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Le Jardinier Fruitier: Principes Simplifies de la Taille des Arbres Fruitiers expliques a l'Aide de Nombreuses Figures Dessinees par l'Auteur, et augmentees d'une Etude sur les Bons Fruits by Forney, Eugene - 1862, 1863

by Forney, Eugene

Le Jardinier Fruitier: Principes Simplifies de la Taille des Arbres Fruitiers expliques a l'Aide de Nombreuses Figures Dessinees par l'Auteur, et augmentees d'une Etude sur les Bons Fruits by Forney, Eugene - 1862, 1863

Le Jardinier Fruitier: Principes Simplifies de la Taille des Arbres Fruitiers expliques a l'Aide de Nombreuses Figures Dessinees par l'Auteur, et augmentees d'une Etude sur les Bons Fruits

by Forney, Eugene

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Paris: Author, 1862, 1863. First edition.

1862-63 TWO VOLUME ILLUSTRATED FRENCH GUIDE TO PRUNING FRUIT TREES BY PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF PARIS.

Two 9 inches tall hardcover volumes, contemporary 1/2 red calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt titles, over 300 wood engravings in text. Edges of covers rubbed, spines sunned, light foxing, dampstaining to preliminary pages of vol. 2. Overall good+. Vol. 1 contains chapters on pruning apple and pear trees; vol. 2 covers peach, apricots, prunes, berries, and grapes. In custom archival mylar covers.
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1883 Vie et des Moeurs de Mademoiselle Cronel; dite Fretillon. Tome 1 & 2 In one Volume (Life...

1883 Vie et des Moeurs de Mademoiselle Cronel; dite Fretillon. Tome 1 & 2 In one Volume (Life and of Manners of Miss Cronel; known as Fretillon)

by J. J. Gay

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Bruxelles: Unknown, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8x6x2. J. J. Gay, Editeur - Vie et des Moeurs de Mademoiselle Cronel, dite Fretillon. Tome 1 & 2 in one Volume (Life and of Manners of Miss Cronel, known as Fretillon). Brown boards, binding circa 1940's. All text in French, Tout le texte en Francais. Tome 1 & 2 bound into one volume. rubbing corners.. * * * * * * * * * * [FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on… Read More
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MEMOIRS OF VIDOCQ, PRINCIPAL AGENT OF THE FRENCH POLICE Until1827
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MEMOIRS OF VIDOCQ, PRINCIPAL AGENT OF THE FRENCH POLICE Until1827: Written by Himself

by Vidocq, Eugene Francois

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Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834. Eugene Francois Vidocq is considered the father of criminology and the first private detective. This is a one-volume edition of the original four-volume work, first published in 1828. Front board is nearly detached and cloth spine shows considerable wear. Boards are waterstained as is some of the interior of book, althoough textblock is tight and only lightly foxed.. Early Edition. Cloth Spine, Paper-Covered Boa. Good/None. 8vo.
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Discours de M. Soulès à la tribune de la société des amis de la constitution...

Discours de M. Soulès à la tribune de la société des amis de la constitution...

by Soulès, Antoine-Prosper, 1763-1794

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[Paris? 1791?]. Soft Cover. 7, [1] pages; 19 cm. Caption title. Added title: "sur la grande question de savoir quelle manière l'Assemblée nationale devroit agir envers le roi: discours qui fut interrompu par M. Biozat, député de Clermont en Auvergne, sous précé The 6th of a collection of 40 Royalist and contre revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Waterstain lower corner. Stock#OB1042-6. Vg / in marbled paper wrapper.
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Discours Prononcé aux Jacobins, sur la question suivante: Que Faut-Il Faire Dans Les...

Discours Prononcé aux Jacobins, sur la question suivante: Que Faut-Il Faire Dans Les Circonstances Actuelles?...

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Soft Cover. 8 p.; 20 cm. Caption title. Royalist tract in favor of retaining the monarchy. Martin & Walter, IV, 5838. One of a collection of 40 Royalist and contre revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Vg/ in marbled paper wrappers. Stock#OB1042-4.
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Comptes En Finances, à Rendre par l'Assemblée Nationale, Avant Sa...

Comptes En Finances, à Rendre par l'Assemblée Nationale, Avant Sa Séparation et Sous Sa Responsabilité...

by un homme qui fait bien ses comptes

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[Paris?] 1791. Soft Cover. 22 pages; 20 cm. "Par un homme qui fait bien ses comptes, qui vend ses propriétés pour payer; mais qui veut qu'on lui rende compte." This edition not in Martin & Walter (cf. IV 2: 3693). "Il existe une autre impression in-8 de ce texte datée de 1791, avec une pagination différente (23, [1] p.), ainsi qu'une impr. in-4 de 14, [2bl.] p." One of a collection of 40 Royalist and contre-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Stock#OB1042-1. VG / in marbled paper warapper.
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Deset Let S Napoleonem

Deset Let S Napoleonem

by Jiri Vicar

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Nakladatelstvi Jos. R. Vilimek, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 268 pp. Text is in Czech. Pages are browned, but are tight and clean. Corners are bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: History; Non-English Language::Czech; History::French History; France; 18th century; Czech Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001270. .
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The Life of Fenelon Archbishop of Cambray

