Restoration, July Monarchy, Second Empire, Paris Commune: rare books, testimonies and political texts

First edition.
Full hazel sheep bindings, lightened spines with four thin raised bands decorated with black fillets, double frame of black fillets on boards, first board of first volume with marginal scratch, blind floral motifs on leading edges, first board of second volume decorated with a laurel crown stamped in blind, blind frieze frames on pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Bound to match the above-described work and by the same compilers: "Annales des concours généraux, philosophie ou recueil de toutes les compositions couronnées en cette faculté aux concours généraux de l'université jusqu'à ce jour".
Copies almost entirely free of foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Spine slightly warped, minor worming without consequence to first cover, occasional light foxing to interior.
Complete with publisher's catalogue at rear.

First edition of this refutation of the famous book by the Marquis de Custine, no mention of deluxe copies. Rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and stippling showing minor traces of rubbing, pupil's name and number in gilt, red sheep boards, front cover stamped with the school's arms, blind-ruled frames on covers, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with plans.
Rare.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and stippling showing minor traces of rubbing, pupil's name and number in gilt, red sheep boards, front cover stamped with the school's arms, blind-ruled frames on covers, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
At the end, two manuscript pages by the pupil serving as appendix and complement to a course.
Work illustrated with plans.
Rare.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
List of prefects and alphabetical index at the end.

Second edition. About Napoléon III.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Some foxing affecting the covers and first leaves.
Very rare.

First edition.
Occasional foxing.
Rare.

Second edition.
One tear reglued on a joint, another clumsily reglued in the inner margin, a small lack at foot of spine, light foxing, otherwise fine interior condition.

New edition.
Two small marginal tears without loss to the first cover, a central lack to the second, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Spine and covers lightly soiled, some foxing but otherwise a handsome copy.
Very rare.

Second edition entirely revised by the author. Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt dots, compartments, fillets and gilt dots on spine, contemporary binding. Handsome copy.

First edition.
Very rare 32-page pamphlet extensively documented regarding the concession project presented by M. Lacrosse and simply signed with the initial R.
Significant loss to the rear cover.
Our copy is complete with the comparative folding table at the end, together with an important newspaper cutting reproducing the report to the extraordinary general assembly of August 31, 1852 of the Lyon to Avignon railway.

First edition.
Very rare booklet of 28 pages, with one page of manuscript notes attached.

Third edition.
Cover slightly worn otherwise good interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Foxing to the lower cover with a tear, internally very good.
Rare.

First edition.
About the 'Mediterranean Squadron', the Chinese question, steam navy in continental wars, the state of the navy in France and the United States in 1865...
Second volume complete with its map at rear.
Front board of first volume reattached, lack to spine affecting the latter, otherwise handsome copies.
Rare.

First edition. About the Prince Bonaparte affair and his assassin, the journalist Victor Noir. Work embellished with two portraits and numerous engravings. Repaired tear to spine which has a loss at head, two corner losses affecting both covers.

Second edition. Concerning the assassination of the Duke of Berry.
Spine faded, foxing affecting the endpapers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition 'sold for the benefit of the subscription'. Work adorned with a frontispiece. Interior foxing, two lacks to the second cover, marginal worming to the first cover. Of utmost rarity.

First edition.
A stain to upper cover, small occasional foxing, otherwise a rare and very good copy.

First edition. Contains the text of the general meeting of the Family from the sessions of November 19 and 21, 1831, five teachings from our father and three articles by E. Barrault on the Family.
Small stains of no significance to the front cover, spine cracked and creased, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition.

Second edition.
Minor lacks of no significance affecting the spine, a small angular lack to the front cover, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half brown morocco, smooth spine showing traces of normal wear decorated with a gilt fleuron, date at foot, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.

First edition.

First edition.
A very good and rare copy.

First edition of the French translation. Spine faded with tears to the joints.

First edition. Was Louis-Philippe King of the French the son of the Italian Lorenzo Chiappini?

Tenth edition.
One marginal fold mark affecting the second cover.
Rare.
From the series 'Les secrets d'un empire'.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in burgundy, spine with four raised bands, contemporary binding.
With frontispiece photographic portrait of the lieutenant.
Foxing affecting mainly the first leaves.

Second edition.
Rare historical, biographical, legal and forensic study.
Small marginal tear to front cover, some foxing.

Second edition. Half black sheep binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands, contemporary binding. Some occasional foxing.

First edition.
Brown paper boards, smooth spine somewhat faded, corners slightly bumped.
Spotting to binding endpapers, copy almost entirely free from foxing.

First edition.
Rare work containing unpublished material on Louis-Philippe I.
Slight lacks to head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed in only 100 copies.
The baptism of the Duke of Bordeaux, the entry of the Duke of Angoulême, death and funeral of Louis XVIII, the coronation of Charles X.
Our copy is presented without its wrappers, some foxing.
Rare.

First edition. This is a small booklet gathering twelve etchings by Trimolet. Two slight tears to the spine with two small lacks at head and foot, two marginal lacks to the boards.

Second edition with some parts in first edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt friezes and fillets, traces of rubbing to joints, one with a small tear at head.
Copy almost free from foxing.

First edition. The Count of Chambord, Pius IX, The Tsar, Emperor Francis Joseph, Lord Byron, Bismarck, Mac-Mahon... Worming affecting the front cover and endpapers.

