France from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Orange-brown cloth; dustjacket; 170pp. Small red remainder sticker affixed to front pastedown; neat ownership signature to front free endpaper; else tight, square and very Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $6.95 on front flap), crisp, clean and unworn, Near Fine. An extended meditation on… Read more about this item

New York: Orion Press, 1963. First English Language Edition. First printing. Octavo. Gray cloth hardcover; 232pp. Straight, sound copy, titling slightly rubbed and with a bit of fading to board edges, Very Good. Lacking the dustwrapper. A translation of "Conaissance par les gouffres," Michaux's major work on the expansion of consciousness through psychoactive drugs, including mescaline, psilocybin,and cannabis. An… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1953. First English Language Edition. First impression. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 545pp; map endpapers; illus; maps (2 folding). Text block leaning slightly; foxing to endpapers and text block edges; text generally clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 25s/net at base of front flap); slightly worn at extremities with foxing to… Read more about this item

[Paris: 1848; various publishers and printers]. Collection of twenty-six original printed posters removed from walls during the French Revolution of 1848. Varying dimensions, colors and stocks (as specified below); a few with expert repairs but no extensive restoration. Housed in a folding clamshell box with paper chemise, folded as found. All twenty-six posters were originally bound (extra, by an… Read more about this item

Madrid: Revista de Occidente, 1960. First Edition. Octavo. Original printed wrappers; 173,[4]pp. Mild soil from handling to wrappers, a few brief, closed tears, Very Good. Text entirely in Spanish.

Paris: J.C. Lattès, 1987. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed and signed on half title to an indecipherable recipient. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 173pp. A straight, clean and solid copy, Near Fine in the original wrappers. Mid-career work by the acclaimed Algerian novelist, filmmaker, and feminist activist Assia Djebar (1936-2015); the work was translated into English as A… Read more about this item

Paris: J.C. Lattès, 1985. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed and signed to Pierre Bernard (possibly the French graphic designer) on half title. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 260pp. A straight, clean and solid copy; a previous owner has applied a clear plastic liner which is affixed to the inside covers with clear tape. Very Good or better in the original… Read more about this item

[Paris: 1927]. Original silver-gelatin photographic print, 7" x 6". Mounted on thin board, 13" x 9-3/4", signed "A. Feny" on mount below image (see note). Dated in the subject's hand, "17/8/27 - Paris," and inscribed: "To the Beloved couple Grover [?] & Nettie hoping you will continue having success and making friends," signed in full. Some abrasion to the… Read more about this item

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1999. First English Language Edition. Narrow octavo; black cloth spine over red cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; 151pp. Tight, unmarked copy, Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $18.95 on front flap); crisp, clean and unworn, Fine or very nearly so. This collection of Cioran's aphorisms, originally published in 1952 by Gallimard, was his… Read more about this item

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970. First English Language Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; pink topstain; 183,[3]pp. Tight, clean, Near Fine copy, free of markings or notable wear. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap), lightly toned and soiled on lighter portions, Very Good+. The second of the Romanian philosopher's works to be… Read more about this item

N.p. [Washington, D.C: Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army 1918-1919]. Small quarto (28cm). Presentation binding of half calf over dark brown buckram, titled in gilt on spine and front cover, personalized for "Major Tompkins" (see note); 278pp. Text printed recto-only; pages 83-266 comprised entirely of 164 original 8" x 10" photographic plates and 20 folding blueprints. Slight rubbing and soil… Read more about this item

Paris: Pierre Seghers, Éditeur, 1949. First Edition. First Impression. Small quarto (24cm); original pale yellow paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; photo-illustrated endpapers; [5],6-135,[5]pp, featuring 130 photogravure images by Doisneau. Spine ends bumped, upper corners tapped, with wear to lower corners, gentle sunning to spine, with some of the usual light dust-soil to… Read more about this item

Brockport: BOA Editions, 1991. First Edition. First printing of the Crosby translations. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 494pp. A few faint spots of foxing to upper edge of text block, else Fine, with embossed ownership stamp to title page of a previous owner. In the original dustwrapper, also Fine. Illustrations after woodcuts by David Crosby. A bilingual edition, with facing… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); navy blue and red paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-326,[2]pp. Contemporary owners penciled signatured and address to front endpaper, spine ends pushed, some dust-soil and rubbing to topstain, with circular rubber stamps of the Circulating… Read more about this item

London: Peter Owen, 1970. First English Language Edition. First impression. Octavo. Green cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 260pp. Tight, straight and unmarked; a Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped but with a later price sticker overlaid on printed price; slightly rubbed overall and with foxing to rear panel; just VG. First and only English-language edition of this novel originally… Read more about this item

New York: Carrefour Editions, 1941. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Printed thick-paper wrappers; 465pp. Mild soil; spine panel slightly toned (but perfectly legible); a tight, straight, Very Good copy. The second collection of Miller's and Fraenkel's volumnious literary correspondence; the first volume was published in 1939. Carrefour Editions, a joint effort by Fraenkel and Walter Lowenfels, was… Read more about this item

Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1976. First Edition. Trade issue. Small octavo (20cm). Printed card wrappers (softcover, as issued) in original glossy pictorial dust jacket; 321pp. Near Fine in a Very Good or better dustwrapper. Text entirely in French.

London: Bodley Head, 1964. First U.K. Edition. First impression. Octavo. Gray cloth hardcover; 230pp. Straight, tight copy, free of markings or significant wear; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 25s at base of front flap), lightly rubbed and soiled with a touch of fading to spine panel; Near Fine. A translation of "Conaissance par les… Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1984. Octavo (26cm). Full black leather, stamped in gilt, all edges gilt; blush pink silk moiré endpapers; xviii,629,[1]pp; black and white illustrations throughout. With silk ribbon bookmark. A bright, tight copy: Fine. From the Collector's Library of Famous Editions. [63741].

York, PA: Strength & Health Publishing Co, 1940. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Card wrappers; portrait frontispiece; 320pp. Clean, tight, and unfaded - an attractive copy, Near Fine and quite unusual thus. Hoffman (1898-1985) served on the front in France as a lieutenant in Company A of the 111th Infantry; his memoir provides perhaps the best first-hand… Read more about this item