1.
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
by Angela Carter
with illustrations by Michael Foreman
1st edition, published by Gollancz in 1982
by Angela Carter
with illustrations by Michael Foreman
1st edition, published by Gollancz in 1982
Translated from the French of Perrault and Mme de Beaumont.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#59419 £20.00
2.
The Doctor's Neice
by Eliza F. Pollard
with illustrations by Sydney Cowell
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1920
by Eliza F. Pollard
with illustrations by Sydney Cowell
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1920
Set in France in the years following the revolution.
Red decorated boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Five black and white plates.
Frontispiece missing.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Red decorated boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Five black and white plates.
Frontispiece missing.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#67245 £6.00
3.
Major Thompson Lives in France and discovers the French
by Pierre Daninos
with illustrations by Walter Goetz
1st Thus edition, published by Readers Union in 1957
by Pierre Daninos
with illustrations by Walter Goetz
1st Thus edition, published by Readers Union in 1957
Yellow covers, silver and green lettering.
Dustwrapper worn and scuffed.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Tape marks and some spotting to prelims.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Dustwrapper worn and scuffed.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Tape marks and some spotting to prelims.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#78651 £3.00
4.
The Shadow of the Hawk, and Other Stories by Marie de France
by James Reeves
with illustrations by Anne Dalton
1st edition, published by Collins in 1975
by James Reeves
with illustrations by Anne Dalton
1st edition, published by Collins in 1975
A retelling of the lays of 12th century French poet, Marie de France.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#61224 £7.50
5.
Fairy Tales
by Charles Perrault
1st Thus edition, published by Penguin Books in 1957
by Charles Perrault
1st Thus edition, published by Penguin Books in 1957
Edited by E. V. Rieu.
Translated by Geoffrey Brereton.
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Translated by Geoffrey Brereton.
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#116436 £10.00
6.
The Shadow of the Hawk, and Other Stories by Marie de France
by James Reeves
with illustrations by Anne Dalton
Published by Collins in 1975
by James Reeves
with illustrations by Anne Dalton
Published by Collins in 1975
Retelling of the lays of Marie de France.
Dustwrapper torn and repaired with Sellotape, book very good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Dustwrapper torn and repaired with Sellotape, book very good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#58787 £10.50
7.
Louise and Barnavaux
by Pierre Mille
with illustrations by Helen McKie
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1916
by Pierre Mille
with illustrations by Helen McKie
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1916
Translated from the French by Berengere Drillien.
Pictorial endpapers.
Eight colour illustrations.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Pictorial endpapers.
Eight colour illustrations.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#67168 £10.50
8.
Mont Saint-Michel for Young People
by Lucien Bely
with illustrations by Pierre Joubert
Reprint, published by Editions Ouest-France in 1994
by Lucien Bely
with illustrations by Pierre Joubert
Reprint, published by Editions Ouest-France in 1994
ISBN: 273731514X.
Translated from the French by Paul Williams.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
45 pages.
A few faint marks on rear endpaper and paste down.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Translated from the French by Paul Williams.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
45 pages.
A few faint marks on rear endpaper and paste down.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#98315 £3.00
9.
The Usborne First Book of France
Published by Usborne in 1989
Published by Usborne in 1989
Paperback.
Quarto.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Quarto.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#110133 £2.50
10.
Marmot Valley
by Daniel Roberts
with illustrations by M. A. Charlton
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1962
by Daniel Roberts
with illustrations by M. A. Charlton
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1962
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
135 pages.
Two children from Paris spend a year living and climbing in the French Alps.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
135 pages.
Two children from Paris spend a year living and climbing in the French Alps.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#92855 £7.50
11.
Little Mittel
by Ivy Eastwick
with illustrations by Glenys Ambrus
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1968
by Ivy Eastwick
with illustrations by Glenys Ambrus
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1968
ISBN: 0192712896.
Red boards with silver lettering on spine.
Name on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Red boards with silver lettering on spine.
Name on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#75113 £10.50
12.
Off to Brittany
by Olive M. Ham
1st Thus edition, published by Pickering & Inglis in 1976
by Olive M. Ham
1st Thus edition, published by Pickering & Inglis in 1976
ISBN: 0720822394.
Paperback.
Light wear.
Small scuff on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Light wear.
Small scuff on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106777 £2.00
13.
Raminagrobis and the Mice
by Harold Berson
with illustrations by Harold Bersen
1st edition, published by Macmillan in 1965
by Harold Berson
with illustrations by Harold Bersen
1st edition, published by Macmillan in 1965
A French Nursery Story about mice outwitting the cat.
Printed on art paper.
Book and contents VG.
