French Softback Book

Budget

From

Dimensions

Height

Width

Depth

Books

Reserve price

No reserve price

Closing date

Monday

tomorrow

18 September

Sunday

23 September

15 September

Saturday

16 September

Thursday

17 September

19 September

Location

France

Belgium

The Netherlands

Italy

Spain

Object

Book

Novel

Biography

Condition

Good

Very good

Fine

Fair

Mixed / Multiple

As new

Extras

Tipped in plates

Fold out maps or plates

Signed by author

Hand coloured illustrations

Slipcase

Dust jacket

Subject

Literature

Illustrated

History

Cookery, food & drink

Travels

Science

Regional interest

Biographies and memoirs

Geography

Poetry

Sociology

Reference

War history

Architecture

Photography

Theatre

Animals

Cartography

Chemistry

Colonial history

Medicine

Heraldry

Genealogy

Fine Bindings

Style

Surrealism

Modern

Binding

Softback

Edition

1st Edition

Illustrated Edition

Limited edition

Numbered edition

Reprint

1st Edition Thus

Other edition

Subsequent edition

Revised edition

Multiple Books / Editions

Language

French

Greek

Jean-Baptiste Rietstap. General Armorial preceded by a Dictionary of heraldic terms. Gouda, G.B. van Goor Zonen, 1884-1887, xlii-1149 pp., 1316 pp.

Two volumes, octavo (240x160 mm), paperback. Small stains on the spine of volume II. Spine of volume II almost entirely split in

Heraldry, History - Quantity: 2 - Book

Jean-Baptiste Rietstap - Armorial général précédé d'un Dictionnaire des termes du blason - 1884-1887

cover slightly stained.
All the pages are intact; there are no loose pages.
no inscriptions on the pages except for a name and forename in small print on the first page.
the whole book is solid; it has held up well for a book so old.
for the nostalgic.
the book was published in

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Novel

Alain Fournier - Le Grand Meaulnes édition originale de 1913 numérotée - 1913

Le Petit Prince, Ag Tobol d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 
Edité par l'Imprimerie nationale à la demande du Ministère du Sahara mais aucune mention de l'éditeur sur cet exemplaire.
Aucune date mentionnée mais les recherches bibliographiques indiquent 1958 comme date d'édition.
In-4 en

Children's books - Quantity: 1 - Book

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Le Petit Prince - 1958

Gustave Flaubert. Salammbô. Paris, La Tradition 1947, 232 pp.

A volume (330 x 250 mm), loose in sheets, under a dust jacket, without a slipcase. Browned spine but overall very good condition. Interior very fresh, with no foxing.

Illustrated edition with original etchings by

Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Gustave Flaubert / Fernand Hertenberger [illustrateur] - Salammbô [avec une suite et un dessin signé par Fernand Hertenberger] - 1947

E. A. Herbodeau – La Cuisine et la Volupté – 1934 – Signed autographed inscription – Illustrations by Jean Oberlé

Rare gastronomic publication by E. A. Herbodeau, entitled La Cuisine et la Volupté, arising from a lecture given to students at the University of Oxford on 14

Cookery, food & drink - Quantity: 1 - Book

E. A. Herbodeau; Jean Oberlé - La Cuisine et la Volupté - 1934

A fine selection of books by René Boylesve and 1 about him. The books come from a famous collector and have been in the family since new. 

A very good representation of this marvellous writer who was aptly described as a bridge between the realist style of Balzac and the

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

René Boylesve - Lot avec 7 livres - 1926-1936

Henri Guillaumin. The Life of a Simple Man. Paris, Les Editions nationales, 1945, 336 pp. 

A volume in octavo (220x170 mm), paperback, with a cardboard cover and slipcase. Fine overall condition. Interior fresh, with no foxing. 

Illustrated edition with lithographs and drawings

Henri Guillaumin / André Jordan [illustrateur] - La vie d'un simple - 1945

A captivating illustrated edition of this practical work devoted to the various methods of preserving fruits and extending their shelf life by transforming fresh harvests into products that can be stored for long periods -

The book is part of the development of food preservation

Cookery, food & drink, Literature, History, Sociology, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Antonin Rolet - Les conserves de fruits - 1926

Original edition. One of 36 copies numbered on Holland van Gelder vellum. All pages are cut. Covers bound.

J.M.G. Le Clézio - Le livre des fuites [1/36 de tête sur Hollande] - 1969-1969

Anatole France. The Corinthian Nuptials. Paris, A. et F. Ferroud, 1926, ii-124 pp.

A volume in octavo (200x140 mm), paperback. Very good condition. Interior fresh, without foxing.

Dramatic poem in three parts illustrated by Serge de Solomko.
One of 100 copies on Imperial

Literature, Theatre - Quantity: 1 - Book

Anatole France / Serge de Solomko [illustrateur] - Les noces corinthiennes [1/100 exemplaires sur Japon impérial avec deux états des eaux-fortes] - 1926

André Malraux – Complete Works (2 Vols.): "La Condition Humaine" & "Les Conquérants" – Albert Skira Editions, 1945 – Numbered Print Run (Same Edition Number 810) on Vergé paper – Uncut Pages.
Author: André Malraux.
Publisher: Éditions Albert Skira (Geneva / Printed by Albert

Literature - Quantity: 2 - Book

ANDRE MALRAUX - DEUX LIVRES LES CONQUERANTS - LA CONDITION HUMAINE - 1945-1945

Original edition of Berber Songs of Kabylia by Jean Amrouche, published in Tunis in 1939. Ex HC 28 of 37. Dedicated to "the Patri", with a signature bearing Jean Amrouche's Kabyle given name. 208 pages, 17 x 11.5 cm.

