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March, Thomas. HISTORY OF THE PARIS COMMUNE OF 1871
London 1896 1st Swan Sonnenschein. 8vo., 372pp., foldout map, index, hardcover. 2 bookplates (of famous American book collector Henry McLallen of Columbia Citty, Indiana. ) near VG. slight chipping on front end papers likely due to drops of glue during attaching of bookplates .Hinges not cracked. Binding secure; text clean. no dj. (a10693)
$49.00 Hourticq, Louis . PARIS VU DU CIEL
Paris 1930 1st Laurens. In French. 4to., 70pp., 24 photographic views of Paris taken from a low flying airplane, each with a short text in French accompanying it, attractive blue and black illustrated original wraps bound in hardcover. Good, text slightly evenly browned, boards quite worn on edges and label mostly worn off spine. (a15017)
$34.00Champigneulle, Bernard et al, ( Leonard Kirstein, association). DESTINEE DE PARIS
Paris 1943 Du Chene. 148pp., photos, maps, wraps. Inscribed by Leonard Kirstein as a gift to Capt. Robert Posey. Good. (a22218)
$35.00 (paris commune) . JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE MERCREDI 10 MAI 1871
Paris 1871. French newspaper published in support of the Paris Commune, issue for May 10, 1871. Single folio sheet, printed on both sides. Several references to Gambon, Delescluze, Arnaud. Reports of arrests, military reports etc. Near Fine. (a23059)
$225.00 Scott, W. S. . A CRUSADING DEAN AN ERA IN THE LIFE OF THE AMERICAN COLONY IN PARIS
Langham 1967 Herald Press. Biography of Episcopal Bishop Frederick Warren Beekman, Dean of the American Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Paris. Owner bookplate. Near Fine, no DJ. (a24992)
$35.00 Un Officier Superieur de l'Armee de Versailles . GUERRE DES COMMUNEUX DE PARIS 18 MARS - 28 MAI 1871
Paris 1871 3rd ed Didot Freres. 8vo., 368pp., wraps. Good, cover a bit frayed and chipped on all edges, new paper backstrip with title written in ink, slight tilt to spine. Scarce. (a38115)
$100.00 Goulet, Robert . THE COMPENDIUM UNIVERSITATIS PARIESIENSIS OF ROBERT GOULET A.D. 1517
Philadelphia and London 1928 Oxford. Hardcover. Compendium on the Magnificience, Dignity, and excellence of the University of Paris in the year of grace 1517. Lately done into English by Robert Belle Burke for Josiah Harmar Penniman provost of the University of Pennsylvania. Copy No. 507 of 1000. 8vo., 115pp., cloth spine with papercovered boards. Near Fine in Fair DJ, a few small edge chips and unevenly faded. (a42440)
$25.00 Doucet, R. . LES BIBLIOTHEQUES PARISIENNES AU XVI SIECLE
Paris 1956 Editions A et J Picard. In French. 8vo., 175pp., wraps. VG. (a43162)
$45.00 Deffoux, Leon . PIPE-EN-BOIS TEMOIN DE LA COMMUNE
Paris 1932 Les Editions de France. In French. Tiny star stamped into final pages. 12mo., 236pp., wraps. Fair, text browned and somewhat brittle, wraps worn and a bit chipped. (a58033)
$35.00 Martinez, P. . THE POICE SPY AND THE EXILED COMMUNARDS, 1871-1873
1982. Article at pp. 99-112 in The English Historical Review. Part of complete issues with several other articles. 8vo., original printed wraps. VG. (a61363e)
$40.00(fashion). ALBUM FIGARO LES COLLECTIONS DE DEMI-SAISON ET DES IDEES DES CONSEILS POUR LES VACANCES 1951
Paris 1951. Issue for Juillet-Aout 1951. 4to., 124pp., photo illustrations, advertisements, original illustrated wraps. Good plus, light wear, small bump along top edge of some leaves, light wear. (a67628)
$140.00(fashion). VOGUE MARS 1949
Paris 1949. Issue for Mars 1949. 4to., 96pp., photo illustrations, advertisements, original illustrated wraps. Good plus, light chipping on spine. (a67629)
$165.00(fashion). VOGUE MAI 1949
Paris 1949. Issue for Mai 1949. 4to., 92pp., photo illustrations, advertisements, original illustrated wraps. VG, spine ends lightly worn. (a67631)
$175.00(fashion). FEMINA MODES D'AUTOMNE OCTOBRE 1948
Paris 1949. Issue for Octobre 1948. 4to., 208pp., photo illustrations, advertisements, original illustrated wraps. Fullpge color cover illustration by Jean-Baptiste Caumont. VG, cover and spine ends lightly worn. (a67632)
$89.00 Henle, Fritz . PARIS
Chicago 1947 1st Ziff Davis. Text by Elliot Paul. 4to., about 50pp., photo illustrations with brief titles, blue cloth hardcover. Good plus, one tiny pinprick in spine, spine lettering mostly worn off, light cover rubbing, no DJ. (a70078)
$32.00 Paris . PROGRAMME FOR THE ALHAMBRA, PARIS, 1919
c. 1919. 14 x 11 cm., 8p. Of interest, rear panel color ad for Banania. Many advertisements. E. H Neighbour, directeur of the Alhambra at 50 rue de Malte. The shows were vaudeville variety-type: Navarro, Juggler; Charlier Ventriloquist, Victor Kelly, Comedian, etc. Good, somewhat worn, lower half inch of corner gone. (a74349)
$30.00 Geerlings, Gerald K. . PARIS ALONG THE SEINE (HARDCOVER)
187 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, ISBN 0-942982-03-7. Foreword by Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, notes by Jean-Marie Besset. Hardcover. Oblong 4to., 159pp., illustrations, cloth. VG in Good DJ. (a74543)
$25.00Hederstedt, Henry Burdett. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DRAINAGE OF PARIS
London 1865. Removed from The Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, pp. 257-278, one plate, rebound in later wraps. VG. (a76988)
$45.00 van der Linden, Jacques P. . ALPHONSE ESQUIROS DE LA BOHEME ROMANTIQUE A LA REPUBLIQUE SOCIALE
Heerlen/Paris 1948 Winants/Nizet. In French. Paris Commune. 8vo., 327pp., rebound in later wraps. Good, light wear. (a8240)
$30.00 Guard, William J. . SOUL OF PARIS
1914 Sun Printing. Ten Months in the French Capital during the War of 1914. Random Notes of an American Newpaper Man. 8vo., 149pp., wraps. Good, some cover wear, chips and stains. (a9713a)
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