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Congres national des societes savants Paris 114th: 1989.
Scientifiques et societes pendant la Revolution et l'Empire: Actes du 114e Congres national des societes savantes Section Histoire des sciences et des techniques.
Paris:: Editions du CTHS 1990. 1990. At head of title: Ministere de l'education nationale de la jeunesse et des sports Comite des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Includes bibliographical references. 8vo. 603 pp. Illus. Original blue printed wrappers; tear and crinkling to rear wrapper. Scarce. ISBN: 2735502112 On math physics chemistry natural science anatomy physiology anthropology decimal system calendar evolution and other topics. With contributions by Rene Taton Jacques Borowczyk Michel Blay Louis Charbonneau Michel Peronnet Michelle Goupil Patrice Bret Colette Wadier Jean Boulaine Michel Lemire Gerard Rudolph Francois Jacob Paul Charbon etc. Editions du CTHS, 1990. unknown books
Bookseller reference : BL3812 ISBN : 2735502112 9782735502110
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Paris. Paris Et Ses Environs
Paris Et Ses Environs
Paris: Lemercier 1850. Hardcover. Orig. dark red cloth front cover lettered in gilt. Very good. Landscape 4to 17 x 25 cm. Thirty hand-finished color lithographs with tissue guards printed recto only. Landmark Paris sites -- Le Palais Royal Place Vendome L'Arc de Triomphe de L'Etoile Hotel de Ville Place de la Concorde Boulevard des Capucines et Grand Hotel Lac du Bois de Boulogne et al. Front hinge cracked but firm small dark spot front cover plates clean and bright. Lemercier hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 16435
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France 19th century Photography Paris
Rue De Rivoli Taupin Ledot Jeune Carte-de-Visite Photograph
Paris France: Ledot Jeune Editeur 1869. CDV photograph of a painted image of the Rue de Rivoli; Ledot Jeune Editeur 168 Rue de Rivoli Paris Photographie Taupin 45 Rue du Port St. Ouen Paris Batignolles studio imprint on back of mount; not dated circa 1869. Approx. 2 ½" x 4" overall size. Light edge tips wear and darkening to card mount old mounting tape residue on back; in very good condition. Photography. Very Good. Ledot Jeune Editeur unknown books
Bookseller reference : 4152
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Shakespeare William; Harrison of Paris
Venus and Adonis
Paris: Harrison of Paris 1930. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. Tight bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows very minor shelf/edge wear else tight and clean. Quarterbound black paper spine silver gilted paper boards black ink lettering teg; slipcase in black paper with silver paper label. 8vo. 71pp. Numbered limited edition this being 228 of 475. <br/><br/>Designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed by Decros & Colas. The first volume printed by Harrison of Paris. Harrison of Paris hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 6159
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SCHARBERTH Irmgard und PARIS Herbert hrsg.
Rolf Liebermann
Hamburg: Hans Christians 1970. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 164pp. 8vo glossy pictorial boards; bumped at corners. Hamburg: Hans Christians 1970. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Hans Christians unknown books
Bookseller reference : 93076
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Bell Dennis editor Bob Mizer Jim Paris Terry Smith Corbin Crable Norm Yip Mike Scott Venfield8 et al.
