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France List
Last updated January 16, 2008
1. Cohn, Ernst M. THE
FLIGHT OF THE "VILLE D'ORLEANS". Chicago,
The Collectors Club: 1978. 175 pages. VG. $60.00
2. Armand, Louis. SAVOIE.
Photographs de Loic Jahan. Paris, France,
Librairie Hachette: 1958. 1958 printing. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket
with chips to edges. From the series "Le Albums des Guides Bleus". $10.00
3. Audibert, Raoul. COTE
D'AZUR. Photographs de Jacques Boulas. Paris,
France, Librairie Hachette: 1956. Shelf wear, else VG in dust jacket with slight
chipping to edges. From the series "Le Albums des Guides Bleus". $5.95
4. Baldwin, James. VISITING
ABROAD: A FOUR MONTH'S TRIP ACROSS THE SEA. Erie,
Pennnsylvania, Standard Press: 1913. Wrappers. Some chipping and tears to paper
at spine edges. Tied at binding with string. An interesting account of the
author's trip to Europe. Well-written. $25.00
5. Barthelemy, Joseph. THE
GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE. New York, Brentano's: [n.d.,ca.
1900]. Some wear and fading to spine, else near VG. Spine slightly cocked. $10.00
6. Bonnerot, Jean. BOURGOGNE.
Photographs de Jacques Boulas. Paris, France,
Librairie Hachette: 1955. Shelf wear, else VG in dust jacket with slight
chipping to edges. $10.00
7. Brault, Gerard J. EIGHT
THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ROLLS OF ARMS IN FRENCH AND ANGLO-NORMAN BLAZON. University
Park, PA, Pennsylvania State University Press: 1973. Slight shelf wear, else
near VG in edge-worn dust jacket. The dust jacket has some soiling as well.
$95.00
8. Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn Martinengo. CAVOUR.
London, Kennikat: 1898. Some shelf wear. Note:
This is an 1898 edition. $9.00
9. Clerval, A. A
GUIDE BOOK OF CHARTRES: CHARTRES, ITS CATHEDRAL AND MONUMENTS. Chartres,
France, Librairie Paul Renier: 1926. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners.
Softbound wrappers. Browning and some chipping to paper edges. Many
illustrations and photographs. $9.95
10. Constant, Premier Valet De Chamber. RECOLLECTIONS
OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON. Complete set of 3 volumes. New
York, Saalfield: 1911. 431 pages. Shelf wear to spine and corners. Blue covers.
Clean and tight set. Complete set of 3 volumes. 3 volumes. $50.00
11. D. Lothrop and Company. SIGHTS
WORTH SEEING: BY THOSE WHO SAW THEM. Boston, D.
Lothrop and Company: 1886. Some wear to spine and corners. Beautiful pictorial
binding. Numerous illustrations. This is a children's book with chapters on
England, Venice, Canada, the Swiss Alps, Paris, and other topics. This book also
contains the chapter On the Carlisle Indian School, Alaska, and the chapter on
the Sissiton- Wahpeton Santa Sioux Indians and their feud with the Chippewas and
a Powwow/Peace Convention that was held between the two tribes. A scarce title. $45.00
12. Duclaux, Madame Mary (Mary F.
Robinson). THE FIELDS OF FRANCE. London,
Chapman and Hall: 1905. Binding is worn at spine and corners. There is a large
waterstained faded spot to the front cover and part of the spine. Some soiling
to pages near the Front of the Book. With 20 illustrations in color by W.B.
McDougall. $22.50
13. Eisendrath, Joseph L. BALLOON
POST OF THE SIEGE OF PARIS, 1870-71. Washington
D.C, American Air Mail Society: 1976. 163 pages. Slight shelf wear to binding
and rubbing to spine and corners. $30.00
14. Frejaville, Gustave. AU
MUSIC HALL. Paris, France, Aux Editions duMonde
Nouveau: 1923. Full black leather binding with raised bands. Slight shelf
wear to spine edges and corners. Overall VG. Beautiful binding. This is a
signed, limited edition. This copy is part of an edition of the first 70 copies,
of which sixty are bound in deluxe black leather. This copy is numbered 37.
Frejaville was a famous French entertainer of the time. The book examines
Parisian attractions from 1918 to 1922. Includes a section on the French
illusionists and some on the circus. A most interesting book. Rare in this
deluxe leather, limited and signed edition. $250.00
15. Gandon, Yves. CHAMPAGNE.
Photographs de Jacques Boulas. Paris, France,
Librairie Hachette: 1959. Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn dust jacket. From
the series "Le Albums des Guides Bleus". $10.00
16. Genevoix, Maurice. ORLEANAIS.
Photographs de Jacques Boulas. Paris, France,
Librairie Hachette: 1956. Shelf wear, else VG in dust jacket with slight
chipping to edges. From the series "Le Albums des Guides Bleus". $9.50
17. Giono, Jean. PROVENCE.
Photographs de Gerald Maurois. Paris, France,
Librairie Hachette: 1954. Shelf wear, else in d.j. with slight chipping to
edges. From the series "Le Albums des Guides Bleus". $10.00
18. Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. PAINTER'S
CAMP. In three books. I. In England. II. In Scotland. III. In France. Boston,
Roberts Brothers: 1867. Some wear to spine and corners, else near VG. $15.00
19. Jerrold, Laurence. THE
FRENCH AND THE ENGLISH. New York, Dodd, Mead &
Co: [n.d., ca. 1920. Shelf wear to binding. In d.j. with chips & tears and
some soiling to edges. $25.00
20. Latimer, Elizabeth Wormeley. FRANCE
IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Chicago, A.C. McClurg:
1899. Some wear and fading to spine, else G+. $5.00
21. Madariaga, Salvador De. ENGLISHMEN,
FRENCHMEN, SPANIARDS. AN ESSAY IN COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. London,
Oxford University Press: 1949. 256 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and
corners. $7.25
22. Mesnard, Pierre. TOURAINE.
Photographs de Jacques Boulas. Paris, France,
Librairie Hachette: 1960. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to
edges. From the series "Le Albums des Guides Bleus". $10.00
23. Pitcher, Rosemary. CHATEAU
FRONTENAC. Toronto, Canada, McGraw-Hill: 1971.
Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. $8.00
24. Salignac, Francois. LES
AVENTURES DE TELEMAQUE, FILS D'ULYSSE. Par Francois Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon.
Paris, Chez Bossange: 1807. Bound in half leather
with marbled paper covers. Wear & rubbing to spine and corners. Some
scuffing to binding. Original leather and boards. Binding tight. Text in French.
$75.00
25. Sedgwick, Henry Dwight. LA
FAYETTE. New York, Chautauqua Press: 1928. Shelf
wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to edges. $3.25
26. Siegried, Andre. NORMANDIE. PHOTOGRAPHS DE NOEL LE BOYER. Paris, France, Librairie Hachette: 1957. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to edges. From the series "Le Albums des Guides Bleus". $10.00
27. Wilenski, R. H. MODERN
FRENCH PAINTERS. New York, Harcourt, Brace &
Company: 1954. Shelf wear to spine and corners, else near VG. Numerous
illustrations, including tipped-in color plates. $7.00