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J Wetstein & G Smith, Amsterdam, 1736. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Leather binding with tooled design incorporating fleur-de-lis on front and rear covers and raised bands on the spine. This edition contains both tomes (volumes), each with a red and black title-page and 3 fold-out engraved illustrations (one is detached), including frontis, covers are rubbed with wear on corners and spine ends, sound binding, clean pages, end-papers are darkened and front end-paper has top corner missing. This is a small book with 276 + 200 pp. Size: 16mo . Text is in French. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 04410090215. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..
Pensée des Jardins. Illustrée d’images en couleurs de Bernard Roy. by JAMMES, FRANCIS - 1925
by JAMMES, FRANCIS
Pensée des Jardins. Illustrée d’images en couleurs de Bernard Roy.
by JAMMES, FRANCIS
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Toulouse, chez Madame Richard, 1925. 161 pp. Original wrappers. One of 400 copies on Papier vergé d'Arches (# 389) of a total edition of 465. A lovely clean and fresh copy in original wrappers.
- Bookseller Knuf Rare Books (FR)
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- Place of Publication Toulouse
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Le Bachelier de Salamanque ou Les Memoires de D, Cherubin de la Ronda, Tire's D'Un Manuscrit Espagnol, Par Monsieur Le Sage
by D, Cherubin de Ronda, Monsieur Le Sage (Lesage)
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Doncaster, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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JEAN LE PRINCE ET SON OEUVRE SUIVI DE NOMBREUX DOCUMENTS INEDITS
by Hedou, Jules
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Paris: Chez J. Baur, Chez Rapilly. Very Good. 1879. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Limited edition 94/300 on Holland paper. Original paper (Wraps) cover have light edge wear. Consisting of edge chips & small closed edge tears. Deckle page edges. Decorative chapter head & tail pieces. Text tight, clean & intact. Laid in illustration at rear of text. Art catalogue, 179 items described in detail. Art; Engraved Illustration; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages .
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LES FRANCAISES DU XVIII SIECLE, LE MARQUIS DE GRANGES DE SURGERES ET GUSTAVE BOURCARD ( INSCRIBED COPY)
by Marie, Anatole Louis Theodore & Bourcard, Gustave
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Paris: Dentu & Cie Editeurs. Very Good. 1887. Soft Cover. In original paper covers as published. Inscribed by author. Color portrait frontispiece. Text tight, clean & intact. 12 tissue protected engraved portraits of women of the 18th Century of which 2 are in color. Ornamental head and tailpieces. Uncut and deckle page edges. French text. Rubbed spine ends with mended paper tear. France; Engraved Portraits; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 360 pages; Signed by Author .
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CONTES A MA SOEUR LEONIE Heures De Recreation
by Foa, Eugenie
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Paris: Louis Janet. Very Good. 1825. Hardcover. Clean tooled red leather. Geometric designs on covers & spine. Single ruled gilt border. Gilt dentelle. All edges gilt. Decorated endpaper. Illustrated with five hand colored plates. Text tight, clean & Intact. A few flecks of foxing on pages 222-223. Front hinge just starting by head (1/4 inch). Children; Hand color Plates; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 224 pages .
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ZAYDE HISTOIRE ESPAGNOLE. AVEC UN TRAITE DE L'ORIGINE DES ROMANS (TOME PREMIER & TOME SECOND)
by Segrais, M. De
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Paris: Par La Compagnie Des Libraires Associez. Very Good. 1719. First Edition. Hardcover. Zayde Spanish History by Mr. Segrais Treaty with the Origin of the Romans by Mr. Huet. (La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de Segrais). Vol. #1, 312pp. Vol. #2, 324; Rear endpaper has top corner removed. Full leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt decorated panels. Front corners & spine ends lightly rubbed. Spain; 8vo; 636 pages .
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Oeuvres De La Rochefoucauld - Nouvelle Edition Revue Sur Les Plus Anciennes Impressions Et Les Autographes - 3 Volumes in 4 Books
by Rochefoucauld
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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Paris: Librairie De L. Hachette Et Cie IN GOOD ++ CONDITION. Bound in 1/2 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spines with marbled endpapers. Vol. I has a library cloth backstrip and replaced ffp. Some hinges taped, bindings tight. Includes Et Maximes Morales, Reflexions Diverses, Lettres and more. Covers show edge/corner wear.
