Books In French/Livres En Francais from Lawrence Jones

Paris: Editions France-Empire, 1989. 282pp + 5 maps at rear, notes, bw ills. Pictorial card. Foxing to edges and prelims. TEXT IN FRENCH/EN FRANCAIS. The first part of the book recreates the ill-fated voyage of the Batavia, a 17th century East Indiaman, its shipwreck and subsequent bloody mutiny among the survivors. The second describes the author's expedition to the Abrolhos,… Read more about this item

Paris: Jules Rouff et Cie, 1884. 1240pp, num bw ills. Contemporary maroon boards with leather spine (quarter leather). Worn at corners, several pages with small areas of loss to margins not affecting text, moderate foxing. No date-c1884. Text in French/en Francais.. Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/None, as Issued.. Small 4to.

Dusseldorf: teNeues Publishing, 2006. HEAVY. 219pp, num col ills. Pictorial boards in jacket. 2 short (app 1cm) tear at bottom of reacket rear otherwise minor edge wear to jacket, front free endpaper stuck to inside of cover. Text in English, German, French and Italian.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Germany: Tandem Verlag, 2007. VERY HEAVY. 999pp, bibliography, specifications, num col ills. Pictorial glossy card. Tiny bump to top corner. Everything you need to know about Mercedes Benz including racing history. Text in English, French and German.. Special Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Konigswinter: Tandem Verlag, 2009. HEAVY. 399pp, specifications, num col & bw ills. Pictorial card. Crease to bottom front corner. The sports and racing cars of Mercedes Benz. Text in English, German and French.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Lausanne: Edita Vilo, 1984. HEAVY. 236pp, list of manufacturers, hundreds of ills (most bw). Red cloth in jacket. Prev owner name on half-title page, light edge wear to jacket. Pictorial encyclopedia of European toy vehicles made between 1830 and 1920: horse-drawn carriages and horseless carriages, bicycles, motorcycles andvarious small vehicles. Text in French and English.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

Montpellier, France: Causse & Castelnau, 1966. VERY HEAVY. 2 VOLUME SET (complete). 353pp, index, num ills; 535pp, index, num ills. Cream cloth with colour arms to front of each volume. Some minor marking/toning of cloth. Extensive coverage of the goldsmiths of Languedoc (Montpellier and Toulouse from the 12th to the 18th centuries. The second volume published in 1968. Text in… Read more about this item

Moulins, France: Les Marmousets, 1982. HEAVY. 154pp, bw ills, maps. Full maroon leather with laid on image of Timorese woman, in maroon slipcase. As new. Deluxe edition limited to only 50 copies of which this #036. Peron's voyage to Australia at the start of the 19th century. Text in French/en Francais.. Deluxe Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. Folio.

Paris: François De Ricqlès, 2001. HEAVY.393pp, bibliography, hundreds col ills, loosely inserted prices realised. Black boards in jacket. Some light spotting to boards. Catalogue of the exhibition and subsequent auction of the extraordinary collection of primitive art amassed by Hubert Goldet. Includes Oceanian,Indonesian, African and pre-Columbian objects. Text in French/en Francais.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

Paris: Les editions Roger Dacosta, 1981. 229pp, bibliography, num bw & col ills. Black cloth with gilt apothecary jar to front in jacket. Light wear to bottom edge of boards. Pharmacy Jars from Paris and l'Ille-de-France from the 17th century onwards. Text in French/en Francais.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Paris: Les editions Roger Dacosta, 1982. 230pp, bibliography, num bw & col ills. Black cloth in jacket. Some wear to bottom edge of boards, front flap creased. Pharmacy Jars from Rouen and Normandy Picardy and Brittany from the 17th century onwards. Text in French/en Francais.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Paris: Ch. Massin, 1987. 96pp, col ills. Red cloth in jacet. Light edge wear to jacket. Lovely book on antique apothecary pots. Text in French/en Francaise.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Dupois, Phillippe (photography). 4to.

Le Puy, France: Vivre Les Traditions, 1979. 189pp, bibliography, bw & col ills. Green cloth in jacket. Minor marking and light edge wear to jacket, front flap creased, prev owner bookplate on front free endpaper. History of pharmacy/apothecary including material of apothecary jars, pots etc. Text in French/en Francais.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Noumea: Societe Neo-Caledonienne d'Orchidophile, 1995. 180pp, bibliography, index, glossary, num col photographs, map. ictorial glossy boards. Slight lean to spine, light foxing to endpapers. Very scarce volume on the native orchids of New Caledonia, many of which are to be found nowhere else. Noted numerous species of Dendrobium and Bulbophyllum among the approx 200 shown. Text in French, English and… Read more about this item

Londres: Publications De La France Combattante, 1942. 102pp, bibliography, bw photographs,maps (inc folding). Pictorial card. Rubbed at spine edges, bump/small tear at fore-edge of front cover, rear cover with minor soiling, photo glued inside rear cover, occasional light foxing. Text in French/en Francais.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Port Louis, Mauritius.: Nice Printing, 1975. xx, 206pp, advertisements, maps, bw ills. Yellow and green card. Minor edge wear, some stains to front cover, page edges toned. Trade and tourism guide to the French Indian Ocean island territories of Mauritus, Seychelles and Reunion. Text in French and English.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Cairo: Imp. Nationale, 1956. 68pp, table. Or staple card. Small crease to bottom front corner, prev owner bookplate inside front cover. Egyptian government white paper on the nationalisation of the Suez Canal. Text in french/en Francais.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Paris: Histoire & Collections, 2001. 192pp, thousands col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. A little very light rubbing to boards. In both English and French. Shows over 3000 French Airborne Troops insignia and wings including over 1000 contemporay; 100 WWII; 150 from the Indo-China period; 30 particular to Algeria; 200 from non TAP units; 550 from overseas operations; 150 from… Read more about this item

Noumea: Societe d'Etudes Historiques De La Nouvelle-Caledonie., 1988. 324pp, folding map at rear, bw ills. Or card with jacket. Very slight edge wear, light thumb soiling to bottom corner. History, stories of the origins and meanings of streets, roads and districts in Noumea, capital of New Caledonia. Text in French/en Francais.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to.… Read more about this item

Paris: Libraire Des Corps Imperiaux Des Ponts, et Chaussees et Des Mines., 1868. ATLAS VOLUME ONLY. 35 plates (all at least double page, some folding). Contemporary pebbled boards with leather spine titled in gilt with 4 raised bands. Some rippling to early pages, foxing to prelims, occasional light foxing elsewhere. Atlas/plates volume of this work on railway operations, rolling stock,… Read more about this item