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VIRETTE, Jean. Interieurs Modernes et Rustiques (text in French). Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1928., 4to. 56 b&w plates in a portfolio with cloth spine and paper covered boards one ribbon has perished. VG £60.00
du COLOMBIER, Pierre. Notre-Dame de Paris Memorial de la France (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Plon,1966., Sm. 4to. 261 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW (has a stain inside the DW where the cloth has leached onto the paper not visable from the outside). The history, architecture and decoration of one of the finest churches in France. VG £18.00
COURTHION, Pierre. Montmarte - Le Gout de Notre Temps series - Villes et lieux celebres vus par les peintres (text in French). 1st ed. Geneve:Skira,1956., Sm. 8vo. 144 pp illus with 64 planches en couleurs (tipped in). Orig cloth with DW (some wear) VG £10.00
BOYER, Marie-France. Paris Style - the private apartments of Paris Photographs by Philippe Girardeau (Habiter Paris). 1st UK ed. London:Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1989., 4to. 186 pp. illus. in col. Orig. cloth with DW. A varied but distinguished array of decorators, artists, writers, photographers, art dealers, publishers, actors and politicians have opened their door s to Marie-France Boyer, who with the help of some superb photography captures not only the quality of the interiors, but also the intriguing personalities of their owners and creators. VG £40.00
PEROUSE de MONTCLOS, Jean-Marie. Vaux Le Vicomte - photographies de Georges Fessy and Preface de Marc Fumaroli (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Scala,1997., Sm. 4to. 216 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig paper covered boards with printed endpapers and DW. F £25.00
WHITE, Freda. West of the Rhone - Languedoc, Roussillon, The Massif Central. 1st ed. London:Faber and Faber,1964., 8vo. 240 pp. illus. in b&w with a col. foldout map. Orig cloth with gilt lettering. VG £10.00
DEARMER, Percy. Highways and Byways in Normandy - with illustration by Joseph Pennell. Reprint of 1st ed. London:Macmillan,1904., 8vo. 368 pp. illus. in b&w. Orig cloth with gilt lettering and head. The spine is discoloured,the corners and head and tail of spine are worn, the endpapers are cracked at the spine. Previous owners n ame on ffep. G £10.00
MYHILL, Henry. The Loire Valley - Plantagenet and Valois with an appendix on the wines by George Mortimer. 1st ed. London:Faber and Faber,1978., 8vo. 148 pp. illus. in b&w includes a map. Orig cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owners name on ffep. Photographs from the orig DW have been pasted onto the front endpapers. VG £10.00
ROMAN, Jean. Toute La Normandie - Photographies d'Andre Martin - Collection "Terre Ouverte" (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Delpire,1965., 4to. 186 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig glossy paper covered boards. VG £24.00
NICOLSON, Nigel. Grandes Demeures - photographies de Ian Graham, preface de Wladimir d'Ormesson (text in French) Collection Connaissance des Arts. 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1968., 4to. 320 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig decorated cloth with DW (small tear). VG £30.00
LEVALLOIS, Pierre et al. La Decoration - Cinquieme Volume de la Collection Connaissance des Arts (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1969., 4to. 328 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. (spine of DW has faded). VG £40.00
LEVALLOIS, Pierre et al. La Decoration - Sixieme Volume de la Collection Connaissance des Arts (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1964., 4to. 320 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. VG £40.00
ROUYER, Eugene et DARCEL, Alfred. L'Art Architectural en France Epoques Henri II, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV et Louis XVI Tome 1 et 2. 1st ed. Washington:Reprint Co.,ND., Sm. folio. 200 pp. of b&w plates. Orig half binding of cloth beige on spine and corners, red on boards with gilt lettering leather spine label. (worn around edges exlib stamps on verso of every plate) G £14.00
