Jean Renoir: A Life in Pictures
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. 403 pages. 8vo, violet cloth, d.w. London: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1991). A fine copy in a near fine wrapper. More
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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
Collection des Memoires Relatifs a la Revolution Francaise.
Paris: Baudouin Freres. 15 volumes, 8vo, early 1/2 tan calf, marbled boards ornately gilt spines with red leather spine labels, red speckled edges, occasional foxing, a few small ownership stamps. Paris: Baudouin Freres, 1791-1824. Very good (+) set. BERVILLE et BARRIER. Memoires du Marquis de Ferrierieres. 3 volumes, 504, 512, 532 pp., 1821. La Vie et lea Memoires du General Dumouriez. 4 volumes, 446, 464, 412, 300 pp., 1822. Memoires du Marquis de Bouille. 2 volumes, 440, 324 pp., 1821..... More
Memoires du Marechal de Berwik, Duc et Pair de France, et Generalissime des Armes de sa Majeste.
London: Depens de la Compagnie, 1758. 2 volumes, rubricated titles, 12mo, 364 + 357 pages, older full polished tan calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked in sympathetic style with burgundy leather labels. London: Depens de la Compagnie, 1758. 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
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
Napoleon et la Vaccine
Saint-Etienne: Waton, 1908. Illustrated. 21pp., thin 12mo, printed wrappers; wrappers dust soiled, pages 11-14 loose but present. St. Etienne: A. Waton, 1908. A very good copy of this scarce pamphlet. More
The Marriage Ventures of Marie-Louise.
London: Eveleigh, 1910. Translated by Evelyn Duchess of Wellington. Frontis. plus 9 illulstrations. 317pp., 8vo, 3/ blue morocco, a.e.g.; corners bumped. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910. A very good copy. More
Champlain; The Life of Fortitude.
London: Macdonald`, 1949. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. chipped, d.w. and cloth lightly soiled. London: Macdonald, (1949). More
Champlain; The Life of Fortitude.
London: Macdonald`, 1949. Illus., folding map. 8vo, red cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped. London: Macdonald, (1949). Presentation copy on the front flyleaf. Taped on the back endpaper is a postcard written and signed by the author. More
The Emperor's Last Island; A Journey to St. Helena
New York: Pantheon, 1991. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Pantheon Books, (1991). More
Isle of St. Helena
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1957. Introduction by John Betjeman. Illustrated. 189pp., 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; small ink notation on half title page. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, (1957). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Last Letters; Prisons and Prisoners of the French Revolution, 1793-1794
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1987. Frontis. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1987). More
Pierre Loti: The Legendary Romantic.
San Diego: Harcourt, 1983. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 336pp. Short 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper chipped, torn. San Diego: HBJ, (1983). A very good(+) copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
The Journal of Claude Blanchard.
New York: Arno, 1969. Edited by Thomas Balch. 8vo, re-bound in full brown leather, elaborately stamped in gilt & blind. (N.Y. : Arno Press, 1969). A near fine copy. More
San Juan de Ulua, ou, Relation de L'Expedition Francaise au Mexique, sour les Ordres de M. Le Contre- Amiral Baudin ...
Paris: Gide, 1839. Suivi de Notes et Documents et d'un Apercu General sur L'Etate Actuel du Texas, par M.E. Maissin. 17 India-proof plates, text illus. vii, 591pp. 4to, orig. cloth-backed boards; (lacks plate no. 16, slight foxing affecting some plates, spine worn). Paris: Gide, 1839. First Edition. "Admiral Baudin's French fleet, returning from the reduction of Vera Cruz, touched at Velasco, and thence sailed to Galveston." Baudin and his aide-de-camp Maissin travelled to Houston where they visited President Lamar. "Admiral..... More
The Idler of France
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1841. 2 volumes. viii + 243 pages and xi + 236 pages, short 8vo, leather-backed marble boards; scattered foxing throughout, minor edgewear. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1841. A very good set. More
French Rural History; An Essay on its Basic Characteristics.
Berkeley: University of California, 1966. Illustrated. xxxiii + 258 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; extensive neat notes on inside front cover, text is clean and unmarked. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1966). A very good copy. More
The Royal Touch
London: Routlege, 1989. Illustrations. 441pp. 8vo, purple cloth cloth, d.w. London: Routledge/McGill -Queens (1973). Bookplate, still a near fine copy. Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France. More
French Rural History: An Essay on its Basic Characteristics.
London: Routledge, 1966. Translated by Janet Sondheimer. Foreword by Bryce Lyon. Illustrated. xxxii + 258pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; text underlining in pen, dust wrapper rubbed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1966). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
The Early French Parody Noel.
Ann Arbor: UMI, 1983. Illustrated. 2 volumes, 8vo, beige decorative cloth. Ann Arbor: UMI, (1983). Fine. Studies in Musicology, No. 36. More