Recueil de travaux de l'abbé Cochard de COCHARD (Abbé Th.) - 1876-1898

Paris: Chez les marchands de Nouveautés, 1794. Livre. Bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. In-8. Paris, Chez les marchands de nouveautés, (1794). 20,5 x 13 cm, 31 pp., plaquette brochée extraite d'une reliure. Edition originale rare. Ouvrage extrait d'une reliure sans couverture. Bon exemplaire..

Nakladatelstvi Jos. R. Vilimek, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 268 pp. Text is in Czech. Pages are browned, but are tight and clean. Corners are bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: History; Non-English Language::Czech; History::French History; France; 18th century; Czech Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001270. .

Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1883. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1883. 23 x 14 cm, in-8, 61 pp., broché, couverture jaune imprimée. Edition originale rare de cette plaquette anti-maçonnique anonyme due à Etienne Lamy. Couverture un peu défraîchie, malgré tout un fort bon exemplaire, non coupé..

Richard Bentley and Son. London. 1894. First edition. Octavo. xii, 411pp. Engraved frontis. with tissue guard, 37 further engraved illustrations, folding map. Half morocco, marbled boards, bound by Mudie. Slight shelf wear, rubbing. Spine in six compartments with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers and edges. Spotting to free endpapers.
A cultural hike in the footsteps of Edward Harrison Barker has recently been created from his writings which chronicle his travels off the beaten path through the heart of the Dordogne and the Perigord, "the old English Duchy of Aquitaine as it was defined by the Treaty of Bretagny".

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. 2 Vol. 3/4 Leather over marbled paper covered boards, and eppr. First English edition of Alexandrine des Echerolles' memoirs of the Revolution in France. Alexandrine des Echerolles (La Ferte Hauterive, south of Moulins-Allier) was 13 y.o. when the Revolution forced her father, aunt and brothers to take refuge in Lyon. Her father had been elected colonel of the National Guards at Moulins, but when he was threatened with imprisonment he fled to Lyon then Switzerland, and left his daughter in the care of his sister. The aunt was murdered by the revolutionary court for refusing to reveal where her brother was living, and Alexandrine found herself alone, and relied on family and relations to taker her in.

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. 2 Vol. 3/4 Leather over marbled paper covered boards, and eppr. First English edition of Alexandrine des Echerolles' memoirs of the Revolution in France. Alexandrine des Echerolles (La Ferte Hauterive, south of Moulins-Allier) was 13 y.o. when the Revolution forced her father, aunt and brothers to take refuge in Lyon. Her father had been elected colonel of the National Guards at Moulins, but when he was threatened with imprisonment he fled to Lyon then Switzerland, and left his daughter in the care of his sister. The aunt was murdered by the revolutionary court for refusing to reveal where her brother was living, and Alexandrine found herself alone, and relied on family and relations to taker her in.

Babar and Father Christmas (Babar et le Pare Noel). By Jean DeBrunhoff. Childrens Book. Random House 1st Edition, 1940 FIRST EDITION. In RARE original, unclipped dust jacket that shows price 1.00/1.00. Used. Very Good/Good. A nice clean copy. Please see our photos.

NY: Macmillan, 1972. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Macmillan, 1972, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11 1/4", 153pp., illustrated with color and black and white photographs by Robert Doisneau. Foreword by M. F. K. Fisher. Blue cloth with silver titles. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive in ver good dust jacket with a rear panel closed tear, minor fray. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Illus. by Doisneau, Robert. 4to.

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This comprehensive volume documents for the first time twenty-one châteaux and pavilions commissioned by Louis XIV, France's great builder-king. These royal buildings, and over forty architectural ornaments enriching their gardens, are illustrated in breathtaking watercolors by authors Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams. Depicted are several of the most influential structures in all of Western architecture, such as the palace of Versailles and the magnificent lost complex at Marly, which contemporaries deemed a veritable "Paradise on Earth." The authors give full attention to unrealized projects and depict completed structures not as they stand today, if indeed they stand at all, but as they were originally designed by the leading architects… Leer más

Paris: Copernic, 1980. Hard cover in original cloth, dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Published Paris: Copernic, 1980. 4to., 10 1/4" x 11", 245pp., full color and b/w illustrations by Louis Beaufort. Green cloth with gilt titles. Text in French. Mild waviness to page block, else fine in near fine dust jacket and slipcase. . Hard. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Louis Beaufort. 4to.