First edition. Small foxing.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half brown boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, red shagreen title label.
Light interior foxing.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the journal 'La pensée'.
Autograph inscription by the author.
One crease mark, one tear with slight loss to the back cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Pen annotations relating to the text on the half-title page, foxing.

First edition in French.
Temporary binding in full boards, corners of front cover slightly bumped without touching text.
Some worming at beginning and end of volume.
Rare.

First edition. A small lack at head of spine, some light foxing, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition. Spine cracked and reglued with a small lack at foot, slight marginal lack affecting the second cover, scattered foxing. Our copy is curiously presented under a wrapper bearing an entirely different title from that of the work, namely: 'Tablettes d'un libre-penseur' by one Dom Jacobus from the same publisher the following year.

First edition.
Two small lacks to head and foot of spine, crossed-out gift inscription on front cover, occasional light foxing.

First edition.
Le souper de Beaucaire, H. Murger, L'homme au camélia, P.J. Proudhon et l'écuyère de l'hippodrome...
Spine cracked and reglued with a small loss at head, small marginal losses to front cover, handsome interior condition.

Second edition of the French translation. With a frontispiece engraved portrait of the author. A slight dampstain affecting the front endpaper, copy almost free from foxing. Rare.

First edition. About 'Quelques semaines au bord de la Baltique' by A. de Humboldt, 'Les trois mages du Nord' by H. Heine, 'Le fou de la révolution', 'Pensées d'un somnambule sur le XIXème siècle'... A tear at the head of one joint, two small corner lacks on the front cover, some light foxing.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies. Minor marginal lacks to boards and to the first page not touching text. Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des deux mondes. Autograph inscription from the author on the front cover. Rare and handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full decorative boards with floral motifs, smooth spine browned, red shagreen title-label.
Frontispiece portrait of Princess Mathilde.
Iconography.

First edition.
Half bottle-green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt rolls and fillets, slight skin loss at foot, corners slightly bumped.
Some foxing.

First edition published anonymously.
Broken spine with a lack at foot, significant tear to back cover, copy free from foxing.

First edition.
Small angular lacks to the leaves not touching text.
Rare.

Third edition.
Copy with occasional foxing.

First edition published in very small number.
Bradel binding in full boards, smooth spine, red shagreen title-label.
Some occasional light foxing, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Rare and handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
Foxing.
Rare.

New edition. Tiny loss to head of spine, angular losses to front cover, one joint cracked at foot, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Stains on the front cover which also has two small angular tears without loss, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Spine clumsily reinforced with transparent tape with a lack at head, slight marginal worming on first cover, fine interior condition.

First edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Cover illustrated with a caricature of H. Rochefort and as frontispiece, an engraved portrait of the same by Adrien Tournachon.
Small marginal tears with slight lack affecting the boards, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

Second edition, with some parts of the text in first edition. Half-sheep binding in chocolate brown, smooth spine showing traces of rubbing decorated with gilt fillets, three tears with small losses to one joint, corners slightly bumped. Foxing, peddler's stamp.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full red boards, spine and inner margins faded, several small tears, one fold affecting the front board, modest binding.
Greek fire as a foretaste of the atomic bomb.
Very curious and rare little work.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second edition, only 20 copies were printed on Holland paper as deluxe copies.
As frontispiece, a photographic portrait of the author.
Biography and notes by P. Blanchon.
Two small marginal dampstains affecting the boards, some light foxing.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Autograph inscription by the author on the front cover.
Spine torn and nearly detached, handsome interior condition.

First edition. Full black paper boards binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, blind-ruled frames on boards. About theaters, B. Constant, Chaptal, Ampère, C. de Salm, the tombs of Fontevrault... Some foxing. Rare.

First edition. The work is illustrated with a facsimile autograph and a portrait. Marginal dampstain affecting some leaves.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of third edition.
A small lack at foot of spine.

Second edition.
A small lack to foot of spine.

First edition.
Small lacks to head and to foot of spine, a joint cracked to head, some occasional foxing.
Rare.

First edition. Spine reinforced but cracked, occasional foxing. Rare.

New edition.
A good copy.

New edition.
Spine sunned, a joint with one small nick to foot.

First edition.

Concerning notably H. de Rochefort, E. Drumont, G. Clémenceau, J. Verne...

Dampstains and worming to front board, worming to rear board, handsome interior condition virtually free of foxing.

Rare.

First edition. About A. Thiers, I. & E. Pereire, P. Leroux, A. de Musset, T. Gautier, G. Meyerbeer... Scattered foxing. Rare.

First edition. Contributions by L. Veuillot, C. Lachaud... Illustrated pamphlet with a frontispiece portrait and an autograph facsimile at the end.

New edition.

New edition.
Spine sunned with a small nick to foot.

First edition of a speech delivered to the Chamber of Deputies on July 21, 1828.
Pen gift inscription on the front cover.

First edition of a speech delivered to the Chamber of Deputies on July 22, 1828. Pen gift inscription on the detached front cover.

First edition.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Brochure illustrated with one figure.
Minor foxing on the rear cover.
Rare.

First edition. A rare and good copy.

First edition.
Lacks to spine, foxing on covers which show tears and marginal lacks, pen annotations on front cover.
Rare pamphlet entirely devoted to the cause of N.L. Bonaparte, defender of the Republic.