Search Results: History: French Revolution from The Owl at the Bridge

Vincennes, Ind., Vincennes University Press, 1961. "Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, Alice of Old Vincennes is the story of the orphan girl Alice Roussillon. In 1778 the French outpost of Vincennes, Indiana, revolts against the British and swears allegiance to the American cause." First published by The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900. Soft Cover. 332 pages, 22.5 cm. Vg / soft cover. Stock#44213.

Princeton UP, 1970. Soft Cover. xvii, 233 p., 20.5 cm. Translated by R.R. Palmer. Third paperback printing; first pub., 1947. Stock#31,035. Vg/ wrappers.

Soft Cover. 8 p.; 20 cm. Caption title. Royalist tract in favor of retaining the monarchy. Martin & Walter, IV, 5838. One of a collection of 40 Royalist and contre revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Vg/ in marbled paper wrappers. Stock#OB1042-4.

NY, Norton, ©2007. Hard Cover. xvii, 454 p., [16] p. of plates, illus. (some color), maps; 25 cm. "From maps, migration and magic, to linguistic differences and tribal disputes, The Discovery of France tells the whole story of this remarkable - and surprising - country"-- Jacket. ISBN (10): 0393059731. Stock#46888. Fine / dj fine.

New York, London, Longmans, Green, 1929.. Hard Cover. xxi, 569 p. front., illus., maps. 22 cm. A history of Europe from the opening of the French Revolution to the beginning of World War I. Stock# 40,447. Good+/ no dj.

New York, Sloane, 1953. Hard Cover. [ix], 405 pages; 22 cm.; endpaper map. Contents, Part 1. By way of introduction to Europe; The end of an alliance; A world we tried to build; Part 2. Dramatis personae; The mystery of France; The story of Pierre Bertaux; Germany: spring in the ruins; The story of Willi Schlieker; England: no flags for the revolution; The story of Joe Curry; Through three looking glasses; Part 3. The making of Europe; The basin of freedom; Communism-- the challenge; America abroad; Decision at Washington. Very Good, owner name on verso of front fly, BOOK CLUB edition, no dust jacket. Stock#47608.

NY, Sloane, 1953. Hard Cover. [ix], 405 p.; 22 cm.; endpaper map. Contents, Part 1. By way of introduction to Europe; The end of an alliance; A world we tried to build; Part 2. Dramatis personae; The mystery of France; The story of Pierre Bertaux; Germany: spring in the ruins; The story of Willi Schlieker; England: no flags for the revolution; The story of Joe Curry; Through three looking glasses; Part 3. The making of Europe; The basin of freedom; Communism-- the challenge; America abroad; Decision at Washington. Very Good / no dust jacket. Stock#NEU294.

Reproduced from typescript; vii, 166 pages; 24 cm. White covers; VG. Stock#ofc0116.

[London] Oxford University Press, 1959. Series: Oxford historical series, 2d series. Bibliography: p. [196]-201. Austria during the reigns of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790 and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1747-1792. Hard Cover. x, 212 p. 22 cm. Good, heavy pencil underlining by a Brown professor who used it to teach/ dj poor, well worn. Stock#37219 [37319].

Berkeley, U California, 1981. Soft Cover. xx, 275 p. [9] leaves of plates, illus., 23 cm. A narrative of the period between August 10, 1792 when Louis XVI (1754-1793) was dethroned and his execution January 21, 1793. Stock #28,379x. Vg/ soft cover.

Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1962. Soft Cover. 2 p.l., 400 p.,23 cm.The two years 1787-1788 would have been considered revolutionary had they not been followed by the violent years that followed. RBL. Stock# 32,013. Good+, pencil underlining/ wrappers.

Editorial Labor, Barcelona. Primera edición, 1935; Reimpresión 1949. Hard Cover. series Colección Labor, Biblioteca de Iniciación Cultural, sección VI. Ciencias Historicas no. 373. The French Revolution, vol. 1, the Fall of Royalty. Volume 1 (of 3); 250 p., xvi plates, 18.5 cm. Contents include La crisis del antiguo régimen, La rebelión de los nobles, La rebelión parisiense, La rebelión de las provincias, Lafayette dueño de la situación, La reconstruction de Francia, La cuestión financiera, La cuestión religiosa, La huída del Rey, La guerra, El derrumbamiento del trono. Tan paper boards, gold cloth spine stamped in black; corners bumped, minor wear; good+. Stock#38942.

Union Générale d'Éditions, Paris [25 mars 1969]. Soft Cover. 370 pages, index. Series: Le monde en 10/18. French agitator, journalist during the Revolution, publisher of Tribun du Peuple; advocated communistic theories (Babouvism); believed the Revolution betrayed by Thermidoriens; involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the Directoire and to re-establish the constitution of 1793. Stabbed himself before being summoned to the guillotine. Paper; good+. Stock#24030 [24036].

"Pamphlet royaliste, publié après juin 1791 (arrêtation de la famille royale en fuite, à Varennes) ou en 1792 (après l'insurrection parisienne du 10 aoüt, qui entraïna l'internement de la famille royale dans la prison du Temple)." "Malheureux! pressez-vous de rendre au roi sa liberté, & fuyez; ou, réunissant contre vous toutes les forces de l'Europe, vos përirez tous". One of a collection of 40 Royalist and counter-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Martin / Walter IV: 6463. 16 pages (of 20; lacks pages 17-20); 20 cm. In marbled paper wrappers. Stock#OB1041-8.

Soft Cover. [1] leaf, 13 p.; 19.5 cm. Title continues: "pour délibérer sur l'incendie qui embrase la France, et menace l'Europe entière." Dated "Paris, le 20 Septembre 1791". In support of military aid to the King instead of a congress. Martin & Walter IV 2: 8618. One of a collection of 40 Royalist and contre revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Vg / in marbled paper wrapper. Stock# OB1042-19.

Three bookseller catalogues listing military history and related subjects. Cat. 330, MacManus, 724 items. Cat. 2, Military History Bookshop, "Featuring British and Commonwealth unit histories, narratives, biographies, memoirs, etc., from Victorian times through World War II", 906 items. Cat. 224, Jenkins, 1112 items. All in paper covers; all Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0270.

N.Y., McGraw-Hill [1970]. First Edition. Hard Cover. x, 387 p. 23 cm. 'Being the Diary of Restif de la Bretonne.' A historical novel about the French Revolution as told by Nicolas Edmunde Restif (1734-1806), called Restif de la Bretonne, the prolific writer, printer, egoist, libertine. Restif wrote and printed a 16-volume autobiography and Karmel has appropriated much of the tone and the substance of that massive, candid and revealing work. Stock #28,374. Vg copy/no dj. French history, biography.

Bookseller catalogue listing items on the French Revolution and Buonaparte. 615 items, illus.; stapled in pictorial wraps; Good. Stock#ofc0268.

New York, Scribner [1966]. Hard Cover. xiv, 498 p. illus., map (on lining papers) ports. 24 cm. Sequel to Entangling alliance. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 379-471) NEU049. Vg / no dj.

A Paris: Chez Pichard, Libraire, au Luxembourg, 1791. Hard Cover. 39 p.; 19 cm. Ttitle continues: Le but de l'auteur étoit de répondre à la dernière lettre pastorale de M. Le Fessier, Evèque constitutionnel du département de l'Orne; mais il a généralisé son travail, par l'avis de quelques personnes eclairées, à qui il l'a communiqué." Reference: Martin & Walter IV 2: 14947. Very Good in recent marbled paper boards. One of a collection of forty Royalist and counter-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Stock#OB1041-3.