Dustwrapper a little edgeworn.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Printed on art paper.
Book and contents VG.
Dustwrapper a little edgeworn.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#70468 £6.50
14.
The Uranium Pirates
by Pierre Castex
1st British edition, published by Abelard in 1968
by Pierre Castex
1st British edition, published by Abelard in 1968
Dustwrapper library-bound into covers.
Covers worn and a little soiled.
Label removed from prelims.
Writing in ink on reverse of title page.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Covers worn and a little soiled.
Label removed from prelims.
Writing in ink on reverse of title page.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#78476 £3.50
15.
Favourite Fairy Tales told in Poland
by Virginia Haviland
with illustrations by Felix Hoffmann
1st Thus edition, published by Bodley Head in 1966
by Virginia Haviland
with illustrations by Felix Hoffmann
1st Thus edition, published by Bodley Head in 1966
Purple cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers scuffed at edges and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Front endpaper pasted down.
Pages edgeworn and slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers scuffed at edges and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Front endpaper pasted down.
Pages edgeworn and slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#116873 £5.00
16.
The King's Signet, or the Story of a Huguenot Family
by Eliza F. Pollard
with illustrations by Gertrude Demain Hammond
1st edition, published by Blackie in 1900
by Eliza F. Pollard
with illustrations by Gertrude Demain Hammond
1st edition, published by Blackie in 1900
Prize label on front pastedown.
Spotting to prelims, contents mostly clear.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Spotting to prelims, contents mostly clear.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#69773 £12.50
17.
The Gage of Red and White
by Graham Hope
1st edition, published by Smith Elder in 1904
by Graham Hope
1st edition, published by Smith Elder in 1904
Front hinge splitting.
Some wear to spine ends.
Spine faded.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Some wear to spine ends.
Spine faded.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#67222 £4.50
18.
France
by Terry Deary
with illustrations by Martin Brown
1st edition, published by Scholastic in 2002
by Terry Deary
with illustrations by Martin Brown
1st edition, published by Scholastic in 2002
ISBN: 0439979250.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#116318 £3.50
19.
The Lady and the Squire
by Terry Jones
with illustrations by Michael Foreman
1st edition, published by Pavilion in 2000
by Terry Jones
with illustrations by Michael Foreman
1st edition, published by Pavilion in 2000
ISBN: 1862054177.
Octavo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
304 pages.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Octavo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
304 pages.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#96699 £12.50
20.
Joan of Arc
by L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by John Kenney
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1971
by L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by John Kenney
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1971
ISBN: 0721402828.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn.
Spine taped.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn.
Spine taped.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118334 £3.00
21.
Joan of Arc
by L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by John Kenney
1st edition, published by Wills & Hepworth in 1971
by L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by John Kenney
1st edition, published by Wills & Hepworth in 1971
ISBN: 0721402828.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118324 £4.00
22.
A Daughter of the Legion
by Violet M. Methley
Published by Cassell and Company in 1925
by Violet M. Methley
Published by Cassell and Company in 1925
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117320 £5.00
23.
Biggles in France
by W. E. Johns
Reprint, published by Red Fox in 1993
by W. E. Johns
Reprint, published by Red Fox in 1993
ISBN: 0099283115.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Name scribbled out on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Name scribbled out on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#112458 £4.00
24.
Tom goes to School
by Christophe Le Masne
with illustrations by Marie-Aline Bawin
Reprint, published by Evans Brothers in 1997
by Christophe Le Masne
with illustrations by Marie-Aline Bawin
Reprint, published by Evans Brothers in 1997
First published in France in 1996.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#68725 £5.00
25.
Les Dictons de chez nous
by P. Latrobe
with illustrations by Paul Lavalley
Published by Edition de l'Office Centrale de l'Imagerie circa 1943
by P. Latrobe
with illustrations by Paul Lavalley
Published by Edition de l'Office Centrale de l'Imagerie circa 1943
Paperback.
White pictorial covers.
Black lettering on covers.
20cm x 24cm.
'Local Sayings'
"Honore du Patronage du Comite National du Folklore Fraancaise.
Delegation de la Zone Occupee."
Published during the Occupation of France by the Germans.
Brown card covers, overlaid with white paper, illustrated front and back.
Minor wear to covers.
Contents unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
White pictorial covers.
Black lettering on covers.
20cm x 24cm.
'Local Sayings'
"Honore du Patronage du Comite National du Folklore Fraancaise.
Delegation de la Zone Occupee."
Published during the Occupation of France by the Germans.
Brown card covers, overlaid with white paper, illustrated front and back.
Minor wear to covers.
Contents unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#103876 £25.00