French Leonard (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Light wear to top/bottom of spine. Faint dent to top edge of front board. 32 cm. 128 pages. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition color illustrated stiff softcover wraps. Includes rear section of the following: Authors and Artist Briefly Noted; Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Staff and Administrative board for 1981; Life Members and Benefactors Laboratory of Ornithology 31, December 1981 nine scholarly ornithological publications by various author. Illustrated with color plates, including a color plate frontispiece.

Paperback. Condition: Good. full page black and white illustrations, (18) unnumbered pages Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong (30 x 21 cm.). Moderate general scuffing and wear. Exhibition catalog. Held at Powell Street Gallery, Sept. 28-Oct. 17, 1985.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing quarto hardback 104 pp, Illustrated with 35 full page colour plates.Very good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (jacket vertical edges repaired with selotape)). No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, limited to one hundred copies bound in quarter leather. Gilt titling to spine. 25.5 × 15.5cm, 157pp. This copy belonged to journalist and contributor to the book, Leonard Miall, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Also loosely inserted is a handwritten letter to Mr Miall from the publisher, James Stourton of The Stourton Press, an art historian, publisher, and former chairman of Sotheby's. Leonard Miall (1914-2005), was a BBC journalist, he joined the BBC in 1939 before working for the Political Warfare Executive and SHAEF in the Second World War. He then became ther BBC's US correspondent before returning to London and rising to Assistant Controller and being in charge of the BBC's American operations. An anthology of talks and poems, assembled by Philip French, from Radio 3's output of the 1980s. Contributors include Salman Rushdie, John Carey, Enoch Powell, Peter Porter, Charles Causley, Bernard Levin, Edward Norman, and many others, including, of course, Leonard Miall. Condition: The leather is a little rubbed and scuffed to the front joint and spine ends, and the red cloth boards have a little grubby marking but remaining good. The contents are in good clean condition. With Signed Letter (not by the.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Laszlo Matulay (Dustwrapper design) (illustrator). First UK Edition. Third impression of the first UK edition, published in May, 1957 as stated on the printer's page. The book was first published in the UK in February, 1957, with a second impression in March, 1957. The first English translation was published in the USA by the World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. The book was originally published in Paris, France as 'Les Mandarins', by Librairie Gallimard in 1954. Translated from the French by Leonard M. Friedman. Dedicated to Nelson Algren. Dustwrapper designed by Laszlo Matulay. Winner of the Prix Goncourt. ***Very good in salmon-pink cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean with no foxing. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Offsetting to the half-title page (where perhaps a newspaper clipping was inserted - now gone). Pages otherwise clean with no foxing. Apart from creases to a couple of top corner tips, there are no creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper, with the striking illustration by Laszlo Matulay. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped, showing the original publisher's printed price of 18s. net. Whilst the dustwrapper is essentially complete, there is some loss to the top and tail of the spine, and a couple of holes to the spine also (please see scans). The edges are creased and rubbed, with a few small edge nicks and closed tears, with associated creasing. Spine of dustwrapper only very slightly faded. Dustwrapper bright. ***215mm x 150mm. 704 pages. ***'In her most famous novel, "The Mandarins", Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War Two. Hailed by Iris Murdoch as "a remarkable book, a novel on the grand scale, courageous in its exactitude and endearing because of its persistent seriousness." In fictionally relating the stories of those around her - Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, Nelson Algren - de Beauvoir dissects the emotional and philosophical currents of her time. ***At once an engrossing drama and an intriguing political tale, "The Mandarins" is the emotional odyssey of a woman torn between her inner desires and her public life. The book was the recipient of the Prix Goncourt Award.' (Wiki) ***'Simone de Beauvoir published her first novel "L'Invitee" in 1943; it had taken four years to write. "Le Sang des Autres" appeared in 1945, "Tous les Hommes sont Mortels" in 1947, Le Deuxieme Sexe" in 1949. With "Les Mandarins" she reached her maturity as a novelist and with the award of the Prix Goncourt became recognised as France's most distinguished woman writer and achieved an international reputation.' (Quote taken from the inside rear flap of the dustwrapper). ***A third impression of the true UK first edition, published just three months after the first impression, and rare to find complete in its original dustwrapper. Of interest to collectors of the work of Simone de Beauvoir, and of classic twentieth century French literature. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to. original cream leatherette gilt (a little rubbed, slight toning/offsetting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 104 (last colophon), with 35 colour plates. A very good copy.

Condition: VG. Melbourne 1962 1st Grayflower. Introduction and annotation of plates by Vincent Buckley. 4to., 103pp., color plates, boards. Signed by Leonard French. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. In new glassine cover.

