May SALE! Books in French History, Travel, Maritime, Australia and the South Pacific that are $100 and under will be 30% off this month.
Browse books on sale in French History
Browse books on sale in Travel
Browse books on sale in Maritime
Browse books on sale in Australia and the South Pacific
*This sale excludes items sold on consignment, private press, artists' books and new arrivals.*
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The University of California Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good in a very good, bright green dust jacket. The study of a town over the course of a century. 301 pp. French History. FREHIS/6182. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
New York: Octagon Books, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and gilt publisher's logo to front board. Slight bumping to spine ends. Pristine interior. Index, 167 pages. French History. FREHIS/090215. Near Fine. More
London and Toronto, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons and E. P. Dutton & Co, (1931). Hardcover. SCARCE IN DUST JACKET. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Minor bumping to spine ends and minor rubbing to corners. Top corner of page 110 is torn away. Else is clean and bright with lovely illustrations throughout and charts to the rear. Beige and blue illustrated dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Minor rubbing and browning to spine panel and a few small chips to the edges. Index, 254 pages. MAR/071319. Very Good / Very Good. More
Sydney, London, et al. Angus & Robertson, 1960. Hardcover. 1st edition. Very good in very good dustjacket. New Zealand. NZ1/12200. Very Good. More
New York and Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Hardcover. Vol. I and II in one volume. Appears to be a facsimile of original text. Very good 4to., black cloth boards w/ gilt stamping to spine. Boards mostly clean with only minor wear to edges. Moderate bump to foot of spine and rear inner joint is split at last endpaper otherwise tightly bound. Interior is clean with only slight soiling to bottom edge of textblock and a crease to the ffep. Very good brown & white DJ with an open tear to foot of spine which corresponds to bump in spine and minor wear to corners. Pencil sketch illustration of Joseph Baretti as frontispiece. 419 pp. Travel. TRA/12223. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good white cloth boards with a little foxing and slightly faded spine. Small area of grey paint to top corner of rear board. Nice grey endpapers; Beautiful b/w and color photographs, diagrams of yachting; 164 pages. Maritime. MARIT/10032. Very Good. More
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Son, Ltd. Map. Sturdy stock map with red cover. Folds out to oversized map: scale 1/16 per mi. In very good condition with no fading or edgewear. In 4 colors. Travel Pamphlets. TRAV/1163. Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good+ hardcover with Very Good+ dustjacket. Some rubbing to froint of dustjacket. Includes numerous photographs. Price clipped. South Pacific. SPAC/7232. Very Good. More
New York: New York Labor News Company, 1922. Hardcover. SCARCE. 8vo. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Soiling to boards. Minor bumping to spine ends. Interior is clean and bright with only a few spots of light foxing throughout. Includes several illustrations. 120 pages + publishers ads. French History. FREHIS/090215. very Good-. More
Paris: Freres Barbou, No date. Circa late 1700s. Hardcover. Good brown leather covered boards with gilt tooling to spine. Spine label is missing. Chipping and creasing to leather on spine and corners. Crack to spine. Marble endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down. Endpapers foxed, page edges lightly spotted but tight binding and clean text, especially for its age. Includes fold out map. 536 pages. French History. FRELANG/3043. Very Good. More
Marseille, France: Imprimerie Municipale, 1965. Pamphlet. Very good condition white side stapled paper wrappers with red title to front wrapper. Contains map and photographic illustration. Ancient Rome, France. ROME/7032. Very Good. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall and Company, 1880. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Two small white spots of soiling to the front board and general soiling to the spine. Minor edgewear and rubbing to exterior. Decorative end pages. Front free end page is brittle. Light yellowing to page edges. Else is clean and bright. Binding is tight. 309 pages. French History. FREHIS/090215. Very Good. More
London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1871. Hardcover. VG in blue leather binding. Presentation copy. French History. FRHIST15/0527. Very Good. More
New York: Privately Printed, c.1888. Hardcover. Very good in green cloth covered flexible boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Borders of covers stitched with red thread. Presentation copy inscribed by the author. Privately printed. 81 pages. French History. FRE106190. Very Good. More
Paris: Chez Bechet Aine, 1822. Hardcover. Very good in modern green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Laid paper interior with occasional spots of foxing. Previous owner's bookplate inside cover. Ownership stamp and signature also to front pastedown. Minor wear to edges and hinges of boards. Tight binding, in French. 511 pages. French History. FRH/3113. Very Good. More
Lausanne: Librairie Payot, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine brown cloth covered boards with illustrated pastedown to front board. gilt title to spine. Slight bowing to front board. Interior is clean and bright with 32 photographic illustrations and a map; 289 pages. Asian Travel. TRA/9172. Near Fine. More
Stuttgart: Carl Krabbe. Hardcover. No date. Very Good in grey illustrated paper wrappers with grey title to front wrapper and black title to spine. Minor edgewear to exterior. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout and a fold out map. A few unopened pages at rear. 88 pages. In German. GER/4213. Very Good. More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1952. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/illus. Travel. TRA210231. Very Good. More
Paris: Diffusion Hachette, (1976). Hardcover. 4to. Near fine in off-white leatherette covered boards with blue title labels with gilt title to spine. Gilt design to front board. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. 439 pages. IN FRENCH. French. FRE310231. Near Fine. More
Washington, D.C. Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center, 1977. Hardcover. Volume 1 only; very good plus green boards with title, seal in gilt on front; fold out charts, diagrams, b/w photos; index; 1386 pp. Navigation. NAV/12042. Very Good. More
Dijon: Librairie L. Venot for the American Y.M.C.A, 1918. Paperback. SCARCE. Small pamphlet. Light brown side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Previous owner's name written in pencil to front wrapper. A few pencil markings throughout. Minor yellowing to pages. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. 32 pages. French Travel. FRETRAV/021915. Very Good. More
Bruxelles: Andre De Rache, (1969). Paperback. LIMITED EDITION. Number 358 out of 940 copies. 8vo. Light green illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Spine faded to pastel green. Minor rubbing to exterior. Near fine interior is clean and bright with most pages unopened. 127 pages. IN FRENCH. French Travel. FRETRA/022216. Very Good. More
Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1924. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound in modern black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Original wrappers bound in. Minor browning throughout. Text and illustrations remain bright. Photographic illustrations throughtout. 504 pages. IN FRENCH. French Travel. FRETRAV/022216. Very Good. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. Hardcover. Ross J. Browne (1821 - 1875) wrote this American West travelogue during the end of the Civil War. He discusses rattlesnakes, deserts, scorpions, robbery, Apache encounters, starvation, the dangers of his travels, and much more. Bound in later blue buckram with gilt title to spine, which reads "The Apache Country." Small dampstain to bottom corners in margins only of most pages. Smudge marks / minor soiling to many pages, mostly in margins. Illustrated with numerous engravings. 535 pages plus 4 pages of ads. STA/011421 American Regional History. Very Good. More
Nancy: Editions Serpenoise, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, (1991). Hardcover. 4to. Near fine in olive green cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Stamp to front free end page and to copyright page. Slight yellowing to edges of pages. Else is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. Red and white illustrated dust jacket with white and black title to front and spine panels. Minor edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Index, 231 pages. IN FRENCH. FREHIS/110215. Near Fine. More