Physique Pictorial: official quarterly of the Bob Mizer Foundation; #43 Winter 2017 signed/limited
San Francisco: Bob Mizer Foundation 2017. Magazine. 100p. 6.5x9 inches stories interviews memoirs explicit b&w and color nude male photos near-fine limited edition of 1000 copies numbered & signed by the editor paperback magazine/newsletter in pictorial French-fold wraps and original mylar resealable bag. Revival of the digest magazine of bodybuilders and posing pouch models thirty years after issue #41 marked the end of the road for Mizer's Athletic Model Guild. Now with color shots and maily new photos and models. Great history biography and background information as well as facsimiles of ephemera like Mizer's notebook. Bob Mizer Foundation unknown books
Bookseller reference : 265020
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France 20th Century Performing Arts Ballets De Paris
1949 Ballets De Paris De Roland Petit Guide & Programme
Paris France: Ballets De Paris 1949. 24 pages; illustrated in color and black and white by Leonor Fini & Antoni Clavie also with photos of performers; French text. Laid-in is a two-sided printed Programme des 19 20 et 22 Aout performances. Guide is approx. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4" size; illustrated glassine overwrap over softcover with titles in blue & white spine with decorative white silk cord; white & blue cover titles. Closed edge-tear to glassine; old fold-crease to back cover & a few inner leaves; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Leonor Fini. Ballets De Paris paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26970
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Union Franco Americaine Paris
DISCOURS DE MM HENRI MARTIN WASHBURNE LABOULAYE ET FORNEY
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. prononces au Banquet de 6 Nov 1875. 48-page pamphlet bound with its wrappers in cloth binding. Very good condition. Frontispiece is a representation of the Statue of Liberty fold at edge of image no loss . . Other hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29649
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Farhi Jean Claude ; Francois Pluchart; Joseph Losey; Galerie Arditti Paris.
Farhi : Vertical
<p>Unpaginaged catalog 26 pp. printed on papers of various color weights and transparency. Copious illustrations some in color including photographs design plans artist portraits and studio production documentation. Oblong 8vo. 19 x 24 cm.</p><p><i>An elegant and unusual publication with texts by François Pluchart; artist interview by Joseph Lossey. Editioned to accompany the exhibition held at Galerie Arditti Paris November-December 1969. As of April 2020 we can locate only four holdings in North America.</i></p> Galerie Arditti books
Bookseller reference : 1051
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Paris Velez Nicolas
DOBLE FAZ.
Bogotá: La Silueta Ediciones; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León 2007. 29cm. Diseño dirección de arte y concepción editorial; Nicolás París Andrés Fresneda y Juan Pablo Fajardo. 150p draws. facs. illus. endpapers. black cloth embosed boards color fldg. d.j This artist book and exhibition catalogue is a collaborative project with artist Nicolás Paris b. Bogotá Colombia 1977 presenting a facsimilar version of a series of drawings that transform into new images. The book published by La Silueta a design studio and editorial house from Bogotá. The book presents super-positioning drawings in folding pages that create new images and where the artist explains "Is a technique I used to teach children in schools in Macarena Meta. Is a fun way to correct dyslexia to teach how to read an write science or used so children understand concepts like time and space". The book accompanied an homonymous exhibition held in 2008 La Silueta Ediciones; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 87164 ISBN : 9584426605 9789584426604
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J. Gerard Harcourt Paris
MARIA MONTEZ 1949 by Harcourt-Paris / J. Gerard
No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 7 1/4 x 9 1/2"" 19 x 24 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo France. Stunning beauty Maria Montez born in the Dominican Republic worked her way up in Hollywood films starting in 1940 and by the middle of World War II she became known as ""The Queen of Technicolor"" escapist adventure sagas. When the craze for these films ended so did her Hollywood career so she and French husband Jean-Pierre Aumont moved to Europe where Montez appeared in films in France and Italy. In 1949 she appeared alongside Erich von Stroheim in the French film PORTRAIT D'UN ASSASSIN. This portrait done by Harcourt-Paris/J. Gerard is most likely from that period. She would die soon after in Paris at the age of 39. Minor handling only ABOUT FINE. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WALTER-FILM002077
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Paris. H. Ernst
Etoffes et Tapissieries Coptes
Paris: H. Ernst 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth and board portfolio with ties. Very good. 4 pages in text. 22 x 17 cm. Folio a total of forty-eight plates loose as issued -- thirty-six in color many with multiple images per plate and twelve in black and white. Vivid and nuanced color reproductions. Backstrip extremities chipped. H. Ernst hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 18307
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Paris Matthew Mattaeus VVestmonasteriensis
Flores Historiarum Elegans Illustris et Facilis Rerum Praesertim Britannicarum et Aliarum obiter Notatu Dignarum a Mundi Exordio ad Annum Domini 1307.
