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Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery, 1991. (CAD) No markings, Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket with a small very faint stain to just to the foot of the spine panel, noticeable onky from the verso (back) side. . Gray boards, 223pp, index. 150 reproductions mostly in colour. This is the French language eidtion with the text in French, A heavy book. (3.5 JM HOZ 401/6. Hardcover. Fine/Fine (-). 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Paris: Honore Champion Editeur, 2004. (FR) Presumed First Edition No markings, as New. Wraps with portrait of Cendrars, 327pp. A few B&W illus. This is a biography of Blaise Cendrars early life with the text in French. (1.6 JM LVR 202/a2. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE MUSICOLOGIE, 2003. (FR) Presumed first edition. No markings, fine spine crease, Near Fine. Wraps with flaps, 726pp, index, no illus. This is Tome XVII in the Deuxieme serie. The text is entirely in FRENCH. Joseph Louis d'Ortigue ( 1802 - 1866) was a French musicologist and critic. A specialist in liturgical music and a conservative Catholic of ultramontane and royalist leanings, he was a close friend of both Berlioz and Liszt. His most influential work was Dictionnaire liturgique, historique, et theorique de plain-chant et le musique d'église, but he was also wrote for many of the most prominent periodicals of the day, including Journal des débats and Le Ménestrel where he was the editor-in-chief from 1863 until his sudden death. A heavy book. (5.2 JM HOJ 303/1. 1st. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Paris / Rouen: Lehuby / Fleury (FR) No date explicitly given;possibly 1842 which is the date given to the statement of approval given to the book by Monseignor le Cardinal Prince de Croy to the front of the book which is identified as one of the books in the Bibliotheque Speciale de la Jeunesse. Owner's inscription to endpaper, no other markings, spotting and foxing to some of the pages, espcially to the frontis and the tile page, wear to cover corner tips, spotting to back cover, Acceptable copy; no dust jacket. 18 x 11 cm, balck cloth with gold design to front and back covers, gold spine titles and decorations, [1-5], 6-324pp, frontis of vue of Montreal in Sicile, Le pont de Rialto a Venice (facing page 120), Les Catacombes de Rome (facing page 201), Cratere de l'Etna (facing page 251). This book was written for children in the mid 19th century and is entirely in French. Ernest and Fortunat are two sons of Monsieur and Madame Richard. The book is a chronicle of thier travels in Italy… Leer más

Paris: Hachette, 1912. (FR) 21st edition. Owner's names on endpapers, some markings to the index and checkmarks and a notation on fewer than 10 pages 47,48, 104, 149, 191, 225) , cover corner tips rubbed, light even soiling, Fair only No Dj. green paper over boards, gold spine titles, printed endpapers, 415 pp. Text entirely in French. This is a handy pocket-size, well annotated collection of the 11 books of the "Fables" . Notes and short bibography by Thirion. (1.3 JM HOQ 101/a2. 21st. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

[Canada]: Lemeac, 1983. (CAD) Later Printing Wraps, 201pp. A guide in French for correspondence and spelling. Owner's signature, spine rubbed, Good used copy. (1.1 JM HOX 2a/16. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

France: Delachaux & Niestle : P. Bordas, 1979. (FR) Presesume first edition in this format, previously published as Cuisine des Provinces de France. No markings, about Fine in Good dust jacket with chip and creae to top edge of front panel and another to the top edge of rear panel. DJ is inmylar sleeve. Cloth, 604pp, then [14]pp of index. Colour plates and photos. This is a great book of French recipes orgainized by region and gives a excellent representation of the range of traditional French cooking. The text is entirely in French and the ingredients arein metric. A heavy book. (5.0 JM LVR 201/b0. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Paris: Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation, J. Hetzel,, 1915. (FR) 35th Printing Black bds, 1/4 leather, gold titles and stamping to spine, 348pp. Marbled endpapers. In French. No date a guess at 1910s. Cover edges rubbed, covers scuffed, head and foot of spine is worn, with tear to foot of spine, owner's signature to front fly, remnants of dried flowers to rfep. Solid book, worn but still attractive, Good(-) only, no Dj. (1.55 JM HOQ 100/1. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, 1961. (FR) This items consists of 4 separate illustrated dinner menus aboad the S.S.Matsonia (captaib C.G. Wertz, commanding) en route from San Francisco to Honolulu, December 12, 13, 14 and 15, 1961. The Roarin' twenties Dinner (Dec 12) has a colour reproduction of a watercolor of San Francisco (Home port of the Matson ships) by artist C. Macouillard. Dec 13 features a Captain's dinner with a watercolor of New Zealand on the cover. Dec 14 is theMardi Gras Dinner with a painting of Samoa. The Chief Stewart is Karl G. Peterson and the Executive Chef is Otto Gill. These three menus measure 31 x 23 cm and are gsatefold on heavy stock with the entie menue printed on the third page. The front covers have beautifully reproduced watercolours and the back panels are blank. These three menus are laid inside a larger foruth menu which is he Parisian Night Dinner featuring a entree of Noisettes d'Agneau, Sauce de Menthe or Tome Dinde Roti, or Homard a… Leer más

