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ATTENTION DINOSAURES
Written by Sylvie Bezuel. Illustrated by Andre Boos.
Stock no. 822506
Published by Larousse. 1st 2008. Fine condition.

Text in French. A book about dinosaurs along with two 'eggs': one velociraptor and one tyrannosuar, packaged in paper shreds and enclosed in a rectangular box which opens at the top. ISBN: 9782035843913. A fine example, book as new, all contents present.

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CONTES POUR CRACOUM
Written by Marcelle Langlois. Illustrated by R. Gautier-Constant.
Stock no. 821832
Published by Trois Conils. 1946. Very good condition.

Large format. Text in French. Blue cloth spine, white pictorial paper boards. Two-tone illustrations. Corners worn, name in ink to top edge of front board, boards slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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LES BONS COMPTES FONT LES BONS AMIS
No author listed.
Stock no. 446267
Published by M. Moreau. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Small format. Colour illustrations. 8 pages. Text in French. Inscription in ink to inside front cover.

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LA CONQUETE DE L'AIR
Written by L. Sazerac De Forge.
Stock no. 630519
Published by Berger-Levrault. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Le Probleme de la locomotion aerienne les dirigeables et l'aviation - leurs applications. The conquest of the Air. Text in French. Modern three-quarter brown calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations, plates and fold-out diagram. One tiny mark to boards else binding in beautiful condition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Original paperwraps bound in. A few margin marks and corner creases to contents. A very nice copy. Reduced from £125.

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LES ZEPPELINS
Written by Georges Besancon.
Stock no. 818897
Published by Bloud Et Gay. 1915. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 24 "Pages actuelles" 1914-1915. Zeppelins. Text in French. Small paperwraps format. B/w illustrations. 43 pages. A few marks and light creasing to covers. Light page browning else contents fine.

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L'AEROPHILE
No author listed.
Stock no. 818876
1902. Very good condition.

Six copies of 'L'Aerophile' magazine bound in red cloth with gilt title to spine. Includes 10th Year issue 1 Janvier 1902, 10th Year issue 6 Juin 1902, 10th Year issue 10 Octobre 1902, 10th Year Issue 11 Novembre 1902, 12th Year Issue 10 Octobre 1904, and 13th Year Issue 11 Novembre 1905. Text in French. Binding is clean and sound. Contents have a few paper repairs, scattered foxspots and a few margin marks. A few pencil annotations.

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LES ZEPPELINS AU COMBAT
Written by H. Von Buttlar.
Stock no. 818627
Published by Payot. 1st 1932. Slightly better than good condition.

Collection of memories, studies and documents during World War I. Grey paperwraps, blue titles. 10 b/w photos. Text in French. Spine browned, covers a little grubby. Small split to top front edge of spine. Front joint broken and backstrip becoming unglued. Contents clean.

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VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by Camille Flammarion.
Stock no. 818628
1881. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Air Voyages. Impressions and Studies. Log Book of Twelve Scientific Voyages by Hot Air Balloon. Yellow paperwraps. Text in French. Cover edges worn and slightly chipped. Scattered foxing throughout else contents clean. A nice presentable copy of a scarce work.

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HISTOIRE DE MES ASCENSIONS
Written by Gaston Tissandier.
Stock no. 818623
Circa 1888. Very good condition.

Account of 24 air voyages. 6th Edition. Three-quarter brown leather binding, gilt title to spine. Brown marbled paper boards. Marble paper endpapers. B/w illustrations. Text in French. Leather corners of binding missing leaving just slight marks on marbled paper boards. Front board has surface paper loss not really detracting from the beauty of the book. Front hinge pulled. Some scattered foxing but generally a very nice copy of an antiquarian book. REDUCED FROM £120.

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MANUEL DES MARINS OU EXPLICATION DES TERMES DE MARINE TOME I & II
Written by Bourde.
Stock no. 818625
1773. Almost very good condition.

Sailors Handbook, explanation of the nautical terms. Two volumes bound as one. Calf leather binding, raised bands to spine, brown title label with gilt title to top of spine, gilt decoration between bands of spine. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. Leather boards marked, edges worn exposing board. Front and rear hinge pulled. Some annotation to verso of half-title page and index page. Text block a little marked. Some scattered foxing and margin marks as to be expected in a book almost 250 years old. A very nice copy of a scarce antiquarian book. Text in French.

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VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by J. Glaisher; Camille Flammarion; Wilfrid De Fonvielle; Gaston Tissandier. Illustrated by Eugene Ciceri; Adrien Marie; Albert Tissandier.
Stock no. 818588
Published by Librairie De L. Hachette Et Cie.. 1st 1870. Almost very good condition.

Hot air balloon voyages. Half-leather binding. Black cloth boards, Dark green leather spine with raised bands, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges gilt. 6 tissue-guarded chromoliths. 117 b/w wood engravings plus 15 diagrams or charts. 612 pages. Text in French. Leather spine is nice and bright with small spot of damage to lower half. Covers a little scuffed. Binding is tight. Original paperwraps bound in. Scattered foxing throughout. Pages 277-382 have a light damp stain to lower margin inside edge. Text block gilt lovely and bright. Reduced from £200.

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OEUVRES COMPLETES DE VICTOR HUGO
Written by Victor Hugo.
Stock no. 817790
Published by Societe Typographique Belge. 1837. Good condition.

2 Volume Set. Nouvelle Edition. Volume I has 6 b/w plates (including frontis). Volume 2 has 3 b/w plates. 3/4 marbled boards with leather spines. Edges and corners are very worn. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Some foxing throughout. 1 plate is a bit dampstained. Volume 1 frontis is nearly detached. Some creasing/chipping to page edges. Volume 2 has tissue-guard present at page 45 - but believed should have been bound in next to frontis. Reduced from £120.

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