Search Results: French from SmarterRat Books

Editions Nathan, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1991 Editions Nathan, Paris, France. Text in French. Oversize hardcover, 10 x 13 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations by Frank Merlier. Index with short descriptions of animals at rear. Unpaginated (30 pages). Printed in Spain. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Ra-Verlag. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. Ra-Verlag. Second edition. No date in book. Circa 1975. Text in German, French, English, and Italian. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 9 x 9 inches, has white vinyl-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped. Very small stray ink mark on top page edges. Bookplate with name in ink on front endpaper. Large gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1981. Pages clean and unmarked. 168 pages. Text by Andri Peer. Photographs by Ruedi Homberger. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Spine of jacket is sunned. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Editions Universitaires Fribourg Suisse, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1993 Editions Universitaires Fribourg Suisse. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red glossy paper-covered boards with white spine and cover lettering. Text in French and German. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book would be like new if not for a small puncture through the dust jacket and into the outer paper cover just at the center of the front spine edge. Pages clean and unmarked. 349 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear and the aforementioned puncture at the edge of the spine at the front. Series: Arbeiten aus dem Iuristischen Seminar der Universitat Freiburg Schweiz, 127 (AISUF 127). Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Dover Publications Inc., 1972. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1972 Dover Publications Inc. Trade paperback. Text in French. Translated by Henri Bue. Black and white illustrations by John Tenniel. 196 pages. New introduction by Morton N. Cohen. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked.

L'ecole des Loisirs, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1990 L'ecole des Loisirs, Paris, France. Text in French. Adapted by Alain Broutin. Softcover, 6 x 7.5 inches. Color illustrations. Unpaginated (32 pages). NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. English title: Shy Charles.

Chene / UNICEF, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1994 Chene - UNICEF. Text in French. Oblong hardcover has blue paper-covered boards with white spine and cover lettering. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners rubbed. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. 79 pages. Prefaces by Barbara Hendricks and Bernard Kouchner. Introduction by James P. Grant. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Title translates as: "Draw me Peace: The War as Seen by Children of Former Yugoslavia". Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Editions de Clermont, 1947. Softcover. Good. Good+. 1947 Editions de Clermont, Paris. Softcover. NOT ex-library. Cardstock covers with attached blue and white illustetead jacket with folded-in flaps. Text in French. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations, and a few brown line drawings; black & white photograph of artist. Binding a little pulled a the back hinge but otherwise strong and undamaged. Covers have moderate edge wear and light surface rubbing. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 94 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Charles Tilt, 1832. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1832 Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street, London. Volume 4 of 4 only. Small hardcover is bound in brown full leather with gilt borders and design on front and back. Four raised bands on spine, with gilt devices and lettering in panels. NOT ex-library. All page edges gilt. Light yellow coated endpapers. Tissued black and white plates. French title page precedes English title page. Parallel text in French and English on adjacent pages. Leather covers are heavily worn at edges and corners, with boards exposed at tips and spine lettering partilly obscured. Front hinge cracked. Back hinge starting. Binding getting loose in a few places in the text, with webbing peeking at page group divisions. Pages and plates all have moderate foxing. One plate, Christ Giving Sight to the Blind, appears never to have been bound in; description and tissue guard are present. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 288 pages + contents and… Read More

Casterman, 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1974 Casterman. Softcover with folded-in flaps. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Text in French. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Head of spine bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. 249 pages. Television series was co-produced by TELFRANCE and ORTF. Printed in Belgium. Series: Collection la Palme d'Or.

Alphabet Press - Neugebauer Press, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Near Fine DJ ; Very Good slipcase Alphabet Press, 1981. Hardcover book with dust jacket and pamphlet-style accompanying translation with sewn binding, all in slipcase. Tall oversize (8.5" x 13.5") hardcover book has green cloth-covered boards and white paper spine label with black lettering. Scratch in surface only of cloth on back cover and on bottom of front at spine. Facsimile of illustrated manuscript, faithfully reproducing color variations unique to the vellum original. Printed by Akademische Druck und Verlagsanstalt. 40 pages with full-color illustrations & calligraphy in French by Marie Angel. No wear to edges of book; corners crisp; pages clean and bright. Color illustrated dust jacket has a few light bend on front. Accompanying 16-page booklet of English translations by Sir Edward Marsh of the 17 fables has no wear and crisp corners. Pages clean. Matching green cloth-covered slipcase has a few surface… Read More

