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205 - HISTORY. A fine set of 33 works (24 volumes) in 19th- and 20…
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HISTORY. A fine set of 33 works (24 volumes) in 19th- and 20th-century bindings: - KLEINE (Emile). The Agricultural, Industrial and Commercial World. Paris, Pigoreau, (c. 1880), in-12, 2ff.-665pp. Publisher’s red cloth. - Waterstains. - PIC (Ulysse). Gallic Letters on the Men and Matters of Contemporary Politics. Biography of the author. The Vicissitudes and Adventures of the Yellow Dwarf. Paris, Faure, 1865, in-12, XLIII pp. – 313 pp. Contemporary wine-coloured half-percale binding. - Some foxing. First edition in a single volume. - TALMEYR (Maurice). The End of a Society. Houses of Illusion. Paris, Juven, 1906, in-12, VIII pp. – 285 pp. – 1 folio. Mustard-coloured half-cloth binding of the period, title label, cover preserved. First edition. An investigation into prostitution. - PELLET (Marcellin). Elysée Loustallot and the Paris Revolutions. (July–September 1790). Paris, Le Chevalier, 1872, in-12, 2 folios–308 pp. Contemporary green grained half-percaline. – Modest binding. A few foxing spots or stains. – DENVIGNES (General). What I Saw and Heard in Germany. War or Peace? Preface by André Michelin. Paris, Tallandier, (1927), in-12, 318 pp. – 1 folio. Contemporary green grained half-basane, front cover. - BRISSON (Adolphe). The Prophets. Preface by Pierre Baudin. Paris, Flammarion, Tallandier, (1903), in-12, 2ff.-Xpp.-379pp.- 27 plates of photographic portraits, as inserts. Contemporary green half-basane binding, ribbed spine, gilt fleurons. – Spine slightly faded, a few rare foxing spots. - DESPOIS (Eugène). Revolutionary Vandalism. Literary, Scientific and Artistic Foundations of the Convention. Paris, Baillière, 1868, 12mo, VIII pp. – 380 pp. Bound in fawn-coloured long-grain half-shagreen, smooth spine, cover preserved. – A few rare pinholes. (Contemporary History Library Collection). - [MERMEIX (Gabriel TERRAIL, known as...)]. Behind the Scenes of Boulangism. Revised and expanded with several previously unpublished chapters, with a preface by Mermeix. Paris, Cerf, 1890, in-12, XV pp. – 379 pp. Contemporary binding in ultramarine half-shagreen, corners, ribbed spine, decorated panels, gilt head. – A well-bound copy. Paper uniformly yellowed. - HOSKEN WOODWARD (Emma). Men, Women, and Progress. London, Dulau, 1885, in-8, VI pp. – 1 f. – 393 pp. Publisher’s brick-red cloth cardboard binding, decorated. - Uncut copy, a few faint foxing spots. - NOLHAC (Pierre de). Studies on the Court of France. Madame de Pompadour and Politics According to New Documents. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1928, in-12 (11.5 x 18.5 cm), 2ff., 358 pages. Bound in contemporary marbled caramel half-basane, ribbed spine, cover and spine preserved. - Volume in good condition. - BIRE (Edmond). Paris in 1793. Paris, Gervais, 1888, in-12, XII pp. – 400 pages. Bound in contemporary havana-coloured half-shagreen. - Light foxing throughout the volume. First edition. - BERTRAND (Louis). History of Spain. Paris, Fayard, 1932, in-8, 519 pages. Contemporary half-maroquin binding with an ultramarine band, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved. - One of 120 copies on pure-thread, 3° paper. Very fresh. First edition. - MARICOURT (Baron André de). Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon Penthièvre, Duchess of Orléans. Her Youth. The Duke of Penthièvre. The Palais-Royal. The Separation. (1753–1791). Paris, Emile-Paul frères, 1913, in-8, XIX pp. – 329 pp. – photogravure portrait. Contemporary Bradel-style binding in wine-coloured half-cloth, corners, title label, cover preserved. - Ex-libris. Volume in good condition. - FALLOUX (Alfred, Count of). Louis XVI. Paris, Sagnier et Bray, 1852, in-12, XII pp., 419 pages. Contemporary binding in khaki-coloured glossy half-calf, smooth spine, gilt fillets, title label, marbled edges. - Well bound, a few very faint foxing spots on the first and last leaves. - CABANES (Dr.). The Hereditary Affliction. The Descendants of Charles V. Paris, Michel, (1926), small in-8, 2 folios–379 pages – 63 black-and-white reproductions of documents, as vignettes or full-page illustrations. Contemporary caramel-coloured half-calf binding, smooth spine, title label, gold rocaille running lengthwise, gilt head, original cover preserved. - A fresh and well-bound volume. - LENOTRE (G.). Old Houses, Old Papers. Third series. Paris, Perrin, 1906, small 8vo, 3ff.-399pp.-1f.- A few reproductions. Later blue half-cloth binding. - Modest binding, with volume number indicated. - VEDEL (Cdt. Emile). On Our Coastal Fronts. Paris, Plon, 1918, in-12, 2ff.-319pp.- 2 maps. Bradel-style cardboard binding with laid paper, cover. - Margins slightly yellowed. - MERMEIX (Gabriel TERRAIL, known as...). Le Ralliement et l'Action Française. Paris, Fayard, (1927), in-12, 478 pp. – 1 folio. Red half-cloth. - MERMEIX (Gabriel TERRAIL, known as...). The Secret Negotiations and the Four Armistices with supporting documents. Paris, Ollendorff, (1921), in-12, 355 pp. Contemporary red half-cloth. - Simple binding. (Fragments d’Histoire 1914–19… collection). - .....
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