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Every La Librairie Antique listing explicitly mentions the first edition status (E.O. or 1st edition), print run, publication date (colophon), binding type (leather, parchment, gilding), format (12mo, folio, etc.), and detailed condition (foxing, dampstains, repairs if any). We provide multiple high-resolution photos. For items above 500 EUR, a provenance certificate is included when available.

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A first edition (often abbreviated E.O. in French) is the first published version of a work. Identifiers: print run statement at the front/back, colophon date, paper and format specifications, reference bibliographies (Vicaire, Carteret for French literature, Sadleir for 19th century English literature). Every listing mentions first edition status explicitly when applicable.

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Jura 1876 - 12 plates Adolphe Joanne* Géographie 39❦ Jura 1876 – 12 grav Adolphe Joanne* Géographie 39

Mirror of Youth, or Youth Instructed by Its Own Errors 1825❦ Miroir de la jeunesse, ou le Jeune âge instruit par ses propres erreurs 1825

Hermant – Le Caravansérail: Scenes of Cosmopolitan Life❦ HERMANT LE CARAVANSERAIL – SCENES DE LA VIE COSMOPOLITE

Royal Academy of Belgium❦ belgique ACADEMIE ROYALE DE BELGIQUE L’ACADEMIE ROYALE DE BELGIQUE 1922

Marie offered to youth in the principal circumstances of her life❦ Marie offerte à la jeunesse dans les principales circonstances de sa vie

Vichy: The End of the Vichy Regime 1947❦ Vichy La fin du régime de Vichy 1947

Paul Éluard, Poésie ininterrompue, NRF, Gallimard, 1946 (NRF white series)❦ Eluard Poésie ininterrompue NRF Gallimard, 1946 NRF blanche

Georges Duhamel Inventaire de l'abîme. ex-libris on vellum❦ DUHAMEL Georges inventaire de l’abime. ex sur vélin

Daudet Moloch and Minerva, or The Aftermath of War❦ DAUDET Moloch et Minerve ou l’après guerre

GYP Mirabeau, Sibylle Gabrielle Riquetti de (Gyp) Le Mariage de Chiffon❦ GYP Mirabeau, Sibylle Gabrielle Riquetti de (Gyp) Le Mariage de Chiffon .

MICHELET BRUNHES 1898

Therapeutic Modern at Home with Low Galvanic Current 1961❦ Thérapeutique Moderne à domicile avec le courant galvanique faible 1961

onomastic French bibliography of published works❦ onomastique française. Bibliographie des travaux publiés de

CALDWELL (Erskine). Terre tragique Gallimard blanche❦ CALDWELL (Erskine). Terre tragiqueGallimard blanche

fertilizers, mineral, at the farm, 1956❦ engrais minéraux à la ferme 1956

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