L'ecole des Loisirs, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. Near Fine. 1980 L'ecole des Loisirs. Depot legal 1986. Text in French. Softcover. Color illustrations. Unpaginated [28 pages]. Translation of "Frederick". Translated by A. Chagot and J.H. Potier. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the tips. Pages clean and unmarked. Series: Lutin poche de l'ecole des loisirs.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1962 Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Later printing of 1939 edition. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with brown spine and cover lettering. Text in French. Preface in English; vocabulary in French and English. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. One page slightly wrinkled. Covers have a few small spots. Spine is sunned. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages at beginning of vocabulary section are dog-eared.186 pages + 53 pages of vocabulary. Contents: Un ami de Jeunesse, by Edmond See; La Scintillante, by Jules Romains; A Louer Meuble, by Gabriel d'Hervilliez; Le Pelerin, by Charles Vildrac. "Edited with introductions, notes, exercises and vocabulary by Frederick King Turgeon, Amherst College." No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Librairie Grund, 1943. Softcover. Fair. Fair. 1943, Librairie Grund, Paris. Text in French. Softcover with stapled binding, somewhat oversized, 8 x 10 inches. Color and black & white illustrations by Pierre Noel. Series: Provinces de France, no. 4. Cardboard covers have color-illustrated paper-covered exterior. NOT ex-library. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Corners are bumped and chipped, with some loss to paper covering. Top and bottom edges of covers have some small creases. Covers have darkened areas along spine and also along top half of front cover, as well as some small stains and smudges. Gift inscription on title page, dated 1944. Pages uniformly tanned but still supple. A few pages have a small tear in bottom margin; all pages have a very small tear in the top margin. Corners of pages are chipped at the tips. Pages clean and unmarked. 32 pages. Printed by Curial-Archereau, Paris, 1943. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

International Textbook Company, 1905. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1905 International Textbook Company. NOT ex-library. Hardcover is half-bound in brown leather over brown pebbled cloth. Decorative endpapers. Red speckled page edges. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Leather is worn at the edges with a few small punctures at the outer front hinge. Covers have light surface wear. Covers have a few small specks. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Title page has a number stamped in green ink (twice) above publisher's name. Pages clean and unmarked. Each section separately paginated. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. "A series of textbooks prepared for the students of the international correspondence schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions, and keys used in their various courses".

Parigramme, 2003. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 2003 Parigramme, Paris, France. French Edition. Text in French. Oversize hardcover, 8.8 x 9.5 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth-covered spine and white spine lettering. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Cloth spine has a few light smudges. Front free endpaper has a small crease at the top corner. Pages clean and unmarked. 117 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Librairie Renouard / H. Laurens, 1928. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1928 Librairie Renouard - H. Laurens, Paris. Second edition. NOT ex-library. Text in French. Oversized hardcover, 9.25 x 11 inches, has gray, brown, and red marbled paper-covered boards with beige cloth-covered spine and gilt spine lettering on a leather spine label. Brown and cream marbled endpapers. Rebound from the original paper covered edition, with the original covers bound in; original spine bound in at rear. Deckle fore and bottom edges. 290 black and white illustrations and 16 plates. High-quality glossy paper. Front hinge cracked at endpapers, but still strong. Corners bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have some chips in marbling. Approximately 40 pages have a small notation in the margin, or a word lightly underlined or circled in the text. A few pages have some smudges. 480 pages. "Deuxieme edition, revue et completee". No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Albin Michel, 1972. Paperback. Good. Good. 1972 printing of 1965 edition. Albin Michel. Text in French. Paperback. Spine has a single crease. Binding cracked at crease point, but pages still firm and book is functional. NOT ex-library. Pages edges are red, and there is some moisture staining to page edges at bottom corners, resulting in fading of this red color. Moisture stain does not affect any part of pages other than color on edges. Pages clean and unmarked. Inside of back cover has a few small stains along edges near bottom. 446 pages. Printed in France. Series: "Le Livre de Poche Pratique" From cover: "600 recettes claires faciles a reussir a travers 49 pays autour de 5 continents tout en restant chez soi".

L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1922. L'Edition d'Art, H. Piazza, Paris. Ex Oriente Lux series. Text in French. Translated by Franz Toussaint. NOT ex-library. Rebound copy includes original paper covers; half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in green leather with gilt ruled borders over green cloth. Spine has two raised bands with gilt dashes. Top panel has gilt title; long center panel has gilt rule borders and dot pattern. Floral device in bottom panel. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Original color paper front cover and final Ex Oriente Lux back cover bound in. Full-color frontispiece. Text pages have green decorative borders and red embellishments. Leather lightly worn at edges. Spine leather faded to olive green; gilt still bright. Covers have light edge and surface wear and a few bubbles in the cloth surface. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Name in ink on first blank flyleaf after endpapers. Text pages clean and… Read More

Le Musee de Poche, 1955. Softcover. Good. Good. 1955 Georges Fall, Paris. Series: Le Musee de Poche. Small softcover with plain beige cardstock covers and affixed color-illustrated jacket. NOT ex-library. Twelve tipped in glossy color plates. Text in French. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Outer paper cover has a half-inch tear on the top of the front and some small edge tears and nicks at other edges. Pages clean and unmarked. 43 pages.

Pantheon, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1963 Pantheon. Text in French. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has color pictorial paper-covered boards with cream cloth-covered spine and black and light blue spine lettering. Color illustrations. French adaptation by Catherine David. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine cloth very lightly soiled. Pages clean and unmarked. Unpaginated. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, foxing at fore edge, and small tears. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.