‎Chartier emile, dit alain ‎

‎LESAGE Alain Rene‎

‎The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A New Translation by the Author of Roderick Random‎

‎London: Printed for T. Longman et al 1792. Sixth Editiion. Fair. 4 vol.: xii 312; vi 263; vii 292; viii 276 p. 18 cm. 12 engravings. Full leather. Spine has gold red and green impressing. Gold on edges as well but much removed by shelf wear. Front board detached on vol. 1 and white stain on its rear. Corners bumped. Spines somewhat cracked. Dark stain on front cover of Vol. 4. Endpapers have ownership labels Captain Tait R.N. Katharine Elsie Biggs F. R. P. Forrest Edinburgh and other label residue. Some staining and foxing especially endpapers. Slight thumbing throughout text. A few pages show signs of dampness. Neat little volumes in need of some TLC. <br/><br/>Lesage's picaresque novel "Gil Blas" is set in Spain but is almost certainly a satire of his own early 18th-century France. Portraying many different classes and occupations within society both reputable and otherwise the book traces the hero's life journey from miserable poverty to a wealthy retirement in his own castle. This "new " translation was by Tobias Smollett English author of "Roderick Random" a book modelled on "Gil Blas." Printed for T. Longman et al hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 110347

‎Alain Spiess‎

‎Pourquoi: Nouvelles L'arpenteur French Edition‎

‎Gallimard 1997. Paperback. Good. Gallimard paperback‎

Referencia librero : SONG2070749711 ISBN : 2070749711 9782070749713

‎Alain Charret‎

‎Ecoutes radioélectriques et renseignement French Edition‎

‎L'Harmattan. Paperback. Good. L'Harmattan paperback‎

Referencia librero : SONG2296007848 ISBN : 2296007848 9782296007840

‎Takeuchi Keiichi Hiraki Osam Marc Feustel Alain Sayag‎

‎Japan a Self-Portrait: Photographs 1945-1964‎

‎Flammarion-Pere Castor November 2004. Hardcover. New. The Japanese photographers in this volume are the undiscovered Cartier-Bresson Brassai or Doiseneau. <BR>From the 1945 bombing of Japan to the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games photography blossomed in the rapidly evolving country. Documentary photography that captured the horrors of war shifted to focus on the human strength for survival and solidarity. By the mid-1950s Japan was at a crossroads between tradition and modernization a contradiction immortalized by the most talented photographers of the time. <BR>Chosen for aesthetic merit and content these 150 photographs are accompanied by essays from renowned Japanese experts covering historical social and photographic perspectives. Three chapters reflect the different periods of this societal transformation and the evolution of Japanese photography from social realism to a subjective and increasingly personal style. <BR>Photographers: Ken Domon Hiroshi Hamaya Tadahiko Hayashi Eikoh Hosoe Yasuhiro Ishimoto Kikuji Kawada Ihee Kimura Shigeichi Nagano Ikko Narahara Takeyoshi Tanuma Shomei Tomatsu<BR> Sealed copy! Flammarion-Pere Castor hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 245817 ISBN : 2080304631 9782080304636

‎Alain M. Bergeron Michel Quintin‎

‎Do You Know Leeches‎

‎Fitzhenry & Whiteside March 2014. Paper Back. New. Fitzhenry & Whiteside unknown‎

Referencia librero : 145780 ISBN : 1554553180 9781554553181

‎Alain Launay‎

‎Franco: Espana y los espanoles Spanish Edition‎

‎Circulo de Amigos de la Historia 1976-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. Circulo de Amigos de la Historia unknown‎

Referencia librero : SONG8422505983 ISBN : 8422505983 9788422505983

‎Gerber Alain‎

‎The Slave Trail: A Novel‎

‎San Francisco California USA: Mercury House Inc. 1989. BF5 - A tight clean sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with some very very lgiht tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards from where the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps were taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top bottom and right outside paper edges the front free endpaper and the title page plus there is some light yellowing of the paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor oveall shelf wear with some very light edge wear and chipping on the top and bottom spine edges and the front and back right corners plus there is a small closed tear about 0.5" at the front top left corner plus it is price clipped. Translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt. An adventure novel is about a writer ho has lost his inspiration. In despair he decides to become a character in his own novel and he persuades two friends to accompany him on an adventure in a remote Caribbean island with the intent to write the story of their experiences as a novel. They set of ostensably to explore an ancient slave trail and their friendship dissolves in conflict as theey uncover the barbaric cruelty of a man called Colonel Paradise. The author is a winner of the Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle and the Grand Prix du Roman de la Ville de Paris. By the author of "Rumor of an Elephant" and "The Short Happy Life of Mister Ghichka." 138p. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Mercury House, Inc. Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : SCW13313 ISBN : 0916515516 9780916515515

