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La Recherche de L'Inconnue
by Alexandre de Lavergne
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1857
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$300.00
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Quarter brown calf over marbled boards. Faded gilt lettering to spine. Some wear to corners (see image). Small previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Remnants of a paper label to spine. Minor foxing throughout, but otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce.
4 x 6 in (10 x 15 cm) Item Price
$300.00
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Les Feuilles Libres No. 27 Juin-Juillet 1922
by J. Giraudoux, Drieu la Rochelle, P. Reverdy, Blaise Cendrars, R. Radiguet, Marcel Raval, Erik Satie, Georges Auric, Andre Lhote, Roger de la Fresnaye, W. Mayr, Max Jacob, Benjamin Peret, J. Porel, Francis Poulenc, Paul Fierens, R. M. Hermant
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1922
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$100.00
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Issue #27. June-July 1922. String tied paper wraps. Front and back covers detached with some minor wear to the rear wrap. Some pages uncut. French text. No previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce.
7.5 x 8.75 in Item Price
$100.00
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La Flotte de Bonaparte sur les côtes d'Egypte.
by Georges Douin
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- 1922
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$480.00
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Mémoires de la Société Royale de Géographie d'Egypte. Cream linen-covered boards; morocco labels to spine. vii, 149, [1], viii plates. Eight folding maps, six of which are colored. Small loss to cartouche of plate four & Tables des Matieres (nether affecting text). Foxing & thumbing to covers; losses to fore-edge (see images). 10 x 13.9 inches Item Price
$480.00
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Monuments Funeraires Choisis dans les Cimetieres de Paris et des Principales Villes de France.
by L. Normand Aine
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1847
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$400.00
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Two volumes bound as one with each part containing 72 plates. Quarter black morocco over marbled boards. French text. Marbled endpapers and five raised bands with gilt particulars. Scratch to the paper of the front cover (see image). Stamp to title pages (see images). A clean tight copy without previous owners' names or other markings. Please expect the possibility of… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
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Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre
by Octave Mirbeau
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1900
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$600.00
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Limited to 200 copies, in which this is number 144. Quarter vellum with stenciled gold and silver over black paper covered boards. Rectangular pastedown to rear of front endpaper. Matching stenciled endpapers. Top edge gilt. No previous owners' names or other defacements.
7 x 10.2 in Item Price
$600.00
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Atlas geographique, statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques
by Jean Alexandre Buchon
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1825
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$6,600.00
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Patterned cloth covered boards with gilt particulars to spine. 51 double-page hand-colored maps, 8 letterpress tables, including the American and Columbian Constitutions, and 2 plates, all mounted on guards. Text in French. Two old French stamps on title; no additional markings. This is the French edition of Carey and Lea's Complete historical, chronological, and geographical American Atlas. A remarkably… Read more about this item Item Price
$6,600.00
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Jean-Pierre Ruel, Peintures
by Stephan Levy-Kuentz, Jean-Pierre Ruel, Aline Cannet (Translator)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- March 2007
- ISBN
- 9782950911391
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$85.00
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Pictorial matte paper wraps with text. Illustrated with full color reproductions of paintings throughout. Text in both French and English. Majority of pages' top corners are dog-eared. Light wear to wraps with paper coating beginning to lift at front top corner; no previous owners' names, although "2507" and url written in blue ink to title page (see images). 8 1/2… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
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Moments (SIGNED with illustration by author)
by Michel Garneau
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$300.00
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Yellow textured paper wraps with text and design. Full page illustration in ink with inscription by author to first free page. Inscribed to Leonard and Suzanne and Adam Elrod "(and Eve?)." Bookplate of Suzanne Elrod to verso of front wrap. French text throughout. Aside from previously mentioned, no previous owners' names or other markings. Light sunning to spine (see image).… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
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Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue (SIGNED by author)
by John D. Garrigus
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- June 2006
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$100.00
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Signed by author with inscription to first free page: "For Ginny, Thanks for your love and support! Love, John." Dark blue semi-glossy paper boards with white text to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to dust jacket (see image). 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. Item Price
$100.00
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Mitsou or How Girls Grow Wise
by Colette
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1930
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$75.00
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English edition. Protected unclipped pictorial paper dust jacket depicting a bustling French street. Magenta cloth over boards with debossed satyr on front, gilt decorations and particulars to spine. Magenta endpapers. Translated from the original French by Jane Terry. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Dust jacket shows wear, yellowing, and some tears near spine, but… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
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Carte generale du Perou du Haut-Perou, du Chili et de la lata
by A. Brue (Adrien Hubert Brué), du Roi (Geographer)
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1826
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$220.00
