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DAVID OGG [Books of the same author]
Louis XIV (The Home University Library of Modern Knowledge) [Books with the same title]
Great Britain, Oxford University Press, 1956. Reprint, Binding: Cloth, Fair+/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Hardback The passing of nearly three centuries has done little to diminish the picturesqueness of Louis XIV as a historical figure. But as this book reminds us, his reign was no mere show of vain extravagance. 256 pp. Previous owners name to inside cover. Foxing to end pages and edge. Some underlining and notes in pencil to some pages. Wear and tear to D/J. .
Bookseller reference : 027927
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SAINT-SIMON, M LE DUC AND NORTON, LUCY [Books of the same author]
Saint-Simon At Versailles. [Books with the same title]
Hamish Hamilton, 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, Preface by Nancy Mitford. 312pp, green cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to edges. B + w illustrations and fold-out family trees. Internally clean. Selected from the Memoirs, - the court of Louis XIV... Very Good /No Jacket.
Bookseller reference : 6241
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ROBERTS, PENFIELD [Books of the same author]
The Quest for Security 1715 - 1740. [Books with the same title]
Harper, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 300pp. Dustjacket with a little loss to the base of the spine. B + w illustrations. Original owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise a clean copy. From the death of Louis XIV to 1740... Very Good /Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 8084
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RICHARDSON JOANNA [Books of the same author]
Louis XIV [Books with the same title]
1973. Cloth with dust jacket, Small Quarto. Book Club, A volume in the series, Great Live s edited by Elizabeth Longford. pp 232. index. 222 illus mainly in mono. endpapers have an illus of Versailles bibliog. Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 000924
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HOFFMANN, KATHRYN A [Books of the same author]
Society of pleasures : interdisciplinary readings in pleasure and power during the reign of Louis XIV [Books with the same title]
New York, St. Martin's Press 1997 1st ed. - With index. - Hardcover with dustjacket
Bookseller reference : B63781
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VINCENT SCULLY [Books of the same author]
French Royal Gardens [Books with the same title]
New York, RIzzoli. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0847816028) Embossed Cloth with dust jacket, Landscape 4to. 144 pages. A superb presentation of the work of French landscape gardener André Le Nôtre, director of gardening under Louis XIV, and today recognied as one of the greatest landscape gardeners of all time. Photogapher Jeannie Baubion-Mackler spent five years studying the gardens of Le Nôtre, and this contains a magnificent presentation her work - approximately 100 B&W full-page photographs, with brief captions, plus descriptive text by the author. Fine/Fine.
Bookseller reference : 10002 ISBN : 0847816028
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DOLLEN CHARLES [Books of the same author]
Mademoiselle Louise [Books with the same title]
St. Paul Editions. 1966, First Edition. Pictorial Boards , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Daughters of St. Paul. Very Good/Good condition. Clean pages and tight binding. No inscription. Clean and unmarked boards. Spine slightly faded. Clean compressed page edge. Very Good/Good.
Bookseller reference : 004053
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LORD, JOHN [Books of the same author]
Beacon Lights of History, Vol. V, Great Women Lord's Lectures [Books with the same title]
NY: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, c. 1886. Hardcover. A very small amount of the color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. The gold lettering is as bright as new. The back cover is rubbed so that a much lighter blue shows up hre and there. Otherwise very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. The endpapers are starting to crack over the hinges, but the hinges are sound. Contents are almost like new (after something like 120 years! ) . This is a heavy book and is not eligible for Priority or Air under standard fees. ; Navy-blue cloth, HARDCOVER, bright gold lettering. BIOGRAPHY. A series of lectures on great women in history. Cleopatra, The Woman of Paganism (69-30 B. C. ) . Paula, Woman as Friend (Paula was an illustrious Roman lady of rank and wealth, whose remarkable friendship for Saint Jerome has made her historical. AD. 347-404) . Heloise, Love. (A. D. 1101-1162) . Joan of Arc, Heroic Women (A. D. 1412-1431) . Saint Theresa, Religious Enthusiasm (A. D. 1515-1582) . Queen Elizabeth, Woman as a Sovereign (A. D. 1523-1603) . Madame de Maintenon, The Political Woman (A. D. 1635-1719) . Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, The Woman of the World (A. D. 1660-1744) . Madame Recamier, Woman in Society (A. D. 1777-1849) . Madame de Stael, Literary Women (A. D. 1766-1817) . Hannah More, Education of Woman (A. D. 1 745-1833) . George Eliot, Woman as Novelist (A. D. 1821-1880) . Index. The book is copyrighted 1886 and there is no other date mentioned. It is in much better condition than one would expect for a book that old, yet the binding is of a style from that time.. Very Good- .
