First edition, Signed book

André MAUROIS

Histoire parallèle : U.S.A. 1917-1960

Presses de la cité, Paris 1962, 13,5x21,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

first edition on current paper.
Publisher's binding in full cardboard, full copy of its illustrated jacket which includes small marginal tears without gravity.
Autorgaph autograph dedication of the author signed by André Maurois to the historian Parias.
Iconography, nice copy.

30 €

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Benoit BOYER

Conditions hygiéniques actuelles de Beyrouth (Syrie) et de ses environs immédiats

Alexandre Rey, Lyon 1897, 16,5x25cm, relié.

Rare first edition.
Bradel binding in full paper with decorative motif, smooth back, title label of brown morocco, binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Illustrated book of 8 inset plates as well as in fine of a folding map of the city of Beirut.
Rare.

600 €

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Joseph Toussaint REINAUD

Relation des voyages faits par les Arabes et les Persans dans l'Inde et à la Chine dans le IXe ...

Imprimerie royale, Paris 1845, 9,5x15cm, 2 volumes reliés en 1.

First edition of the French translation, corrections, additions and clarifications, established by Joseph Toussaint Reinaud in 1845, from the Arabic text printed in 1811 by Louis Langlès.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, preserved cover plates, binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Very [...]

1 000 €

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Gothilf Theodor von FABER

Bagatelles. Promenades d'un désoeuvré dans la ville de St-Petersbourg

Klotersmann & Delaunay, Paris 1812, In-12 (10x16,3cm), (4) 250pp. (1) et (4) 193pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.

first edition.
Half red Russian leather binding. Smooth back decorated with nets. Golden title and number. boards of red maroquiné paper. Slight friction at the corners. Very nice copy.

450 €

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Gaston VUILLIER

La Tunisie

Alfred Mame & fils, Tours 1896, In-4 (26x35,5cm), 288pp., relié.

Original illustrated edition of 4 watercolors, 19 photographs and 70 woodcuts including 17 full pages.
Publisher's cardboard binding. Half calfskin cream. Paper boards with oriental and gold decor. The 2 upper corners blunt. Very beautiful copy, with immaculate white paper, on thick coated [...]

450 €

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Alphonse de LAMARTINE

Souvenirs, impressions, pensées et paysages, pendant un voyage en Orient (1832-1833)

Librairie de Carles Gosselin & Librairie Furne, Paris 1835, Fort in-8 (13x21,5cm), 340pp. ; 429pp. et 388pp. ; 395 pp., 4 tomes en 2 volumes reliés.

first edition.
Vintage half shagreen red binding. Ribbed back decorated with rolls and cold fatty fillets, as well as golden fillets. Bit of volume 1 split in tail over 2cm. Frictions, especially on boards. A break at a corner, without missing. Scattered stitching, on the title pages and on the [...]

750 €

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Astolphe de CUSTINE

Mémoires et voyages. ou lettres écrites à diverses époques, pendant des courses en Suisse, en ...

Alex Vezard & Le Normant, Paris 1830, In-8 (13x21cm), 430pp. et 475pp., 2 volulmes reliés.

First edition, "very rare" according to Clouzot (Manual of the French bibliophile).
Binding in half glazed green calf of time. Smooth back decorated with 3 cold irons and golden rollers. Golden title and number. Paper on boards with a cat's eye.

1 000 €

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Jean-Joseph-François POUJOULAT

Histoire de Jérusalem

Chez L. F. Hivert, Paris 1841, In-8 (14x22,5cm), 460pp. et 492pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition decorated with 2 frontispieces on steel (a view of Jerusalem with the mosque of Omar, another depicting Jesus and Mary Magdalene) and a folding map of the Middle East.
Binding in half navy blue sheepskin with vintage corners. Smooth back decorated with a romantic mirror decoration [...]

400 €

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