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DELAURE
HISTOIRE PHYSIQUE, CIVILE ET MORALE DE PARIS. ATLAS. AVEC UN GRANDE PLAN DE PARIS EN 1839
Pagine: 80+5 . Illustrazioni: 5 tavole, tra cui una di Parigi del 1830 molte volte ripiegata . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Cartonato con dorso in pelle marrone un po’ lisa . Stato: Buono .
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SAINT FOIX POULLAIN DE (1698-1776)
OEUVRES COMPLETES DE M. DE SAINT-FOIX. TOME QUATRIEME (SUR PARIS)
Pagine: 432 . Formato: 16° . Rilegatura: Cartonato in pelle con dorso rovinato (mancanze nella parte alta e nella parte bassa) e piatti con qualche mancanza di pelle. . Stato: Discreto . Caratteristiche: Interno molto fresco. .
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FRANKLIN ALFRED (1830-1917)
LA VIE PRIVEE D'AUTREFOIS. ARTS ET METIERS. MODES, MOEURS, USAGES DES PARISIENS DU XII AU XVIII SIECLE D'APRES DES DOCUMENTS ORIGINAUX OU INEDITS. LES MEDECINS
Pagine: 307 . Formato: Fino a cm 20: 16° . Rilegatura: Cartonato Novecento marmorizzato con dorso in tela grigia, tassello in pelle rossa. Non conservate le copertine . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Freschissimo .
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MITRAUD SIMONE
LA RUE DES POSTES ACTUELLEMENT RUE LHOMOND ET SES ALENTOURS
Prefazione: G. Desvallières . Edizione: Première édition . Pagine: 60 . Illustrazioni: Molte fotografie della zona. . Formato: 4° . Rilegatura: Brossura con sovraccoperta . Stato: Buono .
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BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE' DES AMIS DES MONUMENTS PARISIENS. PREMIER ET DEUXIEME PARTIE DU CINQUIEME VOLUME (1891) N° 17-18-19-20 DU BULLETIN PARISIEN (EN DEUX VOLUMES)
Edizione: Première édition . Pagine: 128 . Illustrazioni: 10 Photogravures et une grande plan du Ancien prieuré de Saint Martin des Champs (Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers REZ DE CHAUSSEE . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura (nel secondo volume il dorso è mancante e la copertina, seppur presente, è staccata. . Stato: Discreto .
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BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE' DES AMIS DES MONUMENTS PARISIENS QUATRIEME VOLUME (ANNEE 1890
Edizione: Première édition . Pagine: 64 . Illustrazioni: 10 Gravures . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Altra copia .
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L'AMIS DES MONUMENTS ET DES ARTS. ANNUAIRE DES AMATEURS, ERUTITS ET ARTISTES CENTRALISANT LES RECHERCHES ET DECOUVERTES COURONNEE PAR L'ISTITUT DE FRANCE ART PUBLIC. XIII° VOL. N°74
A Cura: Charles Normand . Edizione: Première édition . Pagine: de 169 à 248 . Illustrazioni: Molte illustrazioni in bianco e nero . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura con bruniture . Stato: Buono .
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AAVV (PRUDHOMME, DE LASSUS, FRANCILLON, CARLOCHRISTI, FOUQUES, SIMON, ALLOUARD, GUENIN, CHASSEVENT, WAGREZ, BERGER, VAUTREY, JUNCKER, LECREUX, MALASSIS, FOURNIER
LES PARISIENS DE PARIS. N° 6 1903
Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: de pg. 117 jusqu'à 232 . Illustrazioni: de nombreuses pages illustrées . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura bianca con piatto illustrato a colori . Stato: Buono .
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AAVV (PRUDHOMME, CLARETIE, GUENIN, MONTORGUEIL, DE LASSUS, XANROF, GASTINE, CARLOCHRISTI, GASTINE, JUNCKER)
LES PARISIENS DE PARIS. N° 3 1902
Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 122 . Illustrazioni: de nombreuses pages illustrées . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura con copertina illustrata a colori. . Stato: Discreto . Caratteristiche: In copertina vi è una mancanza di circa 3 cm di carta nella parte bassa bianca. .
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AAVV (VAUTREY, GUENIN, DUVAUCHEL, PHILIPPON, CAIN, L.C.B., DEPRE', MOREL)
LES PARISIENS DE PARIS N°4 1902
Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 123-242+XVI . Illustrazioni: de nombreuses pages illustrées . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura con dorso e rilegatura rovinate, da rilegare . Stato: Deteriorato .
