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SMALL BOAT IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
Written by Roger Pilkington. Illustrated by David Knight.
Stock no. 1827490
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1965. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the ninth volume of the author's enterprising travels through the waterways of Europe. The author's boat Commodore surges swiftly down the Rhone towards the marshes of the Camargue and the Mediterranean. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Vertical edge of front board has tape from top to tail folded from front to front pastedown inside. Remains of a bookplate to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a minor nick to lower front edge of spine, a small glue stain to publisher name on spine else lovely. Musty odour present.

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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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VALENTINE AND ORSON THE TWIN KNIGHTS OF FRANCE
Written by S.R. Littlewood. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1325408
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Retold from the original. Green cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w endpapers. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers and tailpieces. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is lightly marked. Light page browning and fingering. A couple of pages are creased with small margin tears.

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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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MONTLHERY
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1323063
Published by Cassell. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Paris Autodrome 1924-1960. A Montagu Motor Book. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 170 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Some light foxing else a nice copy in dustwrapper which is a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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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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BRITTANY
Written by Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 2137520
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1912. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Mauve cloth with green decoration. Gilt title to spine. Grey/green title to front cover. 75 tissue-guarded colour plates. 1" split to top of spine, which is very browned with wear. Rest of covers are unevenly faded with wear; bumping to corners. Foxing. Some guards are browned. Light browning to plate margins.

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AROUND ST. MALO
Written by Spencer Musson. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis.
Stock no. 2137417
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1917. Very good condition.

Green cloth, pale yellow titles to spine and front cover. 20 beautiful colour plates and sketch map. Originally published in French in 1912, this is the English edition. A and C Black 7/6 series. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few scuff/wear marks to covers. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Browning and some light foxing.

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THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE PART I
Written by Gordon Home. Illustrated by Gordon Home.
Stock no. 2137412
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Pink/black decoration to front cover. To the Chateaux of Touraine, Biarritz, The Pyrenees, The Riviera, & The Rhone Valley. 16 full page illustrations in colour, 16 in b/w and 60 maps and plans. A & C Colour Book - Motor Routes Series. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine and cover edges. Some cracking to joints. Fold-out map to rear very good indeed! Page edge browning.

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