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1927115858London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1927. Octavo pp. i-xi xii-xviii xix xx 1-3 4-179 180: blank. original decorated boards with tan cloth shelf back spine panel stamped in gold t.e.g. others edges untrimmed. First edition of this translation. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Thirteen stories most written in the style of "that curiously sophisticated thing the later French fairy tale" as Saintsbury notes in his introduction. This sophistication combined with a tendency towards "what we now call realism that is to say coarse or coarsened reality" makes for an invigorating artistic treat. The title story was first published in 1730 the others about 1742. The ninth book in the series of XVIII Century French Romances edited by Vyvyan Holland Oscar Wilde's son published by Chapman and Hall in the mid-to-late 1920s a useful resource for French fantastic fiction of the period. A fine copy in a very good decorated dust jacket with a touch of browning to spine and internal offsetting from several minor internal mends made with cellulose tape since removed. #115858 Chapman & Hall Ltd. unknown books
1954W076SDNew York: Simon and Schuster 1954. Original photographic paper covered boards with some wear at spine ends and on edges. Owner name on ffep. Some paste action on endpapers and hinges separating a bit but generally tight and good. A work as only Dali might have performed. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Philippe Halsman. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade. Simon and Schuster Hardcover books
201180152Deerfield:: Dalton Watson Fine Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 9781854432513 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Dalton Watson Fine Books, hardcover books
1980WRCLIT62268New York: Facts on File 1980. 224pp. Quarto. Cloth. Heavily illustrated including color. First edition. Bookplate and ink shelf number on front free endsheet otherwise about fine in lightly worn dust jacket. Facts on File hardcover books
1990WN48719London: Academy Editions 1990. Second edition revised with new illustrations. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. Pictorial dust jacket very good but for 1" closed tear at bottom of upper panel small closed tear on spine and a little wear on edges. Beautifully illustrated text of this Art Nouveau glassware. Second Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Trade. Academy Editions Hardcover books
6378GROSLIER Bernard Philippe. ANGKOR HOMMES ET PIERRES. Paris: Arthaud 1956. 4to. Cloth dust jacket. 230 2 pages. First edition. Photographic study of the great collection of ruins in Indo-China known as Angkor. Abandoned before 1450 they were rediscovered by the French in 1861. Very good. unknown books
1873010395Paris: Didier 1873. First Edition. Half Leather. VG. Bound in black half leatherraised bands marbelized boards. Solid copy. Didier unknown books
36326Paris: Honore Champion Editeur 2000. Hardcover. 8.5" x 6". x 851pp. French. Gray boards no DJ. Fine. ISBN 2745303627 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Honore Champion Editeur [2000] hardcover books
1965000552Paris: Baschet et Cie. 1965. First Edition. Full Leather. Fine/Very Good. 4to. 192 pp profusely illustrated with every aspect of Second Empire or Louis Napoleon era decor which is essentially the French equivalent of what is more widely known as high Victorian style. In actuality this encompassed a succession or simultaneity of various styles and this book breaks these down to Louis-Philippe Eugenie named after Louis Napoleon's wife the opera or more palatial style Beaux Arts the third Republic which of course followed Napoleon III's fall and exoticism. Covers metalwork jewelry ceramics furniture glass wallpaper lighting interior decoration with attention given to all the various chambers/rooms of a home. Finally the book devotes attention to how collections such as dog figurine collections or glassware collections are displayed. Of particular strength in the presentation is paper-mache and chandeliers. Other than neat inked inscription on ffep book is pristine. Dust jacket now protected with mylar has one close tear. <br/><br/> Baschet et Cie. hardcover books
1973WRCLIT84268London & New York: Phaidon 1973. Quarto. Cloth. Heavily illustrated including considerable color work. First edition in English American issue. Translated by Mary Anne Stevens. Tiny bump to lower fore- corners otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with short creased tear at lower corner of rear panel. Phaidon hardcover books
183175Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Hardcover. G All covers damaged with shelf wear tears and spine damage Vol 2 rear cover has seperated from book. All Bookblocks have age toning. Interior pages have age yelloweing. All maps and text clear. Blue buckram bindings. Gilt lettering on spine with decorative gilt design on front covers. 965pps 774pps and 681pps. Earlywritten history of the Civil War. Porter & Coates hardcover books
1982158168New York: Thames and Hudson 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 255 pages. Introduction by Jean-Hubert Martin. Essays by Philippe Sers Herbert Molderings and Janus three texts by Man Ray as well an interview of him as well. Includes 347 duotone plates. A clean very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a slight crimp to the top right corner of the front panel. Thames and Hudson unknown books
