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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pressfoto
Date published: 1967
Description: Good; No jacket. 1967 Pressfoto. Small hardcover (5.25" x 4.5") has color pictorial paper-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Pictorial endpapers. Text in English, French, and German. Color photographs by Erich Einhorn. Illustrated endpapers. NOT ex-library. Binding getting loose in a few places, with webbing peeking at signature divisions. Spine ends bumped and worn. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. White woven index ribbon attached at head of ... Read More
Language: French
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: L'ecole des Loisirs
Date published: 1980
ISBN-13:9782211065801ISBN:2211065805
Description: Near Fine. 1980 L'ecole des Loisirs. Depot legal 1986. Text in French. Softcover. Color illustrations. Unpaginated [28 pages]. Translation of "Frederick". Translated by A. Chagot and J.H. Potier. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the tips. Pages clean and unmarked. Series: Lutin poche de l'ecole des loisirs. Read More
Language: French
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: L'ecole des Loisirs
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9782211080309ISBN:2211080308
Description: Very Good. 1990 L'ecole des Loisirs, Paris, France. Text in French. Adapted by Alain Broutin. Softcover, 6 x 7.5 inches. Color illustrations. Unpaginated (32 pages). NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. English title: Shy Charles. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Date published: 1962
Description: Good+; No jacket. 1962 Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Later printing of 1939 edition. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with brown spine and cover lettering. Text in French. Preface in English; vocabulary in French and English. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. One page slightly wrinkled. Covers have a few small spots. Spine is sunned. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages ... Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Albin Michel
Date published: 1972
Description: Good. 1972 printing of 1965 edition. Albin Michel. Text in French. Paperback. Spine has a single crease. Binding cracked at crease point, but pages still firm and book is functional. NOT ex-library. Pages edges are red, and there is some moisture staining to page edges at bottom corners, resulting in fading of this red color. Moisture stain does not affect any part of pages other than color on edges. Pages clean and unmarked. Inside of back cover has a few small stains along edges near bottom. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chene / UNICEF
Date published: 1994
ISBN-13:9782851088246ISBN:2851088246
Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1994 Chene-UNICEF. Text in French. Oblong hardcover has blue paper-covered boards with white spine and cover lettering. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners rubbed. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. 79 pages. Prefaces by Barbara Hendricks and Bernard Kouchner. Introduction by James P. Grant. Glossy color-illustrated dust ... Read More
Language: French
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Casterman
Date published: 1974
ISBN-13:9782203223035ISBN:2203223030
Description: Very Good. 1974 Casterman. Softcover with folded-in flaps. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Text in French. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Head of spine bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. 249 pages. Television series was co-produced by TELFRANCE and ORTF. Printed in Belgium. Series: Collection la Palme d'Or. Read More
Language: French
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: L'ecole des loisirs
Date published: 1987
ISBN-13:9782211017008ISBN:2211017002
Description: Near Fine. 1987 L'ecole des loisirs. Text in French. Softcover. Color illustrations. Unpaginated {36 pages]. Translation of "A House for Fourteen Mice". Adapted from the Japanese by J.H. Potier and Keiko Watanabe. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: International Textbook Company
Date published: 1905
Description: Good; No jacket. 1905 International Textbook Company. NOT ex-library. Hardcover is half-bound in brown leather over brown pebbled cloth. Decorative endpapers. Red speckled page edges. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Leather is worn at the edges with a few small punctures at the outer front hinge. Covers have light surface wear. Covers have a few small specks. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Title page has a number stamped in green ink (twice) ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Librairie Grund
Date published: 1943
Description: Fair. 1943, Librairie Grund, Paris. Text in French. Softcover with stapled binding, somewhat oversized, 8 x 10 inches. Color and black & white illustrations by Pierre Noel. Series: Provinces de France, no. 4. Cardboard covers have color-illustrated paper-covered exterior. NOT ex-library. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Corners are bumped and chipped, with some loss to paper covering. Top and bottom edges of covers have some small creases. Covers have darkened areas along spine and ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fayard
Date published: 1967
Description: Good. 1967 Fayard. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Illustrated covers are purple with white illustrations and yellow lettering. Black & white illustrations. Cartoons. Text in French. Binding tight. Spine creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Back cover has a few small stains. Mild moisture damage to front free endpaper only. Pages clean and unmarked. 158 pages. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Denoel
Date published: 1968
Description: Good; No jacket. 1968 Denoel. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has glossy illustrated paper-covered boards. Black and white illustrations: cartoons. Text in French. Front hinge a little pulled, but NOT at all cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Binding has a moderate lean. Covers have edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages clean and unmarked. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Denoel
Date published: 1968
Description: Fair; Fair jacket. 1968 Denoel. Cartoons with text in French. Oversize hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with blue cover lettering. Color illustrated endpapers. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Spine and edges of covers faded approximately one to two inches in from edges. NO highlighting or other markings. A few pages are dog-eared. A few pages have light handling smudges. One page has a small stain near the bottom. 124 pages. May of ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Editions Nathan
