First editions of historical works: chronicles, memoirs, political pamphlets, libels, founding texts in first edition

First edition.
Preface by Jules Lemaître.

First edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the Revue germanique.
Covers detached.

First edition.
Full dark blue cloth binding, blind-ruled frame, smooth spine, head and tail slightly bumped.
Autograph inscription signed by George Grant Maccurdy to Professor Capitan.
Handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition printed in very small numbers on laid paper, in original waiting wrappers.
Rare commemorative verse pamphlet commissioned by Emperor Napoleon I.
Our copy is complete with the hors texte engraving depicting the pyramid of Ivry.
Some foxing, dampstain at head affecting the first leaves, retaining its deckled edges.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 50 deluxe copies on alfa paper were printed.
Inscription from R. de Jaegher to a lady who was introduced to him by Paul Claudel enriched with Chinese ideograms drawn in black ink.
One manuscript correction by the author in the text.
Our copy is expanded with a typewritten letter from the author which he signed and addressed to the same lady. Joined to this letter is a reproduction of a photograph of a missionary father on the verso of which Raymond de Jaegher inscribed a few words for his correspondent which he adorns with Chinese ideograms, envelope included.

First editions.
Half chocolate brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and gilt cartouches showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Rare.

First edition of this collection compiled by abbé Cochet.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, gilt initials at tail, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, light traces of rubbing on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
A stain on the half-title page diminishing and disappearing through the following pages, occasional foxing.

First edition published and annotated by R.N. Sauvage.
Spine and covers uniformly faded, occasional foxing affecting mainly the edges.

First edition.
Copy presented in temporary wrappers.
Peddler's stamps in the margins of three pages, scattered foxing.

First edition.
Split spine with small lacks, marginal fold to second cover, some light foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Publisher's red cloth binding.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.

First edition.
Publisher's full mouse-gray cloth binding.
Abundantly illustrated.
Fine copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has small tears at the head of the spine.

First edition.
Light stains to the front cover, dampstaining throughout the volume.
Rare.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the general and 8 photographic plates hors-texte.
Handsome and rare copy despite a small tear with a tiny lack at foot of spine.

First edition.
Publisher's half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing slight rubbing, decorated with blind double compartments adorned at their centers with a gilt floral motif, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Work decorated with one out-of-text plate on page 223.
Occasional foxing, a small tear with minimal lack not affecting the text on page 683.
Rare.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.

First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt floral motifs, dark green paper boards with quintuple blind fillet frames, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy free from foxing.

First edition. Work illustrated with sketches by the author and 2 portraits.
Spine cracked, small corner losses to boards, light marginal dampstains affecting some pages.

First edition.
Half navy blue morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands slightly faded, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy attractively bound despite occasional light foxing.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Small tears with lacks at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition printed in a very small number of copies.
Minor lacks at head and foot of spine without consequence, handsome interior condition;
Rare pamphlet.

First edition.
A pale dampstain affecting the spine and marginally affecting the interior of the work without touching the text, a large tear with small loss to the first cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Text preceded and followed by some considerations and documents to serve the study of Henri IV's character.
Two small marginal tears without loss to the first cover, occasional light foxing.

First edition with engraved frontispiece.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, red morocco title and date labels, upper headcap fragile and partly worn away, repaired tear at foot of spine, overall very rubbed.
This is a collection compiled by publisher Giguet containing letters and memoirs concerning the deportation to the penal colonies of French Guiana of numerous persons occupying the highest ranks of the Republic at the time of the French Revolution.
The assembled pieces refer to the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor fomented under the Directory by the republicans against the moderates and royalists, then holding a majority in the councils, particularly the

First edition.
Half raspberry shagreen bindings, somewhat worn, smooth spines lightly faded decorated with gilt double compartments enhanced with gilt decorative motifs, brown sheep title and volume labels, headcaps rubbed, joints showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, a tear at head of first board of third volume, some corners with minor rubbing, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Copy with occasional foxing.
Provenances: libraries of E. Alby and M. Privat with their bookplates pasted to verso of first boards of all three volumes.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on deluxe paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Our copy was specially printed for Jacques Duhamel who was Minister of Cultural Affairs under Georges Pompidou.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Illustrated cover.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Spine slightly cracked at foot, one joint cracked at head and foot with minimal losses, light foxing on first cover, very slight corner loss at head of first cover, marginal loss on second cover, handsome interior condition despite foxing on half-title page.
Rare.

