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1942009257New York: Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies 1942 Color printed card covers with blue comb binding comb with one break offsetting opposite artwork as usual. The book originated as a thank you message from a classroom of 5 & 6 year-olds in unoccupied France to the Americans for sending vitamins. Seven watercolors and hand-lettered text tell the tale of a humanized vitamin that makes its journey from the United States to France. Reproduced here the original French text is accompanied by the English translation by Jeannette A Marandon. The book was sold for $1 at the time for the benefit of the agency's relief efforts for the children of unoccupied France. Rare especially in such nice condition. First And Only Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Oblong 12mo. Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies hardcover
19702083002117801711Futami shobo 1970. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 228p Plate size: 19cm Futami shobo paperback
1931008157London: Longmans Green and Co. 1931. First edition. Hardcover. This the first edition first printing of the first volume appearance of Churchill's engaging speculative history essay "If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg". This copy is rendered doubly compelling by being an elusive binding variant and retaining the rare and striking dust jacket. <br /> <br />This jacketed copy the only we have offered - is very good plus in a very good plus dust jacket. The green cloth binding is square and tight with bright spine gilt and sharp corners. We note only light soiling to extremities. The contents remain bright with a crisp feel and no previous ownership marks. Differential toning to the endpapers corresponds to the bright yellow dust jacket flaps confirming that this copy has spent life jacketed. Spotting is heavy to the top edge lighter to the fore and bottom edges occasionally intruding into the blank inner margins. The distinctive dust jacket printed in green and black on yellow stock is complete apart from fractional loss to the spine head and unclipped retaining the original lower front flap price. The spine shows only slight toning and minor wear is substantially confined to extremities. The dust jacket is protected beneath a removable clear archival cover. <br /> <br />Churchill's intriguing piece first appeared in Scribner's Magazine in December 1930 as part of a series of "What If" articles by eminent authors of the time. In 1931 Longmans published this book-length work on the same theme including Churchill's piece at pp. 173-196. This British first edition preceded an American counterpart and oddly we find it scarcer than copies of the original magazine publication. It becomes genuinely rare thus in the original dust jacket and is rendered an elusive prize when found in this variant binding of the British first edition first printing. Per Churchill's bibliographer Ronald I. Cohen this variant binding is "Bound in moderate bluish green embossed calico-texture cloth" as opposed to red cloth and slightly reduced page size from 235 x 151.2 mm to 217 x 140.7 mm. <br /> <br />Churchill's essay herein displays the commanding grasp of history and the facility for extrapolation that made him so formidable as both a statesman and a writer. Moreover his interest in America's great struggle was quite serious; Churchill toured Virginia battlefields with the great Civil War historian Douglas Southall Freeman and toured Gettysburg with none other than Dwight Eisenhower. Thirty years later Churchill would publish a book on the subject The American Civil War 1961 excerpted from his epic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. <br /> <br />Reference: Cohen B43.1.b Woods B18. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
