrations with tissue guards, complete. Red cloth boards with spine decorated in gilt; top edges gilt. Boards show light wear along edges with brief exposure to extremities; general scuffing and..... More
![Item #8516 Comédies & Proverbes [Vols. I & II only]. Alfred de Musset](/pictures/thumb/8516.jpg?v=1614362448)
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
![Item #9349 Marie Antoinette's Daughter [Inscribed and Signed Letterpress Note Laid in]. Alice...](/pictures/thumb/9349.jpg?v=1619118540)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1967. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; xvii,[7],291pp.; sixteen leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, facsimiles, maps, and plans throughout. Light toning and dust-soil to jacket, a hint of shelf wear, else Very Good or better. Letterpress..... More
![Item #9771 Lettres de mon moulin [Letters from My Windmill]. Alphonse Daudet](/pictures/thumb/9771.jpg?v=1622570974)
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
![Item #20008 Diaeli. Le livre de la sagesse noire [Limited Edition]. Andre Demaison, Pierre Courtois](/pictures/thumb/20008.jpg?v=1675534326)
Paris: L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza, 1931. First Edition, Limited to 50 copies on "Japon impérial," of which this is no. 19. Small octavo; 169pp.; publisher's white pictorial wrappers; illus. throughout. Just About Fine, a lovely, uncut copy. By the noted French novelist who often appropriated African motifs into..... 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: H. Floury, Editeur, 1923. First Edition. Quarto (10.25" x 8"); 215pp. Illustrated paper covers under folding glassine covering. French-language, with color and black and white illustrations throughout. Glassine torn at spine ends with nearly half of back missing. Book covers are bumped and worn along edges with chipping at..... 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
London: J. Owen, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [4],88pp. ([A]2 B-M4). Leather remnants along spine, title page a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Political tract first published in an unspecified "Morning Paper" delineating a path for peace between France and England in the midst of the French..... More
London: J. Debrett, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed [from covers]; [4],90pp. ([A]2 B-M4 N1), half title present. Some minor toning to textblock with a few cover remnants along spine, else Very Good and sound. Oft-reprinted contemporary account of the ongoing conflict between Great Britain and France during the French..... More
Montauban: Victor Bertuot, 1862. First Edition. Octavo; [2],ix,[1],89pp; sepia-tinted frontispiece, 8 plates, 3 tinted; additional text illustrations throughout; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine in six compartments, black gilt-lettered morocco spine label, marbled endpapers. Extremities and spine bands rubbed, leather rather dry; interior fine. Pilgrim's guide to the newly..... More
Three volumes in one. Folio (34.5cm.); full contemporary calf, gilt emblem to both boards of an "A.R.", gilt-ruled spine in five compartments; woodcut title page vignettes and initials throughout. Leather rather worn with mid-19th century repairs to extremities, else a Very Good example of three early Parisian editions of the..... 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
Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1981. Facsimile reprint of the 1674 edition. Octavo; publisher's red printed card wrappers, yapp edges; [10],319pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature inside upper cover, else Very Good and sound. More
![Item #7115 Entretiens Populaires [2e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7115.jpg?v=1598288714)
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
![Item #7114 Entretiens Populaires [3e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7114.jpg?v=1598288579)
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
![Item #7112 Entretiens Populaires [4e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7112.jpg?v=1598288334)
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
![Item #7113 Entretiens Populaires [6e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7113.jpg?v=1598288462)
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: 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: H.J. Jansen et Ce., troisième année de la République Françoise [ca. 1794 or 1795]. First Edition. Four volumes; octavos; 384; [6],456; viii,447,[1]; xi,[1],511,[1]pp.; three folding plates; contemporary manuscript parchment sponge-painted red and green, green gilt-lettered spine labels. Minor scuffing to extremities, boards a bit bowed as is..... 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
New York: Columbia University Press, 1937. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's green blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xxviii,181pp.; three folding leaves of plates, additional illus. in text. Top textblock edge a bit dust-soiled, later ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good or better. Forms part of the publisher's series "Records..... More