French Books

Welcome to surrealism. A rare, collectable, first edition, Salvador Dali art and recipe cookbook, 'Les Diners de Gala', 1971, Paris, France. (Copy/text is in English language.) A gre...

First Edition, third issue of Dr. Seuss' most famous book, accompanied by a card bearing the AUTHOR's SIGNATURE and a quick SKETCH of his famous "green egg." Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904 – 1991) The Cat in the Hat New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, First Printing, Third Issue. Dust jacket. 8vo, 9 x 6 1/2" (230 x 165 mm), (2) + 61 + (1) pp; pictorial end papers, verso of free end paper blank, pictorial title page, copyright page. Binding with glazed pictorial paper cover over boards and title on spine, very light signs of wear at corners and spine ends, binding stitched at 1 inch intervals; upper cover illustrated and lettered with addition of "For beginner readers"; back cover with excerpts from reviews printed in letterpress below illustration of chalkboard reading Educators hail The Cat in the Hat. Printed in red, black, salmon, dark blue and light blue on wove paper, with bold illustrations on every spread; pages a touch yellowed on edges. On the back of the last page of text is a note on the book enclosed within a large outline in blue of Cat in the Hat. The ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER in near fine condition, with just slight wear on corners and a chip on the bottom of the spine, reproduces the book's cover; front flap bears price on upper right corner, 195/195, indicating this is the second state of the dust jacket. Accompanied by a small drawing of a "green egg" with "Dr. Seuss" autograph in black ink with on a light green index card, 3 x 5 in. (76 x 127 mm). [Younger & Hirsch 7; Greenaway 95] Dr. Seuss was challenged by Houghton Mifflin's Education Division director, William Ellsworth Spaulding, to create a book for young children using the 225 essential words for beginning readers, a book they would not want to put down. Seuss used 223 of the words from the list, plus 13 others. Seuss tricked kids into enjoying learning with his destructive and charismatic house guest. Inspired in part by Krazy Kat and Felix the Cat, but with a wily mind all his own, the Cat in the Hat's humor and naughtiness are engaged in the noble cause of literacy. "Parents," notes biographer Brian Jay Jones, "were more than happy to join Dr. Seuss as fellow revolutionaries. Even if parents didn't necessarily understand the pedagogy, it was easy to see the difference between the staid DICK AND JANE...

Suite of 72 lithographic plates on wove paper, many in color, plus expository pages (title page, half-title page, preface) and four covers. Published in Paris in 1902 by Librairie Ce...

L'Architecture des Années 30 a Paris (1930s Architecture in Paris), a French book by Jean-Marc Larbodiere. The International Style comes from the Modern Movement (Bauhaus in Germany,...

Primatice Maitre De Fontainebleau by Dominique Cordellier. Published by Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2004. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. First major exh...

Axel Vervoordt Living with Light by Axel Vervoordt. Hardcover with dust jacket. Published by Flammarion, 2013. This book twenty interiors which expands on the his vision for creating...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called for example  « Commentary on the Psalms ». These beaut...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nic...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled "Journal des missions Evangeliques» with Map (Mission...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. For example we have a book on "essays on liver". From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These...

Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may v...

Cartier and America by Martin Chapman Hardcover Table Book 2009. 176 pp. 1st Edition Published in 2009. Dimensions: 11" x 10" x 1". As opulent as the treasures it celebrates, this lavish volume presents Cartier's timeless designs worn by some of the twentieth century's most legendary figures. It's been one hundred years since the House of Cartier opened its doors on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Since then the luxury jeweler has been creating exquisite brooches, bracelets, tiaras, timepieces, and other items including scent bottles, so-called mystery clocks, and handbags many of them specially commissioned by their illustrious patrons. Readers will see up close Gloria Swanson's bracelets from Sunset Boulevard, Douglas Fairbanks s elegant watch, the Duchess of Windsor s panther brooch, and Grace Kelly s 10.47-carat diamond engagement ring, as well as items owned by Marion Davies, Vivien Leigh, Barbara Hutton, and Elizabeth Taylor. Author Martin Chapman offers an in-depth exploration of how Cartier conquered America, from its European birth in 1847 to its arrival on the other side of the Atlantic, and from its whimsical Art Deco creations to the red carpet prominence that linked the name Cartier with fame, wealth, and exclusivity. In addition to stunning color images of each object, the book features photographs of stars and heiresses wearing their Cartier jewelry. A beautiful volume for fashion aficionados, this trove of jewelry is a tribute to Cartier s...