1931006122<p>London: Longmans Green and Co. 1931. First edition. Half leather. This is the first edition first printing of the first volume appearance of Winston S. Churchill's engaging speculative history essay "If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg". Churchill's intriguing piece first appeared in Scribner's Magazine in December 1930 as part of a series of "What If" articles by eminent authors of the time. In 1931 Longmans published this book-length work on the same theme including Churchill's piece at pp. 173-196. <br /><br />We commissioned this magnificent binding in half red Morocco goatskin over marbled paper-covered boards. The hubbed spine features gilt tooling on and framing the raised spine bands as well as twin dark brown spine labels. The covers feature gilt rule transitions between the Morocco spine and corners and the marbled-paper sides. The contents are bound with matching marbled endpapers silk head and foot bands and gilt top edge. The newly commissioned binding is flawless. The contents are crisp and clean with no previous ownership marks. The only appreciable soiling is a small stain to the upper fore edges that does not intrude on the contents within as well as an incidental hint of spotting confined to the fore edges. <br /><br />This British first edition preceded an American counterpart and oddly we find it scarcer even than copies of the original magazine publication. Churchill's essay herein displays the commanding grasp of history and the facility for extrapolation that made him so formidable as both a statesman and a writer. Moreover his interest in America's great struggle was quite serious; Churchill toured Virginia battlefields with the great Civil War historian Douglas Southall Freeman and toured Gettysburg with none other than Dwight Eisenhower. Thirty years later Churchill would publish a book on the subject The American Civil War 1961 excerpted from his epic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. <br /><br />Reference: Cohen B43.1.a Woods B18 <br /><br /></p> Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
1931045174New York: The Viking Press 1931. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Ox 379 Pp. Cream Cloth Spine Gilt On Brown Plum Cloth Boards. First American Edition 1931 Dates On Title And Copyright Pages Three Uk Reviews On Rear Panel Of Dj Published Previously In 1931 By Longmans London As "If It Had Happened Otherwise. Lapses Into Imaginary History" . The First London And New York Printings Are Both Very Scarce In Dust Jacket. Book Near Fine Bright Except For Some Browning To Spine Cloth Where Dust Jacket Above Was Chipped And Slight Browning To Endpapers. Dj Price Clipped Worn Browned Chipped Particularly A Large Loss Of Almost 1/3 Of Bottom Of Spine And Spine Panel Detached From Front Panel. <br/> <br/> The Viking Press hardcover
1962078806Basic Books 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two hardcovers in excellent unmarked near-pristine condition slightest handling in VG slipcase light handling some fading. 661 pages. 3 lbs <br/> <br/> Basic Books hardcover
19584334Paris : Presses de Saint-Germain Sapho 1958. 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 363 pp. ; 8 leaves of color plates ; chiefly illustraitons some in color ; 31 cm. ; OCLC: 7333724 ; LC: DC20 ; this copy SIGNED by author Vincent and by André Maurois member of the Academy Française ; beige textured cloth with black lettering i n chipped color photographic dustjacket ; aerial photography featuring France's most scenic sites ; large heavy volume ; VG/G <br/> <br/> Paris : Presses de Saint-Germain [Sapho], 1958. hardcover
1956265401956. Paris Imprimerie nationale / AndrÂŽ Sauret 1956. Un fort vol. au format gd in-8 224 x 167 mm de 558 pp. brochÂŽ sous couvertures ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs. Tome Ier seul sur 3. Tirage de tÂte : un des 300 premiers exemplaires numÂŽrotÂŽs CCXXVIII du tirage sur grand vergÂŽ d'Arches ; les seuls ˆ comporter un deuxiÂme ÂŽtat volant sur papier de Chine du frontispice figurant en tÂte de l'ouvrage tirÂŽ en lithographie par les soins de Mourlot FrÂres. La Guerre et la Paix narre lÕhistoire de la Russie ˆ lՎpoque de NapolÂŽon Ier notamment la campagne de Russie en 1812. La richesse et le rÂŽalisme de ses dÂŽtails ainsi que ses nombreuses descriptions psychologiques font quÕil est souvent considÂŽrÂŽ comme un roman majeur de lÕhistoire de la littÂŽrature. Tolsto• y dÂŽveloppe une thÂŽorie fataliste de lÕhistoire o le libre arbitre nÕa quÕune importance mineure et o tous les ÂŽvÂŽnements nÕobÂŽissent quՈ un dÂŽterminisme historique inÂŽluctable. Guerre et Paix a engendrÂŽ un nouveau genre de fiction. Bien quÕaujourdÕhui considÂŽrÂŽ comme un roman cette Ãuvre a cassÂŽ de si nombreux codes du roman de son ÂŽpoque que de nombreux critiques ne le considÂŽrÂrent pas comme tel. Tolsto• considÂŽrait lui-mÂme Anna KarÂŽnine comme sa premiÂre tentative de roman au sens o les EuropÂŽens lÕentendaient. Guerre et Paix fut ˆ lՎpoque de sa publication un immense succÂs bien que Tolsto• ne sÕy attend”t pas ce dernier pensant mÂme que son oeuvre passerait inaperÂue. Cramer 202. Couverture prÂŽsentant un ÂŽclat lÂŽgÂrement altÂŽrÂŽ. Petite dÂŽchirure marginale et lÂŽgÂres plissures angulaires affectant la lithographie volante. Du reste trÂs belle condition. Exemplaire non rognÂŽ. b42961 unknown
