Search Results: France from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Washington DC: German Historical Institute, 2009. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers (softcover); 266pp; illus. Fine, tight, and unmarked -- a new-appearing copy.

Yaoundé [Cameroon]: Editions Cle, 1969. First Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); original white and green pictorial wrappers by Philippe Ouassa; 106pp. Fine. Cameroonian poetry, text entirely in French.

[Praha]: Knihovna Kosmopolis, 1927. First Thus. Slim 12mo (18cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in red and black; 106pp.; pictorial ads in rear. Tiny split at bottom spine edge of upper cover, early signature (including title page) disbound at time of publication, else Very Good and sound. Czech translation of Stendhal's 1832 novella "The Abbess of Castro," attractive avant-garde cover art by Otakar Mrkvicka.

Basileae: Thomam Guarinum, 1581. Three volumes in one; folio (34.5cm.); vellum-backed marbled paper-covered boards, manuscript spine in six compartments; [8]pp.;1200 columns; [96]pp. [):(4 a-q6 r4 s-z6 A-2M6]; woodcut initials, head and tail pieces. Ex-St. Charles Borromeo Seminary with their mid-20th century markings throughout, spine cracked along hinges and compartments, boards scuffed with some exposure, place of publication heavily redacted on title page, occasional contemporary marginalia, else Good to Very Good, internally near fine with some occasional browning to stock. Posthumously published edition of Adversaria by the French classical scholar and humanist Adrianus Turnebus (1512-1565), who greatly influenced such luminaries as Jacques Sirmond, Denys Lambin, and many others, though he was also described by his contemporary Michel de Montaigne as a tiresome pedant (cf. John Jefferson Humphries, "The Self-Devouring Self," "SubStance," Vol. 11, no. 1, 1982, p. 62). Indeed, Turnebus famously… Read More

London: J. Mawman, 1819. Three volumes; octavo (22cm.); full contemporary mottled calf, black gilt spine labels, Vol. III recently rebacked in the same style, all edges speckled brown, later 19th-century endpapers; frontispieces to each volume, that of Vol. II hand-colored; additionally, 43 plates throughout, including 15 hand-colored added plates from the McLean edition published six months later. Leather a bit dried and extremities rubbed, some shallow loss of leather at spine ends of first two volumes, Vol. II shows some soiling to four leaves, else a Very Good and sound set, housed in a recent cloth clam-shell box.

London: Heinemann, 1930. First Edition. First impression. Signed by Tomlinson on the front endpaper. From the library of Hollywood filmmaker and noted bibliophile Frank Capra (1897-1991), with his pencil signature to front endpaper, with additional annotation, apparently in his hand, noting two errors in the text. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket,539pp. A few faint specks of foxing to upper edge of text block, else a pristine copy in the original, unclipped dustwrapper; very Near Fine, with deep, rich color on the spine panel. Retains the publisher's original wrap-around advertising band. Housed in Capra's standard folding chemise and slipcase of black cloth, lightly worn on exterior but still Very Good or better. Tomlinson's great but neglected novel of the First World War, derived loosely from his own experiences as a British Army correspondent in France in 1917. There was a signed, limited issue, but signed copies of the trade edition are infrequently seen, especially in such fine… Read More

New York: United Publishers Corporation, 1919. First Edition. Quarto (28cm). Flexible green cloth, titled in gilt on front cover; page edges uncut and text partially unopened; 115pp; 31 inserted leaves of plates. Other than a very faint damp-mark to bottom centimeter of the rear endpaper, this is a clean, attractive copy in the original cloth binding, Near Fine. Souvenir album of an American press corps tour of France and England following the Armistice in 1918. Well-illustrated with photographic plates on thick paper, including portraits and a substantial section showing scenes of post-war devastation.

New York: Moretus Press, 1981. First Edition. Small quarto (25.25cm.); original white glossy pictorial staplebound wrappers; 80pp.; illus. Light edge wear, else Very Good or better. Features Leona Rostenberg's essay on collecting the French Revolution "Liberté, Egalité, Bibliophilie." Also includes pieces on Walter Crane, James Purdy, and the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald.

Boston: Russell and Cutler, [1809]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); disbound; 52pp. Signatures loose and textblock a bit toned and rather brittle along extremities, contemporary ownership signature of a Revd. Dr. Mason at head of title page (serving as upper cover); overall Good and internally sound. One of a series of pamphlets issued by the New England Federalist on the rising diplomatic tensions between the United States and Great Britain following the Chesapeake-Leopold Affair of 1807. SABIN 42443; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 17933.

Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins, 1831. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); removed; 88pp. Shallow chipping along title page extremities, light foxing throughout, else Very Good and sound. Anonymously penned tract regarding claims that arose during the conflict with France from 1798 to 1800, and the Convention of 1800. SABIN 25751; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 5792.

