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THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK.
New York:Charles Scribner's Sons. 1901. 368pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Some fraying of ends of spine, which also has a small crack by the title lettering. Otherwise spine is only lightly faded. Boards are lightly soiled but otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Fascinating design on front binding of a black mask over maroon colored cloth. Title surrounding the mask in a light green color. All the decorations appear to have been silk-screened, or illustrated with a flat-paint. A most attractive design. FB033.
$30.00
THE MORTAL NAPOLEON III.
Princeton:Princeton Univ. Press. (1971). 226pp. With dust jacket. An excellent copy.
$10.00
A PARIS SOUS LA BOTTE DES NAZIS
Paris:Aux Editions Raymond Schall. 1944. 1st trade edition. 27pp. text plus Illustrations. Hardcover. Boards are lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear to edges, spine ends and edge points, with a small slit to the lower hinge on the rear board. Internally , a previous owners name to top of 1st free end-page; with light foxing to first and last few pages, but otherwise clean. The binding is tight with hinges intact.
$65.00
BENJAMIN CONSTANT. HIS PRIVATE LIFE AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAUSE OF LIBERAL GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE 1767-1830
Boston:Houghton Mifflin Company. 1924. xxii+424pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Blue boards lightly shelfworn, with gilt on spine partially rubbed off. Page edges soiled. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
$25.00
DREYFUS: THE PRISONER OF DEVIL'S ISLAND
N.P.:Associated Publishing Company. 1899, 1st edition. Inscribed by the Author on the 1st free endpage. 406pp. Profusely Illustrated. Hardcover. Red simulated leather spine strip with red boards lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear along edges and spine ends and edge points gently bumped. Internally, aside from Author's inscription, in very good, clean condition. The binding is tight with hinges intact.
$75.00
FRANCE OVERSEAS. A Study of Modern Imperialism
New York:Octagon Books, Inc. 1966. Reprint edition. ix+463pp. Illustrated with 10 maps. Hardcover. Green boards lightly soiled with a hint of shelfwear to edges. Internally, a very good, clean copy, free of previous owners marks or signatures.
$35.00
FRENCH PUBLIC FINANCE IN THE GREAT WAR AND TODAY. With Chapters on Banking and Currency.
New York:Bankers Turst Company Publications. 1922. 363pp. Hardcover. A very good, clean copy, inside and out. No previous owners marks or signatures. Top of spine end has been bumped with something and shows wear with hinges starting both front and rear but otherwise the binding is tight.
$35.00
HISTOIRE DE L'ANARACHIE
Le Portulan. 1949. 448pp. Illustrated. Softcover. Dust wrapper worn and chipped along edges and folds and starting to seperate along front flap. Internally, pages free of previous owners marks or signatures, but age toned and brittle. Many pages still uncut. Text in French. Overall, a fair copy.
$20.00
HISTORY OF THE COMMUNE OF 1871
London:Reeves and Turner. 1886. 1st edition in English. xv+500pp Hardcover. Green boards lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear to edges, spine ends worn with small tears to top edge, and edge points gently bumped and worn to boards. Gilt on spine still bright. Internally, decorated end-papers are clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is holding, front hinge has cracked and rear hinge is still intact, but cracked at pps. 432/433 and 500. Translated by Karl Marx's daughter.
$295.00
HOURS WITH FAMOUS PARISIANS
Chicago: Way and Williams, 1897. [4], 227pp. First edition. Black boards ruled and lettered in yellow on front and back. Boards lightly stained. Top-edge gilt with other edges untrimmed. Corners bumped and spine ends shelf worn. Previous owner’s mark on first flyleaf. Pages age-toned at the edges but text block is clean and bright. Binding is tight but hinges are broken.
$110.00
JOURNAL ET MEMOIRES DE MATHIEU MARAIS Avocat au Parlement de Paris, Sur la Regence et Le Regne de Louis xv (1715-1737). (4 Volumes)
Publies Pour La Premiere Fois D'Apres Le Manuscrit de la Bibliotheque Imperiale Par Autorisation de S. E. Le Ministre de L'Instruction Publique Avec Une Introduction et des Notes par... Paris:Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie. 1863-1868. Pp:505; 493; 597; 592. 1st edition. 4 Volumes. 3/4 leather, raised bands with title in gilt on spine; with marbled boards and end-papers. Leather lightly rubbed and scuffed, with wear to spine ends. Top edges gilt. Internally, previous owners small bookplate to 2nd free end-page in all volumes. The front hinge has started in volume 1 & 4. Pages lightly age-toned. Otherwise a very good, clean set. Text in French.
$195.00
JOURNAL OU TEMOIGNAGE DE L'ADJUDANT GENERAL RAMEL, COMMANDANT DE LA GARDE DU CORPS LEGISLATIF DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, L'UN DES DEPORTES A LA GUYANNE APRES LE 18 FRUCTIDOR (4 SEPTBRE) 1797
Leipzig: [n.p.]. 1799. viii+271pp+4pp errata+map. Hardover, no jacket. Very Good condition. Blue hardover boards with maroon/gilt title sticker to spine. Boards lightly rubbed with some fading, and wear at extremities. Tips unbumped. Decorative bookplate to front pastedown. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Very light scattered foxing, with a small dark stain at top edge of last few pages. Map has a few foxing spots and a repaired closed tear where it attaches to the book. Ramel's "journal and testimony" regarding the Coup of 18 Fructidor and his deportation to a Guiana penal colony in 1797, from which he escaped in 1798. (cfm)
$395.00
L'ARTE DE LA GUERRE PRATIQUE
Paris: Ch. A. Jombert, 1754. 2 volumes. Volume 1: xix, 371pp. Volume 2: viii, 351pp. Preface to volume 1 was bound in after the table of contents, so pagination reads i-vi, xii-xix, vii-xii. Full leather binding with fine, hand tooled gilt spine strip and stained edges. All edges shelf-worn with small tear to spind end of volume 1 and a tear to front board of volume 2. Free of owners marks and pages are generally clean and bright. Binding is tight. [whm]
$250.00
LES LUTTES DES ROUMAINS TRANSYLVAINS POUR LA LIBERTE, ET L'OPINION EUROPEENNE. EPISODES DT SOUVENIRS
(Nachdruck):(Verlag Rumanische Studien). (1969). 254pp. Wrps. Facsimile of 1933 edition. Text in french. Covers just lightly soiled with edge points curled, otherwise a very good, clean copy.
$25.00
MANUEL DES CHAMPS, OU RECUEIL CHOISI, INSTRUCTIF ET AMUSANT DE TOUT CE QUI EST LE PLUS NECESSAIRE & LE PLUS UTILE POUR VIVRE A LA CHAMPAGNE AVE AISANCE & AGREMENT
Paris: Aux depens de Lottin le Jeune, 1765. xiv, 588pp. Hardcover. Full leather binding with fine hand-tooled spine strip and stained edges. Gutters are cracked and there is a chip to bottom of spine strip. Large water stain to top left that goes through front board and runs through page 150. Other than the water stain, pages are generally clean with minimal age toning. Binding is tight but hinges are broken. [whm]
$150.00