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AAVV (GUENIN, DUVAUCHEL, PHILIPPON, CAIN, L.C.B., DEPRE', MOREL, PRUDHOMME, CLARETIE, MONTORGUEIL, DE LASSUS, XANROF, GASTINE, CARLOCHRISTI, CHASSEVENT, WAGREZ, BERGER, VAUTREY, JUNCKER, LECREUX, MALASSIS, FOURNIER, ecc)
LES PARISIENS DE PARIS N° 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1901-1903
A Cura: E. Guénin . Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 139+181+122+VIII+119+XV+116+XIII+113+X . Illustrazioni: Moltissime illustrazioni monocromatiche, bicromatiche e a colori. . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura e copertine originali, qualche mancanza ai dorsi. . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Rivista di storia, letteratura, costume, arte della Parigi di inizio Novecento. Come si specifica dal secondo numero, la rivista, inizialmente quadrimestrale, divenne subito semestrale. Le numerazioni delle pagine nei volumi seguono l'annualità, ivi comprese le pagine in numeri romani legate ai necrologi di parigini famosi. A parte abbiamo anche a disposizione il n°9 e numeri singoli. . Note epoca: 1902, 1903
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AAVV (DEFRANCE, ALLOUARD, CARLOCHRISTI, DE LASSUS, LECREUX, KELLER, CHAUMELIN, DUPUY, CHASSEVENT, DE CALLIAS, TOUSSAINT, CHRISTIAN, FRANCILLON, GREDER)
LES PARISIENS DE PARIS N°9. 1905
Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 212+XXI . Illustrazioni: Moltissime illustrazioni monocromatiche, bicromatiche e a colori. . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura originale . Stato: Buono .
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CHAM (AMEDEE DE NOE' (1818-18979)
PUNCH A PARIS PAR CHAM. REVUE DROLATIQUE DU MOIS. MARS 1850 (N°2)
Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 32 (da 33 a 64) . Illustrazioni: Fumetti caricaturisti in bianco e nero. In particolare è presente una caricatura a piena pagina. . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura originale con copertina illustrata da Cham . Stato: Discreto . Caratteristiche: Rivista politico satirica sulla Francia con accenni di politica internazionale. .
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CHAM (AMEDEE DE NOE' (1818-18979)
PUNCH A PARIS PAR CHAM. REVUE DROLATIQUE DU MOIS. MAI 1850 (N°4)
Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 32 . Illustrazioni: Fumetti caricaturisti in bianco e nero. In particolare è presente una caricatura a piena pagina. . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura originale con copertina illustrata da Cham . Stato: Discreto . Caratteristiche: Piccoli strappetti in retrocopertina.Rivista politico satirica sulla Francia con accenni di politica internazionale. .
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CHAM (AMEDEE DE NOE' (1818-18979)
PUNCH A PARIS PAR CHAM. REVUE DROLATIQUE DU MOIS. JUIN 1850 (N°5)
Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 32 . Illustrazioni: Fumetti caricaturisti in bianco e nero. In particolare è presente una caricatura a piena pagina. . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Brossura originale con copertina illustrata da Cham . Stato: Discreto . Caratteristiche: Copertina e retrocopertina rovinati (mancanze ai bordi e in copertina segni di un'antica etichetta al centro).Rivista politico satirica sulla Francia con accenni di politica internazionale. .
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BRETON GUY
LES NUITS SECRETES DE PARIS
Prefazione: Louis Pauwels . Edizione: Première édition . Pagine: 268 . Illustrazioni: Documenti fotografici ad inizio volume . Formato: 16° . Rilegatura: Cartonato nero con scritte rosse . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Bruniture .
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R.P.F. IACQUES DU BREUL (JACQUES DU BREUL 1528-1614)
LE THEATRE DES ANTIQUITEZ DE PARIS. OU EST TRAICTE' DE LA FONDATION DES EGLISES & CHAPELLE DE LA CITE', UNIVERSITE', VILLE, & DIOCESE DE PARIS: COMME AUSSI DE L'INSTITUTION DU PARLEMENT, FONDATION DE L'UNIVERSITE' & COLLEGES, & AUTRES CHOSES REMARQUABLES. DIVISE' EN QUATRE LIVRES.
Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: IV+XVI+1301+XVII+II . Illustrazioni: Incisioni su legno (cm 12 per 9) presenti a pg.272,300,302,304,488,624. Altre (15,5 per 12) pg. 337 e 766, altra (19 per 13,5). Un'incisione a piena pagina a 561. Tombe e personaggi celebri parigini.Frontespizio araldico reale e scritta SPEFormato: 8° . Rilegatura: Cartonato Fine Ottocento con dorso e angoli in pelle nocciola, cinque nervature, fregi in oro al dorso e titoli in oro su tassello di pelle marrone. Piatti marmorizzati marroni. Ai piatti linee divisorie in oro. Piccole abrasioni a estremità dStato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Dimensioni esterne cm. 24,4 per 18. Interne cm. 23,8 per 16.Tagli in rosso.Presente a pg. 697-698 una piccola bruciatura circolare al centro di cm 1 con equivalente perdita di testo. Interno delle pagine molto fresco, privo di bruniture.Piccolo restauro nel bordo bianco alle prime pagine.Firme antiche d'appartenenza nel frontespizio e all'ultima pagina bianca.L'autore, monaco benedettino, rimase famoso proprio per ques'opera, ampliata successivamente nel 1639. Pare in realtà si tratti di un'opera collettiva, più che di un solo autore. Foto disponibili . Note epoca: MDCXII
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NOUVEAU GUIDE OU CONDUCTEUR PARISIEN CONTENANT Des détails exacts sur la ville de Paris, depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours; sa temperature, son commerce, le nombre de ses habitans et leur caractère; l'indication des audiences des Ministre et les jours d'entréè dans leurs bureaux; la description des Eglises, des Monumens divers et remarquables, Palais et Edifices; les jours où les Etrangers et le Public sont admis dans le Musées, Bibliothèques, Manufactures et autres Etablissemens célèbres; enfin, une nomenclature par ordre alphabétique des Rues, Ruelles, Passages, Quais, Ponts, Avenues, Boulevarts, Barrières, Ports, Halles, Marchés, etc., etc. par tenans et aboutissans; Augmenté de toutes les nouvelles Rues et Places formées depuis 1811 jusq'en 1830, enrichi des monumens, places et jardin royaux en taille-douce.
Pagine: 364+40 . Illustrazioni: 10 incisioni illustrative dei monumenti parigini . Formato: 24° . Rilegatura: Cartonato marmorizzato Ottocento con dorso in pelle verde e scritte in oro. Sono conservate copertina e retrocopertina originali. . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: N.B. Curiosa la prima pagina dopo la presentazione, nella quale si citano i 3 maggiori banchieri parigini, Laffitte, Roltchild, Mallet (père et fils). .
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L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1867 ILLUSTREE. DEUX VOLUMES
A Cura: M. Fr. Ducuing . Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: VIII+478+ VIII+478 . Illustrazioni: Centinaia di illustarzioni in bianco e nero . Formato: 4° . Rilegatura: Due cartonati originali, dorsi in tela marrone con bordi lisi. . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: Raccolta completa dei 60 numeri. Pagine molto fresche. Copertine originali illustrate, quella del primo volume leggermente graffiata. Piccolo strappo alla seconda pagina del secondo volume, senza perdita di carta. .
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LEVI D.
La Mnemosyne Classique, Ouvrage Moral et Religieux propre aux Lecons de l'Art de Lire a Haute Foix; a l'Usage des Maisons d'Education et des Etrangers. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
12mo., on laid paper, small strip clipped from upper edges of blank preliminary and title, some very light age-staining; most attractively bound in contemporary half calf, back with five gilt rules, second compartment with red leather label lettered and tooled in gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges, covers very lightly rubbed else a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. RARE
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NEVILL Ralph
Days and Nights in Montmartre and the Latin Quarter. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (frayed without loss of image at lower edge) and 15 plates, some light marginal spotting; original red cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, firm copy.
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PARIS
[Paris]. L'Ile Saint-Louis. L'Ile de la Cite. Le Quartier de l'Ancienne Universite. Le Quartier de l'Ancienne Universite. Preface Pierre Gaxotte. Introduction Yvan Christ. Monographies des Hotels, des Eglises, des Colleges Jacques Sylvestre de Sacy, Philippe Sigur 3500 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles (many double-page or full-page) in the text; red cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 3500 COPIES
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PARIS
Plan de Paris par Arrondissement. [Pocket Guide] SPLENDID COPY. SPLENDID COPY
Sm. 8vo., with 22 double-page maps coloured in outline and a large folding coloured map, all on japon, street directory tabbed by initial letter, some very age-browning; original red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in silver, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Lovely copy of a beautifully constructed, comprehensive and detailed pocket plan. The double-page maps comprise Paris, the Metro, 20 individual arrondissements, three arrondissements with detailed insets, and the Bois de Boulogne. The large coloured map depicts Paris by arrondissement (obverse) and metro lines and autobus routes (reverse). The two parallel tabbing systems (streets & localities, and maps) enable one to pinpoint any given location simply and easily. Very scarce in this condition.
