Paris: Librarie ch. Poussielgue, 1896. First Edition. Leather bound. In French. 8vo. Half leather over marbled boards. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated plates throughout. 344 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. Occasional soiling throughout. Contemporary prayer card laid in. This is a first edition volume of the letters of Sister Apolline Andriveau, a...... More
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Paris: Pauvert, 1953. First Edition. Wraps. In French. 6 1/2"x5". Red wraps. Velin paper. Facsimile of Sade's handwritten page bound in. 55 pp. Chipping to edges of wraps. Top right corner of front cover chipped, and there are several chips and closed tears to wraps over spine. Interior tight and clean. This..... More
This is a lot of four Parisian souvenirs which belonged to (and bear the authentic bookplate of) influential American landscape designer Warren H. Manning (1860-1938). Mr. Manning is best remembered as the pioneering voice behind the "wild garden" movement, which emphasized cultivating pre-existing plants and natural landscaping, rather than the..... More