Antibes: Imprimerie Emile Roux, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on a prefatory blank leaf. A study of cultural diffusion among the nations of..... More
New York: James Pott & Company, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Tells the history of the French prison during four centuries, describing the experiences of many of its most famous inmates. Octavo, two volumes: 478 pp..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Annie Emma Challice, née Armstrong (1821-75), was the wife of physician and liberal politician John Challice (1815-63). According to the Dictionary of National Biography, she was..... More
Londres: Au dépens de l'editeur, 1767. Hardcover. The letters LIV, LV & LVII, suppressed in some editions, are included here but numbered LV-LVI, LVIII. 12mo: 249, [3] pp. Period full calf binding, with a red..... More
London: T. Tegg, etc. 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in book form. By 1815, Napoleon was a figure of mockery in England. This vicious satire of Bonaparte (1769-1821) makes its intentions clear with the..... More
London: Arthur Doubleday & Co., 1908. Hardcover. First edition, with the errata is tipped in on the Contents leaf. Small octavo: 158 p. with illustrations by Charles Flower and Louise Glazier. Finely bound by the..... More
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Paris: Charavay frères, 1881 and 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Pairing of two of the five volumes in this series of New Year's gift books for ladies. The 1882 annual is probably the subscription issue; the..... More
Paris: Delloye, Desmé et Cie., et a la Librairie Delloye, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Printed by E. Duverger: Paris. Octavo: [viii], 216 pp. with a frontispiece, extra title page vignette, and 24 full-page plates, all..... More
Paris: Lemoine, Libraire, 1830. Wraps. Second edition, originally published in 1792. This is the wrappers issue, for use as is or for rebinding. The French politician Louis-Charles de Lavicomterie (1746-1809) made a name for himself..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Translated by Alan Sheridan. Textual figures. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. The small signature of..... More
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1876. Hardcover. Madame de Sévigné (1626-96) was a French aristocrat whose correspondence is of both historical and literary significance. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Edited by Harold A. Small. Preface by Francis Peloubet Farquhar. Frontispiece silhouette, with one plate and a color family crest. San Francisco: [The Grabhorn Press], 1953..... More
Chicago: Chicago: Investment Bankers Association of America, 1922. First Edition. This specially printed report was produced for the 36 members of the Investment Bankers Association who took part in a two-week tour of France, which..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855-1856. Hardcover. A primary source for 15th century European history. Philippe de Commynes (c.1447-1511) was a diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France, and chronicler whose memoirs established him as..... More
Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et fils, 1904. Hardcover. Vingt-troisième édition. Quarto: 400 pp. with a frontispiece, 10 full-page plates, and 34 textual illustrations, all fine wood engravings by after illustrations by Andriolli, Émile Bayard, Joseph..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. A celebrated 18th-century soldier, diplomat, and spy, the Chevalier d'Eon (1728-1810) lived openly as a man and as a woman in France and England at different..... More
London: William Collins, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Adam Zamoyski on the title page, with the publisher's "signed by the author" label on the front panel of the dust jacket. "Based on primary sources..... More