E. Ducrocq|Paris s. d. [circa 1860]|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition. Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt fillets, gilt initials and laurel leaf on the boards, pale discoloration stains without consequence on the first board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one endpaper missing, contemporary binding. Work illustrated with 4 engravings outside the text including a frontispiece.
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on fine paper, the only deluxe copies with 20 hors commerce. Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its dust jacket. Signed autograph inscription from Jean Rigaud. Text by Boris Lossky. Work illustrated with numerous reproductions of pictorial works by the author. Handsome copy.
La revue de La vie wallonne|Liège 1953|15.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the magazine La vie wallonne. A tiny tear at the foot of the spine, a light stain at the foot of one joint. Handsome and rare pamphlet illustrated with photographic plates.
Third edition. Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with sextuple gilt compartments and one blind compartment, gilt dotted ornaments at head and foot, triple blind fillets framing the red boards, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt. Preface by Sainte-Beuve. Work illustrated after the author's original drawings by Calame, K. Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, de Bar, Gagnet, Forest. Some minor foxing without consequence affecting mainly the beginning and end of the volume.
Ministère de l'Education Nationale • Sociedad de ciencias naturales Aranzadi|Paris • & San Sebastian [San Sebastián] 1968|21 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition of this doctoral thesis. Signed autograph inscription from Jean Hazera. Work illustrated with figures in and outside the text. Spine and boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
Université de Paris-Sorbonne|Paris 1982|20.50 x 29.50 cm|relié
First edition of this thesis defended in 1982 to obtain a third-cycle doctorate degree. Soft binding, black cloth spine, white soft cardboard covers. Rare and handsome copy despite a tape mark on the first endpaper.
Marcel Rivière & Cie|Paris 1967|15.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Signed autograph inscription by the author. Preface by Pierre Chaunu. Light and clear bluish stains of no consequence on the back cover, handsome copy.
First edition under this title. Half aubergine sheep binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with gilt arabesques, some rubbing traces on spine, headcaps and joints, aubergine paper boards decorated with floral motifs stamped in blind, lower corners slightly bumped, minor rubbing traces on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding. Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 25 steel-engraved plates. Some foxing.
Edition published under the author's direction illustrated with 100 wood engravings. Publisher's binding in full polychrome boards, smooth spine richly decorated with stylized floral motifs, boards decorated with a plaque by A. Souze, endpapers and pastedowns of cream watered silk, all edges gilt. Occasional foxing. Handsome copy in polychrome boards, complete with its folding map at rear.
Imp. spéciale des Miscellanea|Narbonne 1905|15.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint. Half burgundy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Marginal lack at head of all pages in the volume without any damage to the text.
Direction de la revue scientifique du Bourbonnais et du centre de la France|Moulins 1890-1891|14.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition. Volume 1: Necrophages: Platypsillides, leptinides, silphides, anisotomides, clambides. Volume 2: Colydiides, rhysodides, trogositides. Handsome complete set in two volumes. Library stamp to the foot of the front cover of the second volume.
First edition. Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, blind-ruled frames on wine-red boards, front cover stamped with the coat of arms of Collège Rollin in Paris, marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Work illustrated with 42 engravings and complete with its 4 plates and folding map at the end. Some minor foxing without consequence. Handsome copy.
Guillaumin & Cie|Paris 1898|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition, with no deluxe copies printed. Half cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one upper corner slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Hachette|Paris 1963|13 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition for which no deluxe copies were printed. Publisher's binding. Autograph inscription from the author. Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Autograph inscription by the author. Some light foxing, mostly marginal. Complete with publisher's advertising slip.
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies. Fine autograph inscription from the author. Light marginal foxing to covers, small loss to foot of spine.
Berche et Tralin|Paris 1880|14 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, with some parts of the text in first edition as revised and annotated. Full red cardboard bindings, smooth spines decorated with triple blind compartments, blind fillet frames on the boards, front boards decorated with a gilt laurel wreath topped with a gilt crown, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings. Traces of prize book labels that have been torn off from the binding endpapers. Some light foxing.
First edition on ordinary paper. Text established and presented by Louis and Antoinette de Saint-Pierre. Inscription by Antoinette with the additional signature of Louis de Saint-Pierre. With the illustrated dust jacket which has three small tears of no consequence.
Barbou frères|Limoges s. d.|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
New edition. Half black cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped. Work illustrated with an engraving as frontispiece. Some light foxing of no great concern, endpapers partially shaded. Rare.
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Autograph inscription from H. Thorossian. Work illustrated with numerous plates and 3 folding maps at rear. Marginal dampstains affecting the very first and last pages, two corner lacks to boards. Rare.
