Aristocrates: First Edition (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 608pp hardback, green cloth gilt in wrapper, (Loeb Classical Library 299).

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-8° broché, 8 pages.

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-8° broché, 8 pages.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Comme neuf. Edition originale. Paris 2018. 1 Volume/1. -- Comme Neuf -- Reliure éditeur cartonnée illustrée . Format in-4°( 28,5 x 22,5 cm )( 842 gr ). ------ 111 pages . **************************** 4ème de Couverture : "" On sʼinterroge parfois sur le nom « LʼHippodrome » porté par une propriété entre Mézières et Saint-Michel- en-Brenne. Cette appellation remémore les courses hippiques qui sʼy déroulèrent au milieu du XIXème siècle. Initiées par un brillant cavalier, le Comte de Lancosme-Brèves, et par Henri Navelet, maire de Mézières, elles connurent leur apothéose en 1846 avec la venue de George Sand qui les relata dans un journal parisien. La piste, réputée excellente, était aussi vaste que celle du Champ de Mars à Paris et on y compta jusquʼà 11 000 spectateurs. Les fondateursdu Cercle hippique de Mézières avaient la volonté de promouvoir la race locale, le petit cheval brennou. Mais ils ambtionnaient surtout de rivaliser avec le derby dʼEpsom en Angleterre Comment expliquer, dès lors, que ces courses prirent fin en 1857 dans une quasi-indifférence ? Et pourquoi ce beau rêve ne fit-il quʼeffleurer la Brenne ? "" ***************************** ref. …

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. in-12, xxiv, 117 pp. - seconde partie : gravure en fronstispice, xxxvi, 341 pp., reliure demi-veau d'époque, petits coins, dos orné, pièce de titre maroquin vert. Deux ouvrages en un volume. Exemplaire en bon état.

Sans nom, vers 1900. Réédition In-12 en feuillets de 8 pages de l'édition originale éditée en 1791 - de l'imprimerie Patriotique. Bon état.

Condition: Bon. Edition originale. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie du Clergé, 1790. In-8 de frontispice, 31 pp.; broché. La librairie offre aux clients d'AbeBooks 20% de réduction sur l'ensemble de son catalogue. Prix d'origine : 100 EUR.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon état. In-12 19 x 12 cm. Reliure peau grainée lie-de-vin, signé A. Bruant, dos lisse, premier plat de couverture orné d'un motif doré, contreplats encadrés de deux filets dorés, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés, 283 pp. édition originale sur papier d'éditeur enrichi de deux envois autographes, l'un de Michel de Saint-Pierre, et l'autre de Pauline Carton. Dos insolé.…

soft cover. Condition: fine. first edition. In-8° broché, sous couverture d'attente de l'époque, 4 pages.

couverture souple. La Table Ronde | Paris 1954 | 12 x 19 cm | broché | Edition originale, un des 109 exemplaires numérotés sur alfa, le nôtre un des 25 nominatifs, seuls grands papiers après 26 vélin du Marais hors commerce et 34 pur fil. Agréable exemplaire. Envoi autographe signé de Michel de Saint-Pierre en dessous de la justification du tirage. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of the 25 nominative copies, the only deluxe copies after 26 Marais vellum hors commerce and 34 pure thread. Handsome copy. Autograph inscription signed by Michel de Saint-Pierre below the justification page. *.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. The map of British India, before the advent of Indian independence, was of a different complexion. One-third of It was depicted as princely India where native rulers wielded undisputed authority in their States under the over all might of British paramountcy. The native princes, the scions of ancient ruling houses, presented a most colourful and aristocratic segment of society. Their magnificent places, the grandeour of their courts and their nobility, their bejewelled elephants, their quaint but costly costumes, their munificence and the rich paraphernalis, with which they always moved, presented a contrast to the gruelling poverty of their subjects. And yet they commanded a respect and obedience of their people which had no parallel elsewhere. In the present volume the author, an eminent journalist and writer of his times, has given a highly interesting and informative account of fifteen aristocratic ruling families of Southern India which had been in existence at the dawn of the twentieth century. It is a gripping and authoritative record of the landed aristocracy whose exploits were sung in ballads and received much lime-light in the pages of contemporary history. The author first served his connection with the journal of which he was the editor and then in his own words, "set out on my enterprise with the object of personally collecting facts for the book. I interviewed almost all the noblemen who figure in the book, ransacked their records and culled out as much information as I thought would be useful to me". The fruits of his labour are embodied in the present volume. It is not that all the representatives of aristocracy, mentioned in this volume, are exclusively males. There are also two shrewd but talented ladies-the Zamidarni of Gollaprolu Muttah and the Zamidarni of Gutalah Muttah who managed their affairs and administered their estates with as much courage, enterprise and acumen as their male counterparts in the other States. Such a remarkable book, which is being published after a long lapse of eighty years, and which serves as a window on the aristocracy of the Southern India of nearly a century ago, must be the proud possession of all students and research scholars, public and private libraries, libraries of all Schools and all the Institutes of higher learning. This will also serve as an eye-opener for people of North India and will help promote national integration. (jacket). …

Condition: Bon. A Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1790. In-8 de 84 pp.; broché, couverture muette de l'époque. Edition originale. Bon état. La librairie offre aux clients d'AbeBooks 20% de réduction sur l'ensemble de son catalogue. Prix d'origine : 250 EUR.