Fontainebleau: a Guide to the Visit

by Samoyault, Jean-Pierre

Description: Very Good. 1995 Editions Mahe S. A. Text in English. Small oblong softcover, 6.9 x 5.2 inches. 72 pages. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

Louis XI

by Champion, Pierre

Description: Good; No jacket. 1929 Dodd Mead & Company. First English Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering; gold and black cover decoration. Deckle fore edges. Top page edges are red. Black and white frontispiece and plates on yellow background. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Spine and top inch of front cover lightly ... Read More

Gout De Grenouille; a Plain Englishman's Observations in Rural France

by Clarke, Graham

Description: Good. 1981 Ebenezer Press. A Neezerbax Book. SIGNED by author on half-title page, with a personal inscription. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Black and white illustrations. 72 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Front cover has two creases. Corners lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Signed by Author. Read More

Arles

by Guitteny, Marc

Description: Very Good. 2000 Society Ajax, Monaco. English edition. Softcover, with stapled binding. 6.6 x 9.4 inches. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 32 pages. Translated into English by Lorenzo Prieto. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

The Food of France: a Journey for Food Lovers

by Villegas, Maria; Randell, Sarah

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 2008 Bay Books, an imprint of Murdoch Books. Oversize hardcover, 9.5 x 12 inches, has glossy pictorial paper-covered boards. 296 pages. Color photographs by Chris L. Jones. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Includes dust jacket. Read More

Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo

by Winwar, Frances

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1953 Random House. Fourth printing. World Landmark Books, W-7. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with black and blue spine and cover lettering and decorations. Map endpapers. Black, white, and red illustrations by David Stone. Top page edges are yellow. 183 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Color-illustrated dust jacket has light surface and edge ... Read More

Panorama De La Bataille De Waterloo (Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo)

by Doumolin, Louis

Description: Very Good. Editions Genva. No date in book. Small oblong softcover souvenir booklet with internal stapled binding, Pale yellow cardstock cover with red lettering and photo of exterior of Panorama building on back cover. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Twelve glossy color plates, each preceded by a page of descriptions in six languages (French, Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish). Title in six languages on cover. Very light surface wear; front cover has light diagonal crease. The first page is ... Read More

Idylls of France

by Jones, Proctor (Editor And Photographer)

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1982 Proctor Jones Publishing Company. SIGNED by editor-photographer on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription, dated 1982. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oblong hardcover, 11.25 x 8.75 inches, has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. 70 color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 128 pages. Foreword by Irving Stone. Binding tight. Binding tight. ... Read More

The Pont Du Gard

by Granier, Jacky

Description: Very Good. 2000 Editions Du Boumian, Monaco. English edition. Softcover, with stapled binding. 6.6 x 9.4 inches. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 32 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

Grand-Hotel Cafe De La Paix: Two Centuries of Parisian Life

by Boissel, Pascal

Description: Good; Very Good Jacket. 2004 Editions Italiques. Text in English. Oversize hardcover, 9.75 x 13 inches, has royal blue silk cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and a glossy color illustration on the front. Illustrated endpapers. Lavishly illustrated with color and black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Blue woven index ribbon. 262 pages. Translated by George P. Mutch. Printed in Italy. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Book is in excellent ... Read More

Writers in Paris: Literary Lives in the City of Light (Large Print)

by Burke, David

Description: Very Good. 2010 ReadHowYouWant. "Easy Read Large Print, set in 16 point Verdana." Unabridged. Original copyright 2008. Softcover, 7 x 10 inches. Black and white illustrations. 571 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Large Print. Read More

French Rainbows: Foundation Stones of the 20th Century in Architecture, Art, Belles Lettres

by Du Barry, Jacques

Description: Near Fine; Good Jacket. 1982 Great Western Publishing. Glendale, California. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has dark blue textured cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white frontispiece, color plates. 502 pages. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, ... Read More

Villages Perches De Provence Et De La Riviera

by Nucera, Louis

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1988 Arthaud. Oblong hardcover has color pictorial paper-covered boards. Text in French. Color photographs by Cuchi White. High-quality glossy paper. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 106 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

