1. Alexander, R.S.

Bonapartism & Revolutionary Tradition in France. The fédérés of 1815.

Cambridge, New York, Port Chester, Melbourne, Sydney, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 314 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. Beckett, Samuel.

Die Welt und die Hose. Aus dem französischen von Erika Tophoven-Schoningh.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1990. 13.5 cm x 22 cm. 44 pages. Illustrated with one full colour reproduction of an untitled oil painting dated 1937 by Bram van Velde (Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre George Pompidou, Paris). Softcover with stitched binding. Bindung und Schnitt nur ganz minimal fleckig / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, with minor staining on back cover.

3. Bougeant, Guillaume Hyacinthe / François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois.

Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes, Nouvelle Edition. Augmentee d’un Avertissement, d’un Discours preliminaire, d’un Critique, avec des Notes, & de la Retractation de l’Auteur. [Ensemble avec: Lettre ¡a Madame la Comtesse D***. Pour servir de Supplément à l’amusement Philosophique sure le langage des Bétes. [par François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois]

Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, [1750]. 10,5 cm x 17,5 cm. XLVI, 134 pages, (50) pages, [4] pages. Reliure originale / Hardcover – Original full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and ornament to spine. The volume is now in protective Mylar. Minor wear. Spine slighty starting. Otherwise in excellent and firm condition.

4. Brom, John L.

Twenty Thousand Miles In the African Jungle.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958. 14 cm x 22 cm. 224 pages. 41 black and white photographs by J. L. Brom and S. Skulina. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean. Preowner details on front endpaper.

5. Caribbean – Brué, Adrien-Hubert. (1786 – 1832).

Carte Génerale des Îles Antilles d’une Partie Du Mexique, Des États-Unis et de L’Amérique Méridionale.

Original engraving. Paris, Brué, 1821. Plate Size: 50.5 cm x 36.1 cm. Sheet Size: 68 cm x 54.1 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Extra wide margins. Some minor foxing along sheet edges. Discreet author’s blind stamp with ‘Carte Encyprotipe’ and initials ‘AB’ embossed in top corner of map. Centre-fold as issued.

6. Cioranescu, Alexandre.

Bibliographie De La Littérature Française Du Dix-Huitième Siècle.

Three Volumes, Complete Set. Paris, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, 1969. 18.8 cm x 27.5 cm. Pagination: Unpaginated. Volume I: X, [760 pages], Authors A-D. Volume II: [761-1439 pages], Authors E-Q. Volume III: [1440-2137 pages], R-Z et Index [Plus extra: Volume III (Second Edition), [1440-2137 pages], N-Z et Index. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor stains to covers. Very minor foxing to edges. Otherwise, clean, bright and strong binding. The price for this heavy set includes international shipping per Courier !

7. Clergue, Lucien.

Footprints of the Gods. With a Foreword by Lucien Clergue: “Twelve Years at Point Lobos” / With an Essay by Jim Hughes titled: “Sign of Life and Death”.

First US Edition. Boca Raton [Florida], Iris Publications, 1989. Small Folio (23 cm x 30.5 cm). 96 pages with spectacular photographs on 55 color plates throughout. Original softcover. This colour-photographic treatise is devoted entirely to the topography of Point Lobos, California, the beach made famous by Edward Weston, decades earlier. With an introduction by Jim Hughes. A very good copy in publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly starting. Inscribed and signed by Lucien Clergue to the great American gallerist, Leo Castelli: “Pour Leo Castelli, son admirateur arlesien, avec l’hommage de Lucien Clergue – Arles, I/VII/89”. A wonderful association, additionally enriched by an artist-postcard of Lucien Clergue’s “Point Lobos” – Photograph, with a personal message to Leo Castelli by someone called “Ames” (?).

8. de Goustine, Giselle.

Contes Sous La Croix du Sud. Préface de Robert Delavignette, Governeur Général de la France d’Outre-Mer.

Paris, Editions G.-P. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1967. 16 cm x 24 cm. 205 pages. Three black-and-white portrait plates by M. Abauzit. Softcover / Broché / Reliure originale. Bon etat / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and a small library plate bottom left of title page. Some foxing along spine between front pastdown and front free endpaper. [Les Litteratures Populaires de Toutes Les Nations – Nouvelle serie – TOME XIII].

9. Durkheim, Emile.

L’Éducation Morale. Bibliotèque de Philosophie Contemporaine. Fondée par Félix Alcan. Avertissement de Paul Fauconnet.

Nouvelle Édition. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1963. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. 242 pages. Reliure originale (Broche) / Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cut pages.

10. Gabel, Joseph.

La Fausse Conscience: Essai Sur La Reification.

Third Edition. Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, 1962. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 272 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Y compris une lettre originale signée par l’auteur Joseph Gabel. [The letter says “Cher Ami” but it was addressed to Joseph Gabel’s friend, sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff. In the letter, Gabel is grateful for a newsletter on Herbert Marcuse, which Wolff had sent him. He also discusses Karl Mannheim etc.]. With few, but significant annotations by Wolff.