Category: France, Italy, Spain

A Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy. Part I: Southern Tuscany and Papal States [4th Ed.] / A Handbook of Rome and its Environs; Forming Part II of the Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy [5th Ed.] + A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy; Being a Guide for the Continental Portion of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Price: $400.00

Publisher: London, Paris, Florence, and Rome, John Murray/A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier/Goodban/Piale; Gallarini; Spithover : 1857

Seller ID: 059262

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Two volumes, identically bound in custom-bound full calf, bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt, 5 raised bands, dentilled edges, marbled text block edges and endpapers. Central Italy consisters of two parts bound in one volume: Part I: 4th ed. (1857); Part II: 5th ed. (1858); South Italy: 3rd ed. (1858) bound separately. Both volumes show similar modest wear with rubbed joints, corners, and bands, spine gilt partially rubbed away, publisher labels and one title label now lacking. Firm bindings, clean interiors. Lacking front blank preceding each first main title, interiors ot...
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A Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy. Part I: Comprising the Continental States and Island of Sardinia, Lombardy, and Venice. Part II: The Duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Modena, North Tuscany and Florence

Price: $295.00

Publisher: London, Paris, Florence, Milan, Venice, and Rome, John Murray/Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier/Goodban/Artaria/Munster/Gallarini; Piale; Spithover : 1858

Seller ID: 059261

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Custom-bound full calf, bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt, 5 raised bands, dentilled edges, marbled text block edges and endpapers. Rubbed joints, corners, and bands, spine gilt partially rubbed away, title and publisher labels now lacking. Firm binding, clean interior. Lacking front blank preceding main title, interior otherwise fully intact. xxx,644 pp. (Parts I and II continuously paginated), (2) maps (1 folding), 7 plans (6 folding). Stated 7th edition. A respectable copy, quite scarce early edition.
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Annuaire des Chateaux et des Villegiatures - 1926

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Publications La Fare : 1926

Seller ID: 019118

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Gray cloth, lettered in black. Ex-library, minimally marked/stamped, perforation stamp to lower title page and final page of text. 1444 pp., illus. Text block moderately toned but otherwise intact. Area of paper loss along top edge of rear flyleaf, slightly affecting the advertisement. Blue silk book mark tipped in at rear. Cloth moderately soiled, rubbed along joints and at extremities. Fundamentally sound copy, though somewhat cosmetically compromised. Scarce.
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Dictionnaire des Eglises de France [Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse] IVb: Normandie

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Robert Laffont : 1968

Seller ID: 035517

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Dark mustard cloth, lettered in brown. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows light shelf wear, now in mylar. 192 pp., illus., folding map in rear pocket. Text in French. Former owner's book plate mounted on front pastedown.
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Firenze e Dintorni [Guida d'Italia]

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Milan, Italy, Touring Club Italiano

Seller ID: 012995

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Red flexible cloth, lettered in gilt. Light shelf wear, front board slightly curled along fore-edge. 398,10 pp., 3 carte geografiche, 2 piante di citta, 32 plante di antichita e di antichita. 1950, quarta edizione di 20,000 esemplari. Text in Italian.
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Fraternite d'Armes Franco-Americaine [Revue Historique de l'Armee couronnee par l'academie francaise en 1954 - Special Issue]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Ministere de la guerre : 1957

Seller ID: 036925

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Ivory "leatherette" wraps, lettered in black. Modestly soiled covers and some general handling wear. Square, uncreased binding. Text block edges show some foxing, also slightly to half-title (inside front cover). 173,lxxvi pp., illus. including tipped-in plates (color, b&w), several 4-color maps including 1 folding. Special issue devoted to almost 200 years of comradeship and camaraderie between American and French military forces, from the American Revolution through WW2 and beyond. Text is in English, though a few of the ads at rear are in French. Scarce.
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Glimpses of Spain and Morocco: A Few Facts and Hints for the Passengers of the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. and of the German Mediterranean Service

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Gustav H. Schwab/North German Lloyd Steamship Co. : 1896

Seller ID: 014485

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Wraps, oblong format, approx. 9 1/4" x 6 5/8", cord binding. Lettered and decorated in gold and dark blue. Unpaginated, [38] pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Both covers modestly soiled. A bit of scattered corner/edge wear through interior, nothing very worthy of comment. Small chip along top front edge at corner. Interior is clean and intact. Vintage travel guide that includes coverage of Tangier, Granada, Sevilla, Cordova, Madrid, Gibraltar and Toledo, along with currency and vocabulary for travelers. Scarce, decently preserved.
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Images du Temps Passe

