‎Anglais‎

‎Yale French Studies‎

‎Science, Langage and the Perspective Mind - Studies in Litterature and Thought from Campanella to Bayle ( Yale French Studies, Number 49, 1973 )‎

‎Copy signed by one contributor (Buford Norman), 1 vol. 8vo. softcover, Yale University Press, 1973, 248 pp.‎

‎Nice copy, signed by Buford Norman, who wrote the article "Thought and Language in Pascal". This copy was sent "A Jean Mesnard, grand pascalien et grand ami". Prof. (1921-2016), was a professor of French litterature at the University of La Sorbonne, in Paris. He was famous as a specialist of the French literature in the 17th century, esp. as regards Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).‎

Référence libraire : 50248

‎Grisé, Catherine M. ; TOLTON, C. D. E.‎

‎Crossroads and Perspectives : French literature of the Renaissance. Studies in honor of Victor E. Graham.‎

‎1 vol. 8vo. hardcover cloth, Librairie Droz S.A., Genève, 1986, VIII-252 pp. Texts are either in French or English language.‎

‎Very nice copy / Très bon état.‎

Référence libraire : 50377

‎Stanford Law Association‎

‎Stanford Law School. Yearbook 1974‎

‎1 vol. 4to, printed hardcover, Stanford Law Association, 208 pp.‎

‎Fair to good (binding rubbed, some foxings).‎

Référence libraire : 50693

‎Sotheby's‎

‎Important clocks and watches , including the property of a German collector - Auction, Amsterdam, 30 and 31 may 2001‎

‎1 vol. 4to. softcover, col. photogr., Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 2001, 174 pp. 730 items with estimates‎

‎Very nice copy‎

Référence libraire : 50980

‎Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology ; Academia Sinica ; Urban Council Hong Kong ; Hong Kong Museum of History‎

‎Evolution and Extinction , History of life evidenced by Chinese fossils ( 29th October 1994 - 22nd January 1995 )‎

‎1 vol. 4to. softcover, col. cover, lots of col. illustr., Urban Council of Hong Kong, 1994, 126 pp. Text in both English and Chinese‎

‎Very nice copy for this catalogue of an exhibition produced by the Hong Kong Museum of History. With texts and plates by the Nanjing Institute of Geology & Paleontology‎

Référence libraire : 51262

‎You Yun Gu‎

‎The Kingdom of Cranes - photographied by well-known photographer You Yun Gu ( Po-Yang lake )‎

‎1 vol. in-4 softcover, col. front cover, color. photographies, Hai Chao Photographic Art, 1992, 61 pp. Text in both Chinese and English‎

‎Very nice copy for this book on birds (esp. cranes) of the Poyang lake. In winter, this rd. 1,400 sq. mi. lake, located in Jianxi province, becomes home of a large number of Siberian cranes.‎

Référence libraire : 51273

‎Word Wide Fund for Nature International - WWF ; CAREY, Geoff (édit.)‎

‎A Biodiversity Review of China‎

‎1 vol. 4to. softcover, black & white maps and graphics, Word Wide Fund for Nature International - WWF, Hong Kong 1996, 529 pp. Text in English‎

‎Very nice copy. Scarce, nowadays.‎

Référence libraire : 51288

‎CRUIKSHANK, George J.‎

‎The Humourist : A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartess, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d'Esprits, &c. Carefully Selected (4 Tomes - Complet)‎

‎2 vol. in-12 reliure fin XIXe demi-chagrin vert, dos à 4 nerfs orné, tranches ocelées, J. Robins & Co, London, Tome I ; 1822, 226 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ; Tome II : 1819, 230 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ;Tome III : 1819, 222 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ; 1820, 226 pp. and 1 leave with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title‎

‎Nice copy, with the title of Vol. I re-issued (dated 1822), the plates dated 1819. Edition originale, avec le titre du tome premier en seconde émission. Charmant exemplaire en bel état (petit accroc marginal à une planche, bel exemplaire bien frais par ailleurs). Cohn, 405‎

Référence libraire : 52063

‎HAY, Ian‎

‎The First Hundred Thousand - Being the Unoffical Chronicle of a unit of "K (1)"‎

‎1 vol. small 12mo half-leather binding, four raised bands on spine, Nelson's Continental Library vol. XXIII, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 189 rue Saint-Jacques Paris, circa 1920, VIII-377 pp. + catalogue‎

