Fin de siècle

Charleville Verdun (al. et Ret. 240 km). Record du voyage en france. Roger Sommer sur son biplan Sommer muni du moteur Gnome. 20 mai 1910

cm 45x89. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. Ottima conservazione. Il poster ricorda l’impresa di Roger Sommer (1877-1965), con il biplano che da lui prese il nome: nel 1909 batte il record del mondo di durata di volo. Sommer fu inventore e costruttore di aerei, un pioniere in questo campo

Charme dangereux. Sans date. Illustrations de Lobel Riche.

Broch?. 140 pages. Rousseurs. Dos factice. 16x24 cm.

CHASSE, VENERIE ET CHEVAL. GRANDE VENTE ANNUELLE DANS LE CADRE DU CHATEAU DE LA FERTE SAINT-AUBIN. 18/11/2000. (46 grams)

Chateaux of the Loire

Book is in excellent condition, in rich blue cloth HB covers with gilt print at front and spine. Colored map endpapers. Flawless. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, is price-clipped, no tears. Oblong format with full page, full color, often remarkable elevations and arial photos, some detail of the mansions, castles and estates, moslty from the 14th - 17th century along the Loire Valley in France, including Azay-le-Rideau, Chaumont, Le Moulin, Villandry, Blois, Sully-sur-Loire, Chenonceaux, Champigny-sur-Veude, Le Lude, Usse, Beauregard, Loches, Amboise, Saumur, Chinon, Cheverny, Valencay, Montreuil-ellay, Chambord, with map and historcial notes and index at back. copyright Pistil Books, 2011 About 150 pages on heavy, glossy paper.

Chaucer : The Minor Poems

No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to rear, rubbing to ends of sunned spine and very minor bump to lower front corner. Page fore-edges untrimmed. Gilt top of page edges. 86 page intro plus 502pp. Second and Enlarged Edition of Chaucer's minor poems.

Check List of Publications on American Railroads before 1841

This is a "Union list of printed books and pamphlets, including state and federal documents, dealing with charters, by-laws, legislative acts, speeches, debates, land grants, officers' and engineers' reports, travel guides, maps, etc." This is a signed presentation copy from the author to the "Grand Lodge Masonic Library in the State of New York". It has the Masonic Lodges' bookplate on the inside front cover. The library has deaccessioned it and stamped it so several times, also with the Lodge's blindstamp on the lower corner of the title-page, and a few librarian's catalogue numbers unobtrusively placed. Short introduction, 41 page index. This is a very good softcover copy with some cover soil evenly faded into the tan stiff paper covers. Spine has a short tape-repair to the top, small chip to top front cover corner. Inside clean. 10" high X 7" wide, 250 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.

Chefs-D'Oeuvre of the Industrial Arts

This is a very good hardcover copy in lime green cloth boards, ruled in blind, with title and decorations in gilt to the spine. Very clean inside and out. This book was given as a Christmas gift by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to his son Ernest W. Longfellow and has an inscription in Longfellow's hand stating this on the back of the front endpaper. The inscription reads " Ernest W. Longfellow with his father's love and good wishes. Xmas 1873". Light foxing to the front endpapers, and illustrations. Small abrasion to the inside front cover. Illustrated in black & white with many engravings of ceramics, glass, enamels, metalwork and textile arts. Edited by William Chaffers. 9" high X 6" wide, 391 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

Chercheur d'id?al. Texte paru en feuillets dans l'illustration. Gravures par Marchetti.

48 pages sous couverture muette.