PREVOST-MARCILHACY, Pauline. Les Rothschild batisseurs et mecenes. 1st ed. Paris:Flammarion,1995., 4to. 383 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with gilt lettering and DW. A lavishly illustrated study of the Rothschild family as builders and patrons of the arts. F £150.00
LEVY et NEURDNIN REUNIS. Rouen - 20 Carte Postale. Paris:Levy & Neurdnin Reunis,ND C.1880., Sm 8vo. 1 pp plus a map and 20 detachable heliogravure (b&w) post cards in orig. soft covers showing scenes and buildings in Rouen at the end of the nineteenth century. VG £10.00
de MANNY, F. (ed.). Souvenir de Boulogne Sur Mer - panorama of 26 photographs. Boulogne:F. de Manny,1890., 8vo. 26 b&w photographs on one pull out page folded in to 15 pages. Orig decorative paper covers (embossed with gilt lettering and decoration) with cloth spine (shelf worn around the edges). VG £10.00
SAINT-SAUVEUR, Hector. Chateaux de France Anciens et Modernes Interieurs et Exterieurs (Volume 1 dans La Collection des Chateaux de France). 1st ed. Paris:Ch. Massin,ND. C.1910., Folio. 7 pp. plus 40 b&w plates in a decorated cloth covered portfolio with ribbon ties and inset photograph and gilt lettering. Exlib, each plate is stamped on the verso. G £50.00
FENWICK, Hubert. The Chateaux of France. 1st ed. London:Robert Hale,1975., 8vo. 365 pp. illus. in b&w. Orig. cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owners name on ffep. VG £10.00
CHAVIGNY, Jean. Le Chateau de Menars Un des Joyaux du val de Loire. 1st ed. Paris:Librairie des Champs-Elysees,1954., 4to. 109 pp. plus 50 b&w illus. Orig. soft covers. Limited edition of 500 copies. VG £28.00
de CHAMPEAUX, A.. Le Meuble Volume 1 Antiquite, Moyen Age et Renaissance (Bibliotheque de l'enseigement des Beaux-Arts). Paris:Maison Quantin,1885., 8vo. 320 pp. illus. in b&w. Orig. decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover and name on ffep. Starting to split at front endpaper but sewing and cover are stil l tight. VG £15.00
COSTE-MESSELIERE, Pierre de la. Delphes - photographies de Georges de Mire Avant-propos de Charles Picard (Ecole Francaise d'Athenes) (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Editions du Chene/ Lindsay Drummond,1943., 4to. 336 pp. illus with 248 b&w plates. Orig cloth (some foxing) with gilt lettering and DW (Very badly torn with pieces missing has been repaired). This magnificent volume from the French School in A thens contains the most comprehensive and beautiful series of photographs of Delphi that have ever appeared on this subject. VG book in a P DW £150.00
LURCAT, Andre. Terrasses et Jardins - L'art International d'Aujourd'Hui. 1st ed. Paris:Editions D'Art Charles Moreau,ND. C.1920., Lge. 4to. 4 pp. plus 48 b&w plates in a cloth covered portfolio with ribbon ties (Plates 49 and 50 missing) Exlib each plate is stamped on the verso. VG £85.00
PRIZEMAN, John. Interieurs Europeens / European Interiors / Europaische Innenarchitektur photographies de John Vaughan (Text in French, English and German). 1st ed. London:Queen Anne Press,1969., 4to. 96 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig. cloth with gilt lettering and DW. Ce livre est une livre d'idees pour vivre confortablement. VG £10.00
SIJELMASSI, Mohamed. La Mamounia Marrakech (text in French, English and Arabic). 1st ed. Rabat:Shoof,1983., 4to. 56 pp. illus in col. Orig glossy paper covered boards with DW. Includes a menu from the hotel and a magazine article about Marrakech. This lavish book was published on the occasion of the renovat ion of the Hotel La Mamounia. VG £10.00
Bernier, Georges et Rosamond (eds.). L'Oeil du Decorateur les plus belles demeures d'Europe : tradition et anticipation Tome II. 1st ed. Lausanne:Julliard,1968., 4to. 183 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig glossy paper covered boards with cloth spine in DW (tear at top of front cover). VG £20.00
VIDAL, Henri. Montpellier Portrait d'une ville photos de Bob ter Schiphorst. 1st ed. Montpellier:Causse, Graille et Castelnau,1961., 4to. 100 pp. illus in b&w. Orig cloth with DW (Very badly torn with bits missing). Limited edition of 100 copies. VG £10.00
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