s.l. s.n., 1721. Hardcover. 4to (small). Twenty parts, each with full or drop-title, separately paginated, and variously dated 1717-20. Contemporary mottled calf, black unlettered spine label. A.E.R. Calf is worn, worse at corners. Bowing to boards. Ffep nearly detached but holding on. Institutional rubber stamp to title. Sporadic damp staining..... More
Paris: Editions Rene Kieffer, 1921. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Orange Shagreen morocco binding with illustrated colour title on front board. This is a limited edition of 580 copies printed on velin de cuve. This is copy No. 384. 81 p.p., 1 p.p. publishers note. Full colour illustrations throughout by Jean-Paul..... More
Paris: Librarie Charles Poussielgue, 1891. Hardcover. 12mo. Half grey moire, marbled paper boards. Floral endpapers. xvi, 583 pp. Light edge wear to paper. Fading to spine. Some foxing to interior. Presentation label to front pastedown. Biography of Louis-Gaston de Sonis, a French Army officer who particularly distinguished himself in the..... More
[Whitefish, Montana]: Kessinger Publishing, 2005. Soft cover. 8vo. Reprint of the second edition of 1899, originally published by Longmans, Green & Co. Soft cover. 332 pp. Slight tilting to spine, spot of bubbling to lamination at spine head. Fine overall. More
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. black cloth. 392 pp. With 7 illustrations and 4 maps. SPine sunned, edges and rear board rubbed. Ink inscription to ffep. Damp staining to lower corner of text block. More
Paris: Editions Corymbe, 1939. Soft cover. 12mo. French. Orig. wraps. 105 pp. Some foxing to covers, light bumping to edges. A look at Chevreuse and it's surrounding area in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. More
Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Half contemporary black leather, gilt compartments and titles, marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. T.E.G. Ribbon markers. Volume I: xv, 322 pp., [11] lithographed plates. Volume II: xii, 322 pp., [11] lithographed plates & fold-out map. Spines sunned, light rubbing and wear..... More
[Paris]: Self Published. Demeurisse, Rene. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. [N.d., ca. 1950]. Limited original edition of 99 copies on Montval laid paper, #94/99. Unbound. Original card covers, in protective glassine. Unpaged, approx [70] pp. Fourteen B&W illustrations w/ tissue guards. Deckled edges. In custom slipcase. A few very small..... More
London: The Architectural Press, 1928. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Orig. purple cloth, gilt titles. xvi, 113 pp., [2]. Twenty-nine colour plates. Spine and joints faded, some light rubbing to extremities, light foxing and staining to cloth. Light foxing to endpapers, but interior clean. More
Paris: S.I.P.O. Beziers, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo (impeial). Unpaginated, [100 p.p.]. Copiously illustrated with photos and reproductions of Jean-Claude Picot's paintings and ceramics. Aqua cloth boards with gilt lettering. Lightly bumped at tail edge of front board. Colour illustrated dust jacket has some bumping to edges and spine ends, a few..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. Anglo-Norman Texts. Orig. green cloth. vi, 105 pp. Slight bowing to front board. Mild rubbing to corners. Spine faded. White scuff to rear board. Small stain to ffep. Interior is bright and clean. The Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle was a Latin work, purporting to be by..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1958. Soft cover. 18mo. Blackwell French Texts. Orig. tan card covers. xxxi, 220 pp. Some damp staining to covers, creasing to spine, small chip to lower corner of front cover, some sunning to spine and rear cover. Stain to fore edge of dust cover. Introduction and notes..... More
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. French and English. Full red cloth, silver titling to spine and armorial device to front board. Top edge red. x, 513 pp. Colour frontis. B&W illustrations in text. Fine condition. More
Paris: Gallimard, 1955. Hardcover. 16mo. Collection Pourpre Series. Red leatherette, 253pp. Text in French. Name after copywright page, pages a bit yellowed; light wear on spine and edges o/w near fine in d/w. Jacket chipped at spine with light tears to extremities. Philosophical memoir by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery..... More
Paris: Avant-Scene. Soft cover. 8vo. [N.d., ca. 1987 or later]. French. Original pictorial card wraps. Unpaginated, approx. [40] pp. B&W photos by Lauren Hicks. Design by Grenade. Fine condition. Mark Brazier-Jones is a creator of functional art. His work ranges from decorative furniture and lighting to esoteric sculptural objects. More
Paris: Librarie Elementaire et Classique de Edouard Tetu et Compagnie, 1849. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Quarter tan cloth, printed paper boards, unlettered spine. 180 pp. Wear to extremities and rear board, rubbing to boards. Spine cocked. Lacking free endpapers. Quire 4 loose at head and quire..... More
Hardcover. 8vo. DIDIER, Eugene Lemoine. Magazine Articles. [Baltimore?]: [1863-1883].Half bound morocco over brown pebbled cloth, title on spine, [various pagination]. Bookplate of Eugene Lemoine Didier on front pastedown, and his handwriting to various pages throughout book. Front inner hinge cracked, damp staining and foxing to leaves, heavy wear to spine..... More
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall Inc., 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. American Forts Series. Quarter black cloth, red cloth boards. Pictorial endpapers. xii, 255 pp. [16 pp.] B&W photos. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, short tear to foot of front joint, wear to corners. Else fine. The story of the..... More
Boston and Chicago: Allyn And Bacon, 1896. Hardcover. 16mo. Text primarily in French, introduction in English. Original red cloth with black stamped lettering and fleur-de-lis motif. ix, 161 pp. Spine darkened, bump to spine head and fore edge of front board, extremities lightly rubbed. Sporadic neat pencil notation to text..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1951. Soft cover. 12mo. Orig. cream card wraps, sewn and glued binding. 440 pp. Staining to covers, creasing to spine, chipping to spine ends. Annotation to ffep. More
New York: Rough & Brown Press, 1920. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to ffep. Fourth edition. Orig. tan cloth. xii, 51 pp. B&W illustration in text. Cloth is darkened and has a few stains, light rubbing to extremities. Front hinge starting. More
Paris: Chez Foulon et Compagnie, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Contemporary full calf, flat back, gilt-stamped leather spine label. Ribbon marker. [liii] 363 p.p. Engraved frontis of Jeane d'Arc after Chasselat. Recently professionally rebacked, new spine, original title label laid down. A bit of rubbing to the spine and edges..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, burgundy paper boards. xxi, 503 pp. B&W illustration in text. Fine. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. [1] map of Northern France, 306 p.p., [4] full page photographs and illustrations, with numerous in-text maps and images. Rubbing and wear to jacket. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Otherwise in very good condition. More