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. The binding is in poor condition. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise good condition.

4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (sl.torn & repaired) 104pp. 35 Col.plates. Small tape marks to endpapers & blind name stamp on ffe else a Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Signed by Leonard French on the free endpaper.

Sydney : Macquarie Galleries, 1993. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [8], illustrated in colour.

Portfolio of 7 loose coloured plates & 7 loose pages of text, folio, very good copy.

Large format,28.5x22.5cm,35 color plates, 104 pages, with annotations adapted from the artist's work-notes. D/j top edges wrippled, some cover soilingseveral small taers. Introduction and annotation of plates by Vincent Buckley, foreword by Alan McCulloch; catalogue of paintings, 1948-1962; biographical notes on the artist and author.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Laszlo Matulay (Dustwrapper design) (illustrator). First UK Edition. A scarce Proof Copy of the first UK edition, published in February, 1957. The first English translation was published in the USA by the World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. The book was originally published in Paris, France as 'Les Mandarins', by Librairie Gallimard in 1954. Translated from the French by Leonard M. Friedman. Dedicated to Nelson Algren. Dustwrapper designed by Laszlo Matulay. Winner of the Prix Goncourt. ***Very good in plain grey card covers - please note that the front cover is present but detached. The covers are remarkably clean, with no serious marks or tears. The edges are just slightly creased, with a small bump to the page block at the top edge near the spine. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Small closed tear to the thin card covering at the base of the spine. Page block edges clean with no foxing. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean with no foxing. No obvious creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a fair example of the fragile thin colour illustrated dustwrapper, with the striking illustration by Laszlo Matulay. Please note that the dustwrapper is not complete, as the front flap has gone and the top half of the spine has also gone (please see scans). The front panel illustration is complete. The edges are inevitably creased and rubbed, with a few small edge nicks and closed tears, with associated creasing. ***205mm x 140mm (slightly smaller than the actual published book). 704 pages. ***'In her most famous novel, "The Mandarins", Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War Two. Hailed by Iris Murdoch as "a remarkable book, a novel on the grand scale, courageous in its exactitude and endearing because of its persistent seriousness." In fictionally relating the stories of those around her - Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, Nelson Algren - de Beauvoir dissects the emotional and philosophical currents of her time. ***At once an engrossing drama and an intriguing political tale, "The Mandarins" is the emotional odyssey of a woman torn between her inner desires and her public life. The book was the recipient of the Prix Goncourt Award.' (Wiki) ***'Simone de Beauvoir published her first novel "L'Invitee" in 1943; it had taken four years to write. "Le Sang des Autres" appeared in 1945, "Tous les Hommes sont Mortels" in 1947, Le Deuxieme Sexe" in 1949. With "Les Mandarins" she reached her maturity as a novelist and with the award of the Prix Goncourt became recognised as France's most distinguished woman writer and achieved an international reputation.' (Quote taken from the inside rear flap of the dustwrapper of another copy of the book which we also have listed on ABE Books). ***A scarce Proof Copy of the first UK edition, published in February, 1957. Of interest to collectors of the work of Simone de Beauvoir, and of classic twentieth century French literature. Whilst the book is not that uncommon, proof copies are notably scarce. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good small folio 103pp., col. pls., Ex library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w VG reference copy.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD ++ TO NEAR FINE. First American Edition. ix, [1], 321pp, bound in original maroon ribbed cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Complete with 8 plates, as called for. Autobiography of Leonard Autie, hairdresser to Marie-Antoinette, fleeing with the family, which terminated in the arrest of Louis XVI at Varennes in 1791.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover with maroon cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration. Light wear at corners and tips. 7.5x5.25x1 with 321 pp.

Soft Flex Covers w Cloth Spine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fully Illustrated (illustrator). First edition by publisher. In 3 parts, includes all 3 parts bound in one. Illustrations are in color, text is only in French. Part 1, 14 pages ; part 2, 9 pages ; part 3, 8 pages for a total of 31 pages. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good or better condition, slight wear to edges. Overall good copy of this scarce title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Full title reads: Recueil de Decorations Interieures Comprenant tout ce qui a Rapport a l'Ameublement, Comme Vases,Trepieds, Candelabres, Cassolettes, Lustres, Girandoles, Lampes, Chandeliers, Cheminees, Feux, Poeles, Pendules, Tables, Secretaires, Lits, Canapes, Fauteuils, Chaises, Tabourets, Miroirs, Ecrans, etc ; Composes par C. Percier et P.F.L. Fontaine. Executes sur leurs Dessins. Title In English: Collection of Interior decorations including and understanding all that has report and ratio has furnishing, like vases, tripods, candelabres, cassolettes, glosses, girandoles, lamps, candlesticks, chimneys, fires, stoves, pendulums, tables, secretaries, beds, settees, armchairs, chairs, stools, mirrors, screens, etc. Composed by C. Percier and P. F. L. Fontaine : Carried out on their drawings. Title page publisher / venders include: Paris, se vend chez les auteurs rue Monmartre, Ducamp Md. Papetier rue St. Honore au coin de celle de Vallois, chez Joubert Md. d'Estampes rue de Sorbonne, Progens Libraire Quai de Voltaire, Coeffier rue de Coq St. Honore et chez touts les Mde. de nouvequtes, en vente a la Librairie E. Hessling, rue Jacob Paris. Book.

