VALENTINE AND ORSON THE TWIN KNIGHTS OF FRANCE
Written by S.R. Littlewood. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1331379
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 slightly bumped and rubbed. Some slight marking to covers. Some light fingering to page margins. A couple of pages are creased with small tears. Light browning to endpapers.

A PICTURE HISTORY OF FRANCE
Written by Clarke Hutton. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton.
Stock no. 1831513
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

A companion volume to the Picture History of Britain. Large format. Cloth spine, colour pictorial boards. Four-colour autolithography illustrations. 62 pages. Board edges rubbed & worn, corners of boards bumped and worn, a little grubby. Text block browned. A few foxspots to prelims else contents nice and bright.

PRINCE OF THE RENAISSANCE: THE LIFE OF FRANCOIS I
Written by Desmond Seward.
Stock no. 1831444
Published by The History Book Club. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography. The life and character of Francois I, his manifold activities, his relations with the great men about him, and the turbulent events of the time are vividly described by a writer who loves the period and has made it his special study. Peach cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 264 pages including index. Top edge peach. Text block lightly browned, top edge peach colour has faded towards spine (sunned). Front joint is nicked to lower edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, faded to spine, foxing to verso (not visible to front). Musty odour present.

COME TO FRANCE
Written by Irene Dark. Illustrated by John Berry.
Stock no. 1331274
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ladybird series 606G. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402410. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small nick to centre of spine at rear edge. Contents fine.

BALZAC
Written by Graham Robb.
Stock no. 1331080
Published by Picador. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 521 pages (including index). ISBN: 0330332376. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. A few foxspots to textblock, top edge of textblock is grubby. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

FASHION IN IMPRESSIONIST PARIS
Written by Debra N. Mancoff. Illustrated by Edouard Manet; et al..
Stock no. 1831028
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Featuring famed paintings by such Impressionist masters as Degas, Cassatt, Manet, Monet and Morisot, this delightful book revisits the world of Parisian fashion through the eyes of first-hand observers. Thematic chapters present a gallery-like ensemble of paintings that follow in the footsteps of stylish Parisians as they stroll in the parks and boulevards, meet friends at cafés, take in the theatre, relax at home and go on holiday. Large format. Blue paper boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 157 pages. ISBN: 9781858945828. A few minor white marks to boards. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

MUSIC, MEN, AND MANNERS IN FRANCE AND ITALY 1770
Written by Charles Burney; H. Edmund Poole.
Stock no. 1830793
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

Being a journal written by Charles Burney, Mus.D. during a Tour through those countries undertaken to collectmaterial for A General History of Music. Edited and with an introduction by H. Edmund Poole. Green cloth with maroon title block and gilt text to spine. B/w illustrations. xxix and 245 pages. Text block has very tiny foxspots. Else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly worn at ends, one end starting to split, and has a few minor knocks. Musty odour present.

PARIS IN THE REVOLUTION
Written by Reay Tannahill.
Stock no. 1830193
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1966. Very good condition.

A collection of eye-witness accounts edited by Reay Tannahill. Black cloth spine. Blue paper boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 127 pages. Spine faded. Corners rubbed. Boards scuffed. Contents clean. NO slipcase, as issued.

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!

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.

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.

CHARDIN
No author listed. Illustrated by Chardin.
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.