London: Printed by Richard Jugge 1567. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Narratio quam Mattaeus VVestmonasteriensis monachus eius author vir in vtraque literature eruditus Flores historiarum scripsit. Anno Domini. 1567. vicesimo die Octobris. London: Printed by Richard Jugge 1567. 2 volumes bound as 1 vols. 339 1 227 1 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Professionally rebound in period style full studio dyed brown goat gilt spine with embossed gilt covers. Lovely recent period-style rebind. Facsimile title-page. Internally clean and tight. "Book 1 covering through the year 1066 follows closely the "Historia major" of Matthew Paris. Book 2 is an abridgment from the same work with additions covering 1067-1307. The additions from 1259-1273 have been attributed to William Rishanger. "Matthaeus Westmonasteriensis" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation. The "Historia major" is based on an earlier work by Roger of Wendover also known as "Flores historiarum" probably based in turn on an earlier St. Albans chronicle. See Vaughan Richard. "Matthew Paris" Cambridge 1958." STC 2nd. ed. 17652. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Printed by Richard Jugge hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 50126
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MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS & DUPIN Jacques
Exposition Rene Char
Paris: Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 1971. paperback. very good. B/w and color Illustrated exhibition catalogue. Text in French. Not paginated. Short oblong 8vo printed wrappers. Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 1971. Covers dust soiled and toned. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Realisee avec le concours de la Fondation Maeght.<br/><br/> Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris unknown books
Bookseller reference : 229867
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Paris France: Galeries Nationales du Grand October 15 1991 to January 6 1992; three additional venues
The Loves of the Gods: Mythological Painting from Watteau to David
1991. Hardcover. VG/VG- book in very good condition DJ lightly chipped at edges. Pale green cloth pictorial DJ. 588 pp. 360 color plates. First major examination of the full range of French 18th century mythological painting. Works by Watteau Boucher Fragonard David and many others. Published in conjunction with the exhibition The loves of the gods . held at Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris 15 October 1991-6 January 1992 Philadelphia Museum of Art 23 February-26 April 1992; Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth 23 May-2 August 1992"--Title page verso./ Includes bibliographical references pages 562-584 and indexes. Contents as follows: In defense of mythological painting / Pierre Rosenberg -- Myth and enlightenment : on mythology in the eighteenth century / Philippe Le Leyzour -- D'un siecle a l'autre : history mythology and decoration in early eighteenth-century Paris / Katie Scott -- Boucher's beauties / Donald Posner -- To see or not to see : the myth of Diana and Actaeon in the eighteenth century / Steven Z. Levine -- Catalogue of paintings / Colin B. Bailey. Scarce in hardcover. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 33016 ISBN : 0847815218 9780847815210
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Christie's Paris
Collection Alan Mann d'art Africain. December 04 2008. Sale code: FRED-5548
Paris: Christie's 2008. Softcover. VG. Glossy pictorial wraps. 65 pages : color illustrations. Text in French and English. Includes bibliographical references./ Place of sale: Paris. Date of sale: December 04 2008. Christie's unknown books
Bookseller reference : 185658
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Christie's Paris
Art Africain et Océanien. December 4 2008. Sale Code: 5537
Paris: Christie's 2008. Softcover. VG. Glossy pictorial wraps. 124 pages: mostly illustrations color. Text in French. Sale code: HUMBOLDT-5537. Lots 1-25. Christie's unknown books
Bookseller reference : 185656
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Paris. L'Assiette au Beurre
L'Assiette au Beurre -- Misere du Cheval Par Nadar; No. 219 -- 10 June 1905
Paris: E. Victor 1905. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. Steinlen Theophile. 16 pages. 31 x 24 cm. A satirical journal illustrated frequently by Anarchist and radical socialist artists founded by Samuel Schwarz a naturalized Hungarian Jew. Each issue contained 16 full page designs in color and black and white. This issue illustrated by Steinlen and Roubille. Interior mostly clean modest cover soiling small loss in front cover joint not affecting images or text backstrip reinforced with archival tape. E. Victor paperback books
