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3 brochures in-8, texte et dessin des couvertures manuscrits ou rehaussés à l'aquarelle, photo de la Villa Beaupré contrecollé au premier plat de la première brochure, avec programme de fête du 3 novembre 1914 (tapuscrit) et programme de fête du 10 octobre 1915, 2 ff. par brochure pour les deux premières brochures et 2 ff. imprimés et 25 pp. tapuscrites (brochure de Nay). Rappel du titre complet : Souvenir de Ulster Volunteer Hospital Villa Beaupré Pau 3 Novembre 1914 & 3 Novbre 1915 [ Contient : ] Hôpital Beaupré 3 novembre 1914 (50 lits) 3 novembre 1915 (80 lits) Programme [ et liste du personnel ] [ On joint : ] Villa Beaupré Pau le 10 octobre 1915 Allo les Boches. Revue du Front 3 actes [ On joint : ] Hôpital militaire n°123 bis Nay. Matinée concert du 15 juillet 1915. Programme. Nay Hôpital. Revue militaire offerte aux blessés. Rares brochures d'époque, aux titres dessinés et manuscrits, proposant notamment pour la première la liste intégrale du personnel de cet hôpital militaire établi à la Villa Beaupré à Pau (le bâtiment n'existe plus aujourd'hui) : Doctor Newman Darling, Doctor Warren Woodroffe, Doctor Ina Clarke, Miss Ballantine, Nurse Auchinleck, Sister Kilpatrick, Nurse Whelan, etc... Etat très satisfaisant (première et troisième brochures en bon état, seconde brochure fort. abîmée avec manque au second plat). Bon ensemble d'intérêt local : l'hôpital militaire de Nay faisait alors partie des hôpitaux annexes suburbains de Pau. Prix du lot, non séparable. Français
Contenant, outre la description des lieux, l'histoire de ces diverses contrées et de leurs antiquités ; un Précis sur la population, l'agriculture, l'industrie, le commerce ; un aperçu sur les moeurs, les coutumes, les sciences, les beaux-arts, la littérature et le langage, Orné d'une Carte géographique et de quinze vues lithographiées, 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-veau brun, toutes tranches marbrées, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1825, 403 pp. avec 6 planches hors texte Tome second seul. Etat satisfaisant (dos lég. frotté, mouill. marginale, planches très fort. brunies). Prix en l'état Français
1 vol. in-8 br., Chez F.-G. Levrault, Paris, 1823, 4 ff., XVI-632 pp. avec une planche hors texte (Coupe transversale de la chaîne des Pyrénées). Rare exemplaire, incomplet de la carte dépliante et des 2 derniers feuillets (page 633 et feuillet d'errata) de cet ouvrage dont Jacques Labarère n'a recensé que 43 exemplaires, dont seulement 13 en mains privées, "la plupart des exemplaires étaient incomplets de la grande carte dépliante". Prix en l'état pour cet exemplaire bien modeste, débroché et incomplet de la carte dépliante et des 2 derniers feuillets, avec soulignements au crayon en début d'ouvrage. Labarère, I, 381 ; voir aussi : J. Labarère, Les Vingt Livres Pyrénéistes les plus rares Français
Extrait de la Revue de Comminges, années 1893 et 1894, tiré à cinquante exemplaires numérotés à la presse (n°3), 1 vol. in-8 br., Imprimerie et Librairie Abadie, Saint-Gaudens, 1894, 144 pp. Rare exemplaire de l'édition originale, tirée à seulement 50 exemplaires numérotés. Prix en l'état pour cet exemplaire en état moyen (dos fendu sur la longueur et petit frott. en dos, bon état par ailleurs) mais méritant d'être établi dans une reliure de qualité. Labarère, 870 : "Rare. [ ... ] Une autre édition, très augmentée, a paru en 1895". Français
Publié d'après les ordres de M. le Ministre de l'Agriculture et du Commerce, 1 vol. in-8 cartonnage postérieur vert, couvertures conservées, Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1843, 374 pp. avec carte dépliante (probablement en très bon fac-similé) De la belle bibliothèque pyrénéiste de Christian Galau (avec son ex-libris), lequel a annoté une notice de libraire jointe : "Excellent ouvrage". La grande carte dépliante, présente, est vraisemblablement un très bon fac-simile. Bel exemplaire par ailleurs. Français
Avec illustrations de MM. de Calmels, Dosso, Sadoux, etc. et deux cartes, 1 vol. in-12 reliure demi-basane verte, Librairie J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris, 1894, VIII-371 pp. Etat satisfaisant (dos fort. frotté avec épidermures, bon état par ailleurs) pour ce rare exemplaire de l'édition originale, dont de nombreuses illustrations ont été dessinés par Franz Schrader Français