‎Very nice copy‎

Référence libraire : 52195

‎HATTON, Joseph‎

‎Christopher Kenrick. His Life and Adventures‎

‎1 vol. in-12 reliure demi-chagrin brun, dos à 5 nerfs orné, Frederick Warne and Co, London, s.d., VIII-364 pp. et 2 ff. n. ch.‎

‎Etat très satisfaisant‎

Référence libraire : 52217

‎LIBRI, Guglielmo‎

‎Catalogue of the extraordinary collection of Splendid Manuscripts, Chiefly upon Vellum in various Languages of Europe and the East, formed by M. Guglielmo Libri. Mathematical, Medical and other Scientific Works, Ancient Italians poets and Prose Writers, autograph Mss. of Tasso, Galileo, Kepler, Leibnitz, &c., [ With : ] Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and vertu of M. Guglielmo Libri‎

‎Catalogue of the extraordinary collection of Splendid Manuscripts, Chiefly upon Vellum in various Languages of Europe and the East, formed by M. Guglielmo Libri. Mathematical, Medical and other Scientific Works, Ancient Italians poets and Prose Writers, autograph Mss. of Tasso, Galileo, Kepler, Leibnitz, &c., Wich will be sold by auction bu S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, on Monday 28th of March 1859 [ With : ] Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and vertu of M. Guglielmo Libri, Which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, on june 1 1864, 1 vol. in-4 reliure demi-chagrin maroquiné brun, dos à 5 nerfs, xlviii-260 pp. et 37 planches, 1190 numéros ; 2 ff., 44 pp. et 15 planches‎

‎Très intéressant exemplaire (reliure frottée, bon état intérieur), provenant de la bibliothèque du grand libraire Georges Heilbrun (avec son ex-libris), et bien complet de l'intégralité des prix d'adjudications (pour le premier catalogue) porté en margé à l'encre (prix de départ et prix d'arrivée). Guglielmo Libri fut certainement le plus grand voleur de livres et de manuscrits précieux du XIXe siècle ; il pilla notamment la bibliothèque Inguimbertine de Carpentras, la bibliothèque Royale, la bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, etc. Devant les soupçons qui pesaient sur lui, il réussit à s'enfuir en Angleterre où il réalisa pour une véritable fortune les trésors qu'il avait dérobés. Catalogue Lemouel, 10 octobre 2012‎

Référence libraire : 52801

‎COURNOT, Augustin‎

‎Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth by Augustin Cournot 1838. Translated by Nathaniel T. Bacon with an Essay on Cournot and mathematical Economics and a Bibliography of Mathematical Economics by Irving Fisher [ Inscribed : "G. H Bousquet Don d'Irving Fisher" ]‎

‎8vo, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1927, xxiv-213 pp. with a folding plate. Rappel du titre complet : Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth by Augustin Cournot 1838. Translated by Nathaniel T. Bacon with an Essay on Cournot and mathematical Economics and a Bibliography of Mathematical Economics by Irving Fisher [ Inscribed : "G. H Bousquet Don d'Irving Fisher" ]‎

‎From Irving Fisher's library. Joseph Schumpeter described him as "the greatest economist the United States has ever produced". Good (waterstains on cover, a few manuscript annotations by G. H. Bousquet). Annotation manuscrite en garde : "G. H. Bousquet Don d'Irving Fisher" [ unidentified manuscript indication in french : Gift from Irving Fisher ]. Le professeur Georges-H. Bousquet (1900-1978) fut notamment professeur aux facultés d'Alger puis de Bordeaux. Juriste de formation initiale (docteur en droit en 1923 avec une thèse sur "L'évolution sociale en Hollande 1914-1922"), il devint un spécialiste de questions économiques, proche de Pareto et Schumpeter, ainsi qu'un islamisant de l'école de Goldziher et Snouck-Hugronje. Il fut proche de son maître en sociologie Vilfredo Pareto, dont il servit fortement la pensée, avec lequel il échangea une correspondance et qu'il rencontra, en Suisse.En septembre 1923, à Vienne et par l'intermédiaire de Paul Lazarsfeld, il fut présenté à son autre maître et ami Joseph Schumpeter. "A ce moment, Schumpeter avait 40 ans. Il était alors totalement ignoré en France, mais connu aux Etats-Unis où il avait été invité à professer quelque temps, et en Angleterre, où il avait eu également l'occasion de se faire entendre". Georges Bousquet sera fasciné par l'oeuvre de Schumpeter, qu'il fera notamment découvrir, tant par ses articles que par les discussions, à l'économiste François Perroux. Dans les années 1933-1934, les Bousquet et Schumpeter seront en contact permanent à Harvard, où Schumpeter était devenu professeur, et ou G.-H. Bousquet avait été envoyé faire un séjour de recherche, avec le soutien de la fondation Rockfeller. C'est à cette occasion que Bousquet rencontre Irving Fisher (1867-1947), l'un des premiers économistes américains de l'école néoclassique. On peut signaler que G.-H. Bousquet est l'un des quelques économistes français contemporains à être plusieurs fois cité par Schumpeter dans sa monumentale Histoire de l’Analyse Economique.‎