Set of old bound books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may vary.

This Louis-Philippe period table lectern in cherrywood resting on four turned legs, has three positions for three different reading angles. France, circa 1840.

Published by Éditions Charles Moreau, 1998 Text by François Baudot, preface by Karl Lagerfeld. The distinctive designs of Gilbert Poillerat may be regarded as part of the Art D...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Life of Jean Wesley ». These...

Christie's: Bel Ameublement Provenant des Collections de Valerian Rybar et Jean-Francois Daigre. Christies, Paris, 2003. 1st Ed softcover. 92 pages with...

The 'Paris Berlin 1900-1933 ' is a soft-cover book covering an exhibition from July 12-November 6, 1978, at The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. Book cover...

More information coming soon… Cast iron book presses, such as this French one mounted to a wooden stand, were used to bind books in the 1800s. The iron is embellished with copper-h...

Chahine, Edgar & Maurice Barrès LA MORT DE VENISE; Illustré de vingt-six eaux-fortes originales Paris: Société Nouvelle des Éditions d'Art Devambez, 1926 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 4to,...

Ruhlmann Un Genie De L'Art Deco by Emmanuel Breon et Rosalind Pepall.(Commissaires). 2004 Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco. French Text. Published by Somogy Ed...

"Une Aventure Contemporaine, La Photographie 1955-1995" France, 1996, Box Set of Two Photography Books "These book were published to accompany...

Sotheby's, Collection Boutet de Monvel: Paris April 5&6 2016. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. Bernard Boutet de Monvel, was a groundbreaking painter...

A vintage Paris Arrondissement Guidebook, France, 1974. A petite 1970s Paris arrondissement guidebook published by Éditions L’Indispensable. This Guide Général de Paris features a...

"Je Suis Le Cahier" The Sketchbooks of Picasso hardcover book 1st Edition 1986 The Sketchbooks of Picasso "Je Suis Le Cahier". Pablo Picasso, "Picasso considered all of his works to be entries in his diary; he excluded nothing. The sketchbooks are generic chapters inextricable from his oeuvre. In Picasso's paintings the spontaneity of gesture is deceptive since the manner is which he leaves his tracks visible superficially suggests minimal preparation. Although most of Picasso's solutions appear to be immediately worked out on the canvas, this was far from the fact. Many paintings sprang fully formed as the fulfillment of preconscious models, but very often others were the product of the process of trial solution and discovery through drawing. There are eight sketchbooks for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, five for the saltimbanques, four for the Luncheon on the Grass series, and two for The rape of the Sabines. In sketchbook No. 171, Picasso inscribed...

Paris: Rombaldi Éditeur, 1937. Limited Edition. 8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 (194 x 156 mm). pp: 4, vii, 242. Five color lithographs including the frontispiece. Copies printed on Voiron laid...

Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may v...

Verve Volume One Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 bound into one volume; An Artistic and Literary Quarterly directed by E. Teriade Paris: Verve / Skira, 1937-1939. FIRST EDITION Large 4to,...

Bernard Buffet. Images Luc Fournol. Legendes Annabel Buffet Jean Widmer. Buffet, Bernard - Druon, Maurice. Bernard Buffet (French: 10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter...

Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled « La France Protestante » (Protestant France...