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Editions du Credit Lyonnais : 1955

Seller ID: 022089

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ivory paper-covered boards, color illus. and gilt lettering on front cover. MIldly soiled covers, light shelf wear, closed tear repaired along upper front joint, mildly bumped at head of spine. Primarily illustrations, 168 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates of scenes in French history from the Medieval era into the 19th century. Text in French.
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Le Victoria Hall: Son histoire architecturale - Son histoire musicale - Sa restauration - Ses orgues [Victoria Hall 1894-1987 + Les orges du Victoria Hall: 1894, 1949, 1993 - Complete in 2 Volumes]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ville de Geneve/Departement des Beaux-Arts et de la Culture : 1993

Seller ID: 031951

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Two volumes, burgundy and green stiff wraps with color front cover pastedowns, housed in original yellow printed cardstock slipcase. Both volumes as issued, slipcase with modest shelf/edge wear. 80 + 89 pp., illus. Limited to 7,000 copies. Text in French and English.
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Los Toros: Bullfighting

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Spain, Indice : 1981

Seller ID: 043710

ISBN: B00128YSUM

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stiff b&w pictorial wraps. Several stress creases along a binding which also shows a minor lean, otherwise only light surface rubbing. 208 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs, drawings. Text in English. Full-color reproduction of 1947 bullfighting poster laid in (folded, original to issue).
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Paris As It Is: An Illustrated Souvenir of the French Metropolis

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Paris, France, Brentano's : 1892

Seller ID: 042319

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG-

Brownish-burgundy 1/2 cloth, brown cloth, lettered/illus. in gilt and black, oblong format. Cloth along front joint discolored unevenly with 3/4" mended tear, cloth along spine panel sunned, several mild spots to covers. Endpapers toned, hinges mended and firm. Internal leaves are hinged, with occasional light soiling. Illus. w/ photographic plates in grayscale, green and sepia tints, also drawings in text. 53 pp., text printed on both sides of a leaf, plates printed on rectos only, plus rear ads.
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Rome 60 Fotocolor Souvenir

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Rome, Italy,

Seller ID: 018081

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Near Fine

Color pictorial paper covered cardstock boards. Lightly rubbed spine extremities, lightly bumped at head of spine. 60 fold-out color plates with various views of Rome, captioned on verso in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, and Japanese. Undated, likely ca. 1960s. Nicely preserved.
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Tout Paris 1926 (42e Annee)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Tout-Paris : 1926

Seller ID: 019777

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Gray cloth, lettered in black, newly rebacked in complementary gray cloth, also lettered in black, new endpapers, new head- and tail-bands, retaining original red-dyed text block edges. Original cloth is moderately soiled, with bumped corners showing mild exposure. 1170 pp., illus. w/ maps, color lithographed as well as b&w advertisements. Interior is toned but otherwise basically intact, with final leaf mildly chipped along fore-edge. Pour le "Tout-Paris" de 1927 - Envoyez vos Inscriptions et Corrections avant le 1er Octobre 1926. Scarce. Conservative rebinding will withstand year of continue...
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A Wreath for San Gemignano

By: Aldington, Richard

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce : 1945

Seller ID: 042795

ISBN: B0007DMXWS

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Brown paper covered boards, spine panel lettered in gold foil. No designation of printing on copyright page, clearly a vintage issue but evidently not a first. 31 pp., illus. Essentially as issued. Illus. dust jacket is modestly soiled, otherwise only slight wear, now in mylar. Poetic homage to a Tuscan hill town destroyed in World War 2.
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A Hilltop on the Marne, Being Letters Written June 3 - September 8, 1914

By: Aldrich, Mildred

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset and Dunlap : 1918

Seller ID: 057365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth, lettered in black on light brown field. Modest rubbing to corners and spine extremities, text block edges a bit tanned by age, endpapers tanning. Undated reprint of 20th ptg. [ix],188 pp.
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Paris: The Glamour Years

