First Editions

First edition.
Small marginal tears with tiny lacks to head of spine and to covers, handsome interior condition.

Second edition.
Small annotations and marginal reading marks in pen in the margins of some pages.
Illustrated booklet with 2 maps at the end.
Rare.

First edition.
A good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of this offprint.
Brochure illustrated with 3 plates.
A small tear of no consequence at the foot of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare brochure.

First edition.
Full cardboard bindings in vellum style, smooth spines lightly soiled, black sheep title-labels, stains at feet and heads of boards, red edges, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with 2 frontispieces.
Two pale dampstains affecting the very first pages of the first volume and the very last pages of the second volume, occasional foxing.

Edition with some parts in first edition as expanded with notes from the French translation of the original manuscript, deposited at the Imperial Library of Saint Petersburg.
Preface by Alfred Véron.
Rare copy, tears and marginal lacks to boards.

First edition of the French translation.
A good copy.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Marginal scratches to the front cover causing tiny holes, otherwise a handsome copy considering the poor quality of this paper.

First edition.
Illustrated hors texte.

First edition.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned.

First edition.
A very light angular crease mark on the first cover.
Rare.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies with 6 Japan hors commerce.
Small lack to foot of spine, minimal worming to endpapers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
A rare and good copy, softcover.

From a limited edition of only a small number of copies printed, with no deluxe copies issued.
A tiny marginal lack at foot of front cover, an angular fold at foot of back cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Minor marginal worming to covers, not affecting the text.

First edition, false statement of 1000 copies.
Light marginal tears to covers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition.
Work complete with its two folding plans, a portrait of the author as frontispiece to the second volume.
A marginal stain on the first cover of the first volume extending slightly onto the spine, otherwise a handsome set.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated wrappers, handsome copy.

First edition.
Half-cloth binding with corners, covered in moiré-effect paper, smooth spine decorated with gilt cross-hatching, marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, bookseller's label pasted to verso of front board.
Some minor foxing.

First edition printed in 200 numbered copies on laid paper and justified by the publisher.
Work illustrated with 86 engravings in text and full-page. Spine split with small lacks, one joint cracked at head and foot.

First edition of this thesis defended at the Protestant theology faculty of Montauban in April 1892.
Boards marginally detached and partially sunned and stained. Covers soiled.
Rare.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the Revue du Monde catholique.
Manuscript gift inscription on the first endpaper, an angular lack at the head of the second cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Spine and boards uniformly faded, front board detached, worming to boards, interior foxing.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, foxing to boards, complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press.
Inscribed by Lanza Del Vasto.
Spine very lightly sunned, marginal worming to covers, some foxing mainly marginal, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Light worming to spine and rear cover, complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Inscription from Rémy.
Small stains to rear board, otherwise handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription by Henri Bosco.
Light foxing to covers, a light central stain to front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Spine very slightly sunned without gravity, small worming to front board, light interior foxing.
Rare.

First edition in French.
Spine of the first volume with two small tears at head and foot, spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, minimal worming to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy, no deluxe copies were printed.
Autograph inscription from the author to Monsieur Parias: "A monsieur L-H Parias, hommage de l'auteur."
Iconography.
Spine slightly warped, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only deluxe copies along with 12 on Japan paper.
A small lack to foot of spine, some foxing mainly affecting margins, last endpaper shaded, otherwise a rare and handsome copy with full margins.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Inscribed by Henri Girard.
Slight foxing affecting the margins of some pages, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from the author.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Iconography, handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's binding in full boards, spine partially faded but not seriously, handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated by Jean Gay.
Handsome copy complete with its wraparound band.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A visiting card of the authors pasted opposite the half-title page.
Spine sunned, paper yellowed.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine very slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
Photographic cover, iconography.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Illustrated cover, iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by the author.
Two crease marks at head of front cover, complete with publisher's slip.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Illustrated, handsome copy fully complete with 3 folding plates.

First edition.
Work illustrated with figures in the text, complete with its folding plate at the end.
Spine slightly sunned, some dog-eared pages otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 100 copies were printed on Rives deluxe paper.
Illustrated cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy, with a date discretely inscribed at the head of the front endpaper.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and front cover uniformly sunned, handsome interior condition.

First edition of the French translation, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Illustrated cover.
Spine slightly sunned.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French printed on ordinary paper, with only 27 alfa copies printed on deluxe paper.
Spines slightly faded, otherwise handsome copies.

First edition on ordinary paper, there were only 56 alfa in large paper copies.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Work decorated with 65 illustrations.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of seventh edition, only 30 vellum deluxe copies were printed.
Spine very lightly sunned without any gravity, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, fictitious statement of one thousand.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
One joint cracked at foot, spine sunned, worming to boards, light and small dampstain to head of first pages.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 62 alfa copies printed on deluxe paper.
With the illustrated dust jacket.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Photographic cover.
Tiny lack to head of spine slightly faded at foot, minor worming of no consequence to front cover.

First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A very good copy.