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LOPEZ C-A.
Mon Cher Papa. Franklin and the Ladies of Paris.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and 30 illustrations and facsimiles in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Delightful and witty account of Benjamin Franklin's eight years (1777-85) in Paris.
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BACOU R.
The Famous Italian Drawings from the Mariette Collection at the Louvre in Paris. 400 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Sm. folio, First Edition, with 80 fine coloured and 60 tinted plates; original oatmeal holland, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES
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MILNER J.
The Studios of Paris. The Capital of Art in the Late Nineteenth Century.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; original grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
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BEEVOR Antony
Paris after the Liberation.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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BAEDEKER Karl
Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris. Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker. Fifteenth Revised Edition.
Sm. 8vo., Fifteenth Edition, with a table as frontispiece, 13 maps and 38 plans (a number tinted and folding), and rear endpaper map; original series binding of red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, marbled edges, radial corners, yellow endpapers, two silk markers (red and green), very short split in lower joint else a very good, clean copy. With publisher's catalogue on front paste-down.
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BAEDEKER Karl
Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris. Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker. Eighteenth Revised Edition.
Sm. 8vo., Fifteenth Edition, with a table as frontispiece, 14 maps and 42 plans (a number tinted and folding), and rear endpaper map, one two maps chafed without material loss at fore-edge, some light and inoffensive age-staining; original series binding of red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, marbled edges, yellow endpapers, pink silk marker, covers mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), joints rubbed (but binding entirely sound), a very good, firm copy. With publisher's catalogue on front paste-down.
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PARIS Henry John
English Watercolour Painters. [Britain in Pictures series]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates and 21 monochrome illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Published in Collins' well-known 'Britain in Pictures' series. Carney 88.
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SPANIER Ginette
Long Road to Freedom. The Story of her Life under the German Occupation. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition,, faint tape marks on free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Ginette Spanier, Director of the great fashion house of Balmain, recounts the mounting horrors of living as a Jew in occupied Paris. Sequel to her acclaimed memoir 'It Isn't All Mink'. Enser, p.90.
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ALLMAND C.T.
English Suits before the Parlement of Paris 1420-1436. Edited for the Royal Historical Society by C.T. Allmand and C.A.J. Armstrong. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original series binding of olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Camden Fourth Series Volume 26.
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SEABROOK William E.
Air Adventure. Paris-Sahara-Timbuktu. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and full-page map in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MONMARCHE Georges
Paris. Photos de Marcelle D'Heilly. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout, small signature on title; pictorial wrappers, a good, clean copy.
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KRAPP, ed. George Philip
The Paris Psalter and the Meters of Boethius. Edited by George Philip Krapp. [First UK Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition thus; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. With the UK publisher's imprint slip, denoting the UK issue, over-mounted on title. The Paris Psalter (BibNat. Fonds Latin 8824) is the most extensive known collection of Anglo-Saxon metrical translations of the Psalms. SCARCE.
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CLARKE Moma
Paris. [The Picture Guides series]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text; original series binding of buff cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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TOPOLSKI Felix
Paris Lost. A Sketchbook of the Thirties. [Introduced by Jonathan Stone]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 96 fine tinted plates; original oatmeal holland, backstrip lettered in purple, purple endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled at rear panel.
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THORNTON Willis
The Liberation of Paris. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition. Enser, p.318.
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CASKIE Donald
The Tartan Pimpernel. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 12 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Classic account of Caskie's French escape line in WWII. Ejected from his position as Minister of the Scottish Kirk in Paris, he relocated to Marseilles where he turned the British Seamen's Mission into a vital link in the chain for escaping POWs and soldiers returning from Dunkirk. He was eventually denounced (by a British traitor), captured and passed through seven prisons including the infamous 'Villa Lynwood' in Nice where was held at the same time as Odette Hallowes. He was sentenced to death by the Gestapo but saved from execution by a German padre. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.396.
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HOLLAND Clive
Things Seen in Paris. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and lettered in black, gilt back, a near fine copy. With series catalogue preceding frontispiece and 4pp publisher's advertisement at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MORGAN Max
[Aerobleu Pilot's Journal, 1947]. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, reproduced from handwriting on tinted paper; black boards, upper board lettered in silver, brown cloth back, a near fine copy in publisher's printed metal slip-case. Wartime experiences of Max Morgan, who owned and ran the notorious 'Aerobleu' jazz club in Paris in the late 1940s.
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SEAGO Edward
With Capricorn to Paris. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, 7 plates, and illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at extremities.