By: Allan, Tony

Price: $19.95

Publisher: New York, Gallery Books-W. H. Smith Publishers : 1984

Seller ID: 051205

ISBN-13: 9780831756451

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Brown cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. New/as issued, color illus. dust jacket now in mylar. 208 pp., illus. 1st ptg., complete number line.
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A School History of France, Illustrated with Numerous Engravings and Maps [Anderson's Historical Series]

By: Anderson, John J.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Maynard, Merrill and Co. : 1893

Seller ID: 035536

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Green-gray cloth, lettered/decorated in black. Moderate shelf/handling wear, cloth showing surface rubbing and red staining to a portion of front cover, rubbed spine extremities, toned text block edges. Firm binding. Former owner's signature on front flyleaf and blank verso of color frontis. map, otherwise unmarked. 371 pp., illus. w/ color map plates, cuts in text.
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The Fiery Fountains: The Autobiography - Continuation and Crisis to 1950

By: Anderson, Margaret

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, NY, Horizon Press : 1982

Seller ID: 028830

ISBN-13: 9780818002113

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Pink stiff wraps. Slight shelf wear, nearly as issued. Square, uncreased binding. xiii,242 pp.
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My French Life

By: Archer, Vicki; Carla Coulson (photographs)

Price: $39.95

Publisher: New York, Lantern-Penguin Books : 2007

Seller ID: 049578

ISBN-13: 9781920989453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Padded color pictorial boards. New/as issued, dust jacket now in mylar. 2nd ptg. 232 pp., illus. w/ color + b&w photographs.
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English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I [Vol. I + II, Complete]

By: Ashton, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Chatto and Windus : 1884

Seller ID: 040832

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in black pebbled cloth, lettered on spine panel and with front cover illus. in gilt, front cover lettered in blind. xii,290 + viii,283,32 pp., 115 illus. by the author, Vol. II w/ 32- pp. publisher's catalog at rear dated Dec. 1882. Both volumes show approx. 1/4" strip of loss at heads of spines, Vol. I also showing chipping at heel. Vol. I spine panel torn/mended, with minor loss, and a bit of raggedness along fore-edge of the first several leaves. Both volumes rubbed with exposure at corners. Institutional book plate mounted on front pastdown...
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Discourses of Jewish Identity in Twentieth-Century France [Yale French Studies No. 85]

By: Astro, Alan (editor)

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Yale University Press : 1994

Seller ID: 055424

ISBN-13: 9780300060157

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Stiff illus. wraps. Minor shelf wear, nearly as issued. Square, uncreased binding, clean and unmarked interior. 1st ptg.
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Romans and Aliens

By: Balsdon, J. P. V. D.

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press : 1979

Seller ID: 009817

ISBN-13: 9780807813836

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

x,310 pp. Blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Light dampstaining along top edges of cloth, not affecting text block. Front cover very slightly warped. Dust jacket shows very slight shelf wear.
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The Deserts of Southern France: An Introduction to the Limestone and Chalk Plateaux of Ancient Aquitaine [Vol. I + II, Complete]

By: Baring-Gould, Sabine

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Methuen and Co. : 1894

Seller ID: 049978

ISBN: B0010643YM

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in dark blue cloth, each volume lettered and with front panel device in gilt, deckled text block edges. Moderate wear with rubbed edges, some exposure to corners, mild binding leans. Text block edges somewhat toned by age, interior a bit toned, with mild foxing adjacent to flyleaves. Firm bindings. xxii,296 + xii,303 pp., illus. A decent set, still useful, with wear but no compromising faults.
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France of the French

By: Barker, Edward Harrison

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1908

Seller ID: 031021

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Green ribbed cloth, lettered and with front cover shield device in gilt, top text block edge in gilt. Modest shelf wear, a bit rubbed along joints and at corners, approx. 1.5" abrasion along lower rear cover fore-edge with exposure to underboard. Text block edges somewhat dulled by age and lightly foxed, interior clean and intact, binding firm. x,271 pp., illus. w/ sepia plates.
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The Ancien Regime [History of European Civilization Library]

By: Behrens, C. B. A.

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and World : 1967

Seller ID: 051916

ISBN: B000NRM9G8

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Stiff illus. wraps. 1st American ed., 2nd ptg. (1970). Several stress creases to binding, notations throughout interior. 215 pp., illus.
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Category: France, Italy, Spain