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1931Sm. 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.
19668vo., 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.
1981Sm. 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
1988Roy. 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.
19948vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Scarce, especially in this condition.
1904Sm. 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.
1913Sm. 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.
19454to., 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.
19768vo., 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.
19828vo., First Edition; original series binding of olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Camden Fourth Series Volume 26.
19338vo., 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.
1949Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout, small signature on title; pictorial wrappers, a good, clean copy.
19328vo., 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.
19294to., 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.
1973Roy. 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.
19638vo., 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.
19578vo., 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.
19268vo., 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.
1997Roy. 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.
19564to., 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.
20218vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, boards and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1955in-8°, pp. 243-(2) con 202 ill. dell'epoca n.t., una ill. a colori in antiporta, e una pianta della città ripiegata f.t. Leg. in tela edit. con ornamentazione fantastica sul piatto ant. Buono l'interno.
1988in-8° carrè, pp. 47 con 38 ill. n.t. di cui 16 a colori. Bross. edit. ill. a colori. Buono lo stato.
ca. 31,5cm x 25cm. 15 plates. Original portfolio (softcover) with title to cover. Portfolio slightly worn, plates with some natural yellowing to sides. Overall in good condition. Coloured illustrations of the paintings on plates.
Kl.8°. 436 S. + 4 Tafeln, (12), XXXI S. Original Halbleinwand mit reich verziertem goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und Original Pappschuber mit Titel auf beiden Deckeln (hier abweichend: Pariser Koch-Buch von 1752). Schuber leicht berieben und mit "Mängelexemplar"-Stempel auf Stehkante. Buch in sehr gutem, nahezu neuwertigen Zustand. Mit einem Frontispiz, Vorrede, 4 ausfaltbaren Tafeln, Register und dem Nachwort von Anneliese Schmitt.