One of the forever-classics of world literature interpreted in a highly decorative Art Nouveau style, with color printing, gold frames on every page, and orientalist sepia wood engravings to illustrate the stories. Ovid / Ovide. Lettres d...

AUTHOR: Cyprien Berard and Charles Nodier. TITLE: Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires. PUBLISHER: Paris: Chez Ladvocat, Libraire, 1820. DESCRIPTION: FIRST FRENCH EDITION. 2 vols., 6-3/...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled "Histoire du protestantisme français" (History of Fren...

[Verve (Vol VIII, Nos. 33-34] 30 lithographs, including the cover (18 in color). Text in French by Jean Wahl and Meyer Schapiro. No dust jacket. some damage to the spine but lithogra...

L'Illustration was started as a newspaper by Edouard Charton in Paris on March 4th, 1843. It was the first illustrated newspaper in the country and the first to use photographs. Foll...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice libra...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Disciple de Jésus Christ » (disciple of Jesus Christ)...

Versailles - Complete Guide. Softcover book, published in 2000. Illustrated, 190 pages.

A remarkable French photographic album dating from the second half of the 19th century, retaining a group of original carte de visite portraits from various photographic studios acro...

Katsura, Ermitage et Jardins - Un Moment de Perfection (Katsura, Hermitage and Gardens, a Moment of Perfection), French Book by Office du Livre, Vilo Editions Paris, 1986. 274 pages. Dimensions: Overall: 10.63 in by 13.75 in (27 by 35 cm). Published in 1986 by Office du Livre, Editions Vilo, Paris. Book by Arata Isozaki and Osamu Sato; photographs by Yasuhiro Ishimoto; French translation and commentary by Pierre and Suzanne Rambach. A visit to Katsura, the imperial villa, is a circuit of an hour. One emerges amazed, astonished, and dazzled. What remains are the intense images captured by the eye, captured by the moment that flees without recourse. Amid its garden and the four tea pavilions that border the central pond, built in the 17th century by Prince Toshihito, on the banks of the river that flows through Kyoto, Katsura remains the image of refinement. Villa, also known as Katsura Rikyū, is an architectural gem located in Kyoto, built in the 17th century by Prince Toshihito. Designed as a place of relaxation for the imperial family, this villa embodies not only the elegance and serenity of Japanese architecture but also the perfect harmony between man and nature. Visionary architects Bruno Taut and Walter Gropius of the Bauhaus movement, as well as Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Le Corbusier, were influenced in their designs by the Katsura Imperial Villa, particularly by its minimalist approach, clean lines, and profound respect for the environment. This helped to disseminate and integrate the principles of Japanese architecture into the modern movement. The elegance of this princely "hermitage" and its tea pavilions creates an atmosphere of serenity and highlights the natural beauty of its surroundings. Its landscaped gardens, true contemplative gems, feature a meticulous arrangement of ponds, bridges, rocks, and vegetation, creating a subtle harmony. It is said that the brilliant gardeners of the Katsura Villa brought about a revolution: for the first time, they introduced, into the landscapes they created by imitating nature, elements that could only come from man: straight lines, regular geometric curves, or, conversely, skillfully rhythmic ones. In short, the Katsura Imperial Villa is a cultural and architectural treasure, offering fascinating insights into traditional Japanese aesthetics and philosophy. The Authors: Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新, Isozaki Arata...

Loose leaf folio, patterned boards with fabric spine, fabric ties. Thirty eight colour plates (missing 6) on dark grey stock paper depicting wallpaper and fabric designs from Japan reproducing Japanese silk fabrics...

Set of old bound books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may vary....

Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called "Commentaries". These beautiful books are perf...

Jazz Manies et Collections (Jazz Mania and Collections), French Book by Frédéric Marchand, 1997. Preface by Francis Hofstein and Bernard Lion. The author has collected 180 objects re...

Mobilier Basque by Lucile Olivier. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin. French text. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 82 pp. The book illustrates the beds, seating, tables, case pieces and ...

