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1991150687Savage Maryland: Brandon / Barnes & Noble 1991. Hardcover. VG- DJ is slightly faded along spine otherwise clean. Black cloth gilt letters on spine orange & illus. dust jacket 311 pp. A collection of essays and writings by various authors. "Provides an international perspective on the Big House in Irish literature in the writings of amongst others Maria Edgeworth George Moore Joyce Cary Elizabeth Bowen Sean O'Faolain Molly Keane W. B. Yeats Paul Muldoon and John Banville." dj. Brandon / Barnes & Noble hardcover books
1991WRCLIT78411Savage MD: Barnes & Noble 1991. Gilt boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Irish Literary Studies No. 33. Collectively the essays examine the recurring themes of Irish drama - the problems of language the opposition between two peoples and Ireland's political and social problems. Barnes & Noble hardcover books
199125206Savage MD: Barnes and Noble 1991. First American edn. 8vo pp. 183. Irish Literary Studies 33. Index. Fine in dj. Irish drama studies chronologically from the 19th century to the present day. Barnes and Noble unknown books
1831717Prospect Hill 1831. 4to. 260 x200 mm. 10 ¼ x 8 inches.  1 page plus small portions of two other pages folio sheet folded approximately 150 words. Written in ink Moderate brown stain toward center obscuring a number of words. Letter laid down into marginal paper supports. This letter discusses Genet's enclose Christmas gift for President Andrew Jackson which the verso of the letter indicates to be a medallion bearing the head of Julius Caesar. Genet begs the recipient thought to be William L. Marcy U.S. Senator and former Secretary of State to give Jackson the gift because: "no one I believe at Washington being better than you acquainted with my humble history in this country as an unchangeable Republican and a zealous friend of General Jackson." Genet wished to deliver the gift to Jackson personally but Jackson's proposed visit to Albany never materialized. The letter is significant for several reasons. It demonstrates Genet's continued involvement with the highest political men in America as well as his commitment to democratic ideals now translated for the Jacksonian age. A Governor of New York Senator and Secretary of State Marcy was influential on American foreign policy and the letter demonstrates Genet's intimacy with him. ".be then My dear Sir my Interpreter near him and add to my letter with your usual eloquence what my rusticated style has not been able to express." The contact between Genet and Jackson came at an important moment of U.S.-French relations a subject of continuous interest to Genet the first minister of the French Republic to the United States. President Jackson had sent William Rives as representative to France to try to negotiate a settlement of the "Beaumarchais claim" a claim by the family for repayment for services rendered by their ancestor to the American Revolution. Rives was also seeking reparations against the French for their role in the commercial crisis that preceded the War of 1812. In 1830 the U.S. had manipulated wine tariffs as a weapon in the negotiations but by 1831 both sides were finally agreeing to settlements which favored American claims. Genet's "small hommage" to Jackson cannot have failed to figure in the President's perception of France at this crucial time in the diplomatic relationship of the two countries. Jackson and Genet did occasionally correspond and two letters dated 1831 are held by the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library. unknown books
18251528Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen 1825. About very good. 112pp. plus five engraved plates and folding table. Original printed boards sympathetically rebacked. Light dampstaining and wear to boards. Some foxing and toning internally heavier to initial leaves. A rare and pioneering if evidently fanciful work on air travel by Edmund Charles Genet the infamous ambassador of the French Republic to the United States who from his position in America sought to outfit privateering expeditions against British and Spanish interests in the Caribbean during the 1790s. Following the failure of his schemes and removal from his office at the request of President Washington Genet managed to remain in the United States:<br/><br/>"In February 1794 the new minister Joseph Fauchet arrived with a warrant for Genet's arrest. Had the ex-minister returned to France the Jacobins now in power might have executed him. Granted asylum in the United States he married Cornelia Clinton daughter of New York governor George Clinton 1739-1812 settled near Albany and eventually became a U.S. citizen. He avoided politics and busied himself with publishing unworkable schemes for powered balloons and for using hydraulic power to haul barges over hills" - ANB.<br/><br/>Despite its title which suggests hydraulics the present work largely deals with aviation and is regarded as the first printed suggestion of the theory of a heavier-than-air machine taking flight. The marvelous plates contain detailed diagrams and illustrations of Genet's proposed horse-powered aerostatic airship and the text discusses his designs and his theoretical proofs for the possibility of mechanical flight in exuberant detail. <br/><br/>"This pamphlet by the former Ambassador from France contains a proposal for a large airship and other suggestions for the use of the aerostatic principle. The project attracted much attention. but never materialized" - Aeronautic Americana. "Extremely rare and important the first book printed in the United States on practical aeronautics and on the first patent for an aeronautical invention" - Streeter.<br/> ANB online. Aeronautical Americana 9. Honeyman Sale 1475. Howes G100 "b." Rink 610. Streeter Sale 3974. Packard & Van Benthuysen unknown books