Bookseller reference : 18835
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Paris. Societe Industrielle Remoise Du Linoleum Sarlino Reims
Sarlino Reims
Paris: Societe Industrielle Remoise Du Linoleum Sarlino Nd. Stiff Boards. Orig. cloth spine two-toned boards green and black against white background. Very good. 20 x 16 cm. Approximately 72 pages of linoleum and carpet plates printed recto only -- color lithographs many are tipped-in one a fold-out. Array of modern and oriental designs. Boards lightly soiled. Societe Industrielle Remoise Du Linoleum Sarlino unknown books
Bookseller reference : 20023
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Paris Reine Marie
Camille Claudel
Washington DC: National Museum of Women in The Arts 1988. Softcover. VG- ex-library with one label on cover pencil notation on one page cover crease. Black wraps with color illustration; 114 pp.; over 72 color and bw plates. Annotates 72 works of art in the exhibition includes a biography. National Museum of Women in The Arts unknown books
Bookseller reference : 128129 ISBN : 0940979047 9780940979048
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Paris. Verve
VERVE An Artistic and Literary Quarterly. Volume 1 Numbers 3-4
Paris: Verve 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brick cloth lettered in silver spotted and slightly worn. Very good. Original cover designs by Pierre Bonnard and George Rouault. No. 3 includes color lithographs by Chagall Miro and Klee and a host of color lithographs of The Indian Pantheon six in all. No. 4 contains three color lithographs by Matisse La Danse is double-paged and Andre Derain plus Tacuinum Sanitatus Fourteen Century Book of Health seven pages of color lithographs. Interior contents and original covers clean very fresh and housed in cloth binding. Text in English. Verve hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 18509
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Paris. Durbin John P.
OBSERVATIONS In EUROPE Principally in England and France
New York: Harper & Bros 1844. 1st editon. Original brown blindstamped cloth Vol I rebacked. A Very Good set. 2 volumes. Plates fold-out map of Paris fortifications. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 3752
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PARIS Louis Phillippe Albert d'Orleans Comte de
Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amerique
Paris: Michel Levy 1875. hardcover. very good. 7 volumes. Tall thick 8vo 3/4 blue morocco marbled boards t.e.g. a few hinges have been reinforced bookplates on marbled endpapers. Paris: Michel Levy 1875-1883. Very good.<br/><br/> Each volume has a 1 2 or 5 page autographed letter written by the author tipped in a small 5 page letter in an separate envelope. Prince Philippe d'Orleans Count of Paris Louis Philippe Albert 1838-1894 was the grandson of Louis Phillippe I King of the French the last French ruler. A historian journalist and democrat he volunteered to serve as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. His history of that war is considered a standard reference work.<br/><br/> Michel Levy unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244190
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Jackson Paris Rod and Bob
Straight from the Heart: a love story signed
New York: Warner Books 1994. Hardcover. xiii 324p. photos personal inscription signed by the two ex-lovers very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Warner Books hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 30666 ISBN : 0446517488 9780446517485
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Jackson Paris Rod and Bob
Straight from the Heart: a love story signed
New York: Warner Books 1994. Hardcover. xiii 324p. photos personal inscription signed by the two ex-lovers very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Warner Books hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 32331 ISBN : 0446517488 9780446517485
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Paris. L'Assiette au Beurre
L'Assiette au Beurre -- Les Anglais Chez Nous; No. 92 -- 3 January 1903
Paris: E. Victor 1903. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. Sancha. 16 pages. 31 x 24 cm. A satirical journal illustrated frequently by Anarchist and radical socialist artists founded by Samuel Schwarz a naturalized Hungarian Jew. Each issue contained 16 full page designs in color and black and white. This issue illustrated all in color by Sancha. The anglo visitors spoofed. Backstrip reinforced with archival tape. E. Victor paperback books
Bookseller reference : 18838
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Musee de l'Orangerie Paris
DE DAVID A TOULOUSE-LAUTREC -- CHEFS D'OEUVRE DES COLLECTIONS AMERICAINES