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Les Gaietes de Beranger, Recueil Des Meilleures Chansons Erotiques et Satiriques de ce Poete, Non Recueillies, en Partie, Dans ses Oeuvres Pretendues Completes
by Beranger, Pierre-Jean De
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Villafranca: For Les Presses De La Societe Des Bibliophiles Cosmopolites, 1875. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. #84/300 copies on velin, engraved frontispiece by Ch. Chardon aine, with another engraving which appears to have been taken from an earlier edition,[1864?] and possibly by the famous Belgian artist, Felicien Rops (who illustrated several of Octave Uzannes works), bound in before frontispiece on stubs, bound in 3/4 blue morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands , spine lettering gilt with compartments pictorially stamped in gilt depicting the bust of a Sator within each compartment, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, some foxing to frontispiece otherwise a fine, bright copy.
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La Leçon d'Amour dans un Parc
by René Boylesve
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Mourioux Vieilleville, France
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Paris, Ed. de La Revue Blanche, 1902, 12mo, pp. 302; contemporary red half leather binding (signed: P. Dayre), with marbled boards, top edge gilt; both orig. wrappers, in good condition, are bound in. - Pierre Bonnard designed the front-cover with a watercolour drawing. - Text-pages browned (as always), and otherwise a very attractive copy. - First edition of the novel, d'un libertinage élégant, set in the 18th century, in Touraine, where Boylesve grew up. The book became, in the first half of the 20th century, one of the most illustrated French literary texts. - This copy has the mention cinquième mille at the base of the front-cover, but note that in the same year of its publication, 1902, the Editions de La Revue Blanche closed down, and its stock was taken over by the publisher Eugène Fasquelle. Future editions were not similar.
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Madame Saint - Huberty (Bound with) Sophie Arnauld
by de Goncourt, Edmund et Jules
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Paris: Charpentier et Cie., 1885. Two separate first edition titles bound as one, both published by Charpentier et Cie., 1885, both printed on regular paper. Madame Saint-Huberty by Edmund de Goncourt, Sophie Arnauld by Jules and Edmund de Goncourt. viii, 319, xv, 327 pp. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers, Very Good, light rubbing at corners and edges, moderate toning throughout, small inked date front end paper. . First Editions. Quarter Calf. Very Good. Thick 12mo .
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Hokousaï- L'art japonais au XVIIIe Siècle
by de Goncourt, Edmund
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Paris: Ernest Flammarion/Eugène Fasquelle No date, circa 1900. Finely bound in unsigned quarter marbled calf over marbled boards, , gilt bacl, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, ribbon marker. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, pages evenly browning as usually seen. . Edition Definitive . Quarter Calf. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Diary of a Country Priest
by Bernanos, George
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Albany, California, United States
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£32.30
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. First US Edition/8th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. In tan cloth with dark brown type and design motif to spine. Ex-library copy with tape adhesive stains to top and bottom exterior of boards and to endpapers. Library pocket, stamp and notes to ffep with a few marks/small stains to page ends - otherwise clean. Jacket has chip to bottom third of spine, small adhesive stain to bottom of spine and edges of jacket, and front flap with text is cleanly removed and laid in ($4.00 price intact), though missing about 1/2 inch in height. Extremely scarce in this edition.
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Bibiche et son Alphabet
by Blanchard
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Oak Point, Texas, United States
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Editions J. Barbe, Paris, France, 1949. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. Text is in French. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Moderate shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Children; Non-English Language::French; French Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001404. .
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Manuel francais-anglais des expressions usitees dans la correspondance commerciale (French-English business correspondence manual)
by Bayles, William Edward
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Paris: J. Boyveau, 1881. First edition. Near Fine. Presumed first edition, printed by Boyveau in Paris; Siegle in London. Only 1 copy in OCLC, dated 1881. 12mo, 125pp. A book of useful phrases for conducting business and travel, geared toward the native French speaker, with the bulk of the text printed simultaneously in English on facing pages. Contains trade-specific scenarios and vocabulary. Quarter leather with marbled boards, in Near Fine condition with minor shelfwear and a hint of foxing throughout. Previous owner signature (Bousquet) to pastedown and half-title page, else clean and unmarked.
