‎Cocteau jean‎

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Opium Journal d'une desintoxication‎

‎Paris: Librairie Stock 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. This is number XI one of 10 copies hors commerce on velin pur fil du marais. Inscribed by Cocteau to John Kobler on the half-title with a fine original drawing dated 1960. 43 illustrations by the author. 8vo Dark blue morocco by Andréas Relìeur top edges gilt spine and board edges unevenly discolored joints rubbed; original wrappers bound in. John Kobler bookplate tipped to front pastedown. <br/><br/> Librairie Stock hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : D17620

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Opium The Diary of an Addict.Translated by Ernest Boyd‎

‎London New York & Toronto: Longmans Green And Co. 1932. 1932. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l. 188. 27 full-page text illus. by Cocteau. gilt-lettered green cloth upper rear cover dampstained lower edges of covers darkened. dw. some chipping & soiling to edges & along folds of dw. First Canadian Edition. F. Hardcover. London, New York, & Toronto: Longmans, Green And Co., 1932. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : GCTiuCOC71

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Opium.‎

‎Longmans Green & Co London New York Toronto. 1932. First U.S. edition. Translated by Ernest Boyd. Octavo. pp iv 188. Illustrated with twenty-seven drawings made by the author when under the influence.Faint tape marks to free endpapers. Covers faded at the edges. Very good in very good price-clipped dustwrapper faded at the spine rubbed at the edges and a bit chipped at head of spine. Longmans, Green & Co, London, New York, Toronto. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : COCTEAUJ015098

‎Cocteau, Jean‎

‎Opium. Journal d'une désintoxication‎

‎Paris: Librairie Stock Delamain & Boustelleau 1930. First edition one of 845 copies on alfa satiné d'Outhenin-Chalandre. 38 full-page illustrations by the author. 264 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers untrimmed. Tiny stain at outermost corner of two leaves. Fine. First edition one of 845 copies on alfa satiné d'Outhenin-Chalandre. 38 full-page illustrations by the author. 264 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Librairie Stock, Delamain & Boustelleau unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 345335

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Opium: Journal d'une desintoxication. Dessins de l'auteur.‎

‎1930. Paris: Librairie Stock Delamain et Boutelleau. 1930. 8vo. Original cream printed wrappers spine and upper cover lettered in black and gold partially uncut; pp. 264 2 with 40 plates after line drawings by Cocteau included in pagination and a further 3 plates after collages by Cocteau; very slight lean creasing and spotting to spine spine ends a little worn very light toning and dust-soiling to covers; internally clean; overall a very good copy.First edition number 14 of 28 copies printed on Japon Imperial of Cocteau's extraordinary account of the physical and mental anguish of his withdrawal from opium addiction extensively illustrated by the author.Cocteau had largely been introduced to opium by the French musicologist and sinologist Louis Laloy 1874-1944 in 1924 during a period of profound depression following the unexpected death of the writer Raymond Radiguet. 'Cocteau shut himself away with the amateur Sinologist and the musicians in a room in their hotel . A hundred times he tried to absorb opium more bitter than bromide; a hundred times he complained about not feeling any benefit from it. Finally after three months the anguish fell away' Arnaud pp. 351-2. Cocteau wrote and illustrated Opium between 16 December 1928 and April 1929 while undergoing treatment at a clinic in Saint-Cloud and it was during this time that he wrote Les Enfants terribles 1929 - arguably his most famous work - over the course of three weeks his illustration to p. 241 bearing the same title.His haunting illustrations from the early stages of his recovery - featuring a screaming figure with his eyes scratched out a limbless man a nude figure holding his four-faced head in his hands and a weeping sun inter alia - give way to eerie figures composed of tubular structures and finally to images of freedom and hope. The third collage Je quitte Saint-Cloud I Am Leaving Saint-Cloud shows a classical statue fleeing on horseback through a star-studded sky and the final illustration La Destinee de l'oiseleur The Fate of the Bird-Catcher shows an outstretched hand allowing Cocteau himself the self-portrait on p. 27 titled Oiseau to fly away at last. 'The drawings done under the influence of opium are a marvel. They allow us a glimpse into the life of a tortured soul who cries out in lines that excite the senses and cause us to wonder about the daily nightmare of addiction' Emboden p. 36.Addressed to 'opium smokers the sick and those unknown friends found through books who are the only excuse for writing' trans. Opium was perhaps unsurprisingly taken up by the American Beat poets. The book featured on the shelves of William S. Burroughs's library which so impressed Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac in the mid-1940s. Although Burroughs does not name Cocteau's Opium in his preface to Junkie 1953 he would later explicitly acknowledge its importance: 'I always had a romantic literary relationship to drugs like you find in De Quincey or in Cocteau's Opium' Lane p. 106.Crosland p. 229; not in Carteret cf. vol III p. 107. See Arnaud Jean Cocteau: a Life 2016; Emboden The Visual Art of Jean Cocteau 1989; Lane The French Genealogy of the Beat Generation 2017. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2122802