Bookseller reference : 28268
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NORTON, LUCY, [Books of the same author]
First Lady of Versailles: Maire Adelaide of Savoy, Dauphine of France. [Books with the same title]
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1978. (ISBN: non) 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good. Married at 12 to the grandson and heir of Louis XIV, Marie grows up at the court of Versailles. Jacket has light edgewear, price clipped. Pages are clean, text unmarked, binding is tight.
Bookseller reference : 135149
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NORTON, LUCY [Books of the same author]
The Sun King and His Loves [Books with the same title]
London, The Folio Society, 1982. Decorative Cloth , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Sun King and His Loves; Norton, Lucy : London: Folio Society, 1982. Hardcover, blue cloth spine and rear, front boards glossy colour illustration. no slip case. 160pp, 95 colour and b&w illustrations, family trees on endpapers. Book Near Fine, looks unread. Usual superb Folio edition. Near Fine.
Bookseller reference : 102465
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BASSOMPIERRE, FRANCOIS DE (CROKER, JOHN WILSON) [Books of the same author]
Memoirs of the Embassy of the Marshal de Bassompierre to the Court of England in 1626 [Books with the same title]
London, John Murray, 1819, First Thus. Half-Leather and Cloth , 8vo. xx+154pp, rebound in half-calf, raised bands, gilt title to spine, with gilt devices to compartments, t.e.g. Spine slightly faded. Internally, light foxing throughout, previous owners armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Lowndes 127 , Good.
Bookseller reference : 14821
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SAINT-SIMON, DUKE [Books of the same author]
Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe: Volume I Memoirs of Louis Xiv and His Court and of the Regency [Books with the same title]
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1910. Hardcover. Cover is blue with gold stamp design on front, gold lettering on spine. Page tops gilt. Red end papers. Overall pages are clean and tight; some separation at pp 4-5, but still attached. Illustrated with three b/w photogravure pictures. Volume ! Of a 3 volume set. Based on the diaries of the Duke de Saint-Simon, a member of the royal court of Louis XIV, the 'Sun King', from the latter part of his reign, through to his death in 1715 and the early part of the regency of Louis XV. This was written by an insider of the court, over 2800 pages originally, and none of it was published until after the Duke's death; a wise man, he didn't wish to lose his position by having others read his opinions of the goings ons of the high and mighty, including the King and other members of the royal family. This book was originally written over 300 years ago and yet it is still highly readable and entertaining. It is bawdy, insightful, honest, appalled, proud and an unparallelled reference source for the period. The king kept his nobility ensnared around him at Versailles, where they were under his watchful eye and could not foment rebellion or successfully question his authority or edicts. To be exiled from the court was the 'fate worse than death' that virtually no one could contemplate with anything other than horror. In this hothouse atmosphere Louis pulled the strings of all those around him, keeping them on their toes and obsessed with the ridiculous minutiae of court ritual. Fascinating read. ; Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Series; Vol. 1; Photo-gravure; 5 x 8; 478 pages; Cover has some edge wear, rubbing, bumping. '55' written in black inside of rear board. 1" closed tear at top of title page.. Very Good .
Bookseller reference : 1165
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VAN DER KAMP, G. [Books of the same author]
Versailles: A Guide to the Palace [Books with the same title]
Paris, France", Editions D'Art Lys, 1971. Soft Cover , 12mo - over 6¾"" - 7¾"" tall". An guide to the famous palace. 80pp. Illustrated with colour photographs. A very good copy. Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 026437
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MCINTYRE, VONDA. [Books of the same author]
THE MOON AND THE SUN. [Books with the same title]
New York: Pocket Books, 1997. First printing. An alternate history novel set during the reign of Louis IX of France, the Sun King. Winner of the Nebula Award for best novel. Dustjacket praise from such writers as Diana Gabaldon, Ursula Le Guin (who called it the 'finest alternate history ever.. a luminous radiant novel.), Nicola Griffith, Jean Auel and others. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.) ISBN: 0-671-567659
Bookseller reference : 21329 ISBN : 0671567659
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WEITZMAN, ARTHUR J. (ED. ) AND MARANA, GIOVANNI PAOLO [Books of the same author]
Letters Writ By a Turkish Spy [Books with the same title]
Temple University Press, 1970. Unabridged. Very good in very good dust jacket. Appears almost unread. Some dj wear. Hard cover xix, 233 p. ISBN: 087722000X.
Bookseller reference : 990005571 ISBN : 087722000X
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HOLMES, P.A. [Books of the same author]
Louis XIV. [Books with the same title]
Evergreen Lives, 1983. illustrated, 95pp sewn, hardback with dustjacket, condition: good, Tweedehands; edge d.j. a little worn, otherwise good.
