Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie.; 56, Rue Jacob, (1932); green-blue clothbacked paper boards with full size pasted-on plate of M. Lapinot sitting on a chimney pot and watching his son's return in his flying basket/ship suspended by balloons, plain blue en. French language hardback. medium. Ségur's second book, one of three.....
Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie.; 56, Rue Jacob, (1934) probable 1st, 1934 owner Christmas inscription; russet clothbacked paper boards with full size pasted-on plate of animals in a sailboat with Jojo, red endpapers with white designs, flyleaf with form. French language hardback. medium. Segur's third book, one of three simple stories.....
Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie.; 56, Rue Jacob, (1930, 1st or year of publication, "pour paraitre prochement Nouvelle Aventures de C.", general advance notice with no mention of Aviateur); red clothbacked paper boards with full size pasted on plate of Jo. French language hardback. medium. Ségur's first book, one of three.....
Paris: L'Editions de Art H. Piazza, 19 Rue Bonaparte, printed Ducros et Colas, 20 Sept., 1930, limited edition No. 151 to 450, on smooth, heavy vellum, not numbered, pas numerotée; bound in elaborately blind-stamped green leather with gilt tit. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. Sophie is such a modern little.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Vingt et Unieme Edition, SD, no date, planches sans colour, plain page edges (1930's ?), illustré de 128 woodcuts by E. Bayard, red stamped. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. Mme la Comtesse de Ségur's last and twentieth work, dedicated.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition, 1922/1868, illustré de 90 vignettes par H. Castelli; red boards, gilt top edge, tranche supérieur dorée, 31. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. Félice, a rude little girl, repeatedly yelled and lashed out at Diloy, a wandering farmhand.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Vingtieme Edition, 1921/1866, red cloth boards, top edge gilt, tranche dorée supérieur, ouvrage illustré de 57 vignettes par. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. Two cousins, Jean (who laughs) and Jeannot (who grumbles) leave Brittany as young boys to work.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition, 1911/1863, all edges gilt, illustré de 75 vignettes par Foulquier, red stamped boards; 8vo; 374 pp. + 4 pp catalogue. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. A soldier, Moutier, and his Saint Bernard rescue two abandoned orphans, Paul.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée,, Nouvelle Edition, 1920/1863, yellow top edge, illustré de 64 vignettes par Foulquier, red stamped boards; 8vo; 316 pp. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. A soldier, Moutier and his Saint Bernard rescue two abandoned orphans, Paul and Jacques, sees them.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition 1910/1863, ouvrage illustré de 100 vignettes par E. Bayard, red stamped boards, aeg, toutes tranches dorées; 8vo; 3. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. The blustery, good hearted general travels to his Russian estates with Paul and Jacques.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Vingt-Sixième Edition 1921; ouvrage illustré de 100 vignettes de E. Bayard, red stamped boards, yellow pages edges, tranches jaunes;. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. The blustery, good hearted general travels to his Russian estates with Paul and Jacques Dérigny.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée,, Nouvelle Edition, 1914, illustré de 48 vignettes par H. Castelli, red percaline stamped boards, aeg, toutes tranches dorées; 8vo; 2. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. Drawn from the author's own aristocratic Russian childhood, this book is still in print.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition, 1909; illustré de 48 vignettes par H. Castelli, red percaline stamped boards, aeg, toutes tranches dorées; 8vo; 24. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. Drawn from the author's own aristocratic Russian childhood, and still in print as a......
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition, circa 1940, red boards, gilt stamped, yellow page edges all around, tranches jaunes, illustré de 36 vignettes de Bertall;. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. The third in the trilogy about Sophie and Paul and their cousins and.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition, 1907 reprint, illustré de 46 vignettes par Gustave Doré and Jules Didier, red stamped boards, aeg, toutes tranches. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. A beautiful copy of stories first told to her grandchildren. These were intended to.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition, 1912/1867, ouvrage illustré de 79 vignettes par E. Bayard, many single-sides, red stamped boards, aeg, toutes tranches do. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. Giselle, spoiled by her parents and angry, fails to learn from her many misdeeds.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition, 1912/1867, ouvrage illustré de 79 vignettes par E. Bayard, many single-sides, red stamped boards, aeg, toutes tranches do. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. Giselle, spoiled by her parents and angry, fails to learn from her many misdeeds.....
Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1932, trade edition, illustrated cloth boards, good quality pulp paper, pas numéroté, (also appeared in limited edition of 15 copies on laid paper), grey endpapers with red flower pattern, with numerou. French language hardback tall. A story of an orphan in Scotland, raised by.....
Paris: Editions René Touret #1636, (ca 1950); imp. Protin & Vuidar, s. a. Liege, Belgique; silver boards with woman and little boy in kilt carrying a trunk; no title page as issued, 12 full color, plain backed illustrations, 9.25x12.5"; 23. French language hardback tall. Charles, an orphan and the ward.....
Paris: Edition Willeb, 1946/1944 2nd; Imp. Chaix, Paris, green cloth spine visible; in wrap or jacket of thick textured white paper with large flaps secured over boards, bright pasted on plate of Cui-cui's performance, pale blue title; 23x5 x 12.5; n. French language hardback tall. Wonderful Disney-like illustrations of all.....
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1920 on title page, Cloth backed paper boards, 6.1x7.5; 30 pp. French language hardcover. mediium. A very simple French textbook with charming small b/w sketches at the top of each page.
Moscou: Éditions du Progrès, (1956); translated from the Russian by Antoinette Mazzi; the vixen, dressed in a pretty pink apron, snarls at some little birds as she walks along; pale lavender wraps; 9x11"; np. French language softcover. medium. (The Tricks of the Vixen) A collection of traditional Russian stories about.....
Paris: Editions Nilsson, (1928) Collection Lotus, Societe Moderne d'Impressions; illustrated cover tissue and six tipped-in pochoir tissue/glassine "plates"; 6.75x9.7"; 223 pp. French language softcover wraps. Vivid flat colours illustrate this tropical fantasy.
Paris: Garnier Freres, editeur, 10, Rue Richelieu; Imprimé par J. Claye et Cie. Rue Saint-Benoit, notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian, Stahl; no date[1851 this edition (Bibliotheque nationale)/ 1842]; leather and gilt spine over ruled. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. A beautiful old book with fine engravings.....
Little, Brown & Co, 1961, stated first. French language hardback. medium. A very French rewriting (not just a translation) of Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat with new illustrations by Barbara Cooney. The lovers sail on ,"fous d'amour, une année et un jour.."