MEMOIRES DE LA REINE HORTENSE AVEC NOTES PAR JEAN HANOTEAU (3 Volumes) by Le Prince Napoleon - 1927

Belgium: Casterman, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volume set, 1968 and 1969, hardcovers with printed paper boards, small quartos, 155pp. and 156pp., illustrated in color. Books VG with mild wear to spine ends, rubbing and toning to boards, bindings tight, previous owner's blindstamps to front endpapers, otherwise texts clean and unmarked. No DJs. Texts in French.

Calmann Lévy, 1887. in12. 1887. Relié.

1839 - Edition originale.. Paris, Paulin, Librairie éditeur. relié, demi-toile beige à coins,. Plats un peu frottés, avec au dernier, une épidermure de deux centimètres dans le papier ; rousseurs faibles et éparses juste un peu plus importantes en page de faux titre et dernières pages, une légère mouillure en tête de la charnière des premières pages ; bon état général.. in-8. avec dos orné d'une pièce de titre bordeaux et lettres dorées.

[Paris], 1841. Neat nineteenth-century ownership inscription to title page. Some light foxing, esp to first few pages. Binding little rubbed and scuffed. Otherwise very good. 133, [2]pp. Inscribed on a slip pasted to the half-title, 'Monsieur le Baron De Crespy-Le Prince' and, underneath in another hand, 'De la part tres expresse de l'Auteur, Felices Des Portes.' The dedicatee is presumably the artist Charles Edouard Le Prince, Baron de Crespy (1784-1850). A note pasted to the front endpaper states that the inscription is in the autograph of Napoleon III, but it is more likely that of an amanuensis. Reflections on British political history under the Stuarts and the revolution of 1688 with one eye on the future of the French monarchy. Written during the future emperor's imprisonment in the Citadel at Ham, an engraved view of which is included as the book's frontispiece. Bound with a 28 page article by Leon Faucher, 'Les Colonies Penales de L'Angleterre', extracted from La Revue des Deux Mondes… Read More

Paris Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 39391925, paperback. Text in FRENCH. -- Social history focused on gardens, castles, visitors. Includes 40 plates. 121 pages, 9x11.5 inches. Large softcover. Condition: very good (cover light soil; binding bit fragile).

The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of Madame Roland, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eight B&W engravings are intact, including frontispiece. (Plate on page 97 has a deckled bottom edge.)Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with slight wear on heel and top. Pages are age tanned and have small stains. Two of the pages are uncut.All four endpapers are significantly discolored with a black waxy substance (see photos), something like crayon.

EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000
Seattle, Washington USA 98155
Printed in the United States of America by
Publishers Press / Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.

Rouen: Maison Mégard & Cie, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo (19 x 11 cm). 212 pp. Green pressed covers with gilt decorations to upper, lower and spine. Gilt titles to spine. Light wear to to corners, edges and spine. Yellow endpapers, text block tight and unmarked. Foxing to title page, less to text block. In French. OCLC 456900773 Notice et cote du catalogue de la Bibliothèque nationale de France FRBNF30067775.

Verne, Jules MICHAEL STROGOFF, THE COURIER OF THE CZAR. No info on copyright page. Grosset & Dunlap 1926 Universal-Film de France Photoplay Edition. USED. VG/Acceptable Original charging charioteer dust jacket. Front panel and spine of jacket have some loss. Please see our photos. Apple green boards with orange titles box. Film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. Now protected by a mylar wrap. 315 pages 5 ¼ X 7 5/8.Please excuse our stack of books photos. Michael Strogoff is the only title available here.

771HigginsJuggler Higgins, Violet Moore. THE LITTLE JUGGLER and Other French Tales Retold. Story-Time Tales. 1917, Whitman Publishing Company Racine and Chicago. USED. VG CONDITION/ No DJ included if issued. 70 pages 6 ½ X 8 5/8. A nice copy.

Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.

The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon (2014 reprint, White Rabbit Press) By C. Moberly. Used. Very Good Condition. Paperback. By C. Moberly, L. Jourdain, and Tony Walker. MARIE ANTOINETTE. TIMESLIP, PARANORMAL. Summary: On 10 August, 1901, two English women walked into the past. During a visit to the Palace of Versailles, on the anniversary of the French Revolution, two ordinary women saw the French Queen, Marie Antionette sitting in the gardens in front of them, along with nobles, gardeners, houses, bridges and stones that when they went back were no longer there. Their timeslip experience has become known as the Ghosts of the Petit Trianon. Previously out of print, this is a new edition with additional timeslip type experiences at Versailles. A hard to find item.

Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More

Hugo, Victor. Undated. Circa 1950. William J. Hill Co., Inc. Chicago, Ill. Not an illustrated edition. USED. VG/No DJ Included. Adventure Fiction Romance/Horror. Sorry about the group photo, but please see stock photo of binding for William J. Hill editions for the item being offered here. Blue Boards, gilt titling and red ornamentation on spine. 380 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love. A clean, square, solid copy.