a red book with a picture of a man riding a horsea book with a blue label on it sitting on a tablea close up of a book with french writing on ita picture of an old book with a picture of a man on itan open book with a drawing of a boy on itan open book with a pair of scissors on top of ita picture of a picture of a book with a label on ita picture of a book with a picture of a castle on ita drawing of a man sitting on a bench in front of a buildingseveral books are sitting on a table with a red ribbon around thema blue and orange book sitting on top of a wooden tablea book that is sitting on top of a boxa book with a pink label on it sitting on a tablea book on the table with a piece of paper next to itan old book with a piece of paper on top of ita book with a note on it sitting on a tablea book with a pink sticker on top of itan open book with a drawing of a man and a womanan open book with a drawing of an elephant on ita book with a drawing of a woman on itan open book with a drawing of a woman holding a potan open book with a picture of a man and a dog on itan open book with a drawing of a woman on itan open book with a pink sticker on top of ita book with a picture of a woman and a lion on ita picture of a picture of a paper with the number 3014 written on ita picture of a book with a pink sticker on ita piece of paper taped to the side of a booka book opened to show a picture of a room with a fireplacean open book with a picture of a house in itan open book with a picture of a man in a hatan open book with a piece of paper sticking out of it
HDVB - Me Maudieu

Estimate €15 - €50
Description
NORMANDY. - ‘Tales and Short Stories from Normandy’. Various authors, including MAUPASSANT, MAUROIS, REVEL, etc. Elbeuf, Editions Paul Duval, undated. Illustrations by Raymond Dendeville. Publisher’s illustrated cover, slightly worn, all edges orange; 182 pages plus tables, 29.5 x 20 x 3 cm. - ‘Marvels of the Castles of Normandy’. Réalité Collection, Hachette, 1966. Preface by Michel de Saint-Pierre. Full red leather binding by the publisher in a slipcase, decorated spine, gilt title, gilt head, photographic illustrations in black and white and colour. Copy printed especially for Jean LECANUET (1920–1993). Born in ROUEN, he stood as a candidate in the first French presidential election by universal suffrage – in 1965 – and served as a minister on several occasions. 334 pages, 34 x 25.5 x 4.5 cm. - Jean ADELINE, ‘The Grotesque and Symbolic Sculptures of Rouen and its Surroundings’. Rouen, Augé, (c. 1871). Preface by CHAMPFLEURY (Jules François Félix Husson, 1821–1889, French writer and journalist). 100 illustrations, half-bound in green chagrin leather, ribbed spine decorated with fleurons, covers preserved. 418 pages, some foxing.
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