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...
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...
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...
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...
Paris: Librairie Plon, Les Petits-Fils de Plon et Nourrit, [1927]. First edition, one of 15 on papier de Chine de tete copies, from a total issue of 400. Bound by H. BLANCHETIERE in full navy morocco, edges with gilt double fillets, panelled spines with gilt lettering, doublures with panels of...
[NP: but Williamsburg, MA]: Cheloniidae Press, 1984. First Edition, Artist Proof issue, one of 5 copies only, all on obsolete Whatman paper (blue-white laid ca. 1962), this copy inscribed to noted collectors Mimi and Arnold Elkind, and signed by Alan James Robinson, the printer, Harold P. McGrath, the binder, Gray...
[Easthampton, MA]: Cheloniidae Press, [1981]. One of 100 copies, this copy with original drawing by the artist, Alan James Robinson, signed by artist Alan James Robinson, binders David Bourbeau and Gray Parrot and printer, Harold Patrick McGrath, all on Arches Cover Buff, from a total issue of 110 (100 copies...
[Easthampton, MA]: Cheloniidae Press, 1985. One of 15 State Proof copies, with one extra signed suite of the 15 woodengravings plus the triple-page fold out of the jumping front, plus working proofs of the wood engravings, plus state proofs of etching, plus original drawing, plus regular edition of the book...
Monte-Carlo: Aux Editions du Livre, [1949]. One of 5000 on grand velin crevecoeur. Bound by LEPRETRE: 3/4 black morocco and paste-paper boards in vertical bands with semi-circular repeat stamped in pink and blue, spine smooth, title gilt, top edge gilt (stamped in front blank: Lepretre), fine. Frontispiece and 23 lithographs...
Paris: Editions Georges Cres & Cie, 1920. One of 795 numbered copies on velin de Rives from a total edition of 848. Small folio. Bound: 3/4 maroon morocco and paste-paper boards, spine paneled, title gilt, top edge gilt, original covers bound in, near fine. Woodengraved portrait of author by Paul...
Canton, NY: Caliban Press, 2001. One of two copies in original designer binding by Donald Glaister, from an edition of 125 copies all on various handmade papers by Velma Bolyard, La Papeterie St. Armand, and Barcham Green, with Arches, Frankfurt and Mexican amate paper. The text is set in 14pt...
Paris: Henri Lefebvre, 1953. One of 1000 on velin from a total issue of 1020. 8vo; handsomely bound in 3/4 dark green morocco and pastepaper boards with gilt fillet, spine paneled, title gilt, original wrapper bound in, fine.
New York: Abrams, 1989. Illustrated with 252 illustrations, including 202 color plates, this is the first major study of the flowering of the art of bookbinding at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. A detailed biography and bibliography of every major binder is included: Rose...
New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Co., 1984. One of 130 copies on Rives paper, printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress by Daniel Keleher. Page size: 10 inches x 8-1/2 inches, fine. Illustrated by Koren with one original etching, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist and four plates after drawings...
Paris: Editions Mornay, 1931. Hand painted vellum binding by Laborde on one of 300 on velin from a total issue of 355. In addition, this copy has an original watercolor by Laborde on the colophon page, although this is not called for in the colophon. The watercolor is of the...
La Haye: Adrian Moetjens, 1682. Second printing of each,after the Paris publication in the same year, text in French. 12mo; [4] 175 [1] and [4] 256 [4]. Bound by DAVID: full dark green crushed morocco with triple gilt fillets on front and back panels, spine with five raised bands, each...
Paris: NRF, Librairie Gallimard, [1928]. First edition, inscribed by Gide on the half-title to fellow author, Julien Green: "a Julien Green en temoignage de tres attentive affection, Andre Gide." This is a splendid association copy. Green, a novelist of American parentage who was born in Paris, was a member of...
Paris: Neuchatel & Ides et Calendes, [1947]. First Edition, one of 3500 copies on verge ivoire paper, from a total issue of 3624. 8vo, handsomely rebound in 3/4 bordeaux morocco with marbled pastepaper over boards, gilt fillets, four raised bands on spine, author and title in gilt on spine, teg...
Paris: Chez Emile Paul Freres, 1923. First Edition, one of 900 copies on papier verge Blanchet-Kleber, from a total edition of 1000, each hand numbered. Page size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches; 37pp; + Justification de Tirage. Woodengraving vignette of Eiffel Tower on titlepage by Daragnes. Unique binding in the style...
[Vashon, WA and Palo Alto, CA]: Foolsgold Studio and Springtide Press, 2016. Artist's book, one of six copies, all on black Revere paper, each copy unique with a variation of the final Cibachrome print (Winged Grief), each copy signed and numbered by the artist / poet, Jacqueline Thurston, on the...
Vashon, WA: Foolsgold Studio, 2007. One of 60 copies, 50 of which are for sale, all signed and numbered by the artist / author, Donald Glaister, each book on pages of painted stiffened fabric on which dimensional constructions are mounted, text printed on Zerkall Frankfurt paper. Page size: 15-1/4 x....
Paris: H. Darago, 190l. Bound by Survand: 3/4 chestnut morocco with gilt fillets and marbled boards, spine smooth, gilt decorated title gilt, top edge gilt. Original covers bound in: pictorial yellow glace wrappers with letterpress repeating layout of titlepage and with faint image of scattered books on upper cover, publisher's...
Paris: Flammarion, 1926. Bound by Toumariantz: full bottle-green morocco in Jansenist style, grey watered silk doublures, pastepaper guards, top edge gilt, otheres untrimmed, original wrappers bound in, signed on lower front turn-in: Toumariantz. A very handsome set in fine condition except for ink stains on first three pages of volume 2.
Paris: Les Livres de Louis Jou, 1927. One of 225 copies on papier verge from a total issue of 258 copies. Page size: 10 7/8 x 7 5/8 "; 26.5 x 19.3 mm. Bound after design by LOUIS JOU, executed by Mercier fils: hand-painted vellum binding the title in red...
Marshfield Hills, MA: Viewpoint Editions, 2008. Artist's book, one of 6 deluxe copies from a total issue of 106 (100 regular and 6 deluxe), all on Mohawk Options 65 cover made from 100% post consumer content with renewable wind power, each signed and numbered on the colophon by the artist...
