First edition, Signed book

André MAUROIS

Histoire parallèle : U.S.A. 1917-1960

Presses de la Cité, Paris 1962, 13,5x21,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

first edition on current paper.
Publisher's binding in full cardboard, full copy of its illustrated jacket which includes small marginal tears without gravity.
Autorgaph autograph dedication of the author signed by André Maurois to the historian Parias.
Iconography, nice copy.

30 €

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Benoit BOYER

Conditions hygiéniques actuelles de Beyrouth (Syrie) et de ses environs immédiats

Alexandre Rey, Lyon 1897, 16,5x25cm, relié.

Rare first edition.
Bradel binding in full paper with decorative motif, smooth back, title label of brown morocco, binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Illustrated book of 8 inset plates as well as in fine of a folding map of the city of Beirut.
Rare.

600 €

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Joseph Toussaint REINAUD

Relation des voyages faits par les Arabes et les Persans dans l'Inde et à la Chine dans le IXe ...

Imprimerie Royale, Paris 1845, 9,5x15cm, 2 volumes reliés en 1.

First edition of the French translation, corrections, additions and clarifications, established by Joseph Toussaint Reinaud in 1845, from the Arabic text printed in 1811 by Louis Langlès.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, preserved cover plates, binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Very [...]

1 000 €

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Gaston VUILLIER

La Tunisie

Alfred Mame & fils, Tours 1896, In-4 (26x35,5cm), 288pp., relié.

Original illustrated edition of 4 watercolors, 19 photographs and 70 woodcuts including 17 full pages.
Publisher's cardboard binding. Half calfskin cream. Paper boards with oriental and gold decor. The 2 upper corners blunt. Very beautiful copy, with immaculate white paper, on thick coated [...]

500 €

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Alphonse de LAMARTINE

Souvenirs, impressions, pensées et paysages, pendant un voyage en Orient (1832-1833)

Librairie de Charles Gosselin & Librairie Furne, Paris 1835, Fort in-8 (13x21,5cm), 340pp. ; 429pp. et 388pp. ; 395 pp., 4 tomes en 2 volumes reliés.

first edition.
Vintage half shagreen red binding. Ribbed back decorated with rolls and cold fatty fillets, as well as golden fillets. Bit of volume 1 split in tail over 2cm. Frictions, especially on boards. A break at a corner, without missing. Scattered stitching, on the title pages and on the [...]

800 €

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Charles LALLEMAND

Tunis et ses environs

Maison Quantin, Paris 1890, In-4 (24,5x31,5cm), 245pp., relié.

First edition of this beautifully illustrated work with a title-frontispiece in color, a back cover in color and 150 watercolors by Charles Lallemand engraved by Michelet. Print on large paper, strong vellum. The watercolors are said to have been made in situ by the author.
Beveled sky blue [...]

650 €

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M. de MARLES

Histoire générale de l'Inde ancienne et moderne

Emler Frères, Paris 1828, In-8 (13,5x22,3cm), 483pp. ; 424pp. et 442pp. ; 468pp. et 452pp. ; 360pp., 6 tomes en 3 volumes reliés.

first edition.
Cardboard binding published by the bradel. Smooth back with piece of red morocco title. Marbled paper covering the cardboard. Uncropped copy, all margins.

500 €

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Joseph Mallord William TURNER, LEITCH RITCHIE

The rivers of France, from drawings by Turner

Henry G. Bohn, London 1857, Fort grd. in-8 (18,5x28cm), 336pp., relié.

First edition illustrated with a title engraved with a vignette of the chateau Gaillard and 61 inserts on steel by Turner and engraved by Higham, Brendard, Smith, Willmore ... The whole on strong vellum.
Publisher's binding in full shagreen green leather. Richly decorated false nerves back. [...]

700 €

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