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: 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: 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... More about Nos actes nous suivent. Two Volumes
[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... More about Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes. Illustrated by Alan James Robinson. Introduction by...
[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... More about Cetacea, The Great Whales
[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... More about The Jumping Frog. Woodengravings by Alan James Robinson
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... More about Messieurs les Ronds-de-Cuir. Tableau-Roman de la Vie de Bureau. Illustrations de Dubout
Quebec: Editions Les Giboulees, 2017. Unique binding on artist's book printed in an edition of 45 hand-numbered copies, signed by the artist, Ghislaine Bureau, and the poet, Luc Bureau, on Muguet du Moulin de Larroque paper. Page size: 6-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches; 48pp. Bound by Coleen Curry: full grey suede... More about Chemins de Traverse. Textes de Luc Bureau. Conception et illustrations Ghislaine Bureau
Okanagan, BC: Greenboathouse Books, 2008 (Binding 2014). Unique designer binding by Coleen Curry on letterpress edition of WOODS / PAGES, poem by Jay MillAr, designed and printed by Jason Dewinetz on Rising Bristol Vellum paper, in an edition of 126 (100 numbered and 26 lettered copies), each signed and numbered... More about Woods / Pages
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... More about Poesies Completes. Edition decoree et compositions dessinees et gravees sur bois par Louis Jou et...
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... More about The Tempest. Printed and Designed by Mark McMurray. Bound by Donald Glaister
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. More about Faubourg Saint-Honore de Louis XIV au Second Empire
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... More about Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding. French Masterpieces 1880-1940. Preface by Priscilla Juvelis
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... More about The Frog Prince: A Play. Illustrated by Edward Koren
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... More about Histoire de la Bienheureuse Raton. Fille de Joie. Illustrations de Charles Laborde
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... More about Les Moeurs des Israelites ou l'on voit le modele d'une politique simple & sincere... Bound...
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... More about Le Retour du Tchad
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... More about Le Theatre Complet.... Illustrated by Maurice Brianchon. Eight Volumes
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... More about La Priere sur la Tour Eiffel
[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... More about Shadowland
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.... More about Angelique and the Pearl Necklace
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... More about La Seine et les Quais, Promenade d'un Bibliophile. Frontispice a l'eau-forte par A. Robida
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. More about L'homme qui rit. Two Volumes