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CORNWELL Bernard
Sharpe's Assassin. Richard Sharpe and the Occupation of Paris, 1815. [Collector's Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, boards and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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Sotheby & Co.
Casino De Paris 1920-1935 the Collection of Monsieur Wilfried Piollet, Paris
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside, very clean outside. This is a sale catalog for an auction held by Sotheby & Co. in London on June 24, 1970. The sale featured the Wilfried Piollet Collection of designs for costumes and decor for the Casino de Paris, during the years 1920 to 1935. Artists and designers included Barbier, Brunelleschi, Paul Colin, J.G. Domergue, Erte (22 lots), Gontcharova, and Zinoviev among others. 133 lots in the sale. All illustrated in black & white. No prices realized sheets, or price estimates. 10" high X 7" wide.
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Inui, Yoshiaki
Exposition Yuzo Saheki et les Peintres de l'Ecole de Paris
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Japanese. Essay by Yoshiaki Inui in English and Japanese, 'Yuzo Saheki and the Ecole de Paris'. 69 full-page color plates of Yuzo Saheki's work. 70 full-page color plates of School of Paris painters. 139 works in the show. Checklist in Japanese, with titles and occasional bibliographic references in English. 11" high X 9" wide, unpaginated but about 250 pages.
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Le Jour
Bal des Petits Lits Blancs
This is a very good softcover copy in the original publisher's cream colored stiff paper covers, with a color illustration by Mariette Lydis tipped on, and with the clear plastic covers and comb binding intact. Very clean inside, light spotting outside. One photo has some offsetting to the white page opposite, some slight loss of color to the photo.Text in French. This is a program, published by the French magazine, Le Jour. It was issued on the occasion of a ball at the Opera on February 6, 1934. Printed by Draeger Freres, with color drawings by Mariette Lydis, Marie Laurencin, Vertes, Alexieff and Bret Koch among others. Article by Colette on Mariette Lydis. Photographs of movie stars and actresses throughout are printed with a special process, almost like silver or metal sheets. The process is called 'papier metallise'. Stars include Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, Marcelle Chantal, Dolly Davis, among others. One sheet has a textile swatch printed with a light brown woodcut by Guinhald. Advertisements throughout from Paris couture houses, and fashion accessories shops. 10" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Binet
Soixante Vues Des Plus Beaux Palais, Monuments et Egises De Paris. Cathedrales et Chateaux De La France
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original marbled paper-covered boards with the title-page print reproduced and tipped-on to the front cover. Leather spine tooled in gilt with an elaborate device and title. Covers rubbed, edge wear and wear to top and bottom of spine. The map of Paris and 60 engravings (complete) are generally clean, but some light foxing and soil. Beautifully engraved plates ca.1820, engraved by Couche fils, depict well known monuments in Paris as well as other parts of France. Most plates are of Paris. Now in a mylar wrap in the French style. Oblong 8vo, 5 1/2" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby Parke Bernet
Papiers Peints Anciens et Tissus Anciens Collection Vital-Durand a Lyon
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby Parke Bernet in Monaco on February 14, 1983. The sale consisted of several collections of antique 'papiers peints' or painted wallpapers and painted textiles. Lots 1 through 85 are from the Collection de la Maison Maigret, 114 lots in the Collection Vital-Durand from Lyon. The themes of the painted papers range from still lifes with floral motifs, neo-classical architectural decorations, some figures from myth, like Cupid and Psyche, Le Jardin d'Armide painted by Edouard Muller. Many examples illustrated in black & white (over 80) + 12 color plates. Estimates for each lot. No prices realized sheet. 10" high X 7" wide, 76 pages.
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Decour
Collection A. Decour. Premiere Partie
This is a very good softcover copy in the original printed wrappers with just light cover wear. Very clean inside, light toning outside, a brief bibliographic reference on the front cover. This is a sale catalog for an auction of 16th through 19th century architectural and decorative arts drawings. This catalog offers the first part of the sale only. 304 lots in the sale. A number reproduced in sepia toned illustrations. 11" high X 7" wide, 53 pages.
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Porcelaine de Paris
This is an almost very good spiral bound soft cover with embossed title and gold border on cover. Good condition, light toning to cover, sketch in pen of three figures on back cover. 4 pages of text in French, 32 color plates. This is a trade catalogue for the company Porcelaine de Paris founded by Jean Baptiste Locre in the 18th century. No date, ca. 1920. The address for the company is: 12 rue Pierre-Levee, Paris. Color plates illustrate various styles: Sevres, Lowestoft, Chantilly, figurines in the style of Capo di Monte. 7" high X 10" wide, 4 text pages + 32 color plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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