2005165779Bologna Italy: Damiani 2005. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 300 pages. Text in English with an essay by Philippe Daverio. A collection of 100 color and 200 black and white images broken into sections: Realism Experimentation Herbarium IN tobogo a Italian Sketchbook Sequenze TV Freeze -frame Sesso kitsch and For Eve- Metis. A tight near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Damiani unknown books
19891293844Paris: Editions Robert Laffont 1989. first edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto; VG/VG-; Off-white spine with black & red text; Dust jacket has lightly age toned exterior edges which are slightly curled at front head and tail with light wear at fore edge and very slight rubbing on rear; Cloth has lightly sunned spine with minimal edge wear panels are strong and intact; Text block is clean with tight binding and undamaged pages;light white out at rear flap at lower edge; pp 153. Arts-Illustration. French text. 1293844. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Editions Robert Laffont hardcover books
19741322663Liege: Librairie Halbert 1974. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 349; VG/G; dark red spine with white text; dust jacket has light wear to exterior; ex-library sticker to spine; mild rubbing to edges; chip to rear head edge; cloth shows light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows lightly toned to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; ex-library with markings to title page and exterior head edge; profusely illustrated; text in French; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;. Val-Saint-Lambert: His Crystal Works and The Art of Glass in Belgium. 1322663. FP New Rockville Stock. Librairie Halbert hardcover books
198922428New York: Harry Abrams 1989. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperbound quarto. 95 pp. A near fine copy in glossy bound photo-illustrated wrappers. Book is illustrated with some color but mostly black and white photographs. Yvonne Halsman has INSCRIBED this book to Harry Amdur and dated it in year of publication. <br/><br/> Harry Abrams paperback books
2016280326Paris: Editions Midi-pyreneennes 2016. hardcover. fine. Numerous color plates square 4to stiff pictorial wrappers. Paris: Midi-pyrénéennes 2016. Fine.<br/><br/> Musee Paul Valery Exhibition 25 Juin / 6 November 2016.<br/><br/> Editions Midi-pyreneennes unknown books
199915676Mansfield Centre CT: Martino Publishing 1999. 8vo. vii 1 516 2 pp. <br><br>Facsimile of the original 1894 edition of this standard reference work. Red publisher's cloth spine stamped in silver. Clean and unworn. Martino Publishing hardcover books
199742832Paris: Flammarion 1997. First Edition. Quarto 33cm x 24.5cm. Glossy pictoral paper wrappers paperback; 352pp; illus. Near Fine copy; general shelf wear to extremities else clean and tight. Comprehensive monography of Pieter Breugel The Elder's life and work and the Medieval mystery and Renaissance Humanism intersecting in his paintings represent. In French language only. 361 reproductions of paintings and drawings many in full color. Flammarion unknown books
196534513Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1965. First edition 4to pp. 8 267; 21 plans and 211 illustrations from photographs on plates; spine a little creased tear at spine head else a very good unopened copy in original pictorial wrappers. At head of title: Publications du Musée Guimet Recherches et Documents d'Art et d'Archéologie Tome IX. Includes much on Ankor Wat. <br/><br/> Presses Universitaires de France unknown books
19941332889Zellik: Roularta Art Books 1994. Hardcover. Folio; 533 pages; VG-/G; Black spine with Red and Yellow text; Dustjacket protected by mylar cover bending along head edge of both covers and spine; Boards have minor edgewear; Shelved in Art by Artist; Text in Dutch. 1332889. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Roularta Art Books hardcover books
197661749New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1976. Hardcover. 0394497449 . With a Biographical Essay by Philippe Jullian. 72 Photographs. 12 1/2" x 9 3/4" black paper covered boards with title stamped on the front cover. First Edition with gift inscription from Jullian to his parents Christmas 1980. This is a clean very nice copy. Near Fine in a Very Good dj. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1979100404Paris: Arthena 1979. VG/VG- with somewear to the dj. Ex archival art library copy hardly used very few marks and very nice copy. Blue cloth with illustrated dustjacket. 110-117-104-159-119 pp. Illustrated with bw plates and 4 color plates. Preface to this volume written by Jacques Foucart and Louis-Antoine Prat. The four parts reprinted in this volume were originally issued between 1883 and 1889. Arthena hardcover books
184611261London: W.E. Painter 1846. 8vo. 32 pp. <br><br>The prince de Joinville 18181900 warns against the gathering naval arms race caused by the introduction of steam-powered ships foreshadowing the naval arms race that occupied the great powers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly age toned. Some soiling on title-page not obscuring text. W.E. Painter unknown books
195151820Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine. 1951. Hardcover. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge 1951. Translated by Leonard Thomas and with an Introduction by Edmund Wilson 204pp. a Fine copy in a price-clipped Near Fine DJ. . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