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Exhibition Catalogue 1955. 95 plages softbound very good condition. . Other hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 35401
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Bertini Victor Tom Paris Jeffrey M. Wallmann screenwriters
No Medals for Joey Original screenplay for an unproduced film
New York: Dove Productions 1976. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a photocopied letter from casting director RoseMari St. Charles to Paul Kohner dated September 24 1976. The memo makes mention of several possibilities for casting the film including Charlie Sheen and Joanne Woodward.<br/><br/>A hardboiled detective tale featuring a private investigator who was formerly a street tough in a seemingly distant life. Victor Bertini is a director and writer primarily known for his work in exploitation sexploitation and pornography notably with "Playpen Girls" 1967 "She's Doing it Again" 1969 and "Gathering of Evil" 1969. <br/><br/>Set in New York. <br/><br/>Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1976 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriters Victor Bertini Tom Paris and Jeffrey M. Wallmann. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a spring binding. Dove Productions unknown books
Bookseller reference : 141932
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Mahonri Sharp Young and Katherine Wallace Paris
Louis Eugeme Boudin: Precursor of Impressionism
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1976. Paperback. Very good. Unpaginated. Light edgewear else very good in publisher's wraps. <br/><br/>exc b Santa Barbara Museum of Art paperback books
Bookseller reference : 35339
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Paris
Collection Plan-Net De Paris Par Arrondissement Chaque Arrondissement En Une Seule planche
Paris: Editions Ponchet 128 pages of explanatory text which gives the list of Paris streets arranged in alphabetical order having a map key arrondissement number name of street begining & ending of street name of nearest Metro; followed by a section giving "Useful information concerning life in Paris"; followed maps of each arrondissement arranged in numberical order & route maps; with German & English translations of pertinent sections; no date but circa 1970 from a laid-in traffic notice; penned notification on front endpaper states "Garagistes! Ne Prends Pas S.V.P.! J.J." for James Jones American author of From Here to Eternity and resident in Paris at the time; bound in soft black plastic wrap light blue cover lettering; some wear very good condition overall and an interesting artifact from the life of this major American author's life. Soft Cover. Very Good. Editions Ponchet Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 17364
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Paris John Ayrton
THE LIFE OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY 2 vols
London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Colburn & Bentley 1831. 2 vols. 1st Edition. xvi416; viii4631pp. lithographed frontis portrait to volume 1 and folding facsimile of a manuscript leaf about potash to volume 2. Untrimmed in original drab boards with paper spine labels. Spines broken rear board to second volume lacking alas! several pages in second volume quite dingy. Scarce. One of the greatest English chemists Davy was famous for his discovery of sodium and potassium and invention of the miners' safety-lamp. Weight: 3 pounds 1.0 ounces = 1.4 kg. Size: 9.2 x 5.8 x 2.8 inches = 23 x 14.5 x 7cm. Inquire if you need further information. Gach London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : CA05B-00041
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Joinville Francois Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie d'Orleans prince de 1818 1900 artist; Comte de Paris preface; Maurois Andr
AQUARELLES PEINTES PAR LE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE LORS DE SON SEJOUR AUX ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE DANS L'ARMEE DU GENERAL McCLELLAN PENDANT LA GUERRE DE SECESSION SIGNED
Paris: Librairie Jules Tallandier 1964. Hardcover. Quarto oblong; G; Hardcover; Spine tan with gold print; Slipcase in blue cloth mostly faded to tan mild wear to corners blemishes to front and rear shelfwear; Boards in blue cloth with gold print toning to spine blemishes on spine else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by Gavin on the half-title page; Text in French; 34 pages unnumbered leaves of color plates with captions on facing pages. <br /> <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1341457. FP New Rockville Stock. Librairie Jules Tallandier hardcover books
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NEWTON Observatoire de Paris.
