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 about Contes Roses de ma Mere-Grand
First Edition. New York: Scribner / A Lisa Drew Book, 1995. First Edition. Typed letter signed in type from the author to William Safire is affixed by scotch tape to the front free endpaper. Book is not signed. Octavo; 555pp. The letter reads, in part, "Dear Bill, /... More about Napoleon and Josephine: An Improbable Marriage
First Paperback Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Stated First Paperback Edition. Octavo; 221pp. Printed paper wraps. Covers clean and crisp with light shelfwear but no chips, tears, or marks. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Huguenot tract originally published in 1579 concerning the relationship between the people... More about Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos, or, Concerning the Legitimate Power of a Prince Over the People, and...
First Edition. Hardcover. Princeton: The University of Cincinnati / Princeton University Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo; 456pp. Printed dust jacket with original $10.00 price; book in brown cloth with gilt lettering and blue decoration to spine. Bilingual text on facing pages. Jacket shows a clean 1" tear at top front... More about The Romance of Flamenca: A Provencal Poem of the Thirteenth Century
First Edition. London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. 247 pages. In dust jacket illustrated by film art designer Edward Carrick. Red and mustard boards with spine stamped in grey. Dust jacket is rubbed along edges and moderately worn at corners. Borzoi books colophon at base of spine. Boards... More about A Book of French Wines
First Edition. London: Cassell and Company LTD, 1956. First Edition with original decorated publisher's box. Octavo. 274 pages. Blue/Purple silk boards in glassine with spine and front board in gilt. White publisher's box printed with title page info on front and price of 31s 6d. net on back. Errata slip... More about Fine Bouche: A History of the Restaurant in France
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 about Letters on the Revolution of France, and on the New Constitution Established by The National...
First Edition. 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... More about From the Left Bank: Reflections on the Modern French Theater and Novel