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1957177679New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1957. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 160p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Edges lightly rubbed endpapers a bit foxed and binding barely cockeyed. Text is unmarked and binding secure. The dustjacket is rubbed and lightly edgeworn with several tiny closed tears along the edges. Advice for women on love romance and marriage written by a Frenchman. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover
1957602498New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover
2008x-0415461766Routledge 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 8.74x5.71x0.79 inches. Routledge hardcover
19461821Paris: Editions Des Deux Rives 1946. Fine. Editions Des Deux Rives Paris 1946 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 200 numbered copies on vellum the only deluxe copies. A very handsome copy. Editions Des Deux Rives hardcover
1931277011931. Paris Editions Bernard Grasset / Coll. ''Les Cahiers verts'' 1931. Un vol. au format in-12 188 x 123 mm de 248 pp. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-maroquin ÂŽmeraude ˆ coins filets en noir portÂŽs sur les plats dos lisse ornÂŽ d'un filet d'encadrement dorÂŽ doubles filets d'encadrement stylisÂŽs dorÂŽs filets dorÂŽs pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ date dorÂŽe en queue tÂte dorÂŽe syr tÂŽmoins couvertures et dos conservÂŽs. Canape et Corriez. Edition originale revÂtue d'une dÂŽlicate reliure du temps de demi-maroquin signÂŽe Canape et Corriez. Un des exemplaires numÂŽrotÂŽs du tirage sur Alfa. L'ouvrage donne ˆ lire quatre confÂŽrences donnÂŽes par Maurois consacrÂŽes ˆ TourgÂŽniev. Dos lÂŽgÂrement passÂŽ. Claires rousseurs dans le texte ; davantage prononcÂŽes sur quelques feuillets. b42961 unknown
66807Les Cahiers verts - Bernard Grasset - Paris 1931 In-12 248pp. exemplaire non coupe sur papier Alfa unknown
194089982New York: Harper & Brothers 1940. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good in a Good price-clipped dust jacket. Edge wear. Front panel of jacket shows chipping to upper left corner and lower right corner. Spine crown and heel shows wear chippingto crown. Lightly soiled to front and back panels. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1940329531New York: Harper 1940. hardcover. very good/very good. viii 255 pages. 8vo black cloth d.w. torn. New York: Harper 1940. Signed by Maurois on the half-title page. Remainder mark on low page edge. Very good in a very good dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> The real and exciting Truth about what happened to France written entirely from first-hand observation and from what Maurois heard at various times from Reynaud Bonnet Chamberlain Churchill Gamelin Gort and other leading figures. No rumors appear in this book. Andre Maurois Official French Observer at British G.H.Q. lived through the events he describes.<br/> <br/> Harper unknown
1940304254New York Harper & Brothers Publishers 1940. 1940. Seventh edition so stated; "L-P". 8vo. Translated from the French by Denver Lindley. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks; short tear. Very good. 255 pages. Signed and inscribed by Andre Maurois on the half title page: "Pour Arthur S. Wiley qui comprend la France. . .Andre Maurois". Inscribed by Authors. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers [1940]. hardcover
1940004614New York: Harper & Brothers 1940 Fifth edition. Black cloth binding gold titles. 255 pp. Signed by Maurois on half-title. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Dustjacket flap has been cut up and adhered to first free front endpaper half title and rear free endpaper. Solid copy good condition. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1940115203Edition de la Maison Francaise Inc. New York 1940. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In-8 brochéTrès Bon Etat édition numerotée No 242/500. Edition de la Maison Francaise Inc. New York Paperback
B306499-1New York Éditions de la Maison Française Inc. 1940. 229 3pp. Sm. 4to. Double-set of wraps. outer wraps. very slightly soiled. One of 450 numbered copies on papier Strathmore from a total edition limited to 500 copies. An eyewitness account and analysis by André Maurois detailing the reasons France fell to the occupation of Nazi Germany in just a few weeks in 1940. It explores the military unpreparedness political divisions and social factors that led to the collapse of the French army. Presentation copy inscribed by the author. New York (Éditions de la Maison Française, Inc.), 1940. paperback
012404New York: Éditions de la Maison Française Book. Bel. Reliure dos en cuir. Signé par André Maurois. Première Edition; Exemplaire 69 de 500. in-8o Carée. 450 exemplaires sur papier Strathmore numérotés de 51 a 500. Reliure dos en cuire récente. Quatre nerfs et lettrage doré au dos. Plats marbrés. Couverture sup. ancienne relié a l`interieur. Coiffe sup. un peu frottée. Ex-libris. Interieur en état de neuf. Éditions de la Maison Française Hardcover
1932218293Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1932. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Very good. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Two letters to Madol concering the latter's book on the Spanish dictator Godoy translated into English as GODOY: THE FIRST OF THE MODERN DICTATORS L. 1934.<br /> <br /> In the first letter Maurois acknowledges receipt of the book by the historian and biographer Madol: " I have just read the beginning and the book seems fine to me. I promise to let you know . "<br /> <br /> In the second letter Maurois responds to an invitation to write the Preface to GODOY: "I"d be delighted to see your book on Godoy appear in France but I don't feel capable of writing a preface on the subject. It's about a man I know little about except through you and about a period which I have never studied. My Preface would have little authority. I think every man should stay faithful to what he knows. But if you wish I could very well recommend your book to my publisher . "<br /> <br /> André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. unknown