Exposition Newton 87; la publication des "Principia" de Newton ses consequences en France.
Paris:: Observatoire de Paris 1987. 1987. Sm. 8vo. 60 pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. ISBN: 2901057107 Observatoire de Paris, 1987. unknown books
Bookseller reference : SS12930
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Photography Berman Zeke Rick McKee Hock and William Paris
Informed Objects
Riverside: California Museum of Photography 1988. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Volume 7 Number 4 of the CMP Bulletin featuring these three young photographers. A very good copy in stapled glossy wrappers. <br/><br/> California Museum of Photography paperback books
Bookseller reference : 13040
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Exposition des artistes Yougoslaves 1919: Paris
Exposition des artistes yougoslaves au petit palais de la ville de Paris du 12 avril au 15 mai 1919
Paris 1919. Paperback. Very Good. photos 27 1p. 20 plates on 10 leaves Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. A few corners dog-eared. French text. <br/><br/> paperback books
Bookseller reference : 36216
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DIVINE OFFICE FOR EASTER PARIS
LOffice de la Quinzaine de Pasque Latin-François a lusage de Rome et de Paris .
Paris: Chez dHoury 1747. Hardcover. Very Good. French 16th-century crimson morocco gilt-stamped to both covers with central armorial device: three fleur-de-lis a label of three points after Henry III King of France as Duke of Anjou all surrounded by collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and surmounted by royal crown gold tooled arabesque border spine gilt in six compartments repeating the armorial device 5 times and titled SEMAINE SAINTE blue silk endpapers inner gilt dentelles all edges gilt; corners bumped some light edgewear. Note in ink states arms of Philippe d'Orleans-Egalite. 8vo 195 x 127mm. 631 pp. 3. Sold as a binding specimen. <br/><br/> Chez dHoury hardcover books
Bookseller reference : LD15790
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Paris Mike; Comber Chris; Russell Tony ed.
Jimmie the Kid: The Life of Jimmie Rodgers
London: Eddison Press 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Spine tips and edges of boards lightly bumped otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket sunned along spine; wrinkled along the edges; lightly rubbed. Includes a discography bibliography and index. <br/><br/> Eddison Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : JC8653 ISBN : 0856490199 9780856490194
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Republique Francais Conseil Municipal De Paris
LA RECEPTION DE LA DELEGATION Du Conseil Municipal De Paris Aux Fetes Du Deuxieme Centenaire De La Fondation De Saint-Petersbourg Mai 1903
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1904. First edition. Leather Bound. Very Good . First edition. Large quarto. Handsome half-leather bound edition. Color illustrations along with black and white photographs protected with tissue guards. 78 pp. Elaborate deco design to spine. Marble endpapers. Text in French. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Imprimerie Nationale hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 18107
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SIAMESE AMBASSADORS IN PARIS
Relation de ce qui s'est passé a l'audience des Mandarins
Toulouse: Chez Jean Boude 1686. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 8 pp. Bound in marbled wrappers and housed in a fine red morocco case. $3850 Extremely rare first and only edition of this detailed popular newsletter concerning the contemporary reception of three Siamese ambassadors in Paris in September of 1686. The report gives a full description of their entrance their itinerary and the names and qualities of the individual ambassadors - whose 9-month stay in northern France between 1686 and 1687 must have provoked enormous interest. Providing the reader with some background the work notes that the King of Siam having been only recently convinced of the greatness of Louis XIV and the French nation has decided to send three more mandarins as envoys. "Ces Mandarins sont tres-honnestes les meilleures gens du monde doux civils & complaisans de tres-bonne & agreeable humeur .". According to this account they arrived at Brest on the 18th of June and reached Paris only on the 12th August. On the 'first day of this month of September' the delegation was officially presented to Louis XIV. Its centerpiece was the King of Siam's letter to Louis written on a blade of gold encased in a golden boëte bottle