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Concepts of Cleanliness - Changing Attitudes in France Since the Middle Ages

Concepts of Cleanliness - Changing Attitudes in France Since the Middle Ages

by Vigarello, Georges; Birrell, Jean (Trans.)

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1988
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9780521342483
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. [7], viii-ix, [1], 239pp, [3]. Original buckram in DJ. Small area of rubbing to head of upper panel of DJ, otherwise fairly bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good+. 8vo.
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Fair Shares for All - Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice

Fair Shares for All - Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice

by Gross, Jean-Pierre

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1997
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. [8], ix-xv, [1], 255pp, [3]. Original buckram in DJ. Very light dust staining to top edge, otherwise bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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The Margins of Society in Late Medieval Paris

The Margins of Society in Late Medieval Paris

by Geremek, Bronislaw

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1987
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9780521301565
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. [4], v-xi, [1], 319pp, [1]. Original buckram in DJ. Very minor wear, generally bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good+. 8vo.
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The Culture of Clothing - Dress and Fashion in the Ancien Regime

The Culture of Clothing - Dress and Fashion in the Ancien Regime

by Roche, Daniel; Birrell, Jean (Trans.)

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1994
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9780521411196
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. [6], vii-xi, [3], 3-537pp, [1]. Original buckram in DJ. Light foxing to edges of text block, slightly cocked, otherwise quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Very Good. 8vo.
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The Crisis of Feudalism - Economy and Society in Eastern Normandy C.1300-1550

The Crisis of Feudalism - Economy and Society in Eastern Normandy C.1300-1550

by Bois, Guy

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1984
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9780521254830
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. [4], v-xiv, 456pp, [2]. Original buckram in DJ. Hint of dust staining to top edge of text block, otherwise quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good+. 8vo.
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The French Rogue, or Extraordinary and Surprising Adventures of That Notorious Thief, Spy, and Murderer, J. Baptiste Couteau ... With Anecdotes of the Notorious Tom Paine Esq. And His Associates the Revolutionary Societies
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The French Rogue, or Extraordinary and Surprising Adventures of That Notorious Thief, Spy, and Murderer, J. Baptiste Couteau ... With Anecdotes of the Notorious Tom Paine Esq. And His Associates the Revolutionary Societies

by [Paine and the French Revolution]

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1808
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London: J. Bailey, 1808. [3], 4-36pp, date from the BL. Disbound. Browned, damp stained and foxed throughout, print slightly indistinct to central portion of page 11, but without loss of sense. With coloured frontispiece of Marat and Couteau 'assassinating and robbing a gentleman'. The printer was J.[ohn] Bailey, at his 116 Chancery Lane address, see the BBTI. The full title… Read more about this item
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Defence of the French Revolution of February, 1848, in Reply to Lord Brougham and Others
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Defence of the French Revolution of February, 1848, in Reply to Lord Brougham and Others

by [French Revolution of 1848]

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1849
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London: Waterlow and Sons, 1849. [3], 2-54pp. Modern marbled boards, paper title label to spine. Externally very good, internally lightly browned throughout, but clean. Reprinted from the 'Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review' for April, 1849. No physical copies in Library Hub. First Separate. Hardback. Good+. 8vo. Pamphlet.
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Bury Festival, Friday, June 17, 1814

Bury Festival, Friday, June 17, 1814

by [Anti-Bonaparte Broadside]

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1814
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Bury [St. Edmunds]: J. Rackham, 1814. Single sided printed broadside, approximately 195mm x 300mm in size. Slightly trimmed, lightly browned, small amount of loss to left hand side, probably from once being removed from an album, lightly creased, a couple of small tears to margins, with a couple of pencilled corrections/additions to the text. Festival dinner held in Bury St.… Read more about this item
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La Science Du Maitre D'Hotel, Confiseur, a l'Usage Des Officiers, Avec Des Observations Sur La Connoissance & Les Proprietes Des Fruits. Enrichie De Desseins En Decorations & Parterres Pour Les Desserts
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La Science Du Maitre D'Hotel, Confiseur, a l'Usage Des Officiers, Avec Des Observations Sur La Connoissance & Les Proprietes Des Fruits. Enrichie De Desseins En Decorations & Parterres Pour Les Desserts

by [Menon; Louis Francois Henri de Menon]

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1750
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Paris: Paulus-du-Mesnie, 1750. [5], ii-ix, [11], 2-525pp, [25], plates. Contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, spine in six panels, title label to second panel, remaining panels gilt, curl pattern marbled endpapers, all edges red. Rebacked with original back strip laid on, some regilding to head and tail of spine, slightly rubbed, fore edge of lower board bumped. Internally very lightly browned… Read more about this item
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Societe Geologique de France - Membership Certificate

Societe Geologique de France - Membership Certificate

by [Geological Society of France]

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Published
1836
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Paris: Firmin Didot, 1836. Printed certificate, edges mounted on linen which is stretched and pinned over a light wood bearer, approximately 365mm x 260mm in size. Heavily browned, slightly chipped to edges, lightly foxed with ink spot towards the right hand edge, some writing in pencil to reverse. Early, the Society was formed in 1830, membership certificate, for a Mr.… Read more about this item
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Souvenirs Du Siege De Paris - Les Defenseurs De La Capitale [with others]
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Souvenirs Du Siege De Paris - Les Defenseurs De La Capitale [with others]

by Draner; [Renard, Jules]