1933218294Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1933. One page in French. 1 vols. Half sheet quarto. Very good. One page in French. 1 vols. Half sheet quarto. Maurois book EDOUARD VII ET SON TEMPS translated into English as THE EDWARDIAN ERA appeared in French English and German in 1933. The German publisher was R. Piper in Munich. He writes: "Yes I do already have a contract for the German publication of Edouard VII . and I'm sorry that I can't offer it to you. Didn't you receive a copy of the Lyautey Pierre Lyautey CHINE OUR JAPON Plon 1932 I had asked Plon to send you one since i don't have one myself . " André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. <br/><br/> unknown
1933218257Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1933. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Slight wear at edges and folds. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Interesting letter from the French Jewish novelist biographer essayist and historian to the American co-editor along with George Jean Nathan of Nathan's newly formed magazine "The American Spectator."<br /> <br /> "My dear Boyd<br /> <br /> "I had promised to give some unpublished excepts from my Edward VII. It isn't easy to detach sections from a historical work. However you could take either the first chapter "Final Days and Death of Queen Victoria" which Appleton already has in translation and could give you - or the third chapter "Men and Parties" which contains several potraits of Englihs politicians . a few of them might be amusing ."<br /> <br /> <br /> Born as Emile Herzog Maurois changed his name assimilated and published his first novel in 1918. During WWII he supported the Vichy regime but was a strong opponent of Hitler and eventually had to flee to the United States where he taught at Princeton. He is perhaps even more widely known in Great Britain and the U.S. for his masterful biographies of Shelley and Byron and his books on the Edward and the Edawardian Period as discussed here and English history. unknown
1935218295Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1935. One page in French. 1 vols. Half sheet quarto. Very good. One page in French. 1 vols. Half sheet quarto. "I'm sorry but I'm leaving Paris this week to spend several weeks vacation down South. I'll be happy to see you right after Easter ;" André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. <br/><br/> unknown
1932218299London 1932. Brief note on letterhead of Savoy Hotel London with blank conjugate. 1 vols. 12mo. Fine. Brief note on letterhead of Savoy Hotel London with blank conjugate. 1 vols. 12mo. Brief note regarding a possible meeting: " I don't return to Paris before the 20th of June but if you are still there I'll be happy to see you . " André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. <br/><br/> unknown
1933218296Neuilly-sur-Seine 1933. One page in French. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Very good. One page in French. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. " . Sorry for this late response but for the last 8 days I've had too much to do to even open my mail. Illl b happy to see you if you can come some Sunday morning ;" André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. <br/><br/> unknown
1937218297Neuilly-sur-Seine 1937. One page in French. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Very good. One page in French. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. "Thank you for writing me. The information you sent is quite interesting. Maybe ill see you as I'm thinking myself of checking into the Trianon Hotel to work for a few days . " André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. <br/><br/> unknown
1930218298Neuilly 1930. 5 lines on blank verso of printed and folded aerogramme. 1 vols. 12mo. Dampstained and faded. 5 lines on blank verso of printed and folded aerogramme. 1 vols. 12mo. Brief note of acceptance to a colleague in Paris: "Monsieur et cher confrère . Naturally I accept with pleasure. This contest of yours sounds quite interesting . " André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. <br/><br/> unknown
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192775001Paris: Grasset 1927. Fine. Grasset Paris 1927 17.50 x 23 cm relié First edition one of 13 numbered copies specially printed on Imperial Japan paper for the Librairie des Champs-Elysées. Bound in half black shagreen with bands spine with four raised bands set with sand-colored mosaic shagreen band minor scratches to headcaps almond green wood-effect paper boards framed with two almond green mosaic shagreen bands almond green wood-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns original covers and spine preserved top edge gilt corners slightly bumped contemporary Art Deco binding. Handsome copy attractively bound in a lovely contemporary Art Deco binding. Grasset hardcover
192741687Paris : Bernard Grasset 1927. 185x120mm. broch. Non rogn. Bon tat. Ex-libris. Ddicac. Edition originale sur papier alfa satin numrot 1638/3300. 265 Bernard Grasset unknown
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