Search Results: History - France from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Reprint of the 1974 British edition published by Macmillan, translated and edited by D. McN. Lockie from the 2nd French edition of 1967. Foreword by Professor A. G. Dickens. Red cloth, xxii, 622 pp, genealogical chart, 7 maps, 4 ff b/w plates, chronological table, notes, author's bibliography, editor's bibliography, index. Bottom rear corner lightly bumped, slight wear to bottom edge, else fine. DJ lightly rubbed with slight edge wear and a few blind pen/pencil impressions on rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. A scholarly, thoroughly documented study (43 pp notes, 91 pp bibliography) of the reign of Louis XIII. From DJ: 'When Cardinal Richelieu became Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624, France was in danger of becoming a vassal state. By strengthening the power of the state and pressing the whole nation into its service, Louis and Richelieu helped to liberate… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Quarter black cloth, grey paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, red endpapers, xv, 461 pp, 12 ff b & w plates, 18 figures including maps, genealogical charts, and arms, bibliography, notes, index. Remainder mark is purple spray to bottom edge, a few small spots to rear board, else fine. DJ has some wear to corners & spine ends, small tear to top edge of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. The authors sued Dan Brown, author of bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code, for plagiarism and lost the case because what he appropriated from Holy Blood, Holy Grail was not the text but the idea, which is not protected by copyright. This copy of the US edition was printed in the same year as the first edition. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). 7th ptg. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York & London: D. Appleton and Company, 1929 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Two volumes, dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped monogram on front board of each volume, top edges gilt; Vol 1: xi, 475 pp, 12 plates; Vol. 2: [ix], 452 pp, 12 plates, notes on sources, bibliography, index. Worn at spine, corners, edges, edge gilding faded, paper slightly browned, a few leaves in Vol 1 are wrinkled at top edge with 3 mm closed tears, but the main defect is water damage to the boards up to about ½ inch from bottom edge (sizing is soaked off, leaving a light blue strip), with minor staining to the bottom edges of endpapers, but no smell of mold or mildew. Because 200 pp of Volume 1 are concerned with La Fayette's role in the American Revolution, this book is catalogued as U. S. history; however, this biography spans his entire life from his birth in 1757 to death in 1834, a turbulent period in French history encompassing the French Revolution,… Read More

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Black cloth, xii, 707 pp, 21 plates (not paginated), index. This copy has duplicates of first two plates. Edges soiled, corners rubbed, small tear at top of spine, gilt rubbed out of titles and corner decorations, and a small tear on pp 23/24. Ludwig's biography of Napoleon, published first in Germany, was a bestseller in the United States in 1926. It was reprinted many times, both by Boni & Liveright (and the successor firm, Horace Liveright), and by reprint publishers such as Garden City Publishing and Modern Library. The editions under the Boni & Liveright and Horace Liveright imprints are larger, and have a quality of printing and paper not seen in the cheaper reprints. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 8 oz.). First US Edition. . G/No dj. 24 X 16½ cm.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon ribbed cloth, blind device on front board, ix, 258 pp, footnotes, chapter bibliographies, index. Cloth rubbed through at tail of spine and bottom corners, owner's signature on fpd & recto of ffep. Originally presented as a series of eight lectures, this book attempts "to give a general view of Norman achievement in France, in England, and in Italy." Contents: Normandy & its place in history; coming of the northmen; Normandy & England; Norman empire; Normandy & France; Norman life & culture; Normans in the South; Norman kingdom of Sicily. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . G+/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1933 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gold ink titles on front board & spine, 215 pp. Spine sunned, corners & spine ends frayed, first signature cracked at gutter, scattered pencil notes & underlining. This exploration of French character was first published in Germany in 1926. Translated by Alan Harris. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition in English. . Good/No dj. 22½ X 15 cm.

New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange cloth, gilt titles on spine, top edge dyed orange, 320 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, footnotes, bibliography, index. Slight wear & fading to top & bottom edges, owner's signature dated 1955 & remains of a bookplate on recto of ffep. Price-clipped DJ is worn & chipped at corners & spine ends, otherwise very good; in Brodart archival cover. Louis Auguste was the illegitimate son of Louis XIV by Madame de Montespan. The author was the brother of theologian & novelist C. S. Lewis. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/G+. 23 X 15 cm.

New York: Random House, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Robert Baldick. Natural linen with gilt ornament, red cloth spine with gilt & black titles, black endpapers, viii, 461, [1] pp, index. Bookplate on fpd & gift inscription on preliminary blank. Price-clipped DJ in Brodart archival cover. History of the six-year period between the fall of Robespierre and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG+/VG+. 22 X 15 cm.

Bombay: Hardy, Pratt & Company, 1902 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon ribbed cloth, paper labels on spines, gilt arms on front boards, about 350 pp per volume. Some spines have small tears to ends, paper labels soiled, somewhat faded & slightly chipped, else very good. Shipping weight 36 lbs.. Limited/Numbered. . G+/No dj. 21½ X 15 cm.