First edition.
Affectionate inscription from J.C. Youri.
Rare copy of this novel written immediately after the war and recounting the flight to Germany of two collaborators after the Liberation.

First edition printed on laid paper in a limited number as an offprint.
Minor marginal lacks to covers, handsome interior condition.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies. Our copy is expanded with a one-page autograph letter from the author and a press cutting pasted at the head of this pamphlet.
Some minor foxing.
Rare.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Inscribed by the author.
Spine sunned without significance.

First edition.
A nice copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's full green boards, dust jacket (with some corner chips) preserved.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and drawings taken from the Bayeux Tapestry, also decorated with a map.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint, one of the rare copies on Japan paper.
Full navy blue shagreen binding, smooth spine, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
As frontispiece, an engraved portrait of Edmond Drouin.
Rare.

First edition.
Illustrated with 2 plans as frontispiece.
Spine split with two small lacks at head and foot, minimal marginal lacks to boards.

First edition.
Publisher's full orange cloth binding, smooth spine.
Indices of physical robustness, methodical use of contingent, armed service, extra-regimental viriculture depots for the unfit...
Work illustrated with figures in the text.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Contemporary half sheep binding in dark green, spine with four raised bands showing slight rubbing, light scratches on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, edge rubbing, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing.

First edition.
Publisher's red cardboard binding, cloth spine.
Richly illustrated.
Some foxing to endpapers, otherwise fine interior.

First edition of this conference given at the Institut catholique de Paris printed in a small number as this offprint.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Whatman paper justified by the author and publisher, deluxe copy.

First cover decorated with a photographic medallion.

Minor soiling to foot of some deckled edges, endpapers partially and lightly shadowed, handsome copy.

Rare.

First edition of this offprint, printed in a small number of copies.
A good copy.

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

First edition printed in a numbered edition of 100 copies on laid paper.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this pamphlet sold for the benefit of the Swiss Red Cross.
Rare brochure that lambasts the Kaiser and "imperialist Germany".

First edition published under the auspices of the General Headquarters of the Armies of the East.
Good condition.

First edition.
Articles and report by Benjamin Vallotton.
Letters, documents and names of subscribers.
Illustrated first cover with small marginal stains, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition of this work, published in the author's posthumous works, dedicated to the Prince de Condé.
Half-shagreen hazel binding, smooth spine faded decorated with gilt decorative motifs almost faded, chocolate shagreen title-label, brown paper boards, rubbed edges, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the Duke d'Enghien as frontispiece.
Handsome interior condition virtually free of foxing.

First edition.
Spine cracked at foot with slight harmless lacks, some light foxing, pale marginal dampstaining at head of most pages.

First edition printed in 250 numbered copies.
Light marginal worming on the covers as well as on the endpapers, otherwise handsome interior condition.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Rare pamphlet presented in plain temporary wrappers.

The first edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Author's inscription at the head of the front cover.
Handsome and rare pamphlet.

First edition.
Upper cover slightly and marginally faded to head, otherwise a rare and good copy, softcover.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint.
Spine and boards marginally faded, one fold at foot of entire body of brochure, unbound copy.

First edition.
Half morocco binding in fir green, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, gilt coat of arms and initials at foot, small lack to upper headcap, marbled paper boards.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Full navy blue paper boards binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented with central floral motifs and corner pieces, gilt roll tooling on headcaps, quintuple gilt fillets and frieze border with wide gilt dentelles on boards stamped with unidentified gilt arms at center, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Foxing affecting mainly the first pages and pages 183 to 186.
Copy established in a perfect and majestic unsigned binding.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper of this offprint.
Brochure presented under soft temporary cover.
A small stain at the head of the last page of text, title written in pen on the first cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Two small tears in the margins to head of lower cover, otherwise a good copy.

First edition.
A good copy.