Référence libraire : 52958

‎BYNKERSHOEK, Cornelius Van ; ( DU PONCEAU, Peter Stephen )‎

‎A Treatise on The Law of War, being The First Book of his Quaestiones Juris Publici [ From the library of Caesar Augustus Rodney, US Attorney General]‎

‎Translated from the original Latin of Cornelius Van Bynkershoek, 1 vol. 8vo, original full leather binding, Published by Farrand & Nicholas, Philadelphia, also by Farrand, Mallory & co, Boston, P. H. Nicklin & Co, Baltimore, D. Farrand & Green, Albany; Lyman, Mallory & Co, Portland, and Swift & Chipman, Middlebury, Fry and Kammerer, Printers, 1810, 1 f. blanc, 1 f. n. ch., xxxiv-218 pp. , pp. 249-251 (Index from another book) et 1 f. blanc‎

‎Very good copy in its contemporary binding (slighlty rubbed, foxing) coming from Caesar Augusts Rodney' library (contemporary signature of C.A. Rodney on title page, and 4 autograph lines written by "C.A.Rodney A.G." to "William Lee"). Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772 – 1824) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware.Member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he served in the Delaware General Assembly, as well as a U.S. Representative and Senator, and became U.S. Attorney General (A.G.) on January 20, 1807, named by President Thomas Jefferson. Unhappy about being passed over for a U.S. Supreme Court appointment, he resigned on December 1811. During the War of 1812, he was captain of a rifle corps which became the Delaware 1st Artillery then served at Fort Union in Wilmington, on the Canadian frontier, and assisted in the defense of Baltimore in 1814. He was the nephew of Caesar Rodney who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. This title, translated by Du Ponceau (1760-1844), is important for its insights into the American reception of the civil law in the early 1800s.‎

Référence libraire : 53914

‎BEAUROY, JAcques ; BERTRAND, Marc ; GARGAN, Edward T.‎

‎The Wolf and the Lamb. Popular Culture in France from the Old Regime to the Twentieth Century‎

‎1 vol. in-8 br., Stanford French and Italian Studies 3, Anma Libri, 1977, 252 pp.‎

‎Good copy.‎

Référence libraire : 54065

‎DOYLE, Charles William‎

‎A non-military Journal, or Observations made in Egypt, by an Officer upon the Staff of the British Army [ First Edition - Without the plates ]‎

‎Describing the country, it's inhabitants, their manners and customs ; with anecdotes, illustrative of them, 4to, half leather binding, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, T. Egerton, J. Harding, London, 1803, 1 leaf, 150 pp.‎

‎Without the plates. Foxing, good copy otherwise.‎

Référence libraire : 54439

‎GRANDJEAN, A.‎

‎Mathias Loras first bishop of Dubuque, Iowa U.S.A. and his friend Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney The holy parish priest of Ars. Their share in the beginning of the parish and church of Saint-John the Baptist of Rive-de-Gier, Loire, diocese of Lyon (France)‎

‎1 brochure in-8, s.d. [circa 1920 ?], 31 pp. avec 3 photos.Rappel du titre complet : Mathias Loras first bishop of Dubuque, Iowa U.S.A. and his friend Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney The holy parish priest of Ars. Their share in the beginning of the parish and church of Saint-John the Baptist of Rive-de-Gier, Loire, diocese of Lyon (France)‎

‎Etat très satisfaisant (ancienne trace de trombone sur 2 ff., annotations au stylo sur un feuillet). Scarce.‎

Référence libraire : 54880

‎TYNDALL, John‎

‎Sound‎

‎Fourth Edition, revised and augmented, 1 vol. 8vo, full calf, spine gilted, with the crest of the Westminster School on the upper cover in gilt and motto "Dat Deus incrementum", all edges gilted, Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1883, XV-464 pp.‎