193115169New York: Viking Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine darkened cloth foxing light tone 1931 owner's signature otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First US Edition First Printing of this classic pioneering anthology of alternative history by historians examining counterfactual events. First published in England in 1931 as If It Had Happened Otherwise but few stories were deleted and Van Loon's Nieuw Amsterdam added for the US. The What-If scenarios of the historians have been considered more methodical with their focus largely on outcomes of specific military battles than the imaginative leaps of the science fiction writers. Robert Reginald; Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist 1700-1974; 13508. Contents: If the Moors in Spain had won / Philip Guedalia; If Don John of Austria had married Mary queen of Scots / G K Chesterton; If the Dutch had kept Nieuw Amsterdam/ H W Van Loon; If Louis XVI had had an atom of firmness / André Maurois; If Drouet's cart had stuck / Hilaire Belloc; If Napoleon had escaped to America / H A L Fisher; If Byron had become king of Greece / Harold Nicolson; If Lee had not won the battle of Gettysburg / Winston S Churchill; If Booth had missed Lincoln / Milton Waldman; If the Emperor Frederick had not had cancer / Emil Ludwig; If it had been discovered in 1930 that Bacon really did write Shakespeare / J C Squire.; ix 379 pages . Viking Press hardcover
1947227274Metz: Paul Even 1947. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. Softcover; 4to; 110 pages. Scarce first edition. Signed inscription by author on the first page. Yellowed wraps with red titles. Wraps detatched. Some tears in edges bumping. Yellowing but clean interior. 46 plates. G <br/> <br/> Paul Even paperback
196482086London: Paul Hamlyn 1964. Pages clean and bright boards and binding tidy 2cm closed tear on head of dust jacket spine some other light chipping and small closed tears on edges of dust jacket but overall neat. Hard. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Folio. Paul Hamlyn Hardcover
1968304071968. S.l. Gallimard / BibliothÂque de la PlÂŽiade 1954 1954 et 1954. 3 vol. au format in-12 176 x 108 mm de xli - 1003 pp. ; 1224 et 1323 pp. Reliures uniformes d'ÂŽdition de plein skyvertex caramel dos lisses ornÂŽs d'un jeu de filets dorÂŽs piÂces de titre ÂŽmeraude titres dorÂŽs tomaisons dorÂŽes tÂtes saumon. Ensemble complet des trois volumes le constituant. Plut™t que le rÂŽcit d'une sÂŽquence dÂŽterminÂŽe d'ÂŽvÂŽnements cette Ãuvre s'intÂŽresse non pas ˆ la mÂŽmoire du narrateur mais ˆ une rÂŽflexion sur la littÂŽratureÊ: ÇÊJÕai eu le malheur de commencer mon livre par le mot ÇÊjeÊÈ et aussit™t on a cru que au lieu de chercher ˆ dÂŽcouvrir des lois gÂŽnÂŽrales je mÕanalysais au sens individuel et dÂŽtestable du motÊÈ ÂŽcrit Marcel Proust. Quelques rousseurs en gouttiÂres et gardes. Du reste trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
193036883N. P. 1930. 1 vols. 12mo. For Seymour Halpern the post card with a small note tipped on reading "91 is 16 upside down." The quote is written in the lower margin under a clipped portrait of Maurois which has been laid down on cream board and then again on brown board this last chipped the postcard bears in blind imprint of Trude Geiringer Dora Horovitz in lower corner. 1 vols. 12mo. The postcard bears greeting for Seymour Halpern aged 16 and the quote reads "a maiden speech is always an ordeal but a maiden speech in a foreign language is a terrifying affair!" Simone de Caillavet Maurois was the wife of André Maurois and daughter of the French writer and playwright Gaston Armam de Caillavet and granddaughter of Mme. Arman de Caillavet who was famous for her salon about which the French literary world circled and she was a close friend and influence on Anatole France. <br/><br/> unknown
1953321888Paris: Compagnie Francaise des Arts Graphiques 1953. Limited. hardcover. near fine/very good. M. Victor-Michel. Black & white drawings by M. Victor-Michel. 69 pages with text in French. . Small 4to unbound pages as-issued housed in tan printed wrappers and a green board portfolio with the title label at the spine green board slipcase. Paris: Compagnie Francaise des Arts Graphiques 1953. First edition. One of 315 limited copies. Inked gift inscription at the half-title page. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase.<br/> <br/> Compagnie Francaise des Arts Graphiques unknown
