French Books from Rare Books Honolulu

Paris: Garnier Frères, 1883. 2nd edition. custom bound in full Vellum. Near Fine. Gustave Dore. Garnier Frères, Paris, IN FRENCH, (no date, but according the Bibliographie de la France, the 3rd edition of 1883. Most dealers list this edition as the 2nd edition of 1873, but that one is bigger, at almost 13x17". The 1873 edition has 719… Read more about this item

Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1883. Leatherbound Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. 180 wood engravings by A. Prunaire after the Kerver edition of 1546.. Paris, Isidore Liseux,1883, 1st edition in French, Hardcover, 2 volumes. Translated into French by Claudius Popelin. Illustrated with more than 180 wood engravings by A. Prunaire after the Kerver edition of 1546. (8vo) half… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. 1st edition. Leatherbound. very good or better.. First English Language edition 1811, (original French edition was 1806) London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811, Hardcover, 1st edition, very good 3 volumes. [4], xii, 399; [4], 391; [4], 323 pp. (8vo) 22.5x14 cm (8¾x5½"), original… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1928. very good. Editions Albert Morance, Paris, 1928, folio 20.5" x 14.5". 24 pages text in French, 67 heliotype plates on heavy card contained in brown paper in two volumes. very good.

Paris: Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger, 1907. very good/no dj as issued. Full title "Recueil de types de ponts pour routes en ciment armé calculés conformément à la circulaire ministérielle du 20 octobre 1906." (Collection of types of bridges for reinforced cement roads calculated in accordance with the ministerial circular of October 20, 1906.) Paris, Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger,… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez l'auteur-Rue & Hotel Serpente & Cuchet-Librrairie meme maison. & Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, 1789. 2nd, revised edition. Leatherbound Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Publisher: Chez l'auteur-Rue & Hotel Serpente & Cuchet-Librrairie meme maison. & Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, à Paris 1789, 2 volumes, 8to (12,5x20cm), custom-binding, signed F. Bedford. --- Second, revised edition, the first… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, 1903. 1st edition. Leatherbound Hardcover with pyrographic decoration. very good/no dj as issued. Art Nouveau leather binding with pyrographic decoration. -- Paris, Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens,, 1903, Leatheround hardcover 1st edition, very good Le travail artistique du cuir - La pyrogravure, Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, Paris, 1903. IN FRENCH. Octavo 9"… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez L'éditeur, Boulevard Montmartre No. 1, 1927. 1st. edition. Half morocco over marbled boards. very good/no dj as issued. Paris, Chez L'éditeur, Boulevard Montmartre No. 1.1927, First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 33 x 24 cm.). Letterpress half-title, letterpress title. List of plates. .Complete with all seventy full page hand-colored plates engraved by Georges-Jacques… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1869. Gustave Doré,  Cervantes: The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1869. IN FRENCH.  2 volumes in folio (15" x 11.5" x 4", 38x29 cm, weight: 20lbs): XXIV-586pp. +   636pp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             -- With 370 illustrations by Gustave Doré engraved on wood by H. Pisan. Translation by Louis Viardot. The… Read more about this item

Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1923. 1st. edition. wrappers. near fine/no dj as issued. Jean Puy. Ambroise Vollard, 1923,  [2], 126, [8] pp. Extraordinary and delirious illustration by Jean Puy, including 8 original etchings and 1 original lithograph. 100 drawings in black in-text or full-page, one on the cover. 15x11" (38.3x28 cm), self-wrappers with printed French-fold jacket, with additional plain… Read more about this item

Paris: Bureaux de la Société Générale de Librairie, 1855. 1st illustrated edition. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Gustave Dore. Le contes drolatiques. with 425 Illustrations by Gustave Doré. Paris:, 1855. XXI, 614 S. French text. The first illustrated edition of the tales by Balzac, the fifth edition of this work, the first to be illustrated, with… Read more about this item

Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1863. French First edition. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Gustave Dore. Hachette et Cie, 1863 in-4 12.5" x 9.5" (31 x 23.5 cm); 274pp. Splendid copy preserved in its rare publisher's red percaline, very fresh. Percaline decorated with gilded decoration on the front cover surmounted by the title in a cartouche. Gilt title… Read more about this item

Paris: Flammarion, 2009. 1st edition. softcover. Very Good. Flammarion, 2009, 200 pages 12.5" x 9.5". Text in French.Exhibition catalogue. Illustrated mainly in black and white. Paperback. Ships from Hawaii. --- In the 1951 exhibition "Five French Photographers" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Izis was one of the five together with Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson,… Read more about this item

Paris: COMPAGNIE DE CHEMIN DE FER METROPOLITAIN DE PARIS, 1931. !st edition. Hardcover. Good/no DJ as issued. The Paris Metro in the 30's. With many photos and 4 color plates, metro plans. COMPAGNIE DE CHEMIN DE FER METROPOLITAIN DE PARIS & Les Ateliers A.B.C., Paris, 1931. Illustrated silver hardcover, 58 pages. 12.5 x 10 inches. Elegant publication… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1891. Hardcover. Text in French. Preface by Henri Lavedan. Additional pictorial title page in color. Illustrated with plates after designs by Louis Vallet, 50 of which are in color. Original half-leather over marbled boards. First Edition. Binding worn; front hinge cracked, binding shaken with several sprung leaves, lacking pages 89-98, some starting; lacking 2… Read more about this item

Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1939. unique edition of only 25 portfolios. D'Essertine. 1939 Limited Edition Portfolio with French Original Art: Contes de J De La Fontaine Paris, France, Philippe Gonin, 1939, Portfolio Contes de J De La Fontaine, Philippe Gonin (Paris, France). 1939 Limited edition portfolio #14 of 25, original art in gouache of fables in French by… Read more about this item

Paris: L. I. (Louis Icart), 1940. 1st edition limited to 147 copies. in original wrappers, marbled folder and slicpcase. very good. Louis ICART. LOUYS, Pierre - ICART, Louis: CHRYSIS. Tale of Pierre Louÿs illustrated with Fifteen etchings by Louis Icart. IN FRENCH. Publisher: L. I. - 1940, 2 sheets, 28 pages, 2 sheets. With 15 (5 full-page)… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1939. 4 volume Edition ltd to 1585 copies. Leather binding. very good/no dj as issued. Mariette Lydis.. CLAUDINE - 4 volumes: Claudine à l'école. - Claudine s'en va. - Claudine en ménage. Claudine à Paris. text in French) Claudine at school. - Claudine leaves. - Claudine in the household. Claudine in Paris. Paris,… Read more about this item

Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. Number 235 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Orig. softcover in custom-made, diagonal folding chemise and quarter morocco-bound slipcase with gilding on the spine. very good/no dj as issued. In custom slipcase. Black Sun Press, 1930. 4to. Number 235 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Publisher's wraps (lightly spotted) printed in… Read more about this item

Paris: Société des Médecins Bibliophiles, 1941. Deluxe Edition, no 22 of a total edition limited to 150. unbound in wrappers, original chemise, without slipcase, custom morocco-backed folding case. very good. SCHMIED, Francois-Louis. Société des Médecins Bibliophiles, Paris, 1941. 4to (330 x 252 mm). 38 wood-engraved pochoir illustrations by Schmied, engraved by his son Theo. Publisher's illustrated wrappers, original… Read more about this item