‎Offered to G. W. Labertouche by Westminster College (signed by William Gunion Rutherford, scottish scholar and headmaster of Westminster School). Scarce fourth edition, introducing "brief descriptions of the telephones of Bell and Edison, of the microphone, and of the phonograph". John Tyndall (1820-1893) studied with Bunsen and succeeded Michael Faraday. Good (binding a bit rubbed)‎

Référence libraire : 55188

‎US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE‎

‎Monthly Normals of Temperature, Precipitation, and Heating and Cooling Degree Days 1941-70 Hawaï and Pacific Islands.‎

‎1 brochure in-8, National Climatic Center, Asheville, NC, August 1973, 5 feuillets‎

‎Etat très satisfaisant.‎

Référence libraire : 55368

‎SHANAHAN, Richard‎

‎Let Priest and People Weep. A War romance of the Belgian Border. [ Edition originale - First Edition ]‎

‎1 vol. in-12 reliure éditeur pleine percaline bordeaux, Gay and Hancok, Ltd, London, 1916, VIII-297 pp. et 7 ff. n. ch.‎

‎Rare édition originale en bon état de ce roman évoquant le village belge de Francorchamps, proche de la ville de Stavelot par laquelle les troupes allemandes avaient pénétré en Belgique. Réfugiée de Malmédy à Francorchamps, la famille Simonnet doit affronter les persécutions prussiennes.‎

Référence libraire : 56999

‎RASHEV, Strashimir‎

‎Bulgarian Black Sea Coast‎

‎1 vol. in-8 carré cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, Sofia-Press, Dimiter Mihailov, Balkantourism, 1968‎

‎Good copy‎

Référence libraire : 57689

‎COCKS, Charles ; FERET, Edouard‎

‎Bordeaux and its Wines classed by order of merit‎

‎3rd english edition improved, 1 vol. grand in-12 pleine percaline rouge éditeur, Féret & Fils, Bordeaux, Libraires Associés, Paris, 1899, 830 pp. avec 9 cartes dépliantes en couleurs‎

‎Bon état (petits frott. au cartonnage, bon exemplaire par ailleurs) pour cet exemplaire conservé dans son cartonnage d'origine. Good (binding slighlty rubbed, good copy otherwise) for this copy with its original cardboard binding.‎

Référence libraire : 57767

‎ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI‎

‎4 autograph letters signed by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, to "Khourshed" [ "Khourshed de Ravalieu", Raden Ayou Jodjana born Elisabeth Pop ], mostly about Persian Poets, and about Rembrandt (very damaged, with great lacking). From Chelwood, 3 Bedford Road, Bedford Park, London, W 4. Dated Dec. 22 1920, Mar. 7 1921, Mar. 28 1921, Apr. 7, 1921‎