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy. Inscribed by the author to his friend Alfred Porché. Handsome copy, with a gift inscription in ballpoint pen at the head of the first endpaper.
Berger-Levrault & Cie|Paris • & Nancy 1891|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
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.
New edition. Half hazelnut sheep binding, smooth spine with triple gilt fillets and showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns, contemporary binding. Our copy is complete with the 5 folding panoramic plates but unfortunately lacks its map. Light scattered foxing. Rare.
Colegio notarial de Barcelona|Barcelona 1950|17 x 24 cm|broché
First edition of this offprint from "Estudios historicos y documentos de los archivos de protocolos". Minor spotting to front cover, two slight lacks at head and foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Third edition. Half sheep binding in mint green, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding. A pale angular dampstain at head of final pages, occasional foxing.
New edition with introduction and notes by Henri Clouard, one of 2,500 numbered copies, the only printing. Frontispiece with a portrait of Gérard de Nerval engraved by Ouvré. Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned.
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue historique. Autograph inscription from S.T. Lascaris. Two slight lacks to head and foot of spine.
Michel Lévy frères & Cie|Paris 1861|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition. Half-shagreen binding in navy blue, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Light foxing primarily affecting the edges;
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 of this comic opera in three acts set to music by Weigel, first performed at Saint-Cloud before Joséphine de Beauharnais. We present this copy in its original wrappers under plain covers. Light foxing, small creases and corner tears to covers and margins. Rare.
Imprimerie centrale|Lausanne 1933|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
The first edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue historique vaudoise. A small marginal tear without loss to the title page, boards very slightly faded, but not serious.
S. n.|s. l. • [Jersey] Ca 1870|14.50 x 19 cm|Un Vol. relié
First edition. Illustrated with 22 aquatint engravings on glazed paper, a map of Jersey and a plan of St. Helier. The illustrations are treated like photographs or postcards, which they closely resemble at first glance. Publisher's green shagreen paper boards. Decorative plate on the upper board with title. One corner slightly bumped. On the edge: Manufactured in Germany. (For the binding only). A blue library stamp: Bigwood's circulating Library. Jersey. The presence of the train in the engravings between St. Helier and St. Aubin, inaugurated in 1870, suggests an edition close to this date. Charming tourist book of Jersey.
S. n. • [ imprimé pour l'auteur]|Paris 1890|13.50 x 18 cm|broché
The first edition, published in a small number of copies of this offprint. Repaired tears with lacks to head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition without any foxing. Rare.
Université de Paris-Sorbonne|Paris 1980|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Work illustrated with 16 photographic plates at the end. Rare and handsome copy, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on Holland paper. Work illustrated with 184 photographs reproduced in heliogravure, illustrated cover in colors, very handsome copy.
First edition. Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, some light wear marks without consequence, contemporary binding. Handsome copy.
Imprimerie & lithographie M. de Jonghe|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1882|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition. These are travel impressions, notes and memories offered by the author. Spine with two repaired tears without loss: one at head and the other at foot, fine interior condition. Rare.
Mac Grow-Hill book company|New-York [New York] • & Toronto 1965|22 x 28.50 cm|relié
First edition. Autograph inscription from John Phillips to Dosia & Terence (Young). Introduction by C. Ryan, iconography. One tear without loss reglued at the foot of one joint, handsome copy.
Second edition of the French translation established by Mlle X. Work illustrated with 62 engravings with verse epigrams. Preface, notes and bibliography of the principal works on Les cris de Paris by A. Certeux. Verse description of the city of London followed by Le Pont-Neuf (heroic and playful poem). Bilingual text concerning the city of London. Spine sunned with tears reglued at head and foot, small marginal lacks affecting the front cover. Rare.
First edition. A small angular loss to the first cover, gift inscription on same. Outline of the economic situation, new tax projects, the 1914 budget, railway construction, economic development and the Jewish question.
A. Jullien|Genève [Geneva] 1914|16 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition. Publisher's full cream boards, one tear reglued at head of joint, covers sunned and spine preserved. Work illustrated with 80 plates hors-texte. Fine interior condition.
First edition in French. Half black shagreen binding, spine in four compartments decorated with gilt typographical motifs, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding. Pale dampstains and soiling affecting some leaves. Rare.
First edition. Half chocolate shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, stippling and ornate compartments, traces of rubbing to joints, lower corners slightly bumped. The wanderings of a tourist from Brie-Comte-Robert to Paris via Bern, Interlaken, Uri, Milan, Verona, Venice, Pisa, Rome, Naples, Turin, Aosta, Geneva, Basel, Karlsruhe... Some foxing. Rare.
First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper. A tape mark on one joint, three small ink stains on the front cover, one very slightly affecting the endpaper, printed bookplate.