I'm looking to purchase an old French Cookbook that's written in
French. Can you locate a place I might find a few?

Hi randysch,

You can find a variety of used French language cookbooks on Abebooks.

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookSearchPL

Type " Gastronomie " or " Culinaires " or " recettes " in the
"keyword" field.
Set the "country" field to your location.
Set the "sort-by" field to "lowest price".

Here are just a few I found by searching Canada and the USA but you'll
find many more if you search "all countries":

La Cuisine italienne:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=89628232

La Cuisine Chinoise:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=104661630

LA GRANDE CUISINE VEGETARIENNE:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=172772878

QU'EST-CE QU'ON MANGE? Mille et une facons de varier la cuisine de
tous les jours:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=62916502

Gastronomie . ''Amitie et Gastronomie font la joie de vivre'' .
(Chaine de Rotisseurs):
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=23017300

Les Secrets Culinaires : Une belle Table - De Bonnes Recettes:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=205880124

Cuisine de Louisiane. Histoire et recettes:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=172688206

Eloges De La Cuisine Francaise Presentation De Sacha Guitry:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=65278562

Recettes Naturistes pour tous:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=66807968

LA VERITABLE CUISINE DE FAMILLE COMPRENANT 1000 RECETTES ET 500 MENUS
PAR TANT MARIE (©1923):
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=69643335

Cuisine Coloniale: Les Bonnes Recettes De Chloe Mondesir:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=90724003

Les Secrets Culinaires : Une belle Table - De Bonnes Recettes:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=205880124

If by "old" you mean nearing the century mark, here is one from 1904:

200 RECETTES, LE CUISINE FRANCAIS DU XIV AU XX SIECLE
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=69836199

I hope this helps. If you would like to narrow down your choices, such
as a pastry cookbook located for sale in the US, or older ones like
the 1904 copy above, I would be happy to try and help you find just
what you are looking for. If you have any questions, please  post a
clarification request before rating my answer.

Thank you,
hummer

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Request for Answer Clarification by randysch-ga on 11 Oct 2003 07:19 PDT

Hey Hummer,

Nice work. However, I was hoping to see some of the contents of the
book ... might be too much to ask? I didn't think about that until
just now, but that would be the best. Why? I'm going to use the pages
as wallpaper. I'm looking for old ones ... yellowed pages would be
good ... old illustrations would be great ... photos won't look right.

If this is too much to ask, just let me know. It probably is ... for
my puny fee of $5. If it's possible and doable, maybe you could
suggest how I can "up" the fee and for how much?

Thanks,
Randy

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 11 Oct 2003 10:38 PDT

Hi again Randy,

I will be happy to try and help you locate what you need but I'm not
entirely sure what it is. Do I understand you correctly, that you
would like to buy enough French cookbooks to remove their
illustrations and paper your wall with them? Or rather just find one
illustration that you like and duplicate it enough times to paper your
wall with it? At any rate, here is one possiblity - you would need to
get in touch with the bookseller and ask him to send you a few images
to find out if his book suit.

This book has 328 gravures:
Les Secrets Culinaires : Une belle Table - De Bonnes Recettes: 
VENTURA PACIFIC LTD 
Ventura, CA 93001-1661
books@venturapacific.net
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=205880124 

Here's another, but it's not very large:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?ph=2&bi=107179004
L'art d'appręter le poulet:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=107179004

In regards to the price of the question, it is entirely up to you.
Once a question is answered, it is too late to change the price,
however, Google has put in place an opportunity to tip a researcher
when you rate the answer or alternately, it is possible to post a new
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You can review Google Answer's pricing guide here:
https://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html 

I'll look forward to hearing back from you in regards to exactly what
it is you need - lay it all out for me!

Sincerely,
hummer