‎Cocteau, Jean‎

‎Opium: The Illustrated Diary of His Cure‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0720608007.G ISBN : 0720608007 9780720608007

‎Cocteau, Jean; translated by Ernest Boyd‎

‎Opium: the Diary of an Addict‎

‎NY: Longmans Green & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt black topstain. Stated first edition American. Boards sunned at spine and edges. Bookseller ticket to rear endpage. Pencilled price to ffep. Firm and square. The DJ in mylar is sunned to spine rubbed to joints mildly edgeworn price clipped taped on verso to joints. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages . Longmans, Green & Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40832

‎Cocteau, Jean‎

‎OpŽra. Oeuvres poŽtiques 1925-1927. Collection Alchimie 1.‎

‎Paris : Arcanes 1952. 205x115mm. brochÂŽ. couverture rempliÂŽe. 1 des 89 exemplaires numÂŽrotÂŽ sur papier Marais CrÂve-Coeur accompagnÂŽs dÕune suite n¡ 40. Bel exemplaire. 286 Arcanes unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 119576

‎Cocteau, Jean‎

‎Orphee‎

‎Editions Parade 1950-01-01. Paperback. Good. Good condition with some wear to cover and binding. Editions Parade paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100-02410

‎Cocteau, J and Wildman, C (trans)‎

‎Orphee: A Tragedy in One Act and an Interval‎

‎Oxford University Press 1933. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN: Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5796590

‎Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963)‎

‎Orphée : a tragedy in one act and an interval‎

‎London : Oxford University Press : Humphrey Milford 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi 43 1 pages 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations portrait ; 23 cm. Subjects: Orpheus Greek mythological character. Genre: Drama. Language: English. London : Oxford University Press : Humphrey Milford hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 369390

‎Cocteau, Jean 1889-1963‎

‎Os meninos diabólicos; les enfants terribles; romance. 3. ed. Tradução e pref. de João Gaspar Simões Portuguese Edition‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 102048716X.G ISBN : 102048716X 9781020487163

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Paraprosodies - 7 Dialogues‎

‎Editions du Rocher 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 11.2 x 22 cm grey paper wraps with red decoration and black titles to the front 37 1pp with erratum tipped in. The half title contains a red and blue profile portrait drawn by the artist with a personal inscription reading. ' à George/ Wright Hall /cet essai de solitude et de/ porter le poise à la/ hauteur d'une sucrie exacte./ avec l'amitie/ de Jean Cocteau'. The pamphlet also comes with its original mailing envelope written by Cocteau with his return address in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat France. There is a light horizontal mark just up from the end of the "S" of "DIALOGUES" and across onto the spine and a round mark immediately below the bottom triangle slightly right of centre on the front cover. Otherwise it is in at least near fine condition. The envelope is addressed by Cocteau to his friend George Wright Hall 1895-1974 who had studied in Edinburgh in the early 1920s and was a member of the 1922 Group. It bears its original stamps and Cocteau's return address. The envelope has been opened along the top and both side are now open too. The two sides of it remain partially joined along the bottom edge but this has been conserved by the application of Japanese paper. In all a lovely inscribed item complete with the envelope Cocteau used to send it and which has helped to keep the book so well preserved. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care. Editions du Rocher hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 202433

‎Cocteau, Jean‎

‎Paris De Jour: Soixante-Deux Photographies De Schall‎

‎Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1937. Hardback recent black cloth gilt title to spine. Text in French. 62 b&w photographs. Slighest wear. A splendid copy. r13. Hard Cover. Very Good. Arts et Metiers Graphiques Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : R13GLTBLK31G

‎Cocteau, Jean‎

‎PAST TENSE‎

‎Methuen & Co. LTD 1990-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Methuen & Co. LTD hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : Q-0413633403 ISBN : 0413633403 9780413633408