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Rires & Grimaces : Vingt Dessins de J.-L. Forain
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Paris: Ludovic Baschet Book. Illus. by Forain et. al.. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. No date stated, circa. 1900. In marbled boards with red fabric spine. Color plate by Jan Van Beers. 21 cartoons, each printed twice, once with the caption and once without. No. 8 of a limited edition of 50 on papier de chine. A few small tears at top and bottom of guard holding color plate, a few small irregularities on endpapers, text block near fine..
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LA PETITE GITA
by E. Delauney
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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Paris: Librairie Nationale D'Education et Recreation, 1891. LA PETITE GITA- Translated from the English version by E. Delauney- Illustrated- Librairie Nationale D'Education et Recreation-Paris- Imp. Eugene Ardent & Cie.-nd- World Cat c1891- probably 1910-20 Hardcover:-Large 8vo-Good/ no dj as issued- A fine inding of original red cloth with gilt and black motif and titles- spine ends rubbed and frayed as are extremities, but clean, tight and square binding- Text In French- PO name on half-title- 141pp total- 136pp + 5pp conclusion- illustrated with 22 gravures-All page edges are gilt- SEE PHOTOS- Sans date.; Traduit et immité de l'anglais par E. Delaunay. Illustré. 22 gavures. Cartonné. 143 pages-gilt edging on all sides of pages.Coins frotte mais en bon condition et solide. Fiction-juvenile-adventure-illustrated (2387) . 1st Edition Thus. Fine Binding. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Rodney Stone
by Doyle, A. Conan
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Rodney Stone, A Tale of the Napoleonic Wars by Arthur Conan Doyle. First Edition, copyright 1896 and published 1897 by D. Appleton And Company, New York. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Used. Exlib. GOOD- CONDITION.Red buckram cloth boards. Gilt titling. Black & White plates Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Frontis and 11 all additional plates are present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. 408 pages plus adverts. RARE/SCARCE/HARD TO FIND.
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes
by Lang, Andrew
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."…
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L'Art 1900 Ou Le Style Jules Verne
by Rheims, Maurice
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Oak Point, Texas, United States
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Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Paris, France, 1965. Apparent First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 430pp; Lots of text and profusely illustrated; Includes several tipped-in color plates; Text entirely in French; Decorative cloth cover is multi-colored (floral pattern); Corners are bumped, but only minor additional shelfwear; Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean; Owner's inscription on half-title page; Additional shipping charges may apply; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5-6 pounds. Category: Art & Design; Non-English Language::French; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 103121. . Additional shipping charges may apply..
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Oeuvres Poétiques (Discounted!)
by Madame Émile de Girardin (Delphine Gay)
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San Rafael, California, United States
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Extremely rare volume of poetry and essays by the early 19th century French author, poet and literary figure, Delphine de Girardin née Gay. This small (4.5 in. x 2.75 in.) volume is over 180 years old and is in excellent condition. Quarter bound in green leather and marbled paper. The spine is embossed with gilt scrollwork, title and author. The hinge is tight and the pages slightly yellowed with age, but still in fine, readable condition. Red Silk bookmark is still attached and faded only on the surface outside the book. No internal markings, bookplates or tears to pages. A remarkably preserved book for its age! There are no other similar copies of this vintage for sale on the Web!Un recueil de poèmes très rare de Delphine de Girardin née Gay, écrivaine, poétesse et personnalité littéraire française de la première moitié du 19ème siècle. Ce petit volume (11,4 cm X 6,9 cm) a plus de 180 ans d'âge est dans un état excellent, voire quasi-parfait. Demi-reliure avec cuir vert et papier… Read More
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COUNTES NOUVELES ET POESIES DIVERSES DU SIEUR VERGIER Et De Quelques Auteurs Anonymes. Augmentee D'Un Volume (Tome Second)
by Vergier, Jacques (1655-1720)
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Rouan: Chez Besoigne. Very Good. 1743. New Edition. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition, Tome Second: engraved frontis. , t-p. , 324, [4]pp. Clean full leather with somewhat worn gilt decorated spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Page edges dyed red. Poetry ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 324 pages .
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