Date published: 1991
ISBN-13:9782092769799ISBN:2092769790
Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1991 Editions Nathan, Paris, France. Text in French. Oversize hardcover, 10 x 13 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations by Frank Merlier. Index with short descriptions of animals at rear. Unpaginated (30 pages). Printed in Spain. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust ... Read More
Language: French
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: l'ecole des loisirs
Date published: 1986
ISBN-13:9782211010634ISBN:2211010636
Description: Very Good+. 1986 l'ecole des loisirs. Text in French. Softcover. Color illustrations. 64 pages. Translation of "Frog and Toad are Friends". Translated by Adolphe Chagot. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Covers mildly curled. Pages clean and unmarked. Series: Lutin poche de l'ecole des loisirs. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date published: 1963
Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1963 Pantheon. Text in French. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has color pictorial paper-covered boards with cream cloth-covered spine and black and light blue spine lettering. Color illustrations. French adaptation by Catherine David. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine cloth very lightly soiled. Pages clean and unmarked. Unpaginated. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, foxing at fore edge, and small ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ra-Verlag
Date published: Ca. 1975
Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. Ra-Verlag. Second edition. No date in book. Circa 1975. Text in German, French, English, and Italian. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 9 x 9 inches, has white vinyl-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped. Very small stray ink mark on top page edges. Bookplate with name in ink on front endpaper. Large gift inscription ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza
Date published: 1922
Description: Good; No jacket. 1922. L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, Paris. Ex Oriente Lux series. Text in French. Translated by Franz Toussaint. NOT ex-library. Rebound copy includes original paper covers; half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in red leather with gilt ruled borders over red cloth. Spine has two raised bands with gilt dashes. Top panel has gilt title; long center panel has gilt rule borders and dot pattern. Floral device in bottom panel. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Original ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Parigramme
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9782840963448ISBN:2840963442
Description: Good; No jacket. 2003 Parigramme, Paris, France. French Edition. Text in French. Oversize hardcover, 8.8 x 9.5 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth-covered spine and white spine lettering. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Cloth spine has a few light smudges. Front free endpaper has a small crease at the top corner. Pages ... Read More
Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1993 Editions Universitaires Fribourg Suisse. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red glossy paper-covered boards with white spine and cover lettering. Text in French and German. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book would be like new if not for a small puncture through the dust jacket and into the outer paper cover just at the center of the front spine edge. Pages clean and unmarked. 349 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear and the ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Le Musee de Poche
Date published: 1955
Description: Good. 1955 Georges Fall, Paris. Series: Le Musee de Poche. Small softcover with plain beige cardstock covers and affixed color-illustrated jacket. NOT ex-library. Twelve tipped in glossy color plates. Text in French. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Outer paper cover has a half-inch tear on the top of the front and some small edge tears and nicks at other edges. Pages clean and unmarked. 43 pages. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza
Date published: 1922
Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1922. L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, Paris. Ex Oriente Lux series. Text in French. Translated by Franz Toussaint. NOT ex-library. Rebound copy includes original paper covers; half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in green leather with gilt ruled borders over green cloth. Spine has two raised bands with gilt dashes. Top panel has gilt title; long center panel has gilt rule borders and dot pattern. Floral device in bottom panel. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Editions Robert Laffont
Date published: 1983
ISBN-13:9782221010761ISBN:2221010760
Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1983 Editions Robert Laffont. Copyright 1982. Hardcover has white textured paper-covered boards with purple spine and cover lettering. Text in French. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Corners lightly rubbed. Page edges lightly soiled. Pages clean and unmarked. 374 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, small to 1 inch tears, and creases. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alphabet Press-Neugebauer Press
Date published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780940032002ISBN:0940032007
Description: Near Fine; Near Fine DJ; Very Good slipcase. Alphabet Press, 1981. Hardcover book with dust jacket and pamphlet-style accompanying translation with sewn binding, all in slipcase. Tall oversize (8.5" x 13.5") hardcover book has green cloth-covered boards and white paper spine label with black lettering. Scratch in surface only of cloth on back cover and on bottom of front at spine. Facsimile of illustrated manuscript, faithfully reproducing color variations unique to the vellum original. ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Editions de Clermont
Date published: 1947
Description: Good+. 1947 Editions de Clermont, Paris. Softcover. NOT ex-library. Cardstock covers with attached blue and white illustetead jacket with folded-in flaps. Text in French. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations, and a few brown line drawings; black & white photograph of artist. Binding a little pulled a the back hinge but otherwise strong and undamaged. Covers have moderate edge wear and light surface rubbing. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. ... Read More