‎Dec. 22 1920, 4 pages, with small lackings : "My Dear Khourshed, warmest greetings & best wishes for Xmas & the New Year. I am sorry to hear that you have been ill [ ... ] Your husband write to me just before he was leaving London, to let him know when time came, if I would let him this house. I have decided nothing yet, & shall not I think be in a position to decide till the Spring. It is [ ... ] to hear that [ .... ] thinks your plan can be performed if certain conditions are fulfilled, which you are in a position to fulfill. [... ] It is evidently a musical Plan. Do you want my collaboration in the Libretto ? What is the idea underlying it ? For title, either "At feet of Shiva" or "At Shiva's Feet" would be good English. Some [ ... ]might prefer the one, and some other prefer "At Shiva's Feet". It is shorter, and the rythm is more balanced. As regards [ ... ] I agree with your remarks in the abstracts, but am puzzled to see later application. What is the question that I did [ ... ] but which you want to answer ? What is the question & what is the answer ? Perhaps the sand & waves of Scheveningen are necessary before I can solve the puzzle ? Or perhaps a [ ... ] chair of musical laughter, or perhaps after all, not among these things, but simply [... ] I don't know. That's unfinished conversation - or interrupted [ ... ] : shall we just treasure it because it began at all, & not be impatient because it did not finish ? [ ... ] sunbeams, love themselves in [... ]Mar.7, 1921, 4 pages, with small lackings : "My dear Khourshed, I a glad you are better, & I hope you will soon recover this weakness which must make an eager soul like yours free under the compulsory withdrawal from fields words & the ever-sounding sea. We are having such beautiful weather - [ ... ]summer spring days, with a bite of frost in the mornings, our clear blue skies, through which Orion & Sirius & all the great summer constellations are gradually making their [ ... ] overload. Do you remember the glorious summer days we had in The Hague ? It was autumn then. Now is the sun of Spring, increasing in splendour and strength. Good [ ... ] About my Lecture on Hafiz in the Lyceum Club an Mar. 5th. : I am going to give an account of Hafiz & illustrate his poetry to this audience : 1 - by the singing of one of his Tales in Persian ; 2 - by the singing of this same Ode in an English verse translation in the original metres, & 3 - by explanations of his meanings. I have transleted the Ode which begins [persian text ] [ lacking ] who are going to set it to music & also to find singers if possible. [... ] But you are at a distance, & in this state of your health, I dare not ask you to undertake the strain. I have not seen any english translation of Hafiz that is satisfactory. I do not claim for my translation that it is satisfactory. But it is an honest presentment. [ ... ]I send you my Poem on Rembrandt. If you can make, or have made, two copies without mistakes, I shall ask for one copy to be sent to me & the other for publication to the Gazette de Hollande or any other paper that may like to publish it." Mar. 28,1921, 10 pages, with important lackings : [long letter about his poems on Rembrandt, then, on a second part, about Hafiz ] "Hafiz first addresses his master, the beloved Shiraz. He offers him whole heards, but if he only finds acceptance, what will he not give ? The black mole is rules a blemish, but even for a blemish of their master, he will give what is to him most precious. Samarkand & Bokhara were reputed the two finest cities of the time [... ] The turkish painter whom picture : "Jeune Emir à l'étude" I saw in Liverpool was Osman Hamdu Bey, of Constantinople. He frequently exhibited in Paris and died within this century. If you can get any reproduction of this picture, I shall be obliged" [ ... ]. Apr. 7, 1921 4 pages, very damage, half of the text lacking‎

‎Scarce set of 4 autograph letters by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872-1953), the famous british-indian scholar known for is his translation into English and commentary of the Qu'ran. Formed by Hazrat Inayat Khan, his correspondent Elisabeth Pop (1888-1981) then gave recitals of Indian and Persian songs, under the stage name of "Khourshed de Ravalieu". She will officially married in 1923 to a famous Javanese dancer, Raden Mas Jodjana and changed her name in "Raden Ayou Jodjana" (a large set if archives coming from them available in our catalogue).‎

Référence libraire : 57812

‎Collectif‎

‎Attractive Tours in Romantic North Africa with the Atwater Tourist Agency Algiers - Tunis - Casablanca 1933 - 1934 Les plus beaux circuits Nord-Africains par l'Agence de Voyages Atwater & Cie, Alger - Tunis - Casablanca‎

‎1 vol. in-8 br., Atwater Tourist Agency, 1933, 258 pp. et 4 ff. avec planches couleurs et carte dépliante. Titre complet : Attractive Tours in Romantic North Africa with the Atwater Tourist Agency Algiers - Tunis - Casablanca 1933 - 1934 Les plus beaux circuits Nord-Africains par l'Agence de Voyages Atwater & Cie, Alger - Tunis - Casablanca‎

‎Text in English, French and German. Bon état (accroc sans manque au support d'une planche contrecollée, très petite fente à un mors, bon exemplaire en très bon état par ailleurs).‎

Référence libraire : 58597

‎AAVV ; Collectif‎

‎This is Japan. 1962. Number 9‎

‎4to paperback (33,2 x 26 cm) under wooden slipcase, Published by the Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, September 1961, 403 pp.‎

‎Nice publication about Japan, under its fine original wooden slipcase. Unusual and seducing. Good copy (spine and slipcase very slighltly rubbed, otherwise a VG copy). Très belle publication visant à promouvoir le Japon à l'international, présentée sous un très beau et décoratif étui en bois, qui en fait un obje t très élégant.‎

Référence libraire : 59326

‎DEMAREE, R. J.‎

‎The 3h ikr Rc-Stelae on Ancestor worship in ancient Egypt‎

‎1 vol. grand in-8 br., Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, Te Leiden, 1983, VII-348 pp. avec 19 planches hors texte‎

‎Bon état. Good copy.‎

Référence libraire : 59505