and poised atop a golden chalice all of which was carried aloft on a machine by 12 Swiss guards. The ambassadors themselves it is recorded took care to cover the machine with their parasols. Upon meeting the king "ils firent une profonde reverence en leur maniere se prosterant & mettant leurs mains sur leur vissage". The gifts presented by the envoys are notable for their overwhelming Japanese provenance a closed center of trade to the French and are accompanied here by occasional offhand remarks. Two vases of tombac a flexible alloy similar to brass are thought "presque aussi précieux que l'or" and are imputed to be "what the ancients called electrum"; two samurai swords presented by the King of Japan to the King of Siam are accompanied by the remark "they say that those who know how to handle these swords properly can cut a man's body in half; it's this that makes them beyond price"; etc. An antique marble sculpture apparently depicts a Chinese man whom the Siamese call To inghoing; "we belivee that this is the same as he whom we call Confuscius". The writer of the newsletter seems surprisingly well-informed and is certainly aware of the plans of the official retinue suggesting a source perhaps close to the court. "They are presently busy seeing the beauties and the riches of the Capital of our Kingdom. Around February after they have had their final royal audience they will return and recount all that they have seen and assuredly they will not forget what they have learned and understood of the suprising reunion of Protestants to the Roman religion for the King of Siam having proposed Louis le Grand as a model in all things and desiring to be able to make his entire kingdom French.has demanded that the King send him missionaries persons experienced in warfare wise men and men learned in many arts." Following this account of the ambassadors' visit is a brief 'Description du Royaume de Siam' - with much reference to Arab and Moorish settlements to the Siamese love of music to their 'superbly-dressed women' etc. Thanks to royal decree Siam enjoys public schools in which laws and religion are taught in the vernacular but the sciences are reserved for a learned tongue. Inspired no doubt by the Chinese rites controversty the commentator notes that despite their plural deities the Siamese do believe in one Creator of the Earth and the Heavens and they do maintain that the world will end in fire. The final leaf of the work is occupied with a discussion of the 'names and qualities' of the amabassadors. OCLC records only the copy at Cornell. OCLC 64004509 Chez Jean Boude paperback books
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Elisseeff Danielle and Vadime; Paris I. Mark trans.
Art of Japan
New York: Harry N. Abrams 1985. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth full-color illustration mounted to upper board; illustrated dust jacket. With 794 illustrations including 176 plates in full-color diagrams plans and 3 maps. Head of spine bumped and soiled otherwise an excellent copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket. <br/><br/> Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
Bookseller reference : D4486 ISBN : 0810906422 9780810906426
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PARIS 1749
Plans et dessins Des constructions et decorations ordonées par la Ville de Paris pour les rejouissances publiques à l'occasion de la publication de la paix le 12 Fevrier 1749
Paris c. 1749. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 2o 325 x 440 mm. Engraved title-page engraved explanation of plates with pasted overslip adding a description of plate 6 and 6 engraved plates some staining to title-page and margins of plates. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers worn; cloth folding case. The plans and drawings illustrating the public festivities held in Paris to celebrate the TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE on 12 February 1749. The treaty signed on 18 October 1748 was mainly a diplomatic agreement between Britain and France but it also marked the end of the War of Austrian Succession. Although the celebration called for fireworks at the Place de l'Hotel de Ville with numerous orchestras playing and buffets set up around the city the affair was rather gloomy due to French resentment over the terms of the treaty. Berlin 3019; Vinet 524. <br/><br/> hardcover books
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Republique Francais Conseil Municipal De Paris
Visite de Sa Majeste Le Roi Edouard VII A L'Hotel De Ville De Paris Le 2 Mai 1903
