Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile G. & R. Briffaut 1923. First Thus. Hardcover Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. 31cm x 21.5cm. vi 84 pages 1 original drawing 13 black and white etchings 13 black and white etchings with remarques 13 colour etchings with remarques. Full purple leather 5 raised bands gilt lettering blind rule top edge gilt gilt dentelles silk doublures marbled endpapers marbled papered slipcase with leather edges. Text is in French. The Girl with the Golden Eyes. An aristocratic libertine becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman and sets about seducing her. Alas his conquest uncovers a hidden lesbian relationship and he finds himself entangled in a web of erotic obsession and fatal jealousy. First published in 1835 this is the first edition with illustrations by Almery Lobel-Riche. One of 40 numbered copies on Japanese paper with the etchings in 3 states and an original drawing by Lobel-Riche from a total edition of 500. This copy in a fine signed binding by H. Jacquet. Text is in French. Minor discolouration to spine. Very minor shelf wear to slipcase. Category: Fiction; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; LGBTIQ Lesbian Fiction; French Language; Sexuality - Erotic Fiction. Inventory No: 0036127. BZDB407 Fiction; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; LGBTIQ Lesbian Fiction; French Language; Sexuality - Erotic Fiction. Unbranded Honore de Balzac; Almery Lobel-Riche La Fille aux Yeux d'Or Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut hardcover
Paris: Maresq 1844. Fine. Maresq Paris 1844 17.50 x 26.50 cm 2 volumes reliés First printing of the 31 illustrations outside text 29 plates and 2 frontispieces and numerous vignettes within the text by Gavarni Daumier D'Aubigny Adam Emy Traviès Boulanger Monnier and Théno. This is a copy of the first edition of 1843 reissued by Marescq in 1844 with the same illustrations but with different titles and additionally containing 11 plates outside text in volume 1 2 engraved titles as well as 2 frontispieces. Texts by Paul de Kock Honoré de Balzac Alexandre Dumas Frédéric Soulié Léon Gozlan Edouard Ourliac Eugène Briffault Eugène Guinot and Henri Monnier. Half chocolate brown morocco bindings with corners smooth spines decorated with richly ornamented gilt cartouches gilt dates at foot frames of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards combed paper endpapers and pastedowns covers preserved top edges gilt elegant pastiche bindings signed Pagnant. Handsome copy beautifully executed of this very important work remarkable for the fine constellation of writers and artists of the Romantic period who collaborated on it. A book very difficult to find perfect with its covers cf Carteret. Maresq hardcover
Paris: Michel Levy Freres Libraires Editeurs 1865. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. Two collections of short stories from the series La Comédie Humaine by the notable French author Honoré de Balzac. Two volumes bound in one in a half calf binding with marbled boards. A two-volume collection of short stories bound in one by the influential French author Honoré de Balzac 1799-850. This volume includes the stories 'La Maison Nucingen' 'Les Secrets de la Princesse de Cadignan' 'Les Employés' 'Sarrasine' and 'Facino Cane' from his collection Scènes de la Vie Parisienne and the story 'Le Médecin de Campagne' from his collection Scènes de la Vie de Campagne.La Comédie Humaine is Honoré de Balzac's magnum opus a multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society from 1815 to 1848. In a half calf binding. Externally sound with shelf wear to the boards and extremities and rubbing to the spine and extremities. Spine is a little faded. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Very Good Michel Levy Freres, Libraires Editeurs hardcover
Michel Levy Freres Editeurs 1876-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. GOOD. 22 book set red quarter Leather - spine bound in leather brown marbled boards light to moderate bumps to spine edges light to moderate rub wear to spine hinges and edges of covers moderate foxing to pages. oversized heavy additional shipping charges may apply.<p> Once Read Books cover scan available - just ask OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS. Michel Levy Freres, Editeurs hardcover
Editions de la Vie Reelle. Collectible - Acceptable. Paris: Editions de la Vie Reelle 1946. 1st thus. Sm 8vo paperback in slipcase. vi220pp. French. Watercolor illustrations by Jean Cortot. One of 50 reserve copies marked "HC". Good book. Poor slipcase. Bottom slipcase panel partially lacking and taped on. Cover is just beginning to separate from the text block. France Fiction Books in French Inquire if you need further information. Editions de la Vie Reelle paperback
<p>Paris: A. Ferroud & F. Ferroud / Librairie des Amateurs 1904. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Etched by Xavier Lesueur. Limited Edition of 149 copies printed on Arches vellum this copy No.110 numbered and initialed by the publishers No's 1-100 on japon paper. 8vo pp148 limitation page and list of illustrations to rear with b/w engraved frontis and a further 18 b/w engravings 3 Full Page by Xavier Lesueur. Hardcover no dust jacket. Contemporary binding of half red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and thistle motifs to spine in very good condition with a little rubbing to side of spine and leather to edges of boards. Inside except for a little toning to end papers all other pages with bright top edge gilt in excellent clean and bright condition. A very nice copy of this the eighth of the Scènes de la vie privée Scenes of Private Life first published in 1830 by Mame et Delaunay-Vallée. Scarce. <br /><br /></p> A. Ferroud & F. Ferroud / Librairie des Amateurs hardcover
Paris: Fernand Mourlot 1977. Bension Enav. A splendid livre d'artiste with 35 original lithographs by French-Israeli artist Bension Enav including three double-page color lithographs. Edition limited to 175 numbered copies. This is an out-of-series copy printed on fine Arches wove paper with a very long and warm signed presentation inscription from the artist to Mme Ragot and her son Jean-Pierre Ragot on a preliminary blank. Also signed under the colophon / limitation statement by Mourlot and signed a second time by the artist. Laid in is a 4-page printed and lithographed announcement also on Arches wove paper to a 1981 exhibition of Enav's illustrations at the Maison Balzac in Paris. Large folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Housed in original cloth chemise and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. <br/><br/> Fernand Mourlot paperback