‎Alain Rappaport‎

‎Innovative Applications Of Artificial Intelligence 2 -‎

‎IAAI Press - 1991. PB/pub.1991/Gd. condition/310 pages - Reports on the nature and range of real-world problems that AI technology can address successfully today. Describe in IAAI 2 range from support for existing econo mic infra structures such as monitoring foreign exchange transactions and assisting in recruiting industrial personnel. KH618678. Soft Cover. Good. IAAI Press - Paperback‎

Referencia librero : 18678

‎Alain Besancon‎

‎The Rise of the Gulag: Intellectual Origins of Leninism-‎

‎Continuum Publisher 1981. Hardcover dj/ pub. 1981/ VG condition/ 327 pages Through examining the religion tradition philosophical education crisis of the Ancien Regime and the formation of an intelligentsia does one see th e elements of Leninism progressively fall into place and eventually surpass Lenin himself. A8466. Hard Cover. Good. Continuum Publisher Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 466

‎Plato; Botton Alain De‎

‎The Essential Plato‎

‎London: Softback Preview 1999. Reprint in soft cover format large 8vo 1323pp translated by Benjamin Jowett; introduction Alain de Botton card covers showing light wear to extrems safely VG Copy; NB This is a large heavy book well outside the preset postage tariffs; however for simplicity this item has been priced accordingly and no extra postage will be required unless buyer wants overseas sending. Overseas which includes Europe and the Republic of Ireland both surface and air would involve extra postage and would be expensive proportionate to the price of the book. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Softback Preview Paperback‎

Referencia librero : 18679

‎Schnapp Alain‎

‎THE DISCOVERY OF THE PAST‎

‎New York: Harry N. Abrams 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 370 illustrations including 68 plates in full color. First U.S. edition. ISBN 0810932334. A wide-ranging examination of the ways in which humanity has become conscious of its past through the evolution of the science of archaeology from ancient times through the 19th century. Includes chapters on antique and Medieval sources the Europe of the Antiquaries the rejection of the natural history of man the invention of archaeology etc. A fine bright copy in like jacket. <br/><br/> Harry N. Abrams hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 13238 ISBN : 0810932334 9780810932333

‎Lesage Alain Rene; Tobias Smollett trans.‎

‎The Adventure of Gil Blas of Santillane Two Volumes Complete‎

‎NY: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1836. First American Edition. First Printing. Leather. Elegantly bound in half green morocco over marbled boards spines in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering in two compartments gilt floral tooling and bands in remainder gilt borders on covers; marbled endpapers t.e.g. Illustrated with 12 engravings by George Cruikshank. "L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane" is a picaresque novel by Alain-Ren� Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It is often considered to be the last masterpiece of the picaresque genre. The picaresque novel is a popular subgenre of prose fiction which might sometimes be satirical and depicts in realistic and often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. This style of novel originated in 16th-century Spain and flourished throughout Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It continues to influence modern literature. Alain-Ren� Lesage 1668-1747 was a French novelist and playwright best known for his comic novel "The Devil upon Two Sticks" 1707 his comedy "Turcaret" 1709 and this picaresque novel Gil Blas. Lesage influenced many contemporary and later writers including Charles Dickens Jonathan Swift Mark Twain Wilkie Collins and Edgar Allan Poe. Tobias George Smollett 1721-1771 was a Scottish poet and author. He is best known for his picaresque novels such as The "Adventures of Roderick Random" 1748 and "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle" 1751. Both volumes are in excellent condition tight and square; former owner's name and date on ffep in an elegant hand on ffep of volume one only July 1875; date in an elegant hand on rep of volume two only August 26 - 1875; otherwise unmarked; hinges strong covers very slightly rubbed else fine. A very handsome set. NEAR FINE. B&W drawings. 12mo 7" - 7�" tall. 406; 397 pp . Harper & Brothers hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 20470

‎Borrel Anne Senderens Alain et al‎

‎DINING WITH PROUST‎

‎London: Ebury Press 1992. 192pp. beautiful full-colour plates throughout supported by scene-setting and candid duo-tone halftone plates. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Minor marks on grey endpapers otherwise leaves clean. Printed boards undamaged. Illustrated loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. Originally published in the French as 'Proust la Cuisine Retrouvee' Anne Borrel et al Societe Nouvelle des Editions du Chene 1991. " . . . a unique invitation to join the table of a great French writer . . . evocative text quoting extensively from Proust's work . . . experience over sixty recipes rediscovering the dishes immortalized by this legendary writer . . . " Contents include: Prelims. 8 chapters Index Biblio. Sources of Quatations. Book weight approx. 1.2KG. Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good /Very Good . Ebury Press Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 006892 ISBN : 009177506X 9780091775063

