Rare Books
Illusions perdues
Image not available
You might also be interested in
Image not available
Night train to Paris
Rare Books
Unwitting pawn in a deadly game of international intrigue, Edward Logan was stalked by three fanatical Soviet agents convinced that he possessed certain secret plans desperately desired by the Russian Government. He hastily took the night train to Paris and after this nightmarish journey, further violence erupted in both Paris and London. The Reds found formidable opposition from three former French Foreign Legionnaires and the inimitable sleuth, Tommy Hambledon, in a perilous adventure of dual identities, torture, murder, and a blood-chilling chase along the water front of London--Adapted from page [3].
644140
Image not available
J. C. L. Sismondi letter
Manuscripts
This letter was written by J.-C.-L. Sismondi in French from Geneva. It was written to his friend the Marquise de Bossi.
mssHM 81231
Image not available
Sheridan, Thomas. The five Ladies Answer to the Beau With the Wig and Wings at his head
Manuscripts
Poem in 7 stanzas of 4 lines each. Followed by Swift in 4 stanzas of 4 lines each, "The Beau's reply to the five Ladyes Answer" (A.Ms. 1 p.). Endorsed twice by Swift: "Sher[id]an. 5 Ladyes answer to the Beau" and "Sheridans answer to the Beau, and the Beau's reply."
HM 14335.
Image not available
Letters and printed items of Joseph Louis Vincens Causans
Manuscripts
The eight items include three handwritten letters and five printed items. Two of the letters are by Causans (letters are addressed to Marquise de Pompadour and an unknown woman); the third is addressed to him. The printed items are about geometry and Causans' publication Quadrature du cercle. All of the items are in French.
mssHM 75080-75087
Image not available
Doobie doo : a novel
Rare Books
"This is the history of a pioneer of pleasure who both has his cake and eats it without dire results, except to the cake. And other bizarre, pulchritudinous and super-realistic matters"--Dust jacket flap.
636937
Image not available
Jazz
Rare Books
In Harlem, 1926, Joe Trace, a door-to-door salesman in his fifties, kills his teenage lover. At the funeral, his wife Violet slashes the dead girl's face and then desperately searches to find why Joe was unfaithful. The profound love story is immersed in the sights and sounds of Black urban life during the Jazz Age.
633856