First edition of the French translation on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed on alfa paper.
Occasional light foxing mainly affecting the margins.

Pre-original edition.
Half bright red morocco binding, scuffs to boards, smooth spine decorated with 7 series of triple gilt fillets, titled, dated at foot.
This volume also contains: De la tendance de notre époque vers la République, by M. TH. Fabas; Sur la situation physique de Paris considérée dans ses rapports avec la politique by M. Jean Reynaud; Résumé des progrès et des sciences géographiques en 1834 by M d'Avezac; Du théâtre en 1834 by Hyppolite Fortoul.
Followed by various contributors: B. Laroche, De Potter, Reghellini de Schio, Hindoglou...
Some foxing.

First edition.
Contemporary half spinach-green cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, chocolate shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards.
Some light foxing.

First edition.
Inscription from Abbé Malais on the front cover.
Spine split, worming and small stains on covers, three small corner lacks to rear cover, one tear without loss to page 183, otherwise handsome interior condition.

The first edition, not published commercially and printed in a very small number of copies.
Spine split, a small tear at foot of first cover re-adhered on verso with tape, three tiny corner lacks on covers very slightly and marginally aged, a postal mark at head of first cover.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition.
This very rare pamphlet was published at the time of the wave of anarchist attacks and when the symbolist journal "Entretiens politiques et littéraires" was providing instructions for bomb-making!
Spine restored with an adhesive piece, slight corner lacks to boards, a pale light dampstain at head of the first few pages, very occasional worming.
A work of exceptional rarity.

First edition in French.
Spine sunned with light pale dampstains of no consequence.

First edition.
The two Gallic schools: Orpheus and Pythagoras, Orpheus in Greece, ancient opinions on the world and the immortality of the soul, how to understand Rabelais...
A handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this thesis defended at the Protestant theology faculty of the University of Paris on July 23, 1901.
Spine cracked at head and foot.
Rare and handsome copy.

The first edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Autograph inscription by Emmanuel Cosquin at the head of the title page.
Boards detached with some lacks, handsome interior condition.

First edition.

Work illustrated with facsimiles of autographs and spiritualist drawings.

Restored spine with three slight lacks, minor worming and stains on the covers, light worming on the endpapers.

First edition of the French translation.
Preface and biography of the author by Philarète Chasles.
Minor lacks to head and foot of spine, boards marginally faded, some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Two tiny lacks of no consequence at head and foot of spine, three small stains to front board, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half long-grain dark brown morocco, one tiny tear at foot, place, date and cipher of previous owner at foot, binding signed by Paul Vié.
Handsome copy in perfect condition.

First edition for each volume.
Bradel binding in half long-grain dark brown morocco, place, date and cipher of previous owner at foot, bindings signed by Paul Vié.
Handsome copies in perfect condition.

First edition, manuscript copied on a mimeograph and printed in only 15 copies under the pseudonym of Mab.
Publisher's full cardboard Bradel binding, spine slightly faded, bookplate.
Autograph facsimile printed in violet, copy from the first printing, extensively revised in violet ink compensating for printing defects.
First-person account of the discovery of the world by Adam, Eve, their children and grandchildren.
It should be noted that the mimeograph which allegedly served for the writing of this work was only put into production 6 years after its publication. Some foxing otherwise very good copy.
Precious and curious copy expanded with an autograph page (by the author?) and a tracing of a 15th-century engraving representing Eve and the serpent.
Astonishing Saint-Étienne printing of the utmost rarity.

First edition.
Half anthracite shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled edges.
Spine lightly rubbed, small paper loss to second cover, otherwise handsome copy without foxing.

Rare first edition.
A joint cracked to head and to foot, slight angular lacks to the covers, occasional foxing.

First edition in French. Introduction by Auguste Roussel.
A tear with slight lack at head of first cover, occasional foxing affecting essentially the very first and very last pages.
Rare.

First edition.
Worming to front cover, some light foxing without significance.

First edition.
Eros or love, first principle of Pythagoras, Milton's Paradise Lost, Pythagorean philosophy retraced on the portal of Notre-Dame, Pythagoras's quaternary in sociology...
A handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Nice and rare copy.

First edition.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Work illustrated with 115 illustrations in-text and hors-texte.
Fine copy with the illustrated dust jacket.

First trade edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue with 50 on Japan paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half brown calf with corners, smooth spine decorated with cold-stamped romantic motifs and double gilt fillets, navy calf title and volume labels, minor rubbing traces on joints, cold-stamped frieze frame on marbled paper boards, scratches with paper losses on front board, corners and edges worn in places, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
Small angular lack at head of first endpaper, handsome interior condition almost free of any foxing.

First edition.
Full hazel sheep binding, smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt fleurons, fillets and friezes, headcaps rubbed with small lacks at foot, red sheep title-label, triple gilt fillet frames on boards, corners and edges showing traces of rubbing, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing.

First edition published anonymously by the former Jesuit reverend father de R.
Small lacks at head and foot of spine split at tail, slight corner lacks on boards.
Rare.