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1903. First edition. Leather Bound. Very Good . First edition. Large quarto. Handsome half-leather bound edition. Black and white photographs protected with tissue guards. 25 pp. Elaborate deco design to spine. Marble endpapers. Text in French. Book documents the visit of the King of France to the Hotel De Ville in 1903. Imprimerie Nationale unknown books
Bookseller reference : 11115
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Paris Jean
Rabelais au futur
Paris: Editions du Seuil 1970. Paperback. Very Good. 251p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. French text. <br/><br/> Editions du Seuil paperback books
Bookseller reference : 59558
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Republique Francais Conseil Municipal De Paris
RELATION OFFICIELLE DE LA RECEPTION A L'HOTEL DE VILLE De Leurs Majestes Le Roi Et La Reine De Greande-Bretagne Et D'Irlande
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1914. First edition. Leather Bound. Very Good . First edition. Large quarto. Handsome half-leather bound edition. Black and white photographs protected with tissue guards. 71 pp. Elaborate deco design to spine. Marble endpapers. Text in French. A large and heavy volume. French Royalty and their palaces. <br/><br/> Imprimerie Nationale hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 18108
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Musee Carnavalet Paris
DESSINS PARISIENS DU XVIII SIECLE
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Bulletin 1971 Nos. 1 et 2. 58 pages softbound very good condition. . Other hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 35399
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PARIS EXPATRIATES PAUL ELLIOT
The Last Time I Saw Paris
New York: Random House 1942. First Edition First Printing. With a New York Herald Tribune clipping laid-in dated April 26 1942 reviewing this book. Decorative endpapers. Near fine copy with just a trace of rubbing to the lettering at the spine without dust jacket. Elliot Paul was one of the noted American Paris expatriates of the 1920s co-editor of Transition magazine and knew all the notables of the period. Of the flowering of writing that came out of 1920s Paris Paul is the only American to write a lengthy memoir of what it was like to interact and immerse oneself in the people of his Paris neighborhood. This book is basically the story of the lives of the people of the street on which he lived the Rue de la Huchette. Paul lived there for the better part of 18 years until the Nazi occupation of France prevented his return. A genuine classic. Random House unknown books
Bookseller reference : 22608E
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PARIS EXPATRIATES
This Quarter. Volume IV Number 1
Paris: Published and Edited by Edward M. Titus September 1931. First Edition. Contains first appearance work by H.E. Bates John Collier E.E. Cummings Hermann Hesse Meyer Levin Ludwig Lewisohn Harold Loeb Herbeert Read A.L. Rowse Jack Woodward Charles Williams etc. Paperbound. Very good copy. This Quarter was one of the leading Paris expatriate magazines. Published and Edited by Edward M. Titus unknown books
Bookseller reference : 10515J
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PARIS EXPATRIATES
This Quarter. Volume III Number 4
Paris: Published and Edited by Edward M. Titus June 1931. First Edition. Contains first appearance work by Sherwood Anderson John Collier E.E. Cummings Rhys Davies Kenneth Fearing Josephine Herbst Ludwig Lewisohn Edward J. O’Brien J.B. Priestly Tess Slesinger Yvor Winters Humbert Wolfe etc. Paperbound. Very good copy. This Quarter was one of the leading Paris expatriate magazines. Published and Edited by Edward M. Titus unknown books
Bookseller reference : 10514J
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PARIS EXPATRIATES
This Quarter. Volume IV Number 3
Paris: Published and Edited by Edward M. Titus March 1932. First Edition. Contains first appearance work by E.E. Cummings Charles Beadle Rupert Croft-Cooke August Derleth A.L. Rowse Paul Valery etc. Paperbound. Very good copy. This Quarter was one of the leading Paris expatriate magazines. Published and Edited by Edward M. Titus unknown books
Bookseller reference : 10516J
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Paris Et Ses Rois
Paris Et Ses Rois
Paris: Edition Paris-Musees 1988. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrated color and b/w. 4to. blue cloth dust wrapper. Paris: Edition Paris-Musees 1988. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Edition Paris-Musees unknown books
Bookseller reference : 290392
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