The Most Beautiful Villages of Brittany
London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. Photographs by Hugh Palmer. 251 color illustrations. 208pp., folio, blue cloth, d.w. London: Thames & Hudson, (1999). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
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Balaitous et Pelvoux.; Notes sur les Officiers de la Carte de France.
Paris: Abbeville, 1907. 17 black & white plates,201 pages, short slim 4to, brown cloth (lightly rubbed), leather spine label. Paris, 1907. First Edition. Very Scarce. Very good (+). Inscribed buy the author on the half-title. More
The Trial of Madame Caillaux.
296pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1992). A near fine copy. More
New Towns of the Middle Ages: Town Plantation in England, Wales, and Gascony
New York: Freder, 1967. Illustrated in black and white with many maps, some fold out. 67 pages, very thick 8vo, navy blue cloth (foot of spine is quite crumpled but pages uneffected). New York: Freder, 1967. A very good copy. More
Hauteurs de Plusiers Lieux Determinees par le Barometre, dans le Cours de Differens Voyages faits en France, en Suisse, en Italie.
Slim 4to, 29pp.,marbled boards. No place, no date, ca. 1805. Very good. An interesting paper dealing with barometric determinations of altitude made during travels in France, Switzerland, and Italy, during the years 1802 and 1803 by a Geneva physician. More
The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa; Comprising a Period pf Eighty-Four Years, From 1079 to 1163. With Their Genuine Letters
Philadelphia: Small, 1819. With a fine colored aquatint frontispiece by J. Hill, representing the tomb. 8vo, new leather backed marbled boards. Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1819. First American edition. Near Fine. More
Correspondance Gernale
Paris: Flammarion, 1972. Text edited and presented by Pierre Citron. Three volumes. 835pp., 797pp, & 595pp., 12mo, printed black cloth; neat ownership signature front free endpaper of volume 2. Paris: Flammarion, (1972, 1975, 1978). A very good set. Volume I: 1803-1832. Volume II: 1832-1842. Volume III: 1842-1850. More
Gien Faience
Gien: Societe Nouvelle des Faienceries de Gien, 1985. Translated by Denis Mahaffey. Nearly 200 color and black-and-white illustrations. 162pp., 4to, pale blue cloth, d.w.; triangular tear to upper margin of dust wrapper's front cover. Gien: Societe Nouvelle des Faienceries de Gien, (1985). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Vanille Pistache (Histoires Choisies).
Compiegne: Raoul Solar, 1947. Preface de Lion Blum. Portrait by Toulouse-Lautrec, and a profusion of color illustrations by Paul George Klein. 4to, decorative printed wrappers, uncut & unopened. (Compiegne): Raoul Solar, 1947. Very good. Limited, Numbered Edition, on Johannot paper. More
Fireworks At Dusk; Paris in the Thirties.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1993). vg. More
Pleasure and Privilege: Life in France, Naples and America, 1770-1790.
New York: Doubleday, 1981. Illustrated. viii + 290 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. edge-worn. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1981. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood: The Mob, the Monarchy, and the French Revolution.
Boston: Little Brown, 1989. Illustrated. 452pp. Thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1989). First edition. Inscribed by author on the title page. More
Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood: The Mob, the Monarchy, and the French Revolution.
Boston: Little Brown, 1989. Illustrated. 452pp. 8vo, 1/2 green cloth, d.w. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1989). Very good. More
Fragile Glory; A Portait of France and the French.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Knopf, 1990. vg. More
Images de Jacques Prevert
Paris: Editions Filipacchi, 1974. Illustrated (color and black & white). 68 pages. Thin 4to, green cloth. Paris: Editions Filipacchi, (1974). A near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Jean Renoir: A Life in Pictures
Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1991. 403 pages, 8vo, lavender cloth, dust wrapper. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, (1991). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Napoleon at St. Helena: The Journals of General Bertrand From January to May of 1821.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1952. Deciphered and Annotated by Paul Fleuriot De Langle. Translated by Frances Hume. 318pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped at head of spine, long tear to rear cover. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1952. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Pepete et Balthasar: Moeurs Algeriennes
Paris: Plon, 1925. 8 watercolor plates by Emile Aubry plus additional black & white illustrations. vi + 359pp., tall 8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, t.e.g. Paris: Librairie Plon, 1925. A near fine copy. 157 of 1000 numbered copies. More
Histoire de la Ville De Tulle.
Tulle: Jean Mazeyrie, 1900. 17 black & white plates, one folding. Printed on fragile wood pulp paper, tall 8vo, 1/2 crimson morocco; spine chipped, marbled boards. Tulle: Jean Mazeyrie, 1900. First Edition. Very Good. More
France: Second Half 19th - 20th Century Painting Collection
Moscow: Red Square, 2005. Hundreds of illustrations, many in color. 399pp., 4to, pictorial boards; upper front corner dented but pages un-effected. Moscow: Red Square Publishers, 2005. A near fine copy but for the dented corner. More
Max Beckmann and Paris: Matisse Picasso Braque Leger Rouault
Cologne: Taschen, 1998. Photographic frontispiece, over 120 color reproductions plus additional black-and-white illustrations. 240 pages, 4to. yellow boards with white text, dust wrapper. Cologne: Taschen, (1998). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Sphinx of Bagatelle.
London: Grey Walls, 1951. Translated by Edward Marsh. Illustrated. 220pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; some chipping along upper edge of dust wrapper, which is slightly toned. London: the Grey Walls Press, (1951). First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Apologie of George Brisset (Trans. Out of French Into English, 1610).
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1884. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 29pp. 8vo, 1/4 red morocco, g.t.; original parchment wrappers bound in. Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1884. Very good (+). One of only 75 Large Paper copies. Violent invective against the "trayterous Papists (who) have so long governed the commonwealth of France." More
Napoleon III and His Carnival Empire.
New York: St. Martin's, 1988. Illustrated, 439pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; previous owners signature on flyleaf. New York: St. Martin's, 1988. A very good copy. More