French Rainbows: Foundation Stones of the 20th Century in Architecture, Art, Belles Lettres

by Du Barry, Jacques

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1982 Great Western Publishing. Glendale, California. Signed by author on the author's personal bookplate, with a personal inscription; bookplate is lightly glued to front free endpaper. Signed only "Jacques" in an artistic style that matches the imprint on the bookplate. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has dark blue textured cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white ... Read More

Anthologie Des Ballades Francaises, 1897-1917

by Fort, Paul

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1917 Mercure de France. NOT ex-library. Text in French. Third edition. Hardcover, half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in leather with gilt ruled borders over marbled paper. Brown, blue, and green marbling is in Spanish Moire over Turkish pattern. Endpapers have light blue marbling. Spine has five raised bands, with gilt ribbon and dot pattern. Panels have gilt ruled borders; gilt lettering in two panels. Remaining panels have floral devices at center and ... Read More

The Chevaliers of France: From the Crusaders to the Marechals of Louis XIV

by Herbert, Henry William

Description: Good; No jacket. 1853 Redfield. First Edition. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with blind-stamped ruled borders and gilt spine lettering and decoration. Spine has title within illustration of a banner on a lance, with a plumed hat and a sword. Series title: 'Legends of Love and Chivalry'. Binding cracked at title page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Binding cracked near center. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with rubbing and fraying at tips; boards visible. Spine ... Read More

French Rainbows: Foundation Stones of the 20th Century in Architecture, Art, Belles Lettres

by Du Barry, Jacques

Description: Fine; Near Fine Jacket. 1982 Great Western Publishing. Glendale, California. Signed by author on the author's personal bookplate, with a personal inscription; bookplate is lightly glued to front free endpaper. Signed only "Jacques" in an artistic style that matches the imprint on the bookplate. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has dark blue textured cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white ... Read More

Paris

by Edwards, George Wharton

Description: Good+; No jacket. 1924 The Penn Publishing Company. Oversize hardcover, 8.2 x 10.8 inches, has black textured cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations with a red, blue and gold shield. Top page edges are gilt. 24 color and 23 monochrome plates, each with a labeled tissue guard; all are illustrated by the author. 436 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Corners rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine ... Read More

The Life and Times of Louis the Fourteenth, a New Edition in Four Volumes

by James, G. P. R.

Description: Good; No jackets. 1839 Richard Bentley, London. Four Volumes. NOT ex-library. Hardcovers, half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in brown leather with stamped borders over marbled paper. Red, orange, blue and white marbling is in antique straight pattern with large spots of orange color. Spine has five slightly raised bands with gilt geometric decorations. Title "Life & Times of Louis XIV" and author & volume number in gilt on black panels. Remaining panels have elaborate gilt ... Read More

Recollections of Mirabeau and of the Two First Legislative Assemblies of France

by Dumont, Etienne

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1832 Edward Bull, London, Holles Street. Second edition, carefully revised. NOT ex-library. Hardcover, half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in red leather over red, white, and blue marbled paper in a straight combed pattern. Matching marbled endpapers. All page edges marbled in same pattern. Five gilt embellished raised bands on spine, with gilt lettering in one panel. Facsimiles of letters, including one fold-out, bound in at rear. Hinges NOT cracked. ... Read More

Chronicles of the Bastile, First Series: the Bertaudiere: an Historical Romance

by Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1845 T. C. Newby, 72, Mortimer St., Cavendish Square, London. First Edition. Later binding by Riviere and Son in full brown leather with gilt ruled borders. Five raised bands on spine with elaborate gilt devices in five of the six panels and gilt title in one panel. Tail of spine has "LOND. 1845". Gilt inner dentelle borders; binding signed "Bound by Riviere & Son" at bottom inside edge of front cover. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Black and white ... Read More

The History of France From the Earliest Times to the Year 1789 (Five Volumes)

by Guizot, M.

Description: Good; No jackets. 1872-1876. Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, London. Five Volumes, complete. Volume 1 published in 1872; following volumes in consecutive years through 1876. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Half bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in tan leather over hand-marbled boards with gilt spine lettering and decorations. Marbling is in red, blue, and white, in a French curl on comb pattern. All page edges marbled. Spine title: "History ... Read More