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France, Paris And The Provinces by Doré Ogrizek, text by Roger Roumagnac, gastronomy by Pierre Andrieu, translated by Marguerite Bigot and Madeleine Blaess, illustrated by G. Beuville, L. Fircsa, E. Grau Sala, V. Pilon, G. de Sainte Croix, published by ODÉ, Paris, 1948, 462 pages replete with color and black and white illustrations, index of towns and places. This small (7 x 5 inches) book is the perfect addition to an antique travel book collection or an illustrated book collection. It was published 60 years ago in Paris. It was written by Doré Ogrizek, known for editing travel books. The pages of the book are filled with illustrations, most of them in color; the illustrations are what make the book delightful, along with the simple text from a by-gone era and the small size of the book. Contents: Introduction, Birth of Paris, Old Paris, Evolution of Paris, Champs-Elysées, Louvre, Rue De Revioli, The Isles, Halles and “Palais Royal”, Opera and Centre, Montmartre, The Parsienne’s Domain, Invalides and Eiffel Tower, Boulevard Saint-Germain and The Quais , Latin Quarter, Gastronomy, Ile De France, Normandy, Brittany, Champagne- The North of France, Burgundy, Jura and Vosges; The Vale of the Loire, Auvergne, Limousin – Quercy – Périgord, The Western Provinces, Bordelais-Landes, Basque Country or Eskual Herria, Gascony, Pyrenees, Languedoc, Rhone Valley, Alps, Riviera and Corsica, Alsace-Lorrane Condition: very good, no dust jacket; cover and text pages are lightly toned, the slightest foxing to upper and lower text block edges and fly leaf pages Price: $10.00 |
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Included is regional information with map illustrations and illustrations of regional historic folk dress. |
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“Artsy” city maps cover the author’s picks of Paris highlights. |
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Champs-Elysées a la 1948! |
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J T Edson J T Edson (1928- ) is a British writer of westerns. His interest in westerns started when he was a youngster watching cowboy movies at the cinema. On becoming an adult he served in His Majesty's Armed Forces as a dog trainer, but he continued his love of the western cowboy stories; at the end of his twelve-year army service he had 10 westerns by his own hand. He won a literary competition which led him to sign with a publishing house and his writing career was begun. He held other jobs; as a postman and owner of a fish and chips shop, but he continued to write, telling Time magazine in 1999 that he wrote for the money. Even though he loves the historic west, the stories which it inspires, he says that he never had a desire to experience it, as the cowboys did, no desire even to ride a horse! According to his fans as well as critics, the thing that set Edson from the pack, was his attention to historical detail, but not so much as to get in the way of the story. Edson wrote 9 principal series covering different eras of American Western history: from 1835 through the 1970's. Throughout his books, he mixes his characters, using real-life individuals and fictional ones who are relatives or descendents of original characters; well-known western fictional characters also pop-up in most of his series. He takes the license to be inconsistent in the spin-offs or sequels to the original story, and as the years went on, his personal and political opinions became more evident in his stories. After a long career and over 100 westerns, Edson's American publishers, Dell and Harper Collins, began to periodically reissue his books. Their tendency to change the titles on reissues causes frustration to collectors.
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We have six JT Edson novels, all in near fine/ near fine condition; no markings. The year in parenthesis is the year of our published edition. |
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1. Set-a Foot (1981), Robert Hale, London, reissued as The Nighthawk (1990)- book #31 in the Floating Outfit Series, time span: 1866-early 1880's Price: $25.00 |
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2. Beguinage is Dead! (1980), Severn House became The Lone Star Killers (1990) and Texas Killers (2004)- book #40 in the Floating Outfit Series Price: $14.00 |
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3. Doc Leroy, M.D. (1981), Robert Hale, London- book #6 in the Waco Series, time span for this series is late 1870's to the late 1890's Price: $8.00 |
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4. The Big Gun (1973), Robert Hale, London-book #4 in the Civil War Series, time span for this series is 1861-1865 Price: $6.00 |
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5. The Fastest Gun in Texas, (1982) Robert Hale, London-book #6 in the Civil War Series Price: $6.00 |
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6. The Rebel Spy, (1983), Robert Hale, London- book #11 in the Civil War Series Price: $12.00 |
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