‎Cocteau, Jean‎

‎Past Tense: The Cocteau Diaries Volume 1‎

‎Mariner Books 1988-10-31. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Mariner Books paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : Q-0156713608 ISBN : 0156713608 9780156713603

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Pegase‎

‎Paris: Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large folio. Copy 103 of 150. With 10 original etchings by Léopold Survage. Publisher's pictorial wrappers with contents loose as issued. Housed in publisher's slipcase a bit dusty; corners split. Some foxing to front wrap but with contents very bright and clean. Another of the many ambitious Cocteau book publications. <br/><br/> Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : LD17674

‎COCTEAU, Jean & COOPER, Douglas‎

‎Picasso: Les Dejeuners. Dessins Originaux‎

‎Cannes: Galerie Madoura 1962. First. paperback. very good. Picasso. Exhibition catalogue illustrated with 13 b/w drawings printed on cream background. Poem by Jean Cocteau and an essay by Douglas Cooper. Slim 4to green pictorial wrappers staple-bound. Cannes: Galerie Madoura 1962. Just a bvit of scuffing and toning to wrappers still a very good clean copy of this uncommon catalogue printed by Arnera in Vallauris.<br/> <br/> Galerie Madoura unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 326429

‎COCTEAU, JEAN (1889-1963)‎

‎Plain-Chant. First edition. Signed presentation copy to Paul Géraldy.‎

‎Paris : Stock. 1923. . 8vo. 12 x 18/5 cm. Original wraps. Presentation copy signed and dated Juin 1923.Paul Lefèvre-Geraldy dit Paul Géraldy né à Paris 18e le 6 mars 1885 et mort à Neuilly-sur-Seine le 10 mars 1983 est un poète et dramaturge français.1 volume in-8 brochage . Envoi autographe signé de l’auteur à Paul Geraldy.Expertise by Pierre Prevost 75 rue Michel-Ange 75016 Paris. Paris : Stock. 1923 paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16-4542

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Poemes Ecrits en Allemand.‎

‎Amsterdam 1944. First separate edition; one of 200 copies. original printed wrappers. Wrappers tanned at the edges with a few tiny spots. 8vo. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45211

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Poesies 1917-1920‎

‎Paris: Editions de la Sirene 1920. Paperback. Very Good. Tall 8vo. Original wrappers lightly worn. Copy 371 of a total edition of 1032. Uncommon in spite of limitation. <br/><br/> Editions de la Sirene paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : D17609

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Portrait de Mounet-Sully‎

‎Paris: Francois Bernouard 1945. Paperback. Good. Thin quarto; original wrappers. 16 hand-colored illustrations by Cocteau. Copy 158 of 392 on "papier Isle de France". The issue of 1650 is relatively common but any of this first 392 numbers on fine paper much less so. Wrappers foxed a bit of wear to cellophane jacket. Contents quite lovely. <br/><br/> Francois Bernouard paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : LD17659

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎Portraits-Souvenir 1910-1914‎

‎Paris: Editions Bernard Grasset 1935. Limited Edition. Three-quarter leather. Fine. 8vo. Pp. 249. Top edge gilt. Text in French. Illustrations by the author. Stamped number 343 of 660 copies on Alfax Navarre. Bound in three-quarter brown leather over marbled boards spine lettered in gilt spine slightly dulled. Original wraps bound in. A beautiful copy. Cocteau looks back at the Belle Époque capturing the faces and personalities of the artists aristocrats dancers and eccentrics who shaped his early life. Editions Bernard Grasset unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12142

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎PoŽsie 1916-1923. Tome I Le Cap de Bonne EspŽrance Discours du grand Sommeil. Tome II PoŽsies Vocabulaire Plain-Chant. 2 Volumes - complet.‎

‎Paris : Librairie Gallimard Edition de la Nouvelle Revue FranÂaise 1925. 190x120mm. 239Êpages brochÂŽ. Exemplaire sur papier vÂŽlin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre numÂŽrotÂŽ 313 / 350 pour le tome I tome II tirÂŽ sur le mÂme papier mais non justifiÂŽ. Bel exemplaire. 425 Librairie Gallimard, Edition de la Nouvelle Revue FranÂaise unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 120323

‎COCTEAU, Jean‎

‎PoŽsie graphique. Jacques Damase Galerie Bruxelles novembre-dŽcembre 1973.‎

‎Bruxelles : Gallimard 1973. 310x230mm. planches en n/b photos n/b en feuille sous couverture ˆ rabats et emboit‰ge Bel exemplaire. 609 Gallimard unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 118476