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Paris: Bureau De L'eclipse Colour lithographs loosely laid in a contemporary half morocco album, lettered 'Souvenirs du Siege de Paris' in gilt to upper cover, heavily worn, with boards splitting from spine and weak. Comprising mainly of Draner's works making up his 'Au Bureau de l'Eclipse' portfolio, n.d. c.1872, namely 'Souvenirs du Siege de Paris - La Defenseurs de la… Read more about this item
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Rapport De La Repartition Des Secours Faite Par La Societe Anglaise Des Amis (Quakers) Aux Victimes Innocentes De La Guerre En France (1870-1871) Precede Esquisse De L'origine, De L'organisation, Des Principes et Des Progres De Cette Societe
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Rapport De La Repartition Des Secours Faite Par La Societe Anglaise Des Amis (Quakers) Aux Victimes Innocentes De La Guerre En France (1870-1871) Precede Esquisse De L'origine, De L'organisation, Des Principes et Des Progres De Cette Societe

by Long, James

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1872
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Paris: Adolphe Laine, 1872. [3], 4-68pp, original decorative cloth, title in gilt within ornate frame to upper cover, with corner pieces in blind. Rubbed to extremities, corners lightly bumped, small black mark to centre of upper cover, endpapers browned, label of 'The Friends Meeting House Clevdon' to front pastedown and previous owner's name (John Frank - one of the members… Read more about this item
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The Betrayal of Metz
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The Betrayal of Metz

by Robinson, G.T.

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Published
1874
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London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1874. x, 378pp, original decorative cloth. Rubbed, spine slightly dulled, cloth at head of spine slightly split and chipped, corners bumped. Folding map torn and quite heavily 'repaired' with sellotape to reverse, small amount of loss to fore edge margin of half-title, several pages opened a little roughly with small chips and a few small… Read more about this item
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The Fight at Dame Europa's School: Shewing How the German Boy Thrashed the French Boy; and How the English Boy Looked on

The Fight at Dame Europa's School: Shewing How the German Boy Thrashed the French Boy; and How the English Boy Looked on

by [Pullen, H.W.]

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Reprint
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London and Salisbury: Simpkin, Marshall and Co. and Brown and Co. [3], 4-28pp, [4], original paper covers, n.d. but 1871. Covers lightly foxed, rubbed, chipped to corners with small amount of loss, some light foxing internally, but generally fairly bright and clean. Allegorical account of the Franco-Prussian war which inspired several replies. The author H.[enry] W.[illiam] Pullen was a clergyman.… Read more about this item
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La Commune Societaire

La Commune Societaire

by Roueir, F.

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1870
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Bruxelles and Paris: Ve Parent et Fils and Librairie Des Sciences Sociales, 1870. [2], 36pp, original paper covers. Covers lightly soiled, chipped to corners and detached with back strip largely absent and pages largely loose, pages lightly browned with occasional light patches of foxing, but generally clean. Roueir's proposal for a community in response to the aim of 'relieving and… Read more about this item
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Douze Innocents En Prison
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Douze Innocents En Prison

by [Martinique]

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Paris: Roger Tirand Double sided printed broadsheet, approximately 210mm x 270mm in size, n.d. early 1960's? Creased from central folds, creased to fore edge, very light water damage towards fore edge, lightly browned, otherwise fairly clean. Broadsheet noting the jailing of twelve men from Martinique, for "damage to the integrity of the territory, conspiracy against the authority of the state… Read more about this item
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Manuel de Destruction Civique

Manuel de Destruction Civique

by [Anonymous]; Professeurs De C.E.T. Qui N'ayant Pas Le Courage De Leurs Opinions, Se Sont Refugies Dans L'anonymat

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Paris: M.M. [2], 1-69pp, [1], original paper covers. Small stain to upper cover, otherwise fairly bright and clean. The politics of education at French technical colleges, "l'ecole est le principal instrument de reproduction de l'ideologie bourgeoise ... le lycee puis l'universite produisent les cadres de cette societe capitaliste". Unknown. Paper Covers. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.
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Paris Mai/Juin 1968 - 94 Documents

Paris Mai/Juin 1968 - 94 Documents

by Dejay, d'Edouard, Johnsson, Philippe, Moltineri, Claude

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1968
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Paris: S.E.R.G., 1968. Title and 4pp of text with photographic plates numbered 1 to 70, loose leaves in a card chemise. Chemise slightly worn and very lightly soiled, internally some minor foxing but generally quite bright and clean, with all leaves called for. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 4to.
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Poemes, Chants, Dessins
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Poemes, Chants, Dessins

by Birga, Mm., Bouvier and Vermes

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Published
1970
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Paris: Jack Petit, 1970. [32]p, original card covers in original glassine. Very minor rubbing, otherwise bright and clean. First Edition. Card Covers. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Poster.
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A.N.S. To Mr. Merivale

A.N.S. To Mr. Merivale

by Blanc, Louis

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1866
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Brighton: No Publisher, 1866. Single sided autograph note signed with conjugate blank, approximately 130mm x 210mm in size. Lightly browned, lightly creased from old folds, short tear to central fold with minor chipping to corners. Note from Blanc, in French, to a Mr. Merivale, (probably Herman Merivale), sent from 20 Grand Parade, Brighton, dated 10 ?October 1866, thanking him for… Read more about this item
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