Pasadena: Pasadena Art Museum and the New York Graphic Society, [1968]. First Edition. Slim square quarto; publisher's red boards in white pictorial dust jacket; 143pp.; color illus. throughout. Jacket quite worn and a bit soiled along extremities, long closed tear at top edge of upper panel not touching illustration, coin-sized... More
Paris: Éditions Stock, [1948]. First Thus. Limited to 2200 copies of which this is no. 261. Octavo; publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers; xxxiii,[1],181pp.; frontispiece and head- and tail-pieces throughout. Very Near Fine condition. Forms part of the series "Cent Romans Français." French social novel set in a small working class..... More
[Paris]: NRF / Galerie de la Pléiade, [1952]. First Thus. "Limited" to 11,000 copies of which this is no. 1537. Large, thick octavo; publisher's decorative white leatherette embossed in maroon, green, and gilt; 775pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Boards a bit bowed (as usual), spine slightly toned, else Very Good or... More
New York: Random House, [1953]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth, photographic plate mounted to upper cover, in cream and teal decorative dust jacket, green topstain; [10],173pp.; double-paged photographic title page and one additional photographic still. Some wear to jacket extremities including a few chips and short closed tears, tiny... More
[Paris]: Hachette, [1961]. First Edition. Edition "limited" to 10,000 copies of which this is no. 2734. Octavo; publisher's white gilt-lettered cloth, color plate mounted to upper cover, clear acetate dust jacket; 570pp.; plates throughout, color pictorial endpapers. Cloth a bit spotted, large loss to acetate dust jacket, else Very Good... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, [1949]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket by A. Birnbaum; [10],304pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and worn with some brief splitting at flap ends and small loss at spine foot, jacket spine sunned, minor wear to cloth spine ends, else... More
[Paris]: Hachette, [1962]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 457pp. Some wear to jacket extremities, chiefly at spine ends, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good overall. Prospectus postcard laid in. French film-maker Jean Renoir's memoirs of his father, the painter Auguste Renoir. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, [1990]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; xvii,[3],236pp.; illus. throughout, including photographs. Light shelf wear, boards a hint bowed, else Very Good and sound. More
![Jérôme Paturot: A la Recherche d'une Position Sociale [Limited Edition]. Louis REYBAUD, préf Gabriel Brunet.](/pictures/thumb/1051.JPG?v=1546810032)
Paris: Éditions Stock, [1949]. First Thus. Limited to 3000 copies of which this is no. 261. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; xxii,478pp.; frontispiece etching by Van Rompaey, headpieces by Livia Dubreuil. Corners very slightly bumped, else Fine. Forms part of the series "Cent Romans Français." Satirical novel first published..... More
[Paris]: Éditions Bloud et Gay, [1961]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's white cloth lettered in red; 255pp.; illus. throughout, including photographs. Brief soil spots to upper cover, else Fine. Pictorial biography of Louis IX (1214-1270). More
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New York: D.P. Dutton / Henry Robbins Book, [1981]. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's tan printed card wrappers; [12],423pp. A hint of dust-soil to upper cover, light shelf wear, else Near Fine. More
Paris: Imprimerie de Victor Goupy, 1878. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.): publisher's grey wrappers printed within decorative rule; 24pp. Some wear from handling, including shallow creases to front wrapper corners and a couple early leaves, small soil spot to rear cover, else About Very Good. The last of a series of... More
Paris: Guy le Prat, [1947]. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's patterned paper-covered boards printed in brown; 180pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Brief split at top spine edge of upper cover, contemporary ownership inscription, else Near Fine. Text entirely in French. More
Paris: Guy le Prat, n.d., ca. 1947. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm.); publisher's limp tan boards printed in brown; [2],110pp.; photographic illus. throughout. A bit of toning to boards and textblock, bump to top edge of rear cover, small chip to top fore-edge corner of upper cover, else Very Good... More
[Paris]: Hachette, [1959]. First Edition. Quarto (23cm.); publisher's white leatherette over photo-illustrated paper-covered boards; [2],95pp.; photographic illus. throughout, many in color. Boards rather soiled, brief cracking of leatherette at spine foot, minor finger soil to textblock, else a Very Good copy. Study of the history of automatons, text entirely in French. More
Paris: Librairie Plon, [1930]. 1949 Printing. Small octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, pictorial card wrappers bound in; [8],253pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, seven leaves of plates, folding map bound in rear. Light shelf wear, bottom half of half title torn away, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, [1938]. 1945 Reprint. 12mo (18.5cm); full navy blue morocco, gilt-lettered spine, original card wrappers bound in, top edge gilt; [6],277pp. Joints starting to crack, textblock heavily toned due to inferior paper stock, else Very Good. Forms part of the series "Présences." More
Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, [1956]. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white decorative card wrappers printed in green and white; 362pp. Light dust-soil else a Fine copy. Forms part of the series "Les Temps et les Destins." More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1928. First Thus. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's cloth, printed paper spine label, decorative dust jacket; xxxiv,395pp.; portrait frontispiece. Upper jacket panel unevenly faded, some general shelf wear, tape repair to verso most apparent at spine crown, contemporary bookseller ticket to rear pastedown else Near Fine in... More
Paris: La Jeune Parque, 1945. First Trade Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's blue and white wrappers; 365pp. Some light shelf wear, spine and rear wrapper rather toned, tiny chip at spine crown, else a Very Good, internally sound copy. Early account of French espionage and resistance literature during the Nazi occupation. More
Paris: Hachette, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's green decorative leatherette stamped in red and gilt, gilt-lettered acetate jacket; 302pp.; 8 mounted color plates, text illustrations throughout. Minor shelf wear along spine edges, jacket a bit dusty with a few tiny losses at extremities, else a Very Good, internally fine... More
Paris: Paul Bernardin, n.d., ca. 1875. 12mo (15cm.); publisher's red decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt, all edges gilt; [4],380pp.; frontispiece and 100 text illustrations. Light shelf wear, spine gilt a bit dulled, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good copy of a sweet edition. More
Paris: Éditions du Seuil, [1957]. Small octavo (17.5cm.); later brown cloth, spine stamped in red and gilt, original card wrappers bound in; 190pp.; illus. throughout. Spine gilt a bit dulled, else a Fine copy in sturdy binding. Forms part of the series "Ecrivains de Toujours." More
Paris: Bernard Grasset Éditeur, [1953]. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's white wrappers printed in brown and black; 234pp. Light shelf wear, a few small soil spots to upper cover, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good or better copy. More
Paris: Flammarion, [1938]. Treizième Mille. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers in brown dust jacket; [2],235pp. Jacket a bit worn with closed splitting at top spine edges, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock, else Near Fine in a Very Good copy of the scarce jacket advertising "Météore"..... More