Soft Flex Covers w Cloth Spine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fully Illustrated (illustrator). Modern reprint, no edition stated. In 3 parts, includes all 3 parts. Illustrations are in color, text is only in French. Part 1, 14 pages ; part 2, 9 pages ; part 3, 8 pages for a total of 31 pages. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good or better condition, slight wear to edges. Overall good copy of this scarce title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Full title reads: Recueil de Decorations Interieures Comprenant tout ce qui a Rapport a l'Ameublement, Comme Vases,Trepieds, Candelabres, Cassolettes, Lustres, Girandoles, Lampes, Chandeliers, Cheminees, Feux, Poeles, Pendules, Tables, Secretaires, Lits, Canapes, Fauteuils, Chaises, Tabourets, Miroirs, Ecrans, etc ; Composes par C. Percier et P.F.L. Fontaine. Executes sur leurs Dessins. Title In English: Collection of Interior decorations including and understanding all that has report and ratio has furnishing, like vases, tripods, candelabres, cassolettes, glosses, girandoles, lamps, candlesticks, chimneys, fires, stoves, pendulums, tables, secretaries, beds, settees, armchairs, chairs, stools, mirrors, screens, etc. Composed by C. Percier and P. F. L. Fontaine : Carried out on their drawings. Title page publisher / venders include: Paris, se vend chez les auteurs rue Monmartre, Ducamp Md. Papetier rue St. Honore au coin de celle de Vallois, chez Joubert Md. d'Estampes rue de Sorbonne, Progens Libraire Quai de Voltaire, Coeffier rue de Coq St. Honore et chez touts les Mde. de nouvequtes, en vente a la Librairie E. Hessling, rue Jacob Paris. ALL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. Book.

Condition: Good. 4to. 20 pp. Oblong. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Typographic paper wraps. Staple binding. B&W plates throughout. Extremely Scarce.ISBN: 0958939519 9780958939515.

The Department of the Interior/The Australian National University n.d. Oblong 8vo. Orig. black wrapper mild chipping. Unpaginated. With purple endpapers and col. illusts.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Near Fine small folio 103pp., col. pls., Nice copy of a scarce title.

Condition: Good. Contemporary color reprint of the original painting. 51 x 61 cm (sheet). Printed signature. Very Good, print mounted on heavy backboard, some nicks and bumps along sheet edges.

104 pp, quarto, 35 coloured art plates, end-papers foxed, else very good copy in like, illustrated d/j.

Melbourne: Grayflower Publications, (1962). 4to. Or.cl. In slightly soiled d.w. (104pp.). With 35 full-page beautifully col. plates. Previous owner's name on front fly-leaf. ADDED: Loosely inserted is an exhibition catalogue of French's work shown at the Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, 21st March - 16th April 1967.

Melbourne: Grayflower Publications, (1962). 4to. Orig. cloth. (104pp.). With 35 full-page beautifully col. plates. Inscribed on front fly-leaf "With best Regards, Len French". Ex-library stamps on end-papers. Light toning on end papers, otherwise a fine copy. ADDED: Loosely inserted is an exhibition catalogue of French's work acquired by A. N. U. in1965.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Near Fine small folio 103pp., col. pls., Nice copy of a scarce title.

Oblong 12mo. Together 3 pp. Vouchers for part of Tousez's fees for engagements at the Théâtre des Variétés in January, February, and April 1819, made out to the the banker Jean-Pierre Cornu de Beaufort: "Bon pour une somme de trente trois francs trente cinq centimes. Valeur reçue par moi soussigné et payable à la caisse du Théâtre des Variétés sur mes appointements du mois de Janvier 1819 à Monsieur Cornu de Beaufort dt à Paris rue des Moulins no. 10". - In 1819 Léonard Tousez played in Armand d'Artois and Gabriel de Lurieu's play "Les Bolivars et les Morillos ou les Amours de Belleville" at the Théâtre des Variétés.