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Bulletin du bibliophile 1989, No. 1
Editions Promodis, Avec l'Association Intenationale De Bibliophile (A.I.B.) Paris 1989 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Arcticles in French and English. Clean and tight. In very good condition. No names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. 222. 015412
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7.50 GBP
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Dancers of God
Ballif, Noel ; translated from the French by James Cameron Sidgwick & Jackson London 1955 First Thus Hard Cover Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original blue boards; minor bump at the base of the spine. Significant foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges and light foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. The binding is firm and pages clean. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed at the edges, with a few short nicks. Front flap of the dust jacket not price clipped. pp. 213. 012899
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5.00 GBP
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Bulletin du bibliophile 1992, No. 2
Editions Promodis, Avec l'Association Intenationale De Bibliophile (A.I.B.) Paris 1992 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Articles are in French and English. In very good, clean condition. Binding tight. Unmarked. No names or inscriptions. pp. 257-461. 015411
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7.50 GBP
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Cousin Pons [Balzac's Works, illustrated edition, Volume 6]
Balzac, Honore de ; introductions by George Saintsbury Bantam Press New York 1910 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Date of publication not stated but is c. 1910s. Original olive green cloth binding. Lightly rubbed spine ends and corners. Binding firm and tight. Pages clean. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Little flattened creases to the top corners of the first 12 pages. pp. v, 306. 104176
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Bulletin du bibliophile, 1990 No. 2
Editions Promodis, Avec l'Association Internationale De Bibliophile (A.I.B.) Paris 1990 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Articles are in French and English (mostly French in this issue). The covers have discoloured / yellowed at the edges. No creases, names or inscriptions. pp. 287-488. 026098
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7.50 GBP
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Old Goriot; A Passion in the Desert ; An Episode Under the Terror [Balzac's Works, illustrated edition, Volume 2]
Balzac, Honore de ; introductions by George Saintsbury Bantam Press New York 1901 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Date of publication not stated but is c. 1910s. Original olive green cloth binding. Lightly rubbed spine ends and corners. Binding firm and tight. Pages clean. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. A short tear and creasing to the top edge of one page. pp. vi, 273, 16, 18. 104177
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Bulletin du bibliophile, 1993, No. 1
Editions Promodis, Avec l'Association Internationale De Bibliophile (A.I.B.) Paris 1993 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Articles in French and English (mostly French). There is a small crease to the bottom corner of the back cover. Otherwise very good, clean and tight. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. 026099
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7.50 GBP
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Rome. Le Centre du Pouvoir
Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi Gallimard 1969 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
In very good, clean condition except for a gift inscription written on the front endpaper. The text is in French. Original ribbon page marker, frayed at the bottom. A VERY HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK mainland as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. Small surcharge may apply to UK highlands and islands and N. Ireland; larger surcharge for overseas destinations. NO additional charges for sending within the UK mainland. 200026
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40.00 GBP
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Paisaje de Chile
Impresos Alguero Ltda | Jack Ceitelis | Librairie Francaise 1982 Hardcover Very Good Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Beige imitation leather boards with gilt titles. The dust jacket has some tears to the edges and some of these have been reinforced with sellotape to the underside. The book itself is in very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Text is in Spanish, English and French and comes with a loose stapled booklet with a German translation as well. A book of colour photographs. 128pp. 25.5 x 30.5cm landscape. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 305867
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10.00 GBP
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Elements of Semiology (Cape Editions 4)
Barthes, Roland ; translated from the French by Annette Lavers and Colin Smith Jonathan Cape 1967 Soft cover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Slim paperback with dust jacket. The dust jacket is tanned at the spine, with a short tear in the middle of the spine. The binding is firm and tight. In very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. 112. 106114
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7.50 GBP
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Nouvelles Etudes D'Histoire: Publiees A L'Occasion Du XVe Congres International Des Sciences Historiques, Bucharest, 1980, (2 Volumes)
Academie Des Sciences Sociales et Politiques (ed.) Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania Bucuresti 1980 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edited volume of essays, in two volumes. Text is in various languages, differs for different essays. Black cloth bindings with silver titles. Both volumes have a previous owner's name and date written on the front endpaper and have a red ink ownership stamp on the title page. Volume one has a small piece missing from the bottom corner of the title page. The dust jackets both have some light wear to the edges. Both volumes have additional wraparound bands - some discolouration and tears to these. pp. 326; 385. The dust jackets are supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jackets against wear. A HEAVY set - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this set costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 041956
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43.00 GBP
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Un demi-siecle de paquebots de Saint-Nazaire
Baul, Patrick Coop Breizh 2001 2843461510 / 9782843461514 Hardcover Fine Fine Book Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
In excellent, fine condition; this is still new and sealed in shrinkwrap. 160pp. Text in French. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK mainland, as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK mainland; small charge likely for highlands, islands and N. Ireland. 104324
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18.00 GBP
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L'Art 1900 en Hongrie (Petit Palais, Décembre 1976 - Février 1977)
Adeline Cacan de Bissh (preface) Petit Palais | Les Presses Artistique Paris 1976 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
French. French text. Covers are faded at the spine and edges, and there are bumps to the corners. Contents clean. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. 24cm. 301051
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7.50 GBP
