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[Hardcover Editions] 1-C. FLAMMARION The Creation of Man and the Early Ages of Humanity. Paris, Marpon/Flammarion, 1887, 1 vol. in-4, lavishly illustrated with “350 woodcuts, 5 large separate plates, and 2 maps of dolmens.” Publisher’s red percaline cloth binding with gray-scale decoration on the front cover, smooth decorated spine, gilt edges. A fine copy. 2-BARR Memoirs of a Black Hen. Paris, Ducrocq, undated [1907], 1 vol. in-4, lavishly illustrated (Léonce Petit, Méaulle, Dufaux, etc.). Red publisher’s cardboard binding with black and gold decoration on the front cover, smooth embossed spine, gilt edges. A fine copy. 3-L. LECORNU Air Navigation: A Documentary and Anecdotal History. Paris, Vuibert and Nony, undated [1912], 1 vol. in-4, lavishly illustrated. Green publisher’s cardboard binding with decoration on the front cover and spine, gilt edges. One repair on the front endpaper (old tear); otherwise a fine copy. 4-Th GAUTIER fils/ G. DORE The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, undated, 1 vol. in-4 illustrated with drawings by Gustave Doré. Red publisher’s cardboard binding with gold decoration (large coat of arms) and black on the front cover, plain spine with longitudinal decoration, gilt edges. Some foxing; otherwise a copy in good condition. 5-G. VUILLIER Pleasures and Them Since the Beginning. Paris, J. Rothschild, 1900, 1 vol. in-4 illustrated with “279 plates and vignettes (…) and 19 heliogravures; frontispiece based on a watercolor by the author.” One of 3,300 numbered copies (No. 802). Publisher’s green half-cloth binding with corner pieces, plain spine with decorative band. A light stain on the front cover; otherwise a good copy.