The French Revolution of 1789 as Viewed in the Light of Republican Institutions.
New York: Harper, 1887. Frontispiece and numerous other illustrations. 2 volumes, large 8vo, green cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1887). VEry Good (+). More
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Channel Underground; A New Survey of the Channel Tunnel Question.
illus. 8vo, cloth. London: Pall Mall, (1961). vg. More
A Book About Paris
New York: Harcourt. Color and b/w plates by H. Franks Waring. 4to, tan cloth, cloth lightly soiled, edges of corners lightly worn and lightly bumped, pages slightly wavy throughout. New York: Harcourt, Brace, n.d., circa 1927. More
Novels, Mont Saint Michel, The Education
New York: Library of America, 1983. 1246pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w., cloth lightly soiled, corners of cloth bumped. (New York): Library of America, (1983). Includes the Education of Henry Adams, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, and the novels, Democracy and Esther. More
Mont Saint Michel and Chartres.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1957. With a New Introduction by Francis Henry Taylor and Photographs by Samuel Chamberlain. 59 photo plates. 349 pages. Tall 8vo, cloth, gilt leather label, marbled board slipcase. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1957. Fine in a very good(+) slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. More
The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1997). Fine Presentation copy from the author and Adelaide de Menil, the illustrator. More
Atget's Gardens.; A Selection of Eugene Atget's garden photographs.
New York: Doubleday, 1979. Introduction by Jacqueline Onassis. 76 black and white photographic illustrations. 120 pages. Thin square 8vo, glossy pictorial wrappers; spine faded. Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. A very good (+) copy. More
Watteau: Sa Vie - Son Oeuvre
Paris: Pierre Tisne, 1950. With "L'Universe de Watteau" by Rene Huyghe, and a catalog of paintings and illustrations by Helene Adhemar. 155 plates, including 19 color tipped-in ones, plus many text illustrations. 262pp., 4to, green cloth with gilt lettering and color plate inlaid on front cover; spine ends discolored and chipped. Paris: Pierre Tisne, (1950). Internally near fine, a very good copy. More
Degas; The Complete Etchings Lithographs and Monotypes
Secaucus: Chartwell, 1973. Translated from the French by Jane Brenton; forward by John Rewald. Profusely illustrated. Large 4to, brown cloth, d.w. Secaucus: Chartwell Books, 1973. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Americans in Paris, 1860-1900
London: National Gallery, 2006. Many color plates. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (London: National Gallery, 2006). Fine Exhibition catalogue. More
Berthe Morisot.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987. Illustrated throughout, in color and black & white. Slim 4to, green boards, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1987). First American edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Measure of All Things; The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the Earth.
Color Frontis., b/w illus. 422pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Free Press, (2002). vg Pierre Mechain and Jean Delambre's experiments to measure the distance between the North pole and the equator. More
Bonapartism & Revolutionary Tradition in France: The federes of 1815
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 314 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. Wrapper is lightly edge-worn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1991). A near-fine copy. More
La Maison de Victor Hugo.
Paris: Hachette, 1903. Photogravure portrait after Bastien-Lepage, tissue guard, numerous photo illustrations. 4to, 3/4 morocco, g.t.; uncut. Paris: Hachette, 1903. Very good. More
History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in MDCCLXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1842. 10 volumes. 8vo, beautifully bound in full contemporary dark brown diced calf; gilt-stamped spines with black and red leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1842. Fifth edition. A near fine set in a lovely binding. Alison's monumental History of Europe, "by far the most remarkable historical work of the century" -- Allibone, I:52. More
History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in MDCCLXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1835. 10 volumes. Large 8vo, full contemporary light brown diced calf; gilt and blind-stamped spines with raised bands & tan leather labels, (lightly sunned). Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1835-1842. First and second edition mixed set, uniformly bound. A near fine set in a handsome binding. Alison's monumental History of Europe, "by far the most remarkable historical work of the century" -- Allibone, I:52. The set consists of second editions of volumes I...... More
France and North America: Utopias and Utopians
Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 1978. Illustrations in black and white. 195 pages. Short 4to, green cloth boards. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 1978. Near fine. Proceedings of the Third Symposium of French-American Studies. March 4-8, 1974. More
An Introduction to Celtic Coins
London: British Museum Publications, 1978. Many Illus. 80pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. (London): British Museum Publications, (1978). Very good. More
St. John de Crevecoeur; The life of an American Farmer.
New York: Viking. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): Viking (1987). A near fine copy. More
Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Defender and Reformer of the French Monarchy, 1721-1794.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1938. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, bottom edge of back cover bumped. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1938. Taped on the back endpaper is a typed letter signed by the author to Stuart Jackson. Stuart Jackson has written pencil annotations on the front flyleaf and has written a few pencil marks in margins of the text. More
Yankees at the Court; The First Americans in Paris.
illus. 8vo, cloth. d.w. Garden City, 1982. More
A Lion For Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal.
New York: Basic Books, 1979. In Collaboration with Carol Cosman. Illustrated. 285pp. Tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Basic Books, (1979). Very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Report to American Manufacturers Export Association by the American Industrial Commission to France
New York: American Industrial Commission to France, 1917. Illustrated. 10 maps, two folding. 256pp., tall 8vo, printed boards; some play to hinges, edges worn. New York: American Industrial Commission to France, (1917). A very good(-) copy. More
Collection of Engravings representing the Different Events of the war which led to the
New York: Bank of New York, 1976. Independence of the United States of America. After the Edition published in the XVIIIth Century by M. M. Ponce and Godefroy, Designers and Engravers. 16 Illus. Very Thin Folio, pr. wrs., front wrapper lightly dampstained. (New York): Bank of New York, 1776. More
Recueil d'Estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procure l'Independance aux Etats unis de l'Amerique.
16 plates including engraved t.p., with tissue guards. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, leather label, a.e.g.; (covers lightly worn, front cover lightly bowed, internally very good except for a some foxing to the margins of the plates). Paris: Ponce and Godefroy, n.d., [1784]. "First French book with a title-page mentioning the United States." Howes C-576. This copy is "another issue" according to Howes, USIANA, with no separate title-page. It was published in the same year as the issue with a separate..... More