This antique standing photo album is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The album is compo...

SIGNED, Second edition on LARGE PAPER One of the first personal biographies (biographies intimes) written by the Goncourt brothers and composed in 1857. This special edition with el...

Arts d’Orient et de l’Islam Auction Reference Catalogue by Artcurial. Arts d’Orient et de l’Islam provenant des Collections Xavier Guerrand-Hermès. Illustrated Auction & Reference Catalogue.March 2014 A remarkable and highly collectible reference catalogue dedicated to the renowned Xavier Guerrand-Hermès Collection, one of the most important private collections of Oriental and Islamic art assembled in the modern era. Richly illustrated with exceptional color photography throughout its 204 pages, this scholarly publication offers a comprehensive survey of masterpieces spanning centuries of artistic achievement across the Islamic world. The collection encompasses the arts of the Orient from Antiquity through the great Islamic civilizations, ranging from Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) to the Mughal Empire, and from the early Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates to the flourishing Safavid, Ottoman, Mughal, and Qajar periods. Particularly renowned for its depth and quality, the collection is centered around two of the most celebrated forms of Islamic artistic expression: Illuminated manuscripts, calligraphy, miniatures, and rare texts Islamic ceramics, showcasing an extraordinary diversity of techniques, glazes, and decorative traditions Featuring museum-quality objects and detailed documentation, this catalogue is an indispensable reference for collectors, scholars, dealers, and enthusiasts of Islamic, Middle Eastern, Persian, Ottoman, Mughal, and Andalusian art. Details Title: Arts d’Orient et de l’Islam provenant des Collections Xavier Guerrand-Hermès Format: Softcover Pages: 204 Language: French Fully illustrated in color Rich scholarly and historical content Condition Good vintage condition with wear consistent with age and handling. wear on corner front page. Keywords / Metadata Xavier Guerrand Hermès, Islamic art catalogue, Arts d'Orient, Oriental art reference, Islamic manuscript, Persian miniature, Arabic calligraphy, Ottoman art, Safavid art, Mughal art, Andalusian art, Al Andalus, Islamic ceramics, Middle Eastern art, Qajar art...

Set of old bound books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These 3 books are the set of different plays by Casimir Delavigne of the French Academy...

Cartier Hardcover by Francois Chaille (Author). Small hardcover book in sleeve box, limited edition. Great collection photos with celebrities wearing some of the most famous Cartier ...

AUTHOR: M. Guys [Pierre-Augustin]. TITLE: Marseille Ancienne et Moderne. PUBLISHER: Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1786. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION WITH THE GILT ARMS OF NAPOLEON. 1 vol....

Johnny - La vie en Rock French Edition Paperback. Even those under twenty know him: Johnny Hallyday has become, over the years, a monument of French rock. Born into the entertainment...

Modernités Sotheby’s Paris Wed 16 Oct - Wed 16 Oct 2019. Sotheby's Paris. 1st Ed auction catalog. One of the best works in Sotheby’s Modernités catalogue on 16 October was one of Fra...

Set of antique books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are "encyclopedias of relig...

Early monograph on the French modernist designer Mathieu Mategot, featuring his celebrated and still prized “transparent metal” furniture and lighting, often with juxtaposed elements...

French antique books with Moroccan leather black spine, gold leaf imprinted title and blue and black covers. A large selection available, also in red, bl...

Glanvill, Joseph Plus Ultra; or, The progress and advancement of knowledge since the days of Aristotle. In an account of some of the most remarkable late improvements of practical, u...

Art of Ancient Egypt by Kazimierz Michalowski. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., of New York. Printed in France, bound in the Netherlands. 904 illust...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  «Revue Chrétienne» (Chr...

Rare first edition of Le Surréalisme en 1947, a seminal work curated by André Breton and featuring the iconic cover design Prière de Toucher by Marcel Duchamp. Published in Paris by ...