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THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
Written by William Robertson.
Stock no. 1828342
Published by Jones & Co. 1829. Good condition.

Red cloth. B/w frontis and title page. 1" cut from top edge of title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks & pale damp marks to contents. Frontis detached. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Large name & date written in colour pencil (lilac) rear endpaper. Covers grubby/scuffed and unevenly faded. Spine browned.

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NAPOLEON'S MARSHALS
Written by David G. Chandler.
Stock no. 1828335
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Careers of the key 26 French military commanders who formed the Napoleonic Marshalate. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0297791249. Reprint. Text block just a little grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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HUNDRED YEARS WAR CASTLES: FORTRESSES
Written by Stephane William Gondoin.
Stock no. 1828166
Published by Histoire & Collections. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Fortresses of France. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9782915239805. A lovely copy, feels unread.

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THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
Written by Anne Curry; Malcolm Mercer.
Stock no. 1327803
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated volume providing a defining reassessment of England's legendary vitory on the fields of Agincourt on 25 October 1415 - a triumph that changed the course of the Hundred Years War and Britain's relationship with her longtime enemy, France. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780300214307. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and creased with slight grubbiness to rear panel.

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NAPOLEON'S MEDALS: VICTORY TO THE ARTS
Written by Richard Todd.
Stock no. 1327299
Published by The History Press. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Napoleon's artists displayed the stolen art from his Italian campaign on the medals to glorify his conquests, and used classical models to clothe him with heroic attributes. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 224 pages. Colour photos of coins and medals throughout. ISBN: 9780752449999. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased at edges.

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THE BRITISH SETTLEMENT OF BRITTANY: THE FIRST BRETONS IN ARMORICA
Written by Pierre-Roland Giot; Philippe Guigon; Bernard Merdrignac.
Stock no. 1826799
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Written by three distinguished French scholars, this book examines the reasons for the migration of Britons from the Roman Province of Britannia to Armorica during the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0752425242. Covers a little scuffed and creased. Text block ligthly browned. Contents clean.

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FRENCH EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PAINTING
Written by David Wakefield.
Stock no. 1826065
Published by Gordon Fraser Gallery. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0860920488. Heavy knock to top of boards, both front and rear board. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, scuffed and has a couple of scratches to rear panel.

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TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS AND THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES
Written by Chandra Mukerji.
Stock no. 1825209
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

An original and important contribution to cultural sociology. Cardwraps. 393 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780521599589. Cardcover corners lightly rubbed, tiny knock to vertical edge of rear cover. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS AND THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES
Written by Chandra Mukerji.
Stock no. 1324892
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

An original and important contribution to cultural sociology. Cardwraps. 393 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780521599589. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF PARIS IN PAINTING
Written by Georges Duby; Guy Lobrichon.
Stock no. 1824371
Published by Abbeville Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Very large format. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt shield to front. Beautiful colour artwork throughout. Red ribbon page marker. ISBN: 9780789210463. Minor marks to top edge of text block (hardly noticeable). Contents otherwise fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase in lovely condition.

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THE ART AND SPIRIT OF PARIS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Michel Laclotte.
Stock no. 1824367
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two volumes. Edited by Laclotte. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and pictorial onlay to front. Colour photographs throughout. A very heavy set. Large format. ISBN: 9781558597600. Second printing. Spines very lightly faded (hardly noticeable). Creasing to margins of pagew 283-190 volume I else contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is bumped at top front corner and has a couple of minor knocks.

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LARTIGUE: ALBUM OF A CENTURY
Written by Martine D'Astier; Clement Cheroux; et al. Illustrated by Jacques Henri Lartigue.
Stock no. 1824269
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) took his first photograph using his father's camera when he was just six years old, and with this began the creation of an enduring record of twentieth-century French life. Published on the occasion of the exibition Jacques Henri Lartigue: Photographs 1901 - 1986 London 2004. Large, oblong format. Brey cloth boards, silver title to spine and blind publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 0500542910. Spine slightly cocked. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby mainly to rear panel.

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