Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Lettres a Frederic Lachevre

Lachevre, Frederic; Pierre Louys, ed. · 1925

$140.00 (€127.03 | £105.98 | ¥22,356)

La Roche-sur-Yon, France, Imprimerie Centrale de l'Ouest, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A nice-looking copy of a scarce item, a fine contribution to the series, Pierre Louys et L'histoire Litteraire, being a collection of letters between Pierre Louys...

Hommage a Dunoyer de Segonzac, Chateau de Blois / Mai-Juillet 1967

Passeron, Roger · 1967

$140.00 (€127.03 | £105.98 | ¥22,356)

Blois, France, Chateau de Blois / Musee de l'Ile de France, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the author-artist, being inscribed warmly at first free endpaper as follows: "Pour Madame Rene Julliard cet en tres amical et sympathique sourvenir....

Breadbasket of the World: California's Great Wheat-Growing Era: 1860-1890

The Book Club of California · 1984

$15.20 (€13.79 | £11.51 | ¥2,427)

San Francisco, California, The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A lovely collection of 10 pamphlets, complete. Measuring 10" x 8 1/2", then laid in loosely into a Fine condition cloth-covered folder fitted in to a Fine condition...

Silver Hillside: The Life and Times of Virginia City

Richnak, Barbara · 1984

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Incline Village, North Dakota, Comstock-Nevada Publishing Company, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Published in First Edition state by the Comstock-Nevada Publishing Company of Incline Village, North Dakota, and SIGNED by the author, who warmly inscr...

The Luck of Roaring Camp

Harte, Bret; · 1941

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Camden, NJ, 1941, Privately Printed: the Haddon Craftsmen, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, toned but clean paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting...

The Little Towns of Flanders

Delstanche, Albert · 1921

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Published in 1916 in First Edition by Chatto & Windus, London, and with a Review Copy slip laid in, with a signed title and date to June 25, 1915. Published in tall quarto format,...

Du Neuf Et Du Vieux: Contes Et Melanges--Etrennes Aux Delicats

Frere Jean · 1866

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Rouen, France, D. Briere et fils, 1866. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. French language text, being premiere serie, a sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers and text-block, rough-cut page edges, moderate foxing throughout, but wi...

Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence Display'd or, the Folly of Their Teaching Discover'd, from Their Books, Sermons, Prayers, &C. With Considerable Additions Taken from Scarce and Valuable Mss, & C. Dedication Signed John Crate Pseud. For Gilbert Crokatt and John Monroe.

Crockat, Gilbert and John Monroe · 1789

$140.00 (€127.03 | £105.98 | ¥22,356)

London, Printed For The Booksellers, 1789. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. No copies currently available on-line, this being another interesting item from the library of Gershon Legman. Three-quarters leather binding shows wear, some moderate soiling to and foxing of initials...

Dictionnaire Des Monogrammes, Chiffres, Lettres Initiales, Logogryphes, Rebus, &C. Sous Lesquels Les Plus Celebres Peintres, Graveurs & Dessinateurs Ont Dessine Leurs Noms.

Christ, M. · 1762

$220.00 (€199.61 | £166.53 | ¥35,131)

Paris, Chez Guillyn, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, pres du Pont S. Michel, au Lys d'Or, 1762. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. This is a perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, a helpful guide to the marks and names and logos of leading Fr...

The Council of Trent Plainly Discover'd Not to Have Been a Free Assembly by a Collection of Letters and Papers of the Learned Dr. Vargas and Other Great Ministers, Who Assisted at the Said Synod in Considerable Posts.

Geddes, Michael · 1714

$212.00 (€192.35 | £160.48 | ¥33,854)

London, Printed for B. Barker at the White Hart, and C. King at the Judges Head, both in Westminister-Hall, 1714. Reprinted Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. This is the reissue of the 1697 edition. Scarcely available to the trade in any of the early editions, and ...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Scott, Walter · 1870

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

London, Peacock, Mansfield and Britton, . . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A brilliant-looking pebbly leatherette cover with "Scott" stamped in gilt to cover, underscored also in gilt, with gilt lettering to spine, too, which is slightly rubbed. Red-stained all around. No...

Crispi: Bismarck Et la Triple-Alliance En Caricatures

Grand-Carteret, John · 1894

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Paris, Librairie de Ch. Delagrave, 1894. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Handsomely rebound at some point in a marbled paper over boards, leather to tips and spine, gilt lettering over a burgundy and a black label at spine, with embossed bands, gilt flourishes. Scuffing ...

Etude Sur la Signification Des Noms de Lieux En France

Houze, A. · 1864

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Paris, Ve Henaux, Libraire, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Octavo format, and v [1], 140 pp. in length. Light brown marbled paper over boards, brown buckram cloth-backed, covering original printed wrappers. Sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. ...

De la Sante Des Gens de Lettres

Tissot, [Samuel] · 1768

$136.00 (€123.40 | £102.95 | ¥21,717)

Turin and Bruxelles, Chez Franc. Grasset & Comp., 1768. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A most handsomely produced little tome, bound in full leather, scuffing to tips, moderate rubbing to extremities, with five raised bands, and gilt lettering and flourishes to spine. Page x...

Sacramento and the First Transcontinental Railroad 1856-1864

McGowan, Joseph A., and Walter Frame · 1969

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Sacramento, California, Sacramento County Historical Society, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, brightly illustrated with a period photograph from Sacramento, California in the 1870s, with minor wear of covers ...

Histoire Du Veritable Gribouille

Sand, George [Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin] · 1920

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Paris, J. Hetzel et cie, 1920. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. There's something special often about children's books written in French, particularly if they are well illustrated. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound most handsomely in red cloth, with gil...

The Surviving Works of Sharaku

Henderson, Harold G.; and Ledoux, Louis V. · 1939

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, E. Weyhe, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A big, tall, sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, tall, heavy quarto format, bound in a rust-colored linen cloth, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not e...

Beat Generation and Beyond: A Visual History, Volume 1

Natsoulas, John and Vanessa Bolden · 2003

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Davis, California, John Natsoulas Press, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. No copies currently available on-line, and only available in a limited number of institutional libraries. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, a...

Le Livre de Matheolus, Poeme Francais Du XIV Siecle.

Lefevre, Jean · 1846

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.31 | ¥7,026)

Bruxelles, Belgium, Imprimerie De A. Mertens Et Fils, 1846. . Softcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. The publisher and bibliographer Jules Gay notes that this was a contribution to the series Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs al'amour, aux femmes, au mariage, being the four vo...

Traite Contre Les Danses Et Les Mauvaises Chansons - Dans Lequel le Danger Et le Mal Qui Y Sont Renfermes Sont Demontres Par Les Temoignages Multiplies Des Saintes Ecritures, Des Saints Peres, Des Conciles, de Plusieurs Eveques Du Siecle Passe Et Du Notre, D'Un Nombre de Theologiens, de Casuistes, de Jurisconsultes, de Plusieurs Ministres Protestans, Et Enfin Des Paã¯Ens Meme

Anonyme [Gauthier, François-Louis, 1696-1780] · 1785

$76.00 (€68.96 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

Paris, Chez Froulle, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Pavee, 1785. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A very sturdy and quite attractive tome, bound handsomely in a brown marbled paper over boards, and with five raised bands to spine, with gilt-tooled titling over...