Comptes En Finances, à Rendre par l'Assemblée Nationale, Avant Sa Séparation et Sous Sa Responsabilité... by un homme qui fait bien ses comptes - 1791

Paris: Lemonnier, 1829. Livre. Satisfaisant. Demi-cuir. Ed. originale. In-8. Paris, Lemonnier, 1829. 3 tomes reliés en un volume in-8, 21 x 12,5 cm (R), LII - 379, III - 420, 391, relié (dos absent, restes de cuir dur les mors), toutes tranches marbrées. Edition originale (une réédition paraîtra en 1830) rare de cet ouvrage important pour comprendre le fonctionnement des polices à l'époque, d'autant plus recherché que les sources primaires sur le sujet ont disparu. Il fut un temps attribué à Guyon (Quérard, repris par Tulard), mais il semble que cette attribution soit erronée. Le dos est manquant, mais l'ouvrage reste relié, les plats solidaires et la gouttière bien régulière. L'intérieur est très frais, avec de très rares et très pâles rousseurs..

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. 2 Vol. 3/4 Leather over marbled paper covered boards, and eppr. First English edition of Alexandrine des Echerolles' memoirs of the Revolution in France. Alexandrine des Echerolles (La Ferte Hauterive, south of Moulins-Allier) was 13 y.o. when the Revolution forced her father, aunt and brothers to take refuge in Lyon. Her father had been elected colonel of the National Guards at Moulins, but when he was threatened with imprisonment he fled to Lyon then Switzerland, and left his daughter in the care of his sister. The aunt was murdered by the revolutionary court for refusing to reveal where her brother was living, and Alexandrine found herself alone, and relied on family and relations to taker her in.

Paris: Author, 1862, 1863. First edition. 1862-63 TWO VOLUME ILLUSTRATED FRENCH GUIDE TO PRUNING FRUIT TREES BY PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF PARIS. Two 9 inches tall hardcover volumes, contemporary 1/2 red calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt titles, over 300 wood engravings in text. Edges of covers rubbed, spines sunned, light foxing, dampstaining to preliminary pages of vol. 2. Overall good+. Vol. 1 contains chapters on pruning apple and pear trees; vol. 2 covers peach, apricots, prunes, berries, and grapes. In custom archival mylar covers.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1975. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Simon & Schuster, 1975, first printing. Thick 8vo., xxi+872pp., illustrated with plates. Black cloth with gilt titles and cover design, top edge tinted gray. Fine, pristine copy in fine, unclipped dust jacket - price of $17.50 intact. Simon & Schuster reader opinion postcard laid in. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Dijon: Bidault, 1795. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. in-8°. Dijon, Chez Bidault, 20 ventôse an III [1795]. 19,5 x 13 cm, in-8, 1 f. - 13 pp., plaquette cousue sous couverture bleue muette d'attente. En 1795, Mailhe, membre de la Convention, fut envoyé en mission à Dijon, où il comprima les partisans de la Terreur. Très rare. Bel exemplaire..

Dijon: De l'imprimerie de Fantin, 1794. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. in-8°. Dijon, De l'imprimerie de Fantin, an III (1794). 19,5 x 13 cm, 3 plaquettes in-8 brochées ensemble sous couverture muette, 17 - 24 - (2) 9 pp. Réunion de trois plaquettes dijonaises rares. Les deux premières sont des attaques virulentes contre Sauvageot, par Baillot-Mure, vinaigrier. La dernière est par Pierre Baillot, professeur de rhétorique, qui demande, après la Terreur, "une forte épuration de tous les fonctionnaires publics"..

Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834. Eugene Francois Vidocq is considered the father of criminology and the first private detective. This is a one-volume edition of the original four-volume work, first published in 1828. Front board is nearly detached and cloth spine shows considerable wear. Boards are waterstained as is some of the interior of book, althoough textblock is tight and only lightly foxed.. Early Edition. Cloth Spine, Paper-Covered Boa. Good/None. 8vo.

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1875. Livre. Bon. broché. Edition originale. In-8. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1875. 23 x 14,5 cm, in-8, (4) 547 pp., broché sous couverture bleue imprimée, papillon d'annonce pour la deuxième partie conservé. Edition originale de la première partie, la seule parue du vivant de l'auteur, la suite (6 volumes en tout) ayant été publiée de façon posthume. Rousseurs éparses..

Popular book of the Asimov Historical Books, exciting to read and rare in this good condition with dj without price-clip. A bit of wear at edges of corners, a small owner's stamp inside cover. No marks, writing, etc. Nice to own.