Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1927. One of 180 copies on Lafuma from a total of 446. Page size: 5 x 7-9/16 inches; [i-xviii] xiv-xxi [xxii] 1-262pp; including list of correspondents and Table of Contents, plus four heliogravures after Forain, Chahine, Drian, and Chimot and a woodcut by Charbonnier. Bound: 3/4 red... More about L'Ami du Lettre Annee Litteraire & Artistique pour 1927
Easthampton, MA: ABCedary Letterpress, 1989. One of 26 copies, all on T.H. Saunders watercolor paper for the text and B.F.K. Rivers for the etchings, interleaved with blue Moriki paper for the seal's story, with an additional suite of the plates each signed and numbered by the artist, Alan James Robinson..... More about Ancient Needs. Foreword by Brian Davies. Story by Mark Carol. Illustrated by Alan James Robinson
Bruxelles: Henry Kistemaeckers, Eidteur, 1883. First Edition of this collection of stories by this naturalist novelist and dramatist, a friend of Zola. Page size: 3-7/8 x 6 inches; 216pp. + Table of Contents and Acheve d'imprimer. Bound: full tan crushed morocco by Canape, spine paneled with author and title in... More about Le Collage Eau-forte par Theodore Hannon
Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1928. One of 960 numbered copies on velin simili cuve de Navarre, from a total issue of 986. Page size: 5 x 7 inches; 88pp. Bound in 3/4 dark green morocco and marbled paper over boards, spine paneled with author and title in... More about Les Elegies martiales 1915-1918 avec un portrait grave sur bois par Raoul Dufy
Paris: Librairie Stock, 1954. First Edition, one of 2,750 on Marais crevecoeur, from a total edition of 2910. Page size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches, 145pp. Bound in 3/4 bordeaux morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original printed wrappers and backstrip bound in, fine. Humorous... More about Deliberations sur les femmes. Presentees par Leon Bopp
Paris: Editions de la Pleiade, 1927. First edition, one of 2,500 on velin du Marais, from a total issue of 2600. Page size: 5-7/8 x 7-13/16 inches, 333pp. Bound: 1/4 brown morocco and brown marbled paste-paper overboards, spine paneled with author and title in gold gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original... More about Philine: Fragments inedits du journal intime. Publies par Bernard Bouvier. Introduction par...
Paris: Editions Ch. Vandamme, [1955]. First edition. Page size: 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches; 98pp. Bound: 3/4 green morocco with gilt filets and green marbled paper over boards, author and title in gilt on spine, teg, original buff wrappers printed in black bound in, near fine. llustrated with 23 reproductions, including... More about Morceaux choisis. Preface et citations recueillies par Jean Oberle
Paris: Editions du Belier, [1948]. First Trade Edition, illustrated with six hors-texte full-page reproductions of previously unpublished drawings by Pablo Picasso - all caricatures of the author, Guillaume Apollinaire. Page size: 5 - 1/2 x 7 - 3/8 inches; 88pp; + 6 illustrations. Bound: handsomely rebound in 3/4 dark blue... More about Les Mamelles de Tiresias. Avec six portraits inedits par Pablo Picasso
Monaco: Editions du Rocher, [1954]. First Edition, one of 900 on Aussedat Roto blanc, from a total issue of 1000. Page size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches; 135pp; + portrait frontis of author. Bound: handsomely bound in 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards, spine with author and title in gilt top... More about Guillaume Apollinaire: Souvenirs d'un ami. Lettre-preface by Max Jacob. Introduction and notes by...
Paris: A Firmin Didot, 1872. Copy in unique binding by Emile Rousselle; with the addtion of 18 etchings on Japanese vellum after Eisen for various works including Dorat's BAISERS (1770). 8vo; 180 pp; with 77 ilustrations, 8 head pieces and 8 tail pieces after Racinet and Benard, as called for... More about L'Ane d'Or ou la Metamorphose. Traduction de Savalete. Preface de J. Andrieux. Avec Nombreuses...
Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1948]. First Edition thus, one of 450 copies on velin mondial des paperteries de condat, from a total issue of 650 numbered copies. Page size: 6-3/8 x 9-7/8 inches; [1-15] 16-190 [191-196] pp. Bound by Rene Kieffer: full blue morocco with blind-stamped decorative plaque of draped valance... More about Contes au Clair de Lune. Les illustrations en couleur sont de Valentine Hugo
Paris: Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne, 1911. Special copy from an edition of 150 copies on Arches paper, this copy with an original charcoal drawing signed by Jeanniot and two "bons a tirer" etchings of the drawing which is hors texte in chapter 7, together with a blue sheet... More about Les Paysans. Scenes de la Vie de Campagne. Illustrations et Eaux-Fortes de Georges Jeanniot
Paris: Rene Juillard, [1953, 1954]. First Edition, inscribed by the author, noted French actor and mime artist (Les Enfants du Paradis) and director (Claudel's Le Soulier de satin for the Comedie-Francaise), Jean-Louis Barrault, on the titlepage of "Premiere Annee Premier Cahier" (Volume 1, No. 1), "pour ____, JL Barrault, and... More about Cahiers de la compagnie Madeleine Renaud--Jean-Louis Barrault. Vol. I, nos. 1-2, 5
[Paris]: Editions de la Parade, [1949]. First Edition, one of 2,000 copies on Alfuma paper. Page size: 5-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches; 107pp. Handsomely rebound in 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled paper, spine with 4 raised bands, author and title in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, original printed wrappers bound in, near fine. More about A Propos de Shakespeare
Minneapolis, MN: Mnemonic Press, 2008. Artist's book, one of 25 numbered copies, from a total issue of 30, all of which are on Koch Antiqua and Fabriano Artistico paper, each signed and numbered by the artist / author, Harriet Bart. Page size: 5-1/2 x 10-15/16 inches; 42pp. Bound: brass covers... More about Plumb Bob. A Book Object
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. First Edition, copy #117 of 250 copies specially bound and inserted in a sllipcase and signed by the author, Nicholas A. Basbanes. Page size: 9 x 6-1/8 inches; 360pp; + 2pp. of Notes on Type and Colophon, which is where the author has signed... More about Every Book Its Reader. The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
New York: Henry Holt, 1995. First Edition, first printing, one of 6900 copies, signed by the author, fine. This is THE book about book collecting and collectors. More about A Gentle Madness
[Paris]: Editions Vialetay, 1955. One of 200 on velin blanc with an extra suite of the illustrations in color from a total issue of 1350; handsomely rebound in 3/4 green morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers and backstrip bound in. Illustrated with... More about Dix Rendez-vous avec Paris. Illustrations de Gaston Barret
NY: Ruder Photographer, ND but ca. 1890's. Original photograph, 5-3/4 x 4-3/8 inches, mounted on grey board, 8 x 12 inches, within triple rules, some sunning to top inch of board on which photo is mounted, lacking tissue guard was was previously affixed, photograph is fine. This is a handsome... More about Original Photograph
Monte-Carlo: aux Editions du Livre de Monte-Carlo, 1947. One of 3,000 copies on grand velin filigrane Renage. Page size: 7-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches, 282pp. Bound: 3/4 red morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original white wrappers and backstrip, printed in black and red, bound... More about L'Oiseau des Ruines. Illustrated by Touchagues
[Paris]: Editions Lapina Collection les Images du Temps, [1927]. One of 1000 on Verge de Rives B.F.K. pur chiffon, from a total issue of 1160. Illustrated with a frontispiece author-portrait etched in drypoint by Lucien Madrassi; four original drypoints as hors-texte by Jacques Boullaire; nine pictorial initials; and seven small... More about Plan sentimental de Paris
Paris: La Table Ronde, [1947]. First Edition, handsomely rebound in 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers bound in, fine. This book describes the art and technique of engraving from its inception to modern times and is illustrated with well-known examples of... More about La Gravure: les procedes, l'histoire
Paris: [published by the author], 1948. First edition, one of a limited edition of 110 on grand velin d'Arches printed on the author's private press. 8vo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 maroon morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, gilt fillets, author and title gilt, top edge gilt, marbled paste-paper doublures, original wrappers... More about Conversations avec Dieu. "Ni Peur, ni Espoir" Frontispiece de Max Jacob
Cornville, Maine: 2014. Artist's book, one of 7 copies, all on handmade paper by Katie MacGregor, each copy signed and numbered by the artist / author, Bonnie Bishop. Page size: 5-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches; 64pp. Bound by the artist: hand-sewn Coptic style binding, single thread sewn through each of the... More about Animadivas
Cornville, Maine: 2013. Artist's book, one of 7 copies, all on handmade paper by Katie MacGregor, each copy signed and numbered by the artist / author, Bonnie Bishop. Page size: 5-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches; 64pp. Bound by the artist: hand-sewn Coptic style binding, single thread sewn through each of the... More about Furies. Poetry and Original Prints