Bookseller reference : 1100008166
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DAYOT, ARMAND [Books of the same author]
Louis XIV [Books with the same title]
Paris : Ernest Flammarion, (1909). Oblong 4to. Rebound in cloth with leather label, gilt title, original wraps bound in. 316 pp. A giant picture-book of French history during the life of the Sun King. 'Illustrations d’apres des Peintures, Sculptures, Gravures, Objets, etc., du temps.' Reproduced in b/w, bien sur. A bit of soiling and yellowing, mostly to preliminaries, else clean and tight, very good+.
Bookseller reference : 401667
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JOLY, GUI [Books of the same author]
Memoires de Gui Joly Conseiller Au Chatelet &C: Contenant L'Histoire de la Regence D'Anne D'Autriche & Des Premiers Annees de la Majorite de Louis XIV. Jusqu'En 1666. Les Intrigues Du Cardinal de Retz a la Cour, Ses Voiages En Divers Pais de L'Europe & la [Books with the same title]
Amsterdam : Chez Jean Frederic Bernard, 1739. 12mo. Quarter-leather. Two volumes bound as one, 544 pp. in toto. Binding is recent quarter-brown polished morocco with five raised bands, one compartment with a maroon morocco spine label has the title in gilt, the other compartments decorated with gilt devices, date in gilt at heel of spine, top edge gilt. Light toning to paper, else very good in a fine binding.
Bookseller reference : 402939
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BLUCHE, FRANCOIS [Books of the same author]
Louis XIV Vous Parle [Books with the same title]
Paris : Stock, 1988. 8vo. Wraps. 342 pp. Text in French. Light sunning to spine and edges, remainder mark to bottom edge, else very good.
Bookseller reference : 415804
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FRASER ANTONIA [Books of the same author]
Love and Louis XIV the Women in the Life of the Sun King [Books with the same title]
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297829971) Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lovely copy of this decent history of Loius XIV's affairs, which were many and varied.and whose product were significant in European history thereafter. Not inscribed or price-clipped. Fine/Fine.
Bookseller reference : 013072 ISBN : 0297829971
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SAINT SIMON, DUKE OF [Books of the same author]
Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency in three volumes [Books with the same title]
Walter Dunne 1901. Half Leather with mottled boards in three volumes with wear to corners and edges of leather. Universal Classics library 403, 381 and 425pp respectively. Volume III has a repaired closed tear to leather at top of spine. vg-/--.
Bookseller reference : 7062
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LEWIS, W.H. [Books of the same author]
The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV [Books with the same title]
New York, New York, U.S.A. Doubleday. 1957. Mass Market Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback, Clean and tight. Minor shelfwear, mainly on edges; old price label on front cover. Very nice condition. Very Good/Pictorial Cover.
Bookseller reference : 0080077
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ABBOTT, WILBUR CORTEZ [Books of the same author]
The Expansion of Europe: A History of the Foundations of the Modern World. Vol II [Books with the same title]
New York, Henry Holt and Company. 1918. Hard Cover. Volume II only. Gold lettering on spine. Previous owner's name on ffep. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers. A section of pages (73 to 76) have come loose from the binding. Some of the pages are still uncut and some of the pages have small chips at the fore-edge. Underlining in pencil on some pages in the text. Black and white illustrations. 463 pages including index. 6 by 9 inches in size. Good.
Bookseller reference : 005149
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DE MARLY, DIANA [Books of the same author]
Louis XIV and Versailles [Books with the same title]
Batsford. 1987, 1st Print. (ISBN: 0713453648) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. fine hardcover in very good dustjacket, minor jacket rubbing, AR507886. Fine/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 507886 ISBN : 0713453648
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RAGUENET, L'ABBE. [FRANÇOIS RAGUENET, 1660?-1722]. [HENRI DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE, VICOMTE DE TURENNE, 1611-1675]. [Books of the same author]
Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne. Nouvelle edition plus correcte que les precedentes. [Books with the same title]
A Amsterdam, chez Barthelemy Vlam, Libraire. 1788 . In contemporary speckled tan calf with decorative embossed rule on edge of boards. Spine in compartments with five raised bands, gilt outlined, and title gilt. Slight nicks at head of spine at hinges. Binding rubbed at extremities. All edges speckled red. Twelvemo, 166x96mm; 359, [1]; with 'Table des Livres de cette Histoire' on verso of page 359 and a fold-out leaf with engravings of 15 roundels. With half-title and title-page. Slight crack in text block at G2 and H2 making sections minimally out of line. Contents crisp, clean and tight. This edition is not returned in the British Library online catalogue. (Digital photographs may be available on request.)
Bookseller reference : 12767
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