THE BATTLE OF FRANCE THEN AND NOW
Written by Peter D. Cornwell.
Stock no. 1329655
Published by Battle Of Britain International Limited. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The story of the greatest air battle of the Second World War when six nations were locked in aerial combat september 1939 to June 1940. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 592 pages. ISBN: 9781870067652. Looks unread.

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THE BRITISH AT LE MANS: 85 YEARS OF ENDEAVOUR
Written by Ian Wagstaff.
Stock no. 1829733
Published by MRP Publishing Ltd. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 280 pages including index. ISBN: 9781899870806. A lovely copy!

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FRENCH COUNTRY COOKING
Written by Elizabeth David; Artemis Cooper. Illustrated by John Minton; Sophie Maccarthy.
Stock no. 1829365
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Preface by Artemis Cooper. Based on second revised edition of 1996. Green cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations and colour plates. xv and 222 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is slightly scuffed and has a minor bump to one corner.

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THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK FOR NORMANDY & BRITTANY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828621
Published by Thos. Cook and Son. 1914. Almost very good condition.

Dark red cloth, gilt titles. Folding colour map of Normandy and Brittany to front, b/w maps and plans, some folding. Cook's Guide. viii and 288 pages including index plus 68 pages of advertisments to rear. Spine rubbed at front & rear edge, text block grubby. Endpapers browned. Small piece of loss to top corner of front endpaper. Writing in ink to rear endpapers. A few grubby & age related marks present. All maps present. Some hinges pulled. Overall, a nice working copy.

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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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TURNER IN THE ALPS: THE JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE & SWITZERLAND IN 1802
Written by David Hill. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827684
Published by George Philip. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide to the most important tour Turner made, the author has travelled through the Alps in Turner's footstpes and vividly recreated the artist's journey, using Turner's sketchbooks and the writings of contemporaries including Byron and Shelley. A fascinating mixture of art, history and travel. Large, oblong format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0540012513. Small white mark to rear board. Tiny nick to lower edge of pages 59/60 and 61/62 (extremely minor). Else contents are fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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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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CHARDIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826063
Published by Royal Academy of Arts; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. To accompany exhibition during 2000. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0900946830. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Top edge of text block and front cover slightly nicked (minor) and text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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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 WESTERN FRONT THEN AND NOW
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824284
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, black titles. The contents are divided into five sections, four covering the British fighting zones from north to south, the fifth covering the "back-areas". Each of the five sections are preceded by a short survey of the War history of the region as a whole. B/w photos accompanied by a paragraph of information relative to the particular locality. Boards nevenly faded with a few minor stains. Pencil erasure marks to front endpaper give the page a grubby appearance. Front and rear hinge pulled but binding tight.

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THE GOODMAN OF PARIS
Written by Eileen Power.
Stock no. 2138956
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated and with an Introduction and Notes by Eileen Power. Green cloth. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates. A treatise on moral and domestic economy by a citizen of Paris c1393. Spine is browned. Slip case is very good - a few scuff marks.

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