First edition.
Rare brochure.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Rare brochure.
A very good copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spines slightly cracked at head with small losses, first covers soiled, first cover of first volume detached, small central loss to second cover of second volume, some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Amateur binding in imitation leather pasted over the covers.
This small treatise traces the history of the names of several streets in Le Havre in order to study their relevance.
A small lack of no consequence at the head of the title page, otherwise a good copy.

First edition.
First cover and title page illustrated with a portrait of Zoé Talon, Countess du Cayla.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, spine with five raised bands set with cold fillets showing traces of rubbing, decorated with gilt floral motifs, dark brown shagreen title-label and author's name, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding. Some minor foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
Rare.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the deluxe issue after 10 on Japan paper.
Spine and covers very lightly and marginally faded without gravity, minor worming on some deckled edges, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.

First edition.
Half mauve cloth binding, smooth spine faded, one joint slightly cracked at head, embossed aubergine boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Light scattered foxing.

First edition.
Half navy paper boards binding, smooth spine, navy embossed paper boards, slight tear at foot of first board of second volume, minor rubbing to edges, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing.

First edition.
Pamphlet illustrated with a portrait of Napoleon III in perfect harmony with the title and subject that the work intends to denounce. Violent anti-Badinguet pamphlet.
Light tears with small corner losses to covers, some minor foxing, a small loss at foot of pages 15 and 16 not affecting text.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Spine and boards marginally faded, worming to front board, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition of this course on the history of the revolution written by the author for the instruction of his sons.
Illustrations in text and full-page.
Minor worming mainly affecting the margins.

First edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Minor foxing affecting almost exclusively the margins, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies on Ingres paper.
Spine faded, foxing to endpapers, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Spine and covers uniformly faded with minor lacks of no consequence, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Covers detached, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet illustrated with a map at the beginning of the volume.

The first edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Autograph inscription from the author on the verso of the front cover to the distinguished Burgundian bibliophile Marcel Mayer.
Press cutting and bookseller's slip pasted below the inscription.
Covers marginally faded and unstitched, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.

First French edition established by M. Henriot-Bourgongne, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Scandalous anti-Semitic and pro-German autograph inscription by the author dated 1936.
One joint cracked at head and foot.
First gathering detached, light foxing without serious concern affecting mainly the deckled edges.
A full-margined copy.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by R. de Bérenger.
Spine restored with a piece of marbled paper, boards uniformly faded, some minor interior foxing without consequence.

First edition.
Illustrated pamphlet with 2 photographs.
Covers slightly and marginally faded, interior in pleasant condition.

First edition.
Spine faded, front cover detached with corner lacks.

First edition, one of 189 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe copies after 11 other Arches copies enriched with duplicate suites of illustrations.
Illustrations by Pierre Robiquet.
A small harmless tear at head of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of the service de presse copies.
Cover and frontispiece by Louis Le Page.
A small tear at the head of the spine, small marginal tears with slight lacks to the front cover.

First edition.
Illustrated with numerous engravings. A lack to head of spine, two small corner lacks to second cover, some light foxing.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Photographic frontispiece depicting Duranty, writer and natural son of Prosper Mérimée.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full boards, smooth spine, illustrated front cover.
Work illustrated with Gaullist and anti-Gaullist caricatures by the author.
One tear without loss pages 89-90, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription by the author.
Spine very slightly sunned without severity, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition printed in 500 numbered copies initialed by the author.
Author's inscription.
Additionally, our copy is enriched with an autograph letter addressed to the same recipient.Illustrations.
Small tears to the unlettered spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only issue.
Autograph inscription by L.G. Toraude.
Work illustrated with plates.
Spine sunned, one joint very slightly cracked at foot, pale dampstain to top margin of second board.

First edition of this magazine devoted to the Maghreb.
Literary contributions by Camille Mauclair "La Kasbah vue par Suréda", André Suréda, Jean Vignaud...
Pictorial contributions by André Suréda with 10 original lithographs in reproduction.
Rare and handsome copy despite tiny marginal tears without loss to the covers.

First edition.
A tiny loss to foot of spine, occasional worming, otherwise a handsome copy.
A small library label to foot of front cover.