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Map sectioned and mounted to semi-rigid linen covered boards allowing map to fold into 2 columns and 4 rows (2 mm space between sections of map to account for fold lines). Label to front board (when folded). Hand-colored outlining. Author's seal blind-stamped beside title information. Light wear and toning to map and boards (see image). Unfolded: Map: 16 1/4 x… Read more about this item Item Price
$220.00
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Carte generale de Colombie, de la Guyane Francaise, Hollandaise, et Anglaise
by A. Brue (Adrien Hubert Brué)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1826
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$220.00
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Map sectioned and mounted to semi-rigid linen covered boards allowing map to fold into 4 columns and 2 rows (2 mm space between sections of map to account for fold lines). Label to front board (when folded). Original hand-colored outlining. Author's seal blind-stamped below title information. Light wear to map and boards, with small amount of spotting/toning to exterior boards… Read more about this item Item Price
$220.00
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Carte Generale de la Russie d'Asie et des regions polaires boreales
by A. Brue (Adrien Hubert Brué), S.A.R. Monsieur (Geographer)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- August 1821
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$400.00
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Map sectioned and mounted to semi-rigid cloth boards so map can fold into 2 columns and 4 rows (2 mm space between sections of map to account for fold lines). Label to front board (when folded). Hand-colored outlining. Author's seal blind-stamped above title information. Light wear and soiling to map and boards, with some spotting to exterior boards (see image).… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
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Carte Generale des etats-unis Mexicains et des provinces-unies de l'Amerique Centrale
by A. Brue (Adrien Hubert Brué)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1825
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$300.00
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Map sectioned and mounted to semi-rigid linen-backed boards so map can fold into 2 columns and 4 rows (2 mm space between sections of map to account for fold lines). Label to front board (when folded). Hand-colored outlining. Author's seal blind-stamped to map above title information. Light wear and soiling to map and boards, with some spotting and toning to… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
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Republique d'Haiti ou l'Isle de St. Domingue avec les Routes
by P. L. Griwtonn
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1825
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$350.00
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Map sectioned and mounted to semi-rigid linen backed boards so map can fold into 5 columns and 2 main rows (2 mm space between sections of map to account for fold lines) with a small 2-inches tall third row. Label to front board (when folded). Light wear and soiling to map and boards, with some spotting to exterior boards (see… Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00
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Carte du Bresil et d'une partie des pays adjacents (Bresil)
by A. Brue (Adrien Hubert Brué), Roi (Geographer)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1826
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$250.00
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Map sectioned and mounted to semi-rigid linen boards so map can fold into 2 main columns and 4 rows (2 mm space between sections of map to account for fold lines) with small addition as published to include the westernmost portion of Brazil. Label to front board (when folded). Hand-colored outlining. Author's seal blind-stamped to map above title information. Wear… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
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Carte physique et politique de l'Amérique septentrionale (Carte physique et politique de l'Amerique septentrionale)
by A. Brue (Adrien Hubert Brué), S.A.R. Monsieur (Geographer)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1826
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$1,100.00
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Map sectioned and mounted to semi-rigid cloth boards so map can fold up into 7 columns and 3 rows (2 mm space between sections of map to account for fold lines). Label to front board (when folded). Hand-colored in outline. Light wear and soiling to map, and some spotting to exterior boards when folded (see image). Unfolded: Map: 24 1/4… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,100.00
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New York, Viewed by the Photo-Reporter (Dans l'ceil du reporter photographe)
by Fedora Parkmann
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- Published
- c. 2014
- ISBN
- 9782919469291
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$120.00
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Pictorial boards with text and design encased in original publisher's protective shrink wrap. Very scarce publication. As described on the back: "...over 100 sparklingly, human, previously unpublished photos--from the Keystone Collection--is to witness 'in person,' from 1900 to 1960, the flowering of this mythical metropolis." Most likely published with both English and French text as is indicative of the synopsis… Read more about this item Item Price
$120.00
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Caractère. [N° 13] Noël 1959. [Numero Hors-Serie] (Caractere. [No. 13] Noel 1959. [Numero Hors-Serie])
by Emmanuel Ollive, Maximilien Vox et al.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- December 1959
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$50.00
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Brown textured paper boards; pictorial dust jacket by Mentor with design to back; colorful textured endpapers. Copiously illustrated in both full color and black and white by several different artists with very high quality printing throughout. Interior contents separated from spine, although signatures still intact with supple binding, and first free page detached. Bumping to head and tail of board… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
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Caractère. [N° 13] Noël 1962. [Numero Hors-Serie] (Caractere. [No. 13] Noel 1962. [Numero Hors-Serie])
by Emmanuel Ollive et al.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1962
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$40.00
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Pictorial board with map to front board and color design to back. Copiously illustrated in both full color and black and white by several different artists with very high quality printing throughout. Interior contents separated from spine, although signatures still intact with supple binding. Wear to boards and closed tears at spine (see image). No previous owners' names or other… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00