CHERS MAITRES. PEINTURES FRANCAISES DE 1814 A 1914 DANS LES COLLECTIONS DES MUSEES DE NICE. (340 grams)

IN 4. CARRE. BR [MOY]. ENV 120 PP. 30 PPL EN NOIR. [BE]

CHIEF BRITISH POETS OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES. Selected Poems.

pp. xi, 442. Double column. Large 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Front board slightly dust spotted. Hardbound. POETRY2 BOX 1

Chiesa e società nella Francia contemporanea - completo in 2 voll. in cofanetto editoriale

Vol. I Dalla Rivoluzione alla Terza Repubblica 1789-1878; Vol. II La Terza Repubblica 1879-1930 - due volumi, tela edit. con titoli oro al dorso entro tasselli e sovrac. ill., cofanetto edit. figurato - prima edizione it. - trad. di Mario Ronchi; prefazione di Giovanni Spadolini - alcune illustrazioni in b.n. fuori testo

Chiesa gregoriana Ricerche sulla Riforma del secolo XI

bross. edit. ill., schedina edit., minime tracce d'uso in cop. - prima edizione

CHILDE HASSAM. CENTRAL PARK. PROPERTY OF THE VILLAGE OF BRONXVILLE. 02/12/1998. (172 grams)

ESTIMATE ON REQUEST

Chinese Printmaking Today: Woodblock Printing in China, 1980-2000

This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text block page edges starting to yellow a bit. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the British Library from November 7, 2003 to March 7, 2004. Catalog edited by Anne Farrer. Contributions by David Barker, Christer von der Burg, Norma Fung, He Weimin, Hwang Yin, Beth McKillop, Naomi Pears, Qi Fengge, Iris Wachs, Frances Wood, and Zheng Haiyao. Illustrated mostly in color some black & white. 108 works in the exhibition, each with lengthy entry and illustration. Biographical sketches of the artists. Bibliography. 11" high X 10" wide, 223 pages. This book will be securely packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

Choix de po?mes. Avec une pr?face d'E. Raynaud, une bibliographie et un portrait.

Broch?. 202 pages. Quelques pages mal coup?es.

Choix de po?mes. Bibliographie et portrait. Sans date. Pr?face d'A. Heumann.

Broch?. 248 pages. D?fra?chi. Petit manque au dos.

Choix de po?mes. Introduction par Jean de Cours. Portrait de l'auteur par Th?o Van Rysselberghe.

Broch?. 304 pages. Rousseurs.

Choix de po?sies. Articles illustr?s parus dans "Lectures pour tous". Pr?face de Fran?ois Copp?e.

Broch?. 360 pages.

CHRISTIES AT TATTERSALL'S PARK PADDOCKS, NEWMARKET. 04/05/1990. (364 grams)

Christopher Plantin's Books of Hours: Illustration and Production.

xxxi, 301pp., 156 plates, orig. cloth. An in-depth examination of Plantin's large-scale production of books of hours, comprising a survey of their illustration as well as accounts of the general process by which they were printed. A pioneer study of great interest both from the art-historical and from the bibliographical point of view. Contains inter alia many additions and corrections's to Voet's The Plantin Press.

Churchill 1874-1914 Primo volume

in sovrac.: L'ultimo leone Visioni di gloria - tela edit. con titoli oro al dorso e sovrac. ill., minime tracce d'uso alla sovrac. - prima edizione it. - trad. di Bruno Amato

Ciceruacchio capopopolo di Roma Dalla cospirazione antipapale all'entusiasmo per Pio IX e al martirio sotto le insegne garibaldine, tutta la vita di Angelo Brunetti, strenuo difensore della Repubblica Romana

tela edit. con titoli al dorso e sovrac. ill. - prima edizione - numerose illustrazioni in b.n. nel testo, sguardie illustrate

Cin?ma 1900. Photos et planches hors texte.

Broch?. 250 pages.

Cinq Peintres et le Theatre Decors et Costumes de Leger Coutaud Gischia Labisse Pignon

Original serigraph cover art (both front and back) and many color illustrations by these French artists. Text in French. Mainly post-war work in the theater, both set design and costume sketches. A very good softcover copy in stiff red paper covers with titles in blue, red and yellow inks on the front and a dramatic mask in the same inks on the back. With light wear to the corners, and top & bottom of spine. Spine faded, as well as left edge of front cover. Inside very clean. Bibliography. Tall 4to, 11" high X 8" wide, 152 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.