196464203New York: Atheneum 1964. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcase worn torn and falling apart Some spine discoloration. Front board has some weakness. Ink notation on Preface page. Interior pages typically crisp and clean. de Joinville. 34. 40 p. Includes illustrations. Illustrations in color. This album of painings by the Prince de Joinville were drawn in 1861 and 1862. Preface by the Comte de Paris who said that this editon owed a great deal to Genral Bavin friend of France and former Ambassador of the United States. The Prince de Joinville was the third son of King Louis-Philippe. This book was designed by Neanine Fricker. The type was handset in Baskerville. The plates were made by Mansat Paris. The printing of the text and the illustrations was done on the presses of I. P.E. in Paris. The binding was ong by Prache de Franclieu at Choisy-le-ROi. This paper was made by de la Haye-Descartes at Balemes. Atheneum hardcover
1964009610New York: Atheneum 1964. 34pp text with 21 full-page Illustrations in color. This album of painings by the Prince de Joinville were drawn in 1861 and 1862. Preface by the Comte de Paris who said that this editon owed a great deal to Genral Bavin friend of France and former Ambassador of the United States. The Prince de Joinville was the third son of King Louis-Philippe. This book was designed by Neanine Fricker. The type was handset in Baskerville. The plates were made by Mansat Paris. The printing of the text and the illustrations was done on the presses of I. P.E. in Paris. The binding was ong by Prache de Franclieu at Choisy-le-ROi. This paper was made by de la Haye-Descartes at Balemes. purple silk cloth with gilt titles at front and spine in illustrated by The Prince De Joinville covers sunned around edges internally clean and bright book is in excellent-condition slipcase faded with some light stains and scuffs at edges in good condition in box of purple cloth. . 1st Edition. Silk. Near Fine/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall oblong. Atheneum Hardcover
1960GB001NIBF20I3N00Grove Press Inc. 1960. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Grove Press, Inc. paperback
1953374537London: Jonathan Cape 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth printing of the English edition. Some spotting on the front board about very good without dustwrapper. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor with his ownership Signature dated in 1955 from Paris. Jonathan Cape hardcover
194941121Paris: Hachette 1949. fair. 348 wraps ftnotes bibliography index some foxing to fore-edge covers soiled rear cover & some pgs bent. Inscribed by author. Some tears at spine and small pieces missing. Text is in French. Hachette paperback
1942129706New York: D. Appleton-Century Company 1942. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. 203 p. 21 cm. Cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Top edge blue. Some wear to jacket edges including tear at top front. <br/><br/> D. Appleton-Century Company hardcover
19291813756D. Appleton and Compan;y. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1929. Hard Cover. Ex Library M167 . D. Appleton and Compan;y hardcover
1928229410London Jonathan Cope 1928. 1928. First edition so stated. Small 8vo. 4 full page woodcut illustrations by Edward Carrick. Translated from the French by David Garnett. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 63 pages uncut and partly unopened. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Butler & Banner. Bleiler p. 136. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London, Jonathan Cope [1928]. hardcover
1960WB16903Paris: Hachette 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. One of a total edition of ten thousand. Original wrappers. Gift inscription. Spine tanned otherwise a fresh copy. Housed in an attractive custom clamshell box. <br/><br/> Hachette paperback
19613547543París.: Hachette. 1961. Hardcover. Good. 20 cm. 570 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal en plena piel con nervios. Idioma francés . Biografías.929 929 Hachette. hardcover
1963GB0000CLZQ3I3N00Bodley Head 1963. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Bodley Head hardcover
