Search Results: French from Stephen Rench

1776 Book. Good. Full-Leather. 184; 135, [1] pages. Some staining, browning and spotting throughout. In old full leather binding, missing the top section of the spine. Ink owner's name to the head of the title page. Ink note re authorship to the front free end paper. Author's name not mentioned on title page. End papers stained..

Lyon: Chaez Amaulry et Pascal, 1701 Book. Poor. Disbound. [iv], 200 pages, but lacking pages 15/16, so incomplete and here with just 5 of the 9 plates. In old full leather, but with front board detached and spine worn away. Pencil and crayon underlining to some pages. Ink owners' names to the title page and front free end paper. Incomplete and in poor condition..

Paris: H. Daragon + P. Sacquet, 1901 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 173, [3] pages + 8 plates. Bound in modern cloth, retaining the original paper covers. Some light wear to the binding. Some chips and small tears to the paper covers. Page edges are untrimmed. Numbered 120 of a total of 275 copies printed, initialled by the author..

Lausanne: L'age d'homme, 1977 Book. Good. Soft cover. 372 pages. Paperback, wear to the edges of the covers. Spine faded..

[ Paris ]: Chez Pillet Aine, 1819 Book. Good. Soft cover. [vi], 119, [1] pages + 3 coloured plates. There is also a 2 page publisher's list at the front. in plain paper covers which are creased and worn. Pages are spotted and stained through to about page 45, heavily in places. The paper on the plates is browned. Some pages also browned. Page edges untrimmed and uneven in size..

Paris: Librairie Scientifique, industrielle et agricole de Lacroix-Comon, 1856 Book. Good. Half leather. 32 pages + folding plate. Ink stamp - Prix Montyon, Academie des Sciences 1856 - to page 3 and also to the folding table. Half leather binding, some scuffs to the leather. A number of binder's blanks bound in. Some pages spotted. Bookplate to the front pastedown of the Institution of Naval Architects. Tears to the folds of the folding table at the rear..

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1931 Book. Illus. by Bois de Pierre Falke. Good. No Binding. [x], 195, [7] pages. Illustrated throughout. Numbered 55 of the 235 copies printed, this on velin d'arches paper. Not bound - the loose sections are held within a paper cover with then has a card cover over it and a slip case. The card cover and the slip case are worn and damaged, but the contents have been well protected. The spine is split and the lettering very worn. Some browning to adjoining pages caused by the colour illustrations. A heavy book, extra postage may be required to send it outside the UK..

Paris + London: H. Nicolle re-imprime par John Murray, 1813 Book. Fair. Full leather. 3 volume set . Vol 1 - [iii], vi-xxi, [iii], [xxi], [3], 360. Vol 2 - [iv], 399, [1]. Vol 3 - [iv], 416 pages. No half title pages. Occasional pencil lines to margins. Light browning and occasional spotting. In old full leather, the foot of each spine is worn and damaged, particularly to volume 1. Joints split or splitting. Bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume - Patientia vinces. .

Lausanne: Chez Franc Grasset & Comp, 1768 Book. Good. Full leather. xvi, 246 pages. Light browning to pages, spotting to some pages also. Ink owner's name to the half title page. Signed by publisher as authentic to page xvi. In old full leather binding - front joint split but holding firmly, rear joint cracking. Lacks the lettering label from the spine. Leather worn..

Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1766 Book. Good. Full leather. viii, 498, [2] pages. In old full leather, the spine has beenr ebacked, but retaining much of the original. New lettering label, slightly bright gilt. Modern book label and ink owner's name to the front free end paper. Older ink name - Lord Sydney - to the front pastedown. Browning to the end appers form contact with the leather. Insect damage to the edges of the pastedowns. Some browning and spotting to the pages throughout, heavier in places.

Paris: Chez Didot, 1749 Book. Good. Full leather. xiii, [iii], 600 pages. Light browning to pages throughout. Section torn from fore edge of pages 125/126 with small loss of text. Bookplate of Llanarth - motto Asgre lan diogel et phercen to the front pastedown togeethr with another label - This book to be returned to its place. In old full leather binding worn to the edges and the spine..

Paris: Chex Desaint & Saillant, 1757 Book. Fair. Full-Leather. 402, [4] pages. Pages soiled and browned throughout, some spotting. Pencil scribble to the rear end papers. A well used book. Front free end paper almost detached. Some corners folded over. In old full leather but this is very worn, particularly to the edges of the front board..

Paris: Chez Pillet Aine, 1821 Book. Good. Hardcover. [v], viii-xii, 401, [1] pages + 5 plates and a 2 page publisher's list which is bound in at the rear. In modern paper covered boards and leather spine. Browning and spotting to pages throughout, heavier in places. At the rear the page edges are stained from about page 350 onwards. .

Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Humbert, 1738 Book. Good. Hardcover. [xxiv], 545, [41] pages + a repeated frontispiece to each volume. The unnumbered section at the rear is a catalogue of books published by Humbert. The pagination is continuous. In old paper covered boards with very worn leather spine, joints split but holding. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Victor de Guinzbourg. Some old ink notes to the rear pastedown and also to the foot of page 535.

Paris: Chez la V Regnard, Imprimeur de l'Academie Francoise, 1767 Book. Good. Soft cover. 39, [1] pages, in worn marbled paper covers, new end papers. Binding coming apart at the rear..

Paris: Demonville, 1774 Book. Fair. Soft cover. 11, [1] pages. Disbound pamphlet without covers. Remains of old paper covers to the inner margins of the first and final pages. Pages lightly browned. Some old ink corrections. Holes to the inner margins of pages throughout..

A Londres [but Paris?], 1769 Book. Good. Disbound. 38 pages. ESTC N6204. Pencil note naming the author to the title page. Ink ownership note to the foot of the page, trimmed by a binder in the past. Ink note to the final page - Drames detachees, tome 1ere. Pages spotted and lightly browned throughout. In more recent paper covers which are chipped at the edges. ESTC states that it was not published in London, but perhaps Paris..

London: T. Boosey, 1803 Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 250 pages, frontispiece and 6 other plates. Attractively bound in full leather, some splitting to the spine edges. School prize presentation to a front free end paper- Ealing 1808. Some spotting to plate edges..

1912 Brochure. Fair. Soft cover. Fichet - Coffres-forts - Paris - Tarif No. 3. Trade catalogue of safes and strong boxes. 40 pages printed in red and black throughout. With the original covers but these are now detached and torn completely down the spine. The dates quoted on the inner rear cover go through to October 1912, so presumably printed shortly after that. .

Paris: Alexis Eymery, 1818 Book. Fair. Disbound. 407, [1] pages + frontispiece and 4 other folding plates. Plate facing page 393 is torn into the image and has a small section of blank margin missing. Offsetting of ink to pages throughout. Staining and spotting. Plates creased. In remains of binding but now missing the spine..