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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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Books, Comics, Magazines|Antique and Collectible Books

Women's Spirit and Wit: Love and Jealousy❦ STAHL L’ESPRIT DES FEMMES ET LES FEMMES D’ESPRIT, DE L’AMOUR ET DE LA JALOUSIE

Exploration of Spiritual Themes❦ Spirite JOUVENEL Au Diapason du Ciel. Introduction de Gabriel Marcel

Baron Gros: Master Painter of Napoleonic History❦ LES ARTISTES CELEBRES : LE BARON GROS / Japon nté

German Romantic Landscape Master❦ Friedrich, Caspar David

Complete Works of La Grange-Chancel❦ Grange-Chancel oeuvres 1758

Epic of a musician's spiritual journey❦ Romain Rolland Jean-Christophe Les Cahiers de la Quinzaine

Communist Resistance in Lot-et-Garonne❦ Résistance Témoignages et documents : Les Communistes du Lot-et-Garonne

Norman Studies: Expositions and Methods❦ Etudes normandes . Exposés et méthodes. 1944

Inner Voices and Light and Shadow Poetry❦ Hugo, Victor Les Voix Intérieures. Les Rayons et les Ombres. 1869

General inventory of French artistic heritage - Provincial civil monuments❦ INVENTAIRE GENERAL DES RICHESSES D’ART DE LA FRANCE PROVINCE

A Schoolmaster's Fortune and Misfortune❦ GOTTHELF (Jérémias) Heur et malheur d’un maître d’école ill- Anker

Gascon Poetry from Tarbes❦ Gascon Beline poueme Gascou Tarbes 1899

The Genius of Christianity: On the Beauties of Religion❦ CHATEAUBRIAND Génie du christianisme ou beautés de la religion 1838

A courtesan's fate: passion and ruin❦ Prévost Manon Lescaut. Eaux-fortes de Lalauze 1879

Memoirs of a Libertine Viscount❦ érotique Ma vie de garçon ou les faits et gestes du vicomte de Nantel

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