Poetry - Quantity: 1 - Signed by author - Book

Jean Amrouche - Chants berbères de Kabylie - 1939-1939

Fine volume adorned with 313 heliogravures and covered with a color-illustrated dust jacket by Mathurin Méheut.
Collection "The Beautiful Countries"
Dust jacket worn on the back with a small tear at the front hinge, but the volume is in perfect condition.

Regional interest, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

Auguste Dupouy / Couverture illustrée par M. Méheut - La Basse-Bretagne - 1944

Colette. Twelve dialogues of beasts. Paris, Editions du moulin de Pen Mur, 1945, 188 pp.

A quarto volume (280 x 220 mm), in sheets, with a dust jacket, in a slipcase. One edge of the slipcase is partially split, wear and rubbing on the slipcase. Interior very fresh, no foxing.


Literature, Illustrated, Animals - Quantity: 1 - Book

Colette / Maurice Mourlot [illustrateur] - Douze dialogues de bêtes - 1945

Superbly conserved copy (from publisher's archive) of Marcel Béalu's play. Hint of discolouration cover, inside in every respect like new. Edition originale, no. 88 of 215 on Alfa.-Mousse Navarre. Béalu (1908–1993) is one of the most underrated figures in the French surrealist

Marcel Béalu - La Femme en cage - 1969

Fine illustrated edition of this technical manual devoted to two closely related activities in cereal processing and the production of food products based on flour or starch, namely the trade of starch-maker and that of pasta manufacturer -

It belongs to the tradition of

Cookery, food & drink, Technology, Science, Illustrated, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

Morin, F. Malpeyre & Albert Larbaletière - Manuel complet de l'amidonnier et du fabricant de pâtes alimentaires - 1800

The Sower of Love by Félicien Champsaur - One of the 380 numbered copies on pure Lafuma tinted vellum; Copy No. 107 - 
Work superbly illustrated by Fabius Lorenzi. Complete with the 28 illustrations in five colors, full page, under serpents (1 cover vignette, 1 frontispiece and

Literature, Illustrated, Fine Bindings, Erotica - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

F. Champsaur / Illustré par F. Lorenzi - Le Semeur d'Amour - 1924

Exciting numbered edition 808 on bamboo-teak and illustrated with this work focused on the figure of the ox, an animal that is at once familiar, powerful, hardworking and deeply symbolic, which the author uses as a starting point for a reflection blending observation of nature,

Illustrated, History, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

M. Vlaminck - Le Bœuf - 1944

Fantastic collection of books by boutique independent publisher Plein Chant, one of the absolute treasures of French publishing. They have been reviving old classics since the 1970s in beautiful formats, printed on the finest paper - Hollande, Rives, vergé, etc. - always

Literature - Quantity: 7 - Book

Plein Chant, Imprimeur-Éditeur - Lot avec 7 livres - 1993-2011

Superbe édition numérotée 1157 sur beau vélin teinté d'arches et illustrée de 16 fines compositions en couleurs de Gustave-Adolphe Mossa, dont un frontispice et 5 à pleine page -

The story features the saints Oliverie and Liberette, two young women united by deep piety and a

Literature, Illustrated, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Anatole France / Gustave-Adolphe Mossa - La Légende des Saintes Oliverie et Liberette - 1924

Rare genealogical and heraldic dossier of Julien van Egeren (1840–1909), counsellor at the Court of Appeal in Ghent, assembled to support his application for official recognition of nobility and title.

Full title: Expose des motifs, ecrits anciens, pieces et documnets, invoques

Genealogy - Quantity: 1 - Fold out maps or plates - Book

Van Egeren, Julien - [met genealogische tabellen betreffende de familie Van Egeren.] Exposé des motifs, écrits anciens, - 1906

Guy ARNOUX - Claude FARRÈRE.
A sumptuous copy of "Thomas the Agnelot"
Edited by Javal et Bourdeaux - Paris, 1927.
Soft cover, loose leaves in a cardboard slipcase with title and drawing pasted on the spine and case, inlay in cardboard.
Magnificent illustrated edition with 18

Cavalry and chivalry, Geography, Colonial history, Literature, Illustrated, Ships and seafaring, Oceania, Royalty, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Hand coloured illustrations, Slipcase, Tipped in plates - Book

C. Farrère - G. Arnoux - Thomas l'agnelet  / Arnoux - Farrere - 1927

Paul Iribe – Complete collection of the 3 Nicolas brochures – Blanc et Rouge (1930), Rose et Noir (1931), Bleu Blanc Rouge (1932) – Original editions – Draeger – Art Deco.
IRIBE (Paul) – Nicolas Establishments.
Draeger Frères - 1st edition.
Compilation of the three famous

Illustrated - Quantity: 3 - Hand coloured illustrations - Book

Paul Iribe. - Réunion des trois célèbres plaquettes Nicolas – Bleu Blanc Rouge, Rose et Noir & Blanc et Rouge. - 1930-1932

French Softback Book. Buy unique objects. Now at auction for sale | Catawiki

rapidité et qualité de la livraison  rien a dire 
parfait 

Tutto bene, venditore preciso e accurato. Soddisfatto dell’acquisto

Magnifique atlas
Remarquablement emballé 
Merci beaucoup
🌹

French Softback Book

90 objects

Catawiki Buyer Protection

Follow French Softback Book

Buyers love sellers in this collection

How to buy on Catawiki

1. Discover something special

2. Place the top bid

3. Pay and enjoy!

Related collections