V.p.: 1946-47. Archive of six TNS (typed notes, signed), five TLS (typed letters, signed), and one Western Union telegram from Upton Sinclair to the Paris literary agent and translator Jean-Robert Lamour (better known by his pseudonym, Yves Malartic). Together with ten of Lamour's retained carbons of communications to Sinclair and others. Correspondence spans the period January, 1946 to December, 1947, and deals with Lamour's efforts to secure publishing contracts for French-language translations of Sinclair's works including The Jungle, They Call Me Carpenter, Our Lady, and others, as well as Sinclair's ongoing work on the Lanny Budd series. Sinclair's letters range from notes of as few as four lines to letters of two pages, the entirety comprising approximately 2500 words, with numerous hand-corrections and signatures in blue or black ink. Lamour's letters to Sinclair comprise nine pieces of correspondence (of which three are partial) and one draft contract, with a total of approximately 3000… Read More

New York: Macaulay, 1927. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Orange textured cloth, titled in brown on spine and front cover; 320pp. Mild external wear, with spine just a shade sunned; internally clean, tight and unmarked; overall Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper.

London: Peter Owen, 1970. First English Language Edition. First impression. Octavo. Green cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 260pp. Tight, straight and unmarked; a Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped but with a later price sticker overlaid on printed price; slightly rubbed overall and with foxing to rear panel; just VG. First and only English-language edition of this novel originally published in Paris in 1945 (as "L'homme Foudroyé").

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1922. 12mo (18.5cm). Lightly blue card with yapp edges, backed in white paper, in cardboard slipcase, titled on paper labels; [xxii],[66]pp; frontispiece, with tissue guard. Unopened. Slight dustsoil to spine, else Near Fine. Slipcase toned at edges with large chip to head: around Very Good. One of 925 copies printed. A "direct reprint" of the rare 1887 original, published in the UK.

[Paris: Ligue Communiste, n.d., ca. 1972]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound self-wrappers; 51pp.; illus. Wrappers rather worn from handling, brief ink scribble to upper cover, else Good or better. Treatise on self-defense for the factory worker, issued by the publishing organ of the Ligue Communiste, founded during the May 68 student protests with the marriage of the Jeunesse Communiste Révolutionnaire and the Parti Communiste Internationale.

New York, June 8, 1826. Autograph letter, signed, accomplished on first and third panels of bifolium sheet (measuring 24.5x20cm. when folded), approx. 750 words. Postally used on rear panel; previous mail folds with rather long subsequent splitting, some minor soil, loss as a result of wax seal affecting approx. five letters, else Good and legible. Text entirely in French. Quite a significant missive from the French-born American doctor, who first began practicing medicine among the French colonists of Santo Domingo before the insurrection, led by Toussaint l'Ouverture, forced him to flee to Philadelphia in 1793. There he observed several outbreaks of yellow fever, publishing "An Account of the Contagious Epidemic Yellow Fever, which Prevailed in Philadelphia in the Summer and Autumn of 1797" (Philadelphia: 1798). The present letter is addressed to Edmond-Charles Genet, better known as "Citizen Genet," who first arrived in the United States in 1793 to promote France's wars with Spain and Britain to… Read More

Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, [1987]. New Edition. Oblong octavo (15x23cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 222pp.; illus. throughout by the author. Wrappers a bit worn at extremities, including small crease at bottom fore-edge corner of upper cover, else Near Very Good. Review copy with promotional author photograph laid in. Originally published in 1979.

New York: Brentano's, [1944]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original cream pictorial wrappers printed in red and black depicting a signed illustration by Girard of a fallen soldier; 292pp.; illus. by the author throughout, including many full-paged. Spine a bit darkened, top textblock edge stained with very shallow bleeding onto leaves. A Very Good and tight copy. Text entirely in French. Extensively illustrated contemporary account of the German occupation in France and the French Resistance. Girard, a French painter and poster artist, was the founding member of the Resistance organization known as the CARTE network, which he ran from Antibes, a free zone in France. In 1942 CARTE drew the attention of the British Special Operations Executive, which provided the organization with arms, radio operators, and funds. After traveling to Britain under SOE orders in 1943, Girard was forbidden from returning to France during which time his wife was arrested and incarcerated in the Ravensbruck concentration… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. Octavo (19cm). Purple cloth, gilt arms to front and back, titled in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers; [iv], viii, [2], 289pp; illustrated title page and frontispiece. Ex-library with bookplate to front pastedown, charge slip to rear endpapers, and call number to spine. A straight, tight copy, rubbed, spine sunned: Very Good.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. First English Language Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; [6],281pp. Jacket toned and a bit shelf-worn with some chipping and short closed tears, very shallow losses to spine ends, discrete tape repair to verso extremities; contemporary, rather lengthy, gift inscription to front free endpaper, else interior Very Good in Near Very Good jacket. Scarce thus. French novel originally published in 1935 and awarded the Prix Femina that same year.