Dingley L'Illustre Ecrivain by Tharaud, Jerome and Jean (Maxime Dethomas, Illus) (G. Aubert, Illus. ) - 1920

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1991. In illustrated softcover. volume II only. in fine condition. Writers included are nuns, court historians, polemicists, poets, and memoir and fiction authors. Many archaic and destructive traditions are explained, such as the horrifying ritual of suttee (sati). Praiseworthy headnotes and detailed biographical and critical discussions are included.. Illustrated Soft Cover. Fine as New/No Dj.

Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1913. First Edition. Small 8vo, pp. 289. In French. Paper wraps. Unopened. Cover tissue very slightly worn at edges, o/w a nice tight copy.

Les Editions de France, 1933. Soft cover. Fair. BrochÈ i-12., 24e Èdition. L'auteur ecrit sur la misere dans le ghetto juif de Varsovie, il y croise une jument qui tire une charrette. Signature du possesseur au stylo sur la couverture. Original paper wraps frayed/creased/torn along edges, beginning to chip at both ends of spine. Spine is cocked with several creases leaving the binding weak. Text is yellowed but not severely.

NP: Les Amis d'Edouard. Very Good. 1925. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall Used VG+ in wraps 12mo [4]+30+[9]pp One of 200 numbered copies, this copy inscribed by the publisher to author/reviewer Paul Jordan-Smith. Signed by Smith.. Keywords: Literary, Biography, Biography, lITERARY, bIOGRAPHY, French, Literature, Literature, France, Anatole, Signed, Books, France, Criticism.

Paris : Librairie Plon, 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Very good paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 294 pages; Physical desc.: 295p. Subject: Cities and towns - Morocco - Description and travel. Fez (Morocco) - Description and travel. Morocco - travel literature.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1928. 57 mille. Three quarter mottled calf over marbled boards, four raised bands, one compartment with black morocco label with author's name in gilt, one red morocco titled in gilt, three compartments decorated in gilt and black, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in, silk bookmark sewn in. A very good+ copy, small chip to calf label on backstrip, light wear at spine head, leaves browning.. 306 pp. 12mo.

Paris.: Librairie Plon.. 1932.. 246pp, some light even browning throughout with some occasional foxing, original wrappers trifle chipped with a little loss at head and tail of spine, small label at tail of spine but no other labels and no stamps. Text in French. .

New York: Duffield and Company, 1924. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 201p. Original cloth. 20cm. Jacket has mostly light edge-wear and is chipped at base of backstrip. Light cover spotting (heaviest on back cover). A French novel about a Senegalese peasant who ends up in the French Army at Verdun in France during World War I. It was translated into English by Willis Steell.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. 244 pages. Black cloth boards with red and green detailing, gold lettering. Fading to the spine and light wear to the extremities. Patterned lavender and pale blue endpapers. Book plate of previous owner on ffep. Deckled edges. Square textblock and tight binding. Translated from the French by Frances Delanoy Little. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Octavo.

Bruxelles; Paris: Editions N. E. A., 1929. First edition. Softcover. g. Folio. 286, 284pp. Original half leather over cloth with gold illustrations on covers and spines, and gilt lettering on spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Original colored wraps bound in. Captivating study with an exceptional photographic and illustrated documentation on the former Belgian colony of the Congo. History, economics, ethnicity, tribal art and culture of this African land are explored in this exquisite set, profusely illustrated with numerous in-text and full-page photogravures, and b/w illustrations. Some age-wear on bindings with rubbing on spines (with minor abrasion). Gold on covers and spines partly faded. Front hinges starting. Previous owner's blind stamp on each fly leaf. Text in French. Bindings in overall good-, interior in very good condition.