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The Conquest of Life (History of a Society series of novels)
Béhaine, René ; translated into English by Edward Crankshaw George Allen and Unwin Ltd London 1939 First UK Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback without dust jacket. First published in France in 1914; this is the first English edition. From the French original 'La Conquête de la Vie'. Mid reddish-brown cloth binding - a few minor marks to the boards and lightly bruised spine ends and corners. Contents are clean and the binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There are some very minor foxing spots to the outer closed textblock foredges. 325pp. Novel. 101124
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28.00 GBP
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Les grands cineastes que je propose (collection 7e art)
Agel, Henri Les Editions du Cerf Paris 1967 Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. Minor wear to the cover edges. Contents VG, clean. No names or inscriptions. 236pp. In French. 302414
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5.00 GBP
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Avril: Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance
Belloc, H. Duckworth and Co. London 1911 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback. Original navy cloth. Good condition. Blind embossed motif on the front board. Gilt titles to spine. Light marks to boards. Light rubs and bumps to edges. Short nick at head of spine. Tiny hole to the front board next to the spine. Previous owner's name and date on the f.e.p. Sporadic foxing. Binding firm. pp. xv, 238. First published in 1904, this is a second reprint in the Readers' Library edition. 103750
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6.00 GBP
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The Letters of a Portuguese Nun
Alcoforado, Marianna ; translated into English by Edgar Prestage David Nutt The Strand, London 1897 Soft cover Fair Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Weak binding. Paper covers rubbed and torn, with tears and loss to the spine covering. The sewn binding is weakened and cracked in a few places but holds. Some foxing. No names or inscriptions. 80pp. The 5 letters were written in 1667 by a Portuguese nun, Marianna, who had a French Army Officer 'lover' who abandoned her. An interesting little snapshot of social history. 105770
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10.00 GBP
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Philibert
Belloc, Hilaire ; with illustrations by Quentin Blake ; translated into French by Marie Farre Gallimard 1991 207056634X / 9782070566341 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Hardback. Laminated pictorial boards. French edition (English title - Algernon and other Cautionary Tales). In very good, clean condition but there is an old pencil price mark to the top corner of the front endpaper and a small blue ink smudge to the same area; plus a pencil line mark to the edge of the front endpaper, a bit further down the page. The rest of the pages are clean, bright and unmarked. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Slim and unpaginated. 308520
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20.00 GBP
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The Republic in Danger: General Maurice Gamelin and the politics of French defence, 1933-1940
Alexander, Martin S. Cambridge University Press 1992 0521372348 / 9780521372343 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback, with dust jacket. First edition. Original blue cloth binding. Clean, tight and unmarked; a super copy. pp. xiv, 573. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 106024
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40.00 GBP
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Tableaux D'Histoire Générale : Présentation Synchronique des Principaux Événements Contemporains a Travers Les Siècles.
Berthier, J. ; Lauvernier, C. ; Introduction de M. Émile Picard Société Mercasia Paris 1930 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Large folio volume. Red boards faded at the spine and edges. Cloth frayed and rubbed at spine ends and corners. A few pale grey marks to the boards. A brief contemporary gift inscription is written on the second front free endpaper. Book of chronological timeline tables charting French history from the 6th Century B.C. Covers major events thematically - Politics, Religion, Philosophy, Letters, Arts, Sciences, & others. 14.5" tall. French text. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 101066
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35.00 GBP
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Hollande (Les Guides Bleus)
Ambriere, Francis (sous La Direction de) Librairie Hachette 1953 Hard Cover Good Good 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Language: French. Original navy blue boards with gilt titles. The pages are significantly browned / tanned. Binding firm. Foldout maps in good condition - some short margin tears where they have been tipped in. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped at the edges, with small loss. Two ribbon page markers. pp. xcvi, 397. 033254
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5.00 GBP
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Les films-cles du cinema
Beylie, Claude Bordas Paris 1987 2040163565 / 9782040163563 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback with laminated boards. A previous owner's signature at the top edge of the front endpaper. Otherwise very good, clean condition. 287pp. Language: French. 306456
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5.00 GBP
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Planisme et Progres Social
Angelopoulos, Angelos Librairie Generale de Droit et de Jurisprudence Paris 1953 Soft cover Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Inscribed by Author(s)
Soft back. Original paper covers. A couple of light creases to the spine. Some creasing to the covers and rubs and bruises to cover edges. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper (dated Dec 1952). Pages have browned / tanned. The binding is quite firm but many page sections are uncut at the top edge. Pages untrimmed. pp. 403. 309262
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20.00 GBP
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The Style of La Fontaine's Fables (Language and Style Series)
Biard, Jean Dominique Basil Blackwell Oxford 1966 First Edition Hardback Very Good Very Good 8vo - 9" Tall / 23cm
1st edition. Book is in near fine condition. Dust jacket a little darkened at the spine, with some minor rubs. Price-clipped. The DJ is protected in a fully removable loose clear film sleeve. No names, inscriptions or other marks. 211pp. 055206
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10.00 GBP
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Toulouse-Lautrec - The Complete Posters
Ash, Russell Pavilion Books 1991 1851458972 / 9781851458974 Soft cover Good Book Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Large soft back. Heavy creasing to the top corner of the back cover. Light thumbing wear and creasing to the edges of a few pages. In otherwise good condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 308329
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10.00 GBP
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Mad Shadows
Blais, Marie-Claire ; translated from the French by Merloyd Lawrence Jonathan Cape London 1960 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Publisher's black cloth binding. Lacks dust jacket. In excellent clean near fine condition. No names, inscriptions or other marks. 125pp. 301559
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7.00 GBP
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