Pages 90-178 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The pitfalls of a man who purchased three submarine-chasing 'M.L.'s' and set out to bring them from Rosyth to the Thames - with only one boat reaching her destination - with illustrations and a photo of the boat which survived; Some Adventures with Jaguars; Photo and brief write-up of a nine-foot boa constrictor housepet in Ecuador which showed remarkable affection for its master; Unkown Peru - an Englishman who has lived in Peru for many years describes his experience in unknown regions - illustrated with his photos (part 1); Mangahau the 'Magician' - a Maori tale of a prodigal son and Tapu ; In Search of Sea Monsters - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges sets out on a two-year expedition to find and catch the world's largest fish - with photos (part 1); The Poker Bandits; a 'hold-up' at the Red Deer Lumber Company's camp in Manitoba leads to an exciting and tragic man-hunt; A Miracle of Marine Salvage - the strange case of the 'St. Paul' - with photos; The Road to Timbuctoo - another humourous adventure of Leo Walmsley of the "Three Asses in the Pyrenees" articles; A Motorcycle in High Albania - Kenneth Robertson was the first motorcyclist to cross the Albanian Alps; Winter Wild-Fowling in Friesland (Northern Holland) - with great photos of their decoys and more; Our Adventure in Normandy - a cycle-camping trip leads to an odd experience; Frank Miller's Last Fight - a gas bomb is used to overcome a cop-killing desperado in Jersey City, New Jersey - with photos; Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
PARIS, Imp. BECQUET - Se vend chez Lafon, Libraire à Luchon, s.d. [c. 1860] - Reliure cassée, dérelié - Petit in-folio oblong, 35 x 26 cm -pleine percaline verte de l'époque, titre doré sur le premier plat, plats gaufrés. Première édition (Labarère : albums 177, pp. 89 à 91). Gorse a publié plusieurs albums de vues sur les Pyrénées, avec des variantes de titre et de contenu (Perret 1990). Notre exemplaire contient un titre gravé en couleur et 42 planches lithographiées sur fond teinté et rehaussées à l'aquarelle, 41 vues et 1 costume dont 8 sur double page - (rousseurs importantes en particulier sur les contours)
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone from Gibraltar to New York in 142 days; The Road to Timbuctoo (part III) - readers who enjoyed 'Three Asses in the Pyrenees" will find this narrative even more amusing; How "Mac" Won His Wife - a New Zealander abducts and marries a beautiful girl - with revengeful natives in pursuit; In Search of Sea-Monsters (part V) - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out in 1921 on an expedition to the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and caught multiple world-record-sized fish - article with photos; Zulliver's Travels - an ill-fated auto trip to California; Snapshots in China - great photos; Unknown Peru (part IV) - travel and adventure in the Andes - article with photos; Anstruther Gets a Job - an unemployed engineer in South Africa meets the promoter of a mine; The Two Strangers - an interesting sequel to "A Bunch of Keys" which appeared in the December 1923 issue; Great one-page illustrated General Electric locomotive ad speaks of the Mexican Railway between Orizaba and Esperanza where 10 electric locomotives will replace 25 steam locomotives; and more. Covers loose as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 354-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Bear-Hunt - Part 1 - the author encounters outlaws in the High Sierras of California; Ning Wo Takes a Hand - a detectives story from the Malay Peninsula; The Hunting Down of Manuel Garcia - the Americans take extraordinary measures to capture the man who killed one of their citizens in a Central American republic; Across the Great Sahara - part 1 - Captain Angus Buchanan traverses the Sahara south to north on camel-back; A Miracle of the Air - Rosalie Gordon is saved after hanging to a rope beneath a plane at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas; A Canadian Wonderland - Jasper Park - article with wonderful photos; Roaming the Wild South Seas, part 2; "Dreamy Draw' - great photo-illustrated story of how a Londoner set up house in the Arizona wilderness for the health of her husband, only to see a settlement of health seekers set up around her; A Girl Among Brigands - Miss C. Berenguer is kidnapped by bandits in the Pyrenees; Pig-Sticking Thrills - high adventure and humour hunting wild pigs in India; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 6 of 6 of this photo-illustrated article which describes F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' travels to catch the world's largest fish - incredible photo of huge male saw-fish; Some True Snake Stories; Nice one-page muscle-building ad by Earle E. Liederman of New York; Crazy back cover ad for the Allied Merke Institutes, Inc. shows man with what looks like a jelly mould on his head - purportedly in an effort to regrow his hair. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 178-264 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Mystery of Ayers Valley - Miss Dorothy Belle Ayers receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to deadly peril; The Smuggled Diamonds - a perplexing mystery in Brazil; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-out Canoe - the experiences of a missionary-explorer during a trip down a little-known river in Brazil, visiting strange Indian tribes - with excellent photos; The Motor Thieves - a remarkable case of stolen vehicle recovery in southern California - with photos; A Woman in Albania - part 4 - Mrs. Lane's adventures among the remote northern mountains; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 7 of the continuing adventures of a husband and wife with their donkey; Our Trip to the Bird Islands - John Hogg's perilous journey - with many wonderful photos; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - Idelle Meng's 11 months on a deserted group of uninhabited atolls - with photo; Among New Guinea Cannibals - interesting experiences of H.C. Pratt - with photos; The Wonders of Cuba - article with nice vintage photos; Up in the Air - a ballooning story; The Ghost of Fort Severn - the story of an apparition that haunted a Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) post in the Canadian north. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Faint pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 89-176, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The House of Death - how an Oklahoma rancher saved his own life; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 6 - the continued story of this European adventure trip; Bali - Isle of Wonder - wonderfully photo-illustrated article; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - part 1of the adventure of Mrs. Idelle S. Meng and her husband on one of the loneliest islands in the Pacific; The Six Feathers - the unfortunate experience of a New Guinea trader who tried to smuggle the forbidden bird-of-paradise plumes out of the country; The Wood-Carvers of the Tyrol - great photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Groden VValley; The Romance of the Fur Trade - photo-illustrated article on fur trapping and fur farming in North-west Canada, including photo of a large polar bear being hauled into a boat; A Woman in Unknown Albania - part 3; The Trail of the Lonesome Postman - letters being delivered to some of the world's most remote locations; Caught by a Crocodile a British officer attempts to fill his water bottle at a river; The Idol That Jumped - the author purchased a 'devil-devil' figure from a Solomon Island chief, then startling things happened; The Merepur Mystery - a mystery is solved in India; The Man Who Fell Six Miles - Major R.W. Schroeder and his airplane - article with photos; The Written Word - Jim Carter saved himself in India with some clever writing. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life, table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world, a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons, of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pau, Les amis du livre pyrénéen, 1977. 7 volumes in-8 reliés pleine toile éditeur orange cuivrée. Exemplaire n°58 /1000 sur papier bouffant. Réimpression de l'édition originale de 1898-1904 dont le tirage à 300 exemplaires explique la rareté, et l'intérêt de cette réédition également recherchée.
Toulouse Edouard Privat 1892, In-4 relié demi basane brune, dos à nerfs, titre doré. 576 pages. 350 figures gravées d'après les monuments originaux. Index épigraphique et index bibliographique. Dos passé et légèrement frotté, une page est détachée mais bien présente, corps de l'ouvrage en bon état. Très rare édition originale.
P., Lib. de Treuttel et Wurtz, 1828. 2 vol. in-8 reliure demi basane d'époque, dos long, pièces de titre et de tomaison noires, dos orné de fleurons à froid et roulette dorées, tranches marbrées XXII-400 pp. - 4-579 pp. 1 carte repliée in fine. E-O (Labarère 511). Des rousseurs sur les pages de titre et en fin d'ouvrage, mais bon exemplaire. Alexandre Du Mége, co-fondateur de la Sté archéologique du Midi de la France, conservateur au Musée des Augustins.
