Search Results: France from Mainly Books

New York: Carroll & Graf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0786700009 . Hardcover with dustjacket, book has a 1/8th of an inch worn area on the bottom edge and is in excellent condition otherwise, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has a few small areas of surface-wear and is otherwise quite presentable, the original price (28.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "tells the story of the child born in the most Catholic rural corner of France to an aetheist father and a Protestant mother..," illustrated throughout and includes a Select Bibliography and Sources .

New York: Basic Books. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1964. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by no additional printings listed on copyright page, "explores the origins and meaning of la vie boheme as they bear on the sources of modern literary discontent and on today's 'alienated' writer," book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, the jacket is sunned from a greenish hue to beige on the spine and has edge-tanning on the rear panel, also a 3/4-inch edge-tear with some loss at top of spine, two tiny open tears on the rear edge of the spine, and a mild vertical crease down the center of the rear panel, the jacket is clean and remains presentable despite the flaws, the original price (5.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; 220 pages .

Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2016. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0674737393 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, book and jacket are in excellent condition, moderate wrinkling to the jacket at the spine-ends is the only remarkable flaw, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "presents a new biographical study of the legendary Frankish king and emperor, illuminating the life and reign of a ruler who shaped Europe's destiny in ways few figures, before or since, have equaled," illustrated throughout, including a color section, also includes a Selected Bibliography; ; 688 pages .

The John Day Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. 0381982602 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing as stated on copyright page, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has a couple of tiny edge-tears and a tiny abrasion on the front panel, it is clean and attractive, the original price (12.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, illustrated throughout and includes a bibliography, "a work of classic status for which Dorothy Carrington received the Royal Society of Literature award" ; 336 pages .

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0374157553 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, book has one minor flaw only: mild edge-tanning to the top covers, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has mild tanning to the top edge of the white flaps and rubbing to the glossy surface, the jacket is clean and presentable, the original price (10.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "examines that troubling terrain between animality and humanity, and an exceptional but not infallible young doctor's efforts to help a bestialized youth across it"; 220 pages .

New York: Praeger Publishers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 0275525309 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has rubbing to the glossy surface on the rear panel and one short edge-tear, the jacket is clean and presentable, the original price (17.50) Is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "By strengthening the power of the state and pressing the whole nation into its service, Louis and Richelieu helped to liberate France from Its medieval shackles and opened wider horizons for every Frenchman," includes a bibliography; 622 pages .

Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons. Very Good. 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, one-half burgundy leather binding and red cloth, bright gold title and decoration on spine, the leather shows some rubbing wear at the edges but the binding is clean, tight and square, the former owner has written her name on the first blank end-paper and her indiscreet ownership stamp appears at the bottom of the title page and tucked in the inner margins of pages 100, 200 and 300, there are no other remarkable flaws to this well-preserved copy, the text is pristine as are the many illustrations which include a folding color map, this is Volume 3 and includes a Chronology and Index, 361 pages .

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine. 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket or slipcase, illustrated cloth, "This is copy number 235. This edition is limited to five hundred copies printed on all-rag paper from original wood cuts," it is signed beneath this notice by the author and the illustrator, the book has a 1.5-inch by 1-inch, very faint, slightly discolored area at the bottom of the rear cover and a couple of tiny edge-creases to the cloth at the spine-ends, excellent condition overall, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, an end-paper map accompanies the fine wood cuts ; Signed by Author .

Montreal, Canada: Editions Bergeron. Very Good+. 1982. Trade Paperbacks. 2-volumes, large paperbacks, contains baptisms, marriages and burials for French forts in North America, mainly for the 18th century, also includes Census listings and short histories of the forts, along with some illustrations, each volume is individually indexed, both books are clean and attractive with no remarkable flaws other than minimal rubbing to the covers, the bindings are tight and the contents are fine .

New York, NY: A.C. Armstrong & Son. Very Good+. 1886. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, first American printing (the British edition was published one year earlier), dark blue cloth binding, top edge gilt, floral-decorated end-papers, 328 pages, translated from the French, very well-preserved copy, mild rubbing at the corners and an attractive bookplate on the front end-paper are the only remarkable flaws .

Princeton Architectural Press. Near Fine. 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. 1568983921 . Large paperback in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy, photos, "No building better embodies the ineffable qualities of rural France than the lavoir"; 88 pages .

France: Vinvest. Fine. 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. Beautiful reprint of this 19th-century work about French wine, this is the "Luxe" edition, limited to 624 copies hand-numbered from 101-724 and signed by the editor, this being number 641, the text is in the original French, large format, brown leather binding with bright gold and blind-stamped titles and gold spine decoration, all edges gilt, marbled end-papers, many wonderful illustrations throughout, including a color map, book is in excellent condition with no remarkable flaws and is housed in the original marbled slipcase which has a tiny amount of rubbing at the corners as its only flaw, this volume is divided into four parts: Premiere Partie: Generalites, Culture, Vendanges, Classification, Chateaux Vinicoles, Crus Classes (154 pages). Vins De Graves Des Environs De Bordeaux (62 pages) Saint-Emilion Son Histoire, Ses Monuments Et Ses Vins (50 pages). Le Fronsadais Son Histoire Et Ses Vins (42 pages). .

London, England: W. H. Allen. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 0491000405 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first English printing, translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian, "both a biography of a man and a portrait of a revolutionary age, its ideas and its personalities," the former owner's name is present on the blank front end-paper and a small bump is present on the top edge of the front cover, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket is price-clipped and the glossy cover is rubbed, otherwise, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; 414 pages .

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0801866871 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book and jacket are in excellent condition, only one minor flaw: mild rubbing on the rear panel of the jacket, a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, also includes a bibliographical essay, "after a distinguished career as a soldier, diplomat, and secret agent for the Government of King Louis XV of France, told the world that he was a woman who had disguised herself as a man. But d'Eon was lying. In fact he was a man pretending to be a woman who was now admitting to be a man"; ; 208 pages .

University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0226727971 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book has two minor flaws: the former owner's name on the first blank end-paper and a small area of fading at bottom of spine, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket is in excellent condition with no remarkable flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "During May 1968 students and workers in France united in the biggest strike and the largest mass movement in French history," includes a bibliography .

San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books. Near Fine. 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Flexible covers. 0811817865 . A brown flexible board case with aluminum screws houses this facsimile diary, nearly new condition with a couple of tiny imperfections to the cover, nice gift copy .

Xlibris Corp. Near Fine. 2000. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. 0738852481 . Large paperback in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy which is dated, inscribed and signed by the author: "July 28, 2001 - To Dave & Anne - Sophie, In appreciation of your friendship and with great respect for all your expertise! Susan Plotkin" The author lived in Paris for seven years - during which time she became fluent in French and enamored of the Metro, includes a Selected Bibliography; 405 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Atheneum. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1962. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, "The city, the river, the romance of the centuries told in words and pictures," book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has 1/2-inch of edge-loss at bottom of spine, several shallow edge-chips, and tanning on the spine, the jacket remains clean and presentable, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, features a double-page end-paper map in addition to the many illustrations ; 375 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Fine. 2005. Trade Paperback. 0521467705 . Large paperback in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy, "examines the relationship between French peasants and the development of the French national identity during the nineteenth century," includes Sources and References ; ; 239 pages .

New York & London: Century Company. Very Good+. 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, attractive illustrated cloth, no significant flaws to this nice-looking copy, a tour of the coasts of France, includes illustrations by Giovanni Petrina .