Paris Commune from Lorne Bair Rare Books

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1896. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Maroon cloth hardcover with gilt spine-titles; viii,[1]-372pp; two frontispiece maps (one folding). Mild external wear and soil, occasional pencil marks to margins, still a sound and attractive, Very Good copy. Still one of the most reliable and detailed day-by-day chronologies of events before, during, and after… Read more about this item

[Barcelona: Antonio Bosch / Imp. de Ramirez, 1871]. First Edition. Original pictorial letterpress broadsheet (31.5x21.5cm.); original woodcut illus. to recto and verso, text printed in double column. Tiny creases at corners, faint fold lines, else Near Fine. Uncommon newsheet recounting in highly critical terms the recent destruction following the assault on the Paris Commune, the recto woodcut depicting a… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie de l'Echo de la Sorbonne, 1872. First Edition. Small octavo (ca. 19cm.); contemporary morocco-backed gilt-lettered cloth prize binding, gilt spine in five compartments, yellow endpapers; [4],264pp. Corners gently bumped, spine a shade sunned, foxing to textblock, else Very Good and sound. Account of the trial following the hostage situation at the rue Haxo in the final days… Read more about this item

[Paris]: Amis de la Commune de Paris], 2001. First Edition. Large, slim folio (37cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; [18]pp.; color illus. throughout. Extremities rather worn, corners starting to curl, closed tear to rear wrapper fore-edge margin; Very Good only. Catalog of an exhibition commemorating the Paris Commune. Featured artists include François Arnal, Henri Cueco, François Féret, André Fougeron, Gérard… Read more about this item

Barcelona: Librería Española de I. Lopez, 1871. First Edition. First title 4to; 46,[2]pp; chromolithographic half-title and advertising leaf; woodcut illustrations in text, one chromolithographic plate at end of text. Second title in two parts, with separate title pages (as issued), comprising: First Series, hojas 1-22; 174pp; Second Series, hojas 1-8, 64pp. All three parts bound as one in recent… Read more about this item