‎Alain Charret‎

‎Ecoutes radioélectriques et renseignement French Edition‎

‎L'Harmattan. HARMATTAN. Paperback. Used:Good. L'Harmattan paperback‎

Referencia librero : DADAX2296007848 ISBN : 2296007848 9782296007840

‎Tirzi Alain‎

‎Kant et la Musique French Edition‎

‎L'Harmattan. HARMATTAN. Paperback. Used:Good. L'Harmattan paperback‎

Referencia librero : DADAX2747552241 ISBN : 2747552241 9782747552240

‎MAYAMA Alain‎

‎Emmanuel Levinas' Conceptual Affinities with Liberation Theology‎

‎New York: Peter Lang 2010. Hardcover. Near fine. American University Studies Series VII Theology and Religion vol. 292. xiii 233 p. 23 cm. Mauve hardcover. Some light wear. Inside like new. <br/><br/> Peter Lang hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 121343 ISBN : 143310654x 9781433106545

‎De L'Ecotais Emmanuelle; Sayag Alain; Preface‎

‎Man Ray La Photographie A L'envers‎

‎Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou. Very Good. 1998. Softcover. 2858509832 . Exposition du Musee national d'art moderne .du 29 avril au 29 juin 1998. French text. . Centre Georges Pompidou paperback‎

Referencia librero : 302230 ISBN : 2858509832 9782858509836

‎LE SAGE Alain Rene‎

‎Le Diable Boiteaux‎

‎Paris: Musier and Fournier 1781. New Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 vol. xxii 201 iii 150 iii 152 3 147 4 p. Includes all 4 original volumes 2 per book. 14.5 cm. Full leather bindings with Green title labels on spine with gold lettering. Ex-library with labels affixed to front downpaste. Leather shows wear siwth bumps scuffing and tears on boards hinges and spines. Penciling to endpapers and title pages. Remaining pages clean. Text unmarked. <br/><br/>A French-language 4 volume novel bound into 2 volumes in its entirety first published in 1707. Successful upon publication the novel follows the narrator is taken into the homes of various French characters by Satan in order to witness various picaresque adventures. Musier and Fournier hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 117368

‎Alain Sage‎

‎Histoire de Gil Blas‎

‎P. - C. Lehuby 1845. Hardcover. Good. 1845. 504 pages. Brown leather boards with gilt lettering and crest text is in French. Contains b&w illustrations. Pages are slightly yellowed with moderate foxing and light water staining inside gilt to the text block edge. Binding is firm with light corner bumping and rubbing around the edges of boards. Spine is tanned with light edge wear and scuffing. P. - C. Lehuby hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 1537798915TMB

‎Alain Delchambre‎

‎Computer-Aided Assembly Planning Hardcover by Delchambre Alain‎

‎Springer 1992-09-30. Hardcover. New. New and never used hardcover- no marks or highlights - ships with tracking # Springer hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 041243170x ISBN : 041243170X 9780412431708

‎Jorian Alain‎

‎Grand Slam Hunting‎

‎New Zealand: The Halcyon Press a division of Halcyon Publishing Ltd. 1994. Cover: clean green cloth with gilt titles. 1cm short light rubbed scratch to head of rear board edge. Thin light bumping and soft rubbing to head & foot of spine. Faint foxing to edges. Single tiny light foxing spot to ep & ffep. Very clean content colour & b/w illustrations binding tight. 112p Dj: soft rubbing and light few only scratches. Mild sunning to spine. Thin light creasing to head & foot of spine. Thin rubbing and single chip to head & foot of flaps spine. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. The Halcyon Press a division of Halcyon Publishing Ltd. Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 030006

‎Lovecraft Howard Phillips & R. Alain Everts‎

‎An Epistle to the Rt. Hon'ble Maurice Winter Moe Esq. of Zythopolis in the Northwest Territory of His Majesty's American Dominion by L. Theobald Jun.: An Epic Poem‎

‎The Strange Company. Used - Very Good. 1987. Portfolio with looseleaf sheets. Quarto. Unpaginated. Number F from a limited printing of 2000 copies. Mild shelf wear. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Subject: Poetry. The Strange Company unknown‎

Referencia librero : Q15086

‎Bourgeot Vincent & Pigeard Alain.‎

‎Encyclopedie des Uniformes Napoleoniens 1800-1815.‎

‎Quatuor 2003. 2003. Ltd ed. No. 442 of 800 copies. 2 volumes. Grey cloth. In Printed slip case. 676p. total. Color Photos of surviving artifacts. Color Illustrations of uniforms. Very Oversize/Heavy. As New Set. Hardcover. As New. Book. Quatuor, 2003. Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 82-40

‎Jean Yves Mary and Alain Hohnadel.‎

‎Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot. Tome 1. Premier.‎

‎Histoire & Collections 2001. 2001. 182p. Period photos & photos of surviving uniforms & equipment. Maps. Color Illustrations. Campaign in 1940. Oversize. As New/As New copy. Hardback. As New/As New. Book. Histoire & Collections, 2001.‎

Referencia librero : 74-241 ISBN : 2908182882 9782908182880

‎Pigeard Alain.‎

‎Dictionnaire De La Grande Armee. Bibliotheque Napoleonienne.‎

‎Tallandier 2002 2002. 815p. Oversize. As new/As new copy. Hardback. As New/As New. Book. Tallandier, 2002‎

Referencia librero : 69-604 ISBN : 2847340092 9782847340099