de Peloubet, Joseph-Alexandre de Chabrier; Small, Harold A. (Ed.). Adventures of Joseph-Alexandre de Chabrier de Peloubet at the Time of the French Revolution Together with Some Account of His Forebearers in France & the Founding of the Peloubet Family in America. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, CA, 1953.

Price: US$112.52 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Limited edition1 of 185. Gift inscription SIGNED by descendant of writer who brought the autobiography to publication. Originally a hand-written autobiography of a first-hand account of a royalist of the French revolution in 1791-1792. Includes frontis portrait, sketch of French family home and full-color coat of arms. Quarter-bound coarse linen with blue printed paper over boards looks great, with the exception of a gentle bump along lower edge and tiny split at corner. Deckle edges. Binding is tight. Inside heavy archival pages are clean and clear. Front pastedown has some pencil notations. Text block side and lower edges are deckled. 71 pp. 7.75 x 11.25 inches. * Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. If actual shipping cost is less than the AbeBooks estimate, it is our practice to REFUND the difference to the buyer. * NOAMZ

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Peloubet, Joseph-Alexandre de Chabrier De. ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH-ALEXANDRE DE CHABRIER DE PELOUBET AT THE TIME OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, Together with Some Account of HIS FOREBEARS IN FRANCE & THE FOUNDING OF THE PELOUBET FAMILY IN AMERICA. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1953.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Edited by Harold A. Small. Preface by Francis Peloubet Farquhar. Frontispiece silhouette, with one plate and a color family crest. San Francisco: [The Grabhorn Press], 1953. First edition, limited to 185 copies. The account of a young eighteenth century Frenchman of the provincial nobility, his journey from the Garonne to Paris, and further adventures on his way to the Rhine to join the royal army. Inscribed and dated by Francis Farquhar on the front flyleaf. With the prospectus laid in. Quarto. Original decorative blue paper-covered boards over a linen spine, with a printed paper spine label. A near fine copy in the original plain paper dust jacket.

Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.