The Life of Fenelon Archbishop of Cambray

by Butler, Charles, 1750-1832

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Baltimore, Philip H. Nicklin, 1811. Hard Cover. 236 p.; 19.5 cm. Biography of François de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715), French theologian and educator and author of Télémachus in the early Republic and used to teach a moral life to a couple of generations of young Americans. American Imprints 22455a. This is an untrimmed copy in the original printed boards; paper spine almost entirely perished, wear to front cover; now protected in a clamshell box. Stock#OB113.
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Babar And Father Christmas
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Babar And Father Christmas

by De Brunhoff, Jean

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Babar and Father Christmas (Babar et le Pare Noel). By Jean DeBrunhoff. Childrens Book. Random House 1st Edition, 1940 FIRST EDITION. In RARE original, unclipped dust jacket that shows price 1.00/1.00. Used. Very Good/Good. A nice clean copy. Please see our photos.
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Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands,...
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Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, 1800-1804: With a complete descriptive catalogue of drawings and paintings of Australian subjects by C.-A. Lesueur and N.-M. Petit from the Lesueur Collection at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France

by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur; Nicolas-Martin Petit; Jacqueline Bonnemains (ed); Elliott Forsyth (ed); Bernard Smith (ed)

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Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More
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TENDER IS THE NIGHT.
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TENDER IS THE NIGHT.

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night. Charles Scribner's Sons Revised Edition. Copyright page states 1933, 1934 L-2.67 [Col]. UNDATED, Circa 1958. With $4.50 Unclipped original white black and gold Charles Scribner's unclipped dust jacket. ALSO page count is just 315 pages, shorter than the First Edition. Used. Very Good Condition/ Very Good- Black boards with gilt titling on spine. EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS DUST JACKET. Unable to find any other copies on the net whatsoever. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼.
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Chantilly au XVIIIe Siecle.
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Chantilly au XVIIIe Siecle.

by Ganay, Comte Ernest de

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Paris Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 39391925, paperback. Text in FRENCH. -- Social history focused on gardens, castles, visitors. Includes 40 plates. 121 pages, 9x11.5 inches. Large softcover. Condition: very good (cover light soil; binding bit fragile).
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The History of Madame Roland
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The History of Madame Roland: With Engravings

by Jacob Abbott

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The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of Madame Roland, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eight B&W engravings are intact, including frontispiece. (Plate on page 97 has a deckled bottom edge.)Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with slight wear on heel and top. Pages are age tanned and have small stains. Two of the pages are uncut.All four endpapers are significantly discolored with a black waxy substance (see photos), something like crayon.
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Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Readers Library)

Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Readers Library)

by Hugo, Victor

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Hugo, Victor. Undated. Circa 1950. William J. Hill Co., Inc. Chicago, Ill. Not an illustrated edition. USED. VG/No DJ Included. Adventure Fiction Romance/Horror. Sorry about the group photo, but please see stock photo of binding for William J. Hill editions for the item being offered here. Blue Boards, gilt titling and red ornamentation on spine. 380 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love. A clean, square, solid copy.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Books, Inc. Edition)
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Books, Inc. Edition)

by Hugo, Victor

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Hugo, Victor. Please excuse our group photo, but please see this item (in beige and red dust jacket) at bottom right. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Undated. Circa 1940. Books, Inc. VG/VG original Publishers price-clipped DJ. QUITE RARE THUS. Green leatherette boards. Beige dust jacket with red and yellow titling and ornamentation. Protected in a mylar wrap. 360 pages. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35)
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35)

by Hugo, Victor

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Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2

by W. B. Dixon

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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000
Seattle, Washington USA 98155
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Publishers Press / Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.
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The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon

The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon

by Moberly, C

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The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon (2014 reprint, White Rabbit Press) By C. Moberly. Used. Very Good Condition. Paperback. By C. Moberly, L. Jourdain, and Tony Walker. MARIE ANTOINETTE. TIMESLIP, PARANORMAL. Summary: On 10 August, 1901, two English women walked into the past. During a visit to the Palace of Versailles, on the anniversary of the French Revolution, two ordinary women saw the French Queen, Marie Antionette sitting in the gardens in front of them, along with nobles, gardeners, houses, bridges and stones that when they went back were no longer there. Their timeslip experience has become known as the Ghosts of the Petit Trianon. Previously out of print, this is a new edition with additional timeslip type experiences at Versailles. A hard to find item.
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes

by Lang, Andrew

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Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More
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The Little Juggler and Other French Tales Retold

The Little Juggler and Other French Tales Retold

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771HigginsJuggler Higgins, Violet Moore. THE LITTLE JUGGLER and Other French Tales Retold. Story-Time Tales. 1917, Whitman Publishing Company Racine and Chicago. USED. VG CONDITION/ No DJ included if issued. 70 pages 6 ½ X 8 5/8. A nice copy.
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Michael Strogoff: The Courier Of The Czar (PHOTOPLAY EDITION)
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Michael Strogoff: The Courier Of The Czar (PHOTOPLAY EDITION)

by Jules Verne

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Verne, Jules MICHAEL STROGOFF, THE COURIER OF THE CZAR. No info on copyright page. Grosset & Dunlap 1926 Universal-Film de France Photoplay Edition. USED. VG/Acceptable Original charging charioteer dust jacket. Front panel and spine of jacket have some loss. Please see our photos. Apple green boards with orange titles box. Film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. Now protected by a mylar wrap. 315 pages 5 ¼ X 7 5/8.Please excuse our stack of books photos. Michael Strogoff is the only title available here.
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