NY: Maynard, Merrill & Co., 1894. (USA) Bookplate, pencil notations here and there giving English translations of certain words, hinges fine, light rubbing to corner tips, Very Good used copy; lacking the dust jacket. 19 x 13 cm, navy embossed cloth, gold titles, 177pp. Two page map of France showing the departments in colour. No other illus. The author was a professor of French at the Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn NY. This is a reader with text entirely in French which presents the country of France, its industry and agriculture, customs and history. I believe it first appeared in 1886. (1.3 JM HOQ 100/2. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking the Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Editions J. Lanore, 1998. (FR) No markings, Very Good. Wraps, 221pp, index. Lots of colour photos throughout show how to make flowers and other food decoration out of fruit and vegetables, how to present lobster, crab, shrimp. (2.8 JM HOJ 301/4. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Paris: B.arthaud, 1953. (FR) First Edition Fine binding with lovely worked leather cover to the design of Claude Arthaud, limited to 1000 copies, colours black, purple, blue, yellow abstract design, black endpapers, 151pp. Tipped-in colour reproduction of a painting by Rouault to frontis, 80 B&W illus and reproductions of paintings, statues, churches, tapistries, murals. Text in French. Complete with black wrap around title band and clear stiff plastic dustjacket. Owner's name and date to first blank page, slight ripple to front endpaper, otherwise Near Fine in Very Good clear plastic dustjacket with small chip to rear upper edge. Includes the printed wrap around band. (2.4 JM HOZ 403/b2. 1st. Leather Bound. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: La Palme, 1951. (FR) No markings, about Fine; no dust jacket perhaps as published. Light blue-grey cloth with pastedown of praying nun, 241pp,index of illustrations. 94 reproductions in B&W and 18 colour plates tipped-into the book. This history of 15th century Flemish art is entirely in French. (3.2 JM HOJ 300/b3. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Paris: Editions Pierre Belfond, 1980. (FR) First Thus No markings, slight foxing to top edge of pages, otherwise VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD DJ with trace of rubbing to top edge. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Tan cloth with illus in brown, xcii, [656]pp, index. Map; B&W illus taken from old engravings. Text is entirely in French. This is the second book in this series (La Bibliotheque Gormande) and is a reprint of this classic reference for French recipes. The original work appeared in 1934. Guégan was a noted cookery historian, editor of the Almanach de Cocagne and translated Apicius's cookery book into French in 1933. (4.1 JM HOJ 302/1. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Grenoble: B. Arthaud, 1935. (FR) First Edition Attractive fine binding. Sm. 8vo., marbled paper covered boards, tan leather spine with tooled hubs, brown leather title labels stamped in gold, Top Edge Gilt, marbled endpapers, 194 pp. fold-out map of Denmark. 186 B&W illus. in text. Text in French. Shelf-wear wi th rubbing to cover edges and corners, inscription to front fly, otherwise tight handsome copy. No Dj. (1.9 JM HOQ 100/a1. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

France: Dargaud, 1980. (FR) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine; no dust jackt as published. Hardcover, 48pp, colour comic strip throughtout with text in French.This comic book murder mystery is set in 1951 London. THE TEXT IS IN FRENCH. (1.5 jm plx 501/0. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Comic.

[France]: Jean-Jacques Pauvert Editeur, 1958. (FR) First Edition Owner's signature to endpaper, no other markings, very slight soiling to the black cloth, clean and tight pages, VG; lacking the Dj. 19 x 18.5 cm, black cloth, red printed endpapers, [200]pp, B&W movie stills. This is a survey of horror and fantasy films from the USA, Brtiain and Europe dating from 1958. The text is in French. (1.8 JM HOQ 102/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Montreal: Editions Elysee, 1981. (CAD) Preseumed 1st edition. Bookplate to half-title with blank label covering a name, no markings, but faint water stain to the lower page corners, Good (-) only. Wraps, 318pp, maps. This is a genealogical study of Acadians from 1625 to 1925. This volume I deals with family names from Abram to Berthelot. The text is entirely in French. (1.8 JM LVR 205/4. 1st. Paperback. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Quebec: Musee Du Quebec, 1984. (CAD) Presumed 1st eidtion. One volume only. No markings, slight easing of lower cover corners, very slight soiling to the white cloth of covers, otherwise Very Good; no Dj as issued. 31 x 26 cm, off-white cloth with titles in gold, colour pastedown of reproduction of painting, photo endpapers, [xxii] 369pp. There is an excellent bibliography. There are hundreds of B&W photos of art and artifacts related to the Catholic Church in Quebec; some colour plates. Text is entirely in French. (5.5 JM LVR 206/6. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Paris: Jean De Bonnot, 1982. (FR) Edition Not Stated No markings, light foxing to preliminary pages, very light focing to leading edge of pages, pages clean, hinges fine, Very Good; no dust jacket as published. 27.5 x 20.5 cm, brown leather with blind embossed Even holding the apple of knowledge in a round medallin to the front cover, portrait of Leonardo in gold and black to ths pine with gold titles, top edge gilt, black ribbon marker, [38] pp un-numbered, xxiii, [xxiv], 1-387pp [388] then 42 B&W plates, then 16 un-numbered pages of appendices, then26pp contents, [6] pages. The titles continues as " Reimpression integrale de l'edition italienne de Bologne (1786) d'apres celle de 1651, publiee a Paris par Rahael Trichet du Fresne. Texte illustre de 16 plancehes gravees d-apres les dessins de nicholas {oussin. Nouvelle traduction francaise par Andre Keller, diplome de al societe Dante Alighieri de Rome, comportant la reproduction des croquis et des dessins du grande maitre. La… Leer más