Published by Boivin et Cte, Paris
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
4to, pages not numbered. Illustrated with drawings in color. Cover printed in color. Binding loose and some worn, Good. A picture book for children about the history of France (though some of the pictures are fairly gory). In French.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 11 x 14 in. Cloth pictoral boards. Lavish full-pg. color litho plates. Condition is GOOD ; front hinge weak with cloth broken and spine cloth torn in a few spots. Holding fairly well. Covers clean but toned. Corners bumped and heavily worn. First blank detached but present. Text binding itself is good, and the text and the wonderful color plates are clean and very bright. Excellent candidate for framing. Text in French. RGR.
Published by Boivin et Cie [no date], Paris
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Large quarto. Racontée par G. Montorgueil. Imagée par Job. Text in French. [80]pp. Text pages with color illustrations by Job. Publisher's decorative cloth. The front board is detached, the spine back is chipped and shaken, else an internally clean good copy. A beautifully designed and illustrated history for children. Printed by E. Desgrandchamps in Paris.
Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Text in French. Original Old English style writing, colour illustrated cover , French Fleur d' Lis pattern and Louis XI on throne chair. Moderate soiling and rubbing. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, some short splits to to side edges. Small rubbed wear to boards fore corner. Light rubbings to extremeties. Edges: gilt; when fanned very light foxing. Eps: moderate foxings. light and few only foxing to a few pages margins. Colour illustrations. Binding is VG. 79p Large book: 370 x 300mm.
Published by Boivin & Cie. Editeurs, 1905., Paris, 1905
Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. J. Onfroy de Breville (JOB). (illustrator). 1st. NAP. 78p. 40 full page color plates. (some with text, 4 double page). Decorated blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Gilt edges. Very Overzise. Text pages a bit toned. Owner's name. Near Fine Copy. Book.