19816631fdCharlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1981. Octavo white & red cloth hardcover gilt letters xxvii 224 pp. Neat former-owner bookplate; otherwise Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The diaries and flight log of Edmond C. C. Genet contain the only known daily record of an American’s service with the French Air Service and the Lafayette Escadrille in 1915-17. They give us an intimate and engrossing picture of life at the front during the period before the United States entered the First World War. Edmond Genet was a distinctive young man - an idealistic vanguardist bent upon front-line action. His comrades said “there was a flare of an eighteenth-century gallant about him somehow agreeable mixed with an unabashed Boy Scout’s attitude toward the war.†He was nevertheless part of the most perilous branch of the military and one of the first Americans to be involved in the new and deadly warfare of air combat. In his diary he writes spontaneously about his training his friends his fears and his dogfights. He frequently mentions aces. His absorbing accounts are the most complete primary material on the legendary Lafayette Escadrille to be published in fifty years. University Press of Virginia, (1981). hardcover books
10094French writer and political activist with a troubled past of crime who later took to writing. He produced several autobiographical novels in which he depicted the rejection of the bourgeois society that had repudiated him. These included his most famous novel "Our Lady of the Flowers" Notre Dame Des Fleurs ostensibly concerned with the trial of an young assassin. Handwritten Autograph Letter Signed 2 page on Terrass Hotel Paris letterhead no date. Important content letter about his most famous novel "Our Lady of the Flowers". Genet writes in his hand "Dear Madame I was very happy to receive your letter in excellent French in fact. But I must regretfully tell you that Freschdun has already translated N D Notre Dame des Fleurs in English and it is he who possesses all the rights to that language and for this book. regarding the movie I have communicated your letter to the owner of the film. he will write to you and will tell you a price. It is with him that you must deal. But I thank you for all your kindness and I hope to see you soon in Paris. In the meantime I shake your hand in friendship. Jean Genet". Genet's letters are generally very scarce however with one such reference to his book "Our Lady of the Flowers" is a great find. unknown books
1249977673.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1021200662.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
16494Marc Barbezat L'Arbalète (1989) - In-8 broché de 90 pages - Présentation d'Albert Dichy - Exemplaire en excellent état
16491Marc Barbezat L'Arbalète (1966) - Petit in-8 broché de 166 pages - Exemplaire en excellent état
1980RO90026864EDITIONS FOLIO N°1180. 04-03-1980. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 122 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle
2000RO20223299Aubin Imprimeur. 2000. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 53 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 908.446-Régionalisme : Poitou-Charentes
76004Sceaux (France), Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1954. 12 x 19, 151 pp., broché, couverture rempliée, bon état
1968R150223650GALLIMARD. 6-11-1968. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 276 pages- couverture contrepliée. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle
1968R300325275Gallimard. 1968. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 276 pages. Quelques rares passages surlignés au stabilo dans le texte. Plats tachés. Dos pliés, tachés et fendus en coiffes. Accroc sur le 2e plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle
1991RO20224338Hatier. 1991. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 78 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française
33398Maeght éditeur, L'a passion du Lithographe, Cloître des Cordeliers, Tarascon, 1990, 94 pp., broché, illustrations, couverture empoussiérée, état général correct.
1971R200133736Vuibert. 1971. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 340 pages, nombreuses figures en noir et blanc dans le texte - coins frottés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 372.8-Livre scolaire : autres matières
1972cv2759Vuibert Broché 1972 In-8 (16 x 24 cm), broché, 340 pages ; ouvrage légèrement courbé, nom au stylo sur le premier plat, pliure au dos incurvé, intérieur frais, bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1963RO60153255Arena. 1963. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 149 pages. Texte en danois. Une pliure sur le 1er plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 490-Autres langues
198120870Paris L'Herne 1981 in-4° 451 pp
1981323011 vol. in-4 à l'italienne br., polycopié, reprod. noir et blanc de cartes postales, pour l'auteur, Gémonzac, 1981, 164 pp.
1945F10749L'Arbalète, 1945. Un volume broché, couverture à rabats illustrée d'une lithographie d'Emile Picq, 195 X 290 mm, 45 p. Edition en partie originale. L'un des 400 exemplaires numérotés sur pur fil réservés aux souscripteurs. Impression en deux couleurs. Découronné, en très bonne condition sous son papier cristal d'origine.