2 vol. in-8 reliure demi-toile, Librairie de Treuttel et Wurtz, Paris, 1828 - 1829, xxii-400 ; 2 ff., 579 pp. avec carte dépliante Bon exemplaire de cet ouvrage important (discrète petite mouill. angulaire aux derniers feuillets en queue, très bon état par ailleurs). Historien et archéologue, Alexandre du Mège (1780-1862) vécut à Toulouse l'essentiel de son existence ; il parcourt les Pyrénées dès sa jeunesse, et demeure un des pères fondateurs de l'archéologie du sud de la France. Français
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Caught in a Death-Trap - two motorcyclists plunge into an inescapable chasm in the terrible Mojave Desert of Californa; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part II - a joyous journey in search of adventure; The Tale of "Old Bill" - a huge elephant, the pride of all Ceylon, goes rogue; My Escape From Dartmoor - an inmate almost escaped from this impregnable prison in 1908; Round Cape Horn With a Deckload - James Whealen tells a disastrous tale; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part II - the amazing story of a man once condemned to the terrible French convict settlements of Guiana - with photos; The Soul of Burma - Part I - R. Whiting reports on his trip to this country, with photos; Among the Amazon Cannibals - Veteran prospector John Fairfax was captured by the cannibal Chunchos but managed to escape; Round the World in a Motor Boat - a picturesque account of the voyage of the Speejacks, with great photos; A Fight With a Bull Walrus - article with great photos; "Tapkabazi" - an Indian confidence trick; The "Devil's Post-Pile" - an extraordinary basalt rock formation in Southern California; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: A Soldier of Fortune - a story smuggled in bits from a French prison (part 1); A Woman in Unknown Albania - Part I - Mrs. Rose Wilder Lane describes her adventures among the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish - article with photos; The Election at Rodeo - an account of the happenings at a town in Argentina on the occasion of the Presidential election of 1914; The Search for the Grosvenor Treasure - an account of the wreck of the Grosvenor on the lonely coast of Pondoland, South Africa, and operations of seekers of her sunken treasure of precious metals and stones - with photos; The Terror of the Terai - the story of one of the most remarkable elephant hunts on record - a twelve days' chase after a man-killing 'rogue'; Photo of a Venetian funeral; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - the humourous travels of a huband and wife with their donkey (part 4); Across the Pacific in a Chinese Junk - Captain George Ward and his voyage from Amoy, China to Victoria, British Columbia - article with photos, one of which includes Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford aboard the vessel; Forgotten - the terrible experience of a young surveyor off the coast of Trinidad; The Witching of the M'Bumbo - a tale of native witchcraft and trial by ordeal in Nigeria; Our Unlucky Day - an account of a series of disasters which struck a steamer, the S.S. Z_____ in the Gulf of Mexico; The Village of the Greeks - visit to a tiny hamlet in the Sicilian Mountains - with photos; The Gower Affair - a story of black magic at Porto Lokkoh on the West Coast of Africa. Above-average wear. Front cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Story of John Jewitt - A young Englishman is taken as a slave by Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island; The Children of the Wilderness - Part I - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated journey in little-known Mongolia; Winning a Wife - An incident involving an Englishman in Tirah; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-Out - Part I - The conclusion of Frederick C. Glass's adventures on a little-known Brazilian river; The Sea Devil - An extraordinary six-hour battle with a huge West Indian manta, or ray; Where the gold went - Charles Siringo describes the pursuit of two men who had robbed the famous Treadwell mine in Alaska; The Cannibal Islands - Part I - Clifford W. Collinson has spent several years in the Solomon Islands - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees (conclusion) - a couple with a donkey cart set out to explore the area without any modern luxuries; My Motor-Boat - what happend when a man tried to run a second-hand boat he purchased; How We Killed the "Rat" - a scheme to kill an intruding rat goes sadly wrong; A Woman in Unknown Albania (conclusion) - Rose Wilder Lane explores the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish; A Lonely Job - a young ship's officer acts as caretaker of a vessel wrecked off the Australian coast; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Kidnapped by the "Gavilleros"- the British administrator of a large sugar estate on the West Indian island of Santo Domingo is kidnapped; An Island Paradise - photo-illustrated article on the 'progress, civilized, and thoroughly lovable people' of Fiji; Looking Backwards - 25th Birthday of this publication; An Adventure With a Mad Buffalo; Jimmy's Reformation - Jimmy Boncelek used to be the terror of Stigler, Oklahoma; Seeking the Copper Mountain - photo-illustrated account of an eventful journey through the little-known province of Veraguas, part of the Republic of Panama; A Woman in Unknown Albania - Part II - Rose Wilder Lane describes her adventures among the remote northern mountains, a picturesque country where the tribal blood-feud still flourishes - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part V - a tramp with a donkey cart, avoiding all modern luxuries; The Tobacco Smugglers of the Belgian Border - photo-illustrated report; A Soldier of Fortune - Part II - remarkable personal narrative smuggled from a man presently incarcerated in a French prison; Splitting the Herd - A cowboy adventure from the Texas plains; Photos of Chinese cave temple at Gunong Rapat in the federated Malay States; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Toulouse, Chez Benichet cadet, 1814. In-8 relié demi maroquin rouge, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, date en queue, tête dorée. viiij-392 pp-84 ff de reprodutions d'inscription. Et 24 planches, dont certaines dépliantes, en fin de volume. Relié avec : le reçu de l'éditeur avec sa signature, attestant l'achat de l'ouvrage. bel exemplaire. 1ère édition.xw
Bagnères-de-Bigorre, J-M. Dossun,& Tarbes, J-M Dufour, 1858. 2 vol. in-4 reliés demi-basane, dos longs, VI-400 pp.- texte dans un encadrement, illustrations hors texte en 2 tons de M Lalanne et E de Malbos. Quelques rousseurs, coiffes arasées,dos du second volume déchiré sinon bon état.