Germaine: A Portrait of Madame de Stael
New York: Atheneum, 1963. Frontis. viii + 237pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; ownership signature on title page. New York: Athenum, 1963. First edition. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
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Annuaire de la Chronique du Turf
Paris: Chronique du Turf, 1876. 66 volumes, various sizes, beautifully bound in 3/4 bright red morocco with ornate gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, top edge gilt. Paris: Chronique du Turf, 1876-1937. Printed on thin wood pulp paper, so the pages are slightly yellowed (otherwise a fine set). More
Constable: Le Choix de Lucian Freud.
Paris: Galleries Nationales du Grand Palais, 2003. 194 color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue 7 October 2002 - 13 Janvier 2003. 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Paris: Galleries Nationales du Grand Palais, (2003). First Edition. Fine. More
Instruction Concernant le Service de l'Infanterie Legere en Campagne
London: A. Dulau & L. Nardini, 1801. Text in French. 2 fold-out maps tipped in at final page. 203 pages. 16mo, recent 3/4 leather, pink marbled boards; recased, light toning and foxing throughout. London: A. Dulau et L. Nardini, 1801. A very good(+) copy. More
Livre du Centenaire du Journal des Debats 1789-1889.
Paris: Plon, 1889. 24 plates, frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, 9 heliogravures, 6 eaux forts and 8 folding facsimilies. 630 pages, tall thick 4to, 1/2 brown morocco (rubbed), marbled boards. Paris: Plon, 1889. Very good (+). More
Summary Account and Military Character of the Different European Armies, Engaged in the Late War: a With Parallel of the Policy, Power, and Means of the Ancient Romans and Modern French. + The French Army... Organized... for the Purpose of Plunder and Ambition; ... with A Proposed Plan for Hutting the Troops...
London: Egerton, 1803. 2 volumes bound together, 176pp + 72pp. Small 8vo, rebound in 3/4 brown calf, marbled boards, front corners badly scratched, spine evenly faded but otherwise fine. London; T. Egerton, 1803. Scarce. Very good. More
Oeuvres Completes de Apollinaire.
Paris: Balland and Lecat, 1965. Edition etablie sous la direction de Michel Decaudin. Preface de Max-Pol Fouchet. Introduction et notes de Michel Decaudin. Iconographie etablie par Marcel Adema. 8 volumes, 4 very thick volumes of text and 4 slim clamshell boxes of facsimiles. Full dark green morocco bindings. Paris: Balland and Lecat, (1965 - 1966). Limited numbered edition. Very good (+). Vol. 1: 760 pp. Vol. 2: 815 pp. Vol. 3: 970 pp. Vol. 4: 984 pp. 4 clamshell boxes..... More
The New French Revolution.
Illus., 501pp., tall 8vo. N.Y., (1969). Presentation copy. More
Le Secret de Polichinelle
Paris: Henry Floury, 1897. Profusely illustrated with black & white line drawings throughout the text by Albert Robida. 28 pages, rubricated title, slim tall 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers, marbled slipcase (broken). Paris: Henry Floury, 1897. Shadow marks on the fly leaves from the front cover, otherwise fine. One of 450 numbered copies printed on papier velin satin. More
Napoleon and his Women Friends
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott, 1927. Illustrated in black and white. 375 pages, thick 8vo, gilt stamped blue cloth. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott, 1927. A very good copy. More
Histoire de L'Esprit Humain ou Memoires Secrets et Universels de la Republique des Lettres.
Berlin: Haude et Spener, 1765. Frontispiece copper plate portrait in first volume. 14 volumes, 12mo, full mottled calf, marbled edges, gilt spine, leather spine labels (rubbed), small library stamp on title pages. Berlin: Haude et Spener, 1765. Very good. More
Memoires Secrets de La Republique des Lettres, ou le Theatre de la Verite
La Haye: Jean Neaulme, 1743. 19 letters, complete in 6 volumes. [8], 442, [1]; [4], 431; [4], 433-907; [4], 913-1076, 202, 130; [8], 318, [8]; [4], 98, 114, 108 pages. Thick 12mos, full contemporary mottled calf with gilt spines; marbled endpapers and page edges; rubricated titles. La Haye: Chez Jean Neaulme, 1743-1748. First edition. A near fine set, very attractive and clean. Scarce - OCLC lists only 5 complete sets. Contains 19 letters, each with added separate title page, some..... More
Masons and Sculptors in Romanesque Burgundy: The New Aesthetic of Cluny III
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1983. Text volume only. 204 pages. Slim 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, (1983). Fine copies in a fine dust wrappers. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, slightly sunned with a touch of rubbing along upper spine. More
L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France, 1789-1989.
New York: Vendome, 1989. Illustrated throughout. 255 pages, 4to, tan cloth, dust wrapper.New York: Vendom/Cooper-Hewitt Museum, (1989). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Churches of France.
New York: Macmillan, 1929. Illustrated throughout in black and white. xv, 179 pages. 4to, blue buckram. New York: Macmillan, 1929. Fairly heavy sunning and wear around edges, text block evenly toned, internally clean. A very good(-) solid copy. More
The Sculptures of Houdon.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. 144 black & white illustrations.4to, burgundy cloth. New York: Oxford University Press, (1975). Very good (+). Considered the foremost sculptor of the 18th century. More
The Sculptures of Houdon.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. 144 black & white illustrations.4to, burgundy clot, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, (1975). First Edition. Fine. Considered the foremost sculptor of the 18th century. More
Chamfort: A Biography.
Translated by Deke Dusinberre. b/w illus. 340pp. 8vo, cloth-backed bds., d.w. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, (1992). Fine. More
Stained Glass of the Middle Ages in England and France.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1956. Illustrated with 50 color plates by Lawrence B. Saint. 269 pages. Thick 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1956. Reprint of the third edition. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
New York: St. Martin's, 1990. Illustrated. 307pp., 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1990). First U.S. edition. A bear fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Madame Hanska: Le Dernier Amour De Balzac.
Few illustrations. 12mo, original printed wrappers; uncut and unopened. Tours: Arrault et Cie, (1949). A near fine copy. More
Philosophy of Scientific Investigation: Preface to "De l'Anaphylaxie a l'Immunite", Paris, 1921.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. 26pp. Very slim 4to, orange boards. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, (1943). Edge worn, but still a very good copy. Translated from the French with an introduction by Henry E. Sigerist. Foreword by Warfield T. Longcope. More
The Forgotten Clue; Stories of the Parisian Surete with and Account of its Methods.
illus. 8vo, cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. vg. More
The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
New York: Basic Books, 2000. Illustrated in black & white. xxi + 580 pages. Thick 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Basic Books, (2000). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Lichtbilder. Eingeleitet von Camille Recht.
Paris: Jonquieres, 1930. Frontispiece portrait of Atget by Berenice Abbott and 96 additional full page plates. Small 4to, cream cloth (soiled, top of spine rubbed). Paris:Henri Jonquieres, (1930). Limited Edition. Inside, a clean tight copy. Scarce. One of only 1000 numbered copies. More