France from Minotavros Books

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo (tall). African Studies Series No. 94. Brown cloth, xxi, 354pp. Fine. Klein investigates the history of slavery in the French colonies of West Africa, as well as the people's changing attitudes towards slavery between 1876-1922.

Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1895. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Limited edition, #93/750 copies. Orig. green cloth. T.E.G. Deckled edges. 272 pp. Spine tilted and darkened, a few white scuffs. Cloth is foxed, sunned to edges, some soiling. Spine ends and corners bumped. Bruise to fore edge of rear board.… Read more about this item

Gardeny City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 18mo. Brown paper boards, printed paper spine label, pictorial onlay to front board. 130 pp. Light rubbing and soiling to boards, bumping to spine ends, spine slightly tilted. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Rushbury, Henry. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth, gilt device to front board, beveled edges. T.E.G. xi, 139 pp. [56] duotone plate illustrations. Spine sunned, some scuffing to boards. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Interior age toned.

New York: New Amsterdamn Book Company. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. red cloth, blind stamped armorial devices. xvi, 451 pp. Six folding maps, five plans. Spine tilted and sunned, white cuff to spine foot, rubbing to extremities, small damp stain to upper spine, soiling to cloth. Foxing to endpapers. Age toning to interior. 0. … Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Blue paper boards. vi, 295 pp. Light bruising to spine ends. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar. Age toned to interior. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly edge worn, a few small chips. M. Faralicq has had years of experience in the… Read more about this item

Bruxelles: Paul Lacomblez, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Half red cloth, blue leather spine label, marbled paper boards. 83 pp. Boards bowed, edge worn, spotting and staining to cloth. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar. Very good overall.

Paris. No Binding. Near Fine. 4.5" x 7" Undated, ca. 1880s? Single sheet autograph letter, addressed to "Mon cher ami." Addressed from 98, Avenue de Villiers (Paris). Age toned, darkening to edges, fold line through center. Overall about fine given its age, with clear signature. Untranslated. Alexandre Dumas fils [1824-1895] was a French author and playwright, best known… Read more about this item

Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: Blackie & Son. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. N.d., [1852-1854, possible 1st ed.]. Half contemporary calf, pebbled brown cloth boards, gilt borders, green leather title label. Marbled edges and endpapers. xxxii, 796; x, 819. Engraved titles. All plates present. Some general rubbing and spots of wear to calf, light staining to boards. Foxing commensurate… Read more about this item

Surrey: Almark Publications. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (imperial). N.d., [1973?]. Eight parts with continuous pagination bound in one, full red cloth, orig. wrappers bound in. 110 pp. Fully illustrated, B&W photos in text and colour illustration. Chafed to extremities, else fine. 0.

Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office, 1914. No Binding. Very Good. Folded paper map. 4.5" x 6.5" folded. 1:20000 scale. Age toned, creased, a few damp stains, several perforations, a few short tears to edges, chip to head of rear when folded. Rubber stamp to front.

Krefeld: Edition Armees du Passe, J. Olmes, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Grammont, E., M. Orange, L. Vallet. 4to. Orig. green leatherette cloth. Top edge yellow. 378 pp. Illustrated with 470 drawings in text. Bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket chipped to spine head with some loss, bumping to extremities.

Paris: Denys Thierry, 1694. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Two volumes. New edition, revised and augmented. Contemporary style calf, raised spine bands, gilt titles and compartments. Speckled edges. Rubricated title. 306 pp; 82, 131, 218, 84, [16 pp. table des matieres]. Separate titles. Pagination inconsistencies to tome II, but text appears continuous. Frontispieces, [5] + [8] full-page copper… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. red paper. Map and chart endpapers. 320 pp. [10] pp. B&W illustrations. Spine tilted. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly chafed to extremities, light chipping to spine head. The full and authentic story of the greatest amateur spy operation of all time. Thousands of French men and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. From the fourth edition. Previously rebound, orig. green cloth laid down in panels to newer leather, gilt titling to spines. xxiv, 13-516, pl. 1-14; xii, 15-437, pl. 15- 28; xvi, 15-495, pl. 29-37; xii, 15-485, p. 38-55. Numerous b&w diagrams and maps of the battlefields. Light soiling to… Read more about this item

Gibbings and Company, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1 o 500 limited copies printed in this edition. Tan cloth with paneled burgundy and publishers initial on lower right front board, xxxvi, 460pp. Frontispiece, plus 4 plates. Light foxing throughout; a small stain on upper front board, otherwise a very good copy of the intriguing memoirs of Comte Lavalette… Read more about this item

Paris: Calmann-Levy Editeurs, 1902. Soft cover. Good. 18mo. Four of 25 volumes of the complete works of Alexandre Dumas, Nouvelle Collection Michel Levy. Orig. green wrappers. Roughly cut edges. 314; 300; 310; 288 pp. Wrappers toned, lightly soiled, creased, some foxing, a few short tears and chips each. Spines tilted. Volume III chipped at spine foot. A good… Read more about this item

London & Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Tilney, F.C.. 18mo. [n.d., ca. 1900-1920?]. viii, 712 p.p. Red leatherette soft covers with gilt lettering and scrollwork to spine. B&W frontis. Light chafing to extremities, splitting to spine ends. Small white stain to spine. In moderately edge worn slipcase. A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Marcel Besson, 1943. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Blanche, Emmanuel. 8vo (super). Limited numbered edition, #403/825. Orig. tan card wrappers, with glassine dust wrapper. 73 pp. Colour illustrations. Wrapper is age toned, chipped to extremities.

London, Oxford and Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The Campaigns of Napoleon. Orig. red cloth, beveled edges, gilt title and armorial device of The Collegiate School, Glasgow. A.E.G. xiii, [1], 163, [1 pp. appendix]. Six maps, including fold-out map of North Italy at rear. Prize bookplate of The Collegiate… Read more about this item