‎Collectibles‎

‎MARHEFKA, Joseph C (1902-2003)‎

‎Autograph Note Signed / Autograph Note‎

‎Well-known Lafayette University football star who played halfback on their 1921 national championship team -- the last living member of that team at his death; later a running back for the Pottsville Maroons and Philadelphia Quakers. ANS 1p 5½" X 7" Easton PA 1977 May 31. Addressed to Richard C. Laade. Near fine. In response to a plea also present from this researcher "attempting to locate a number of Lafayette alumni who have played in the N.F.L." Marhefka replies boldly in blue ballpoint in part: "In addition to making necessary corrections I have added three names of Laf. alumni who were quite prominent in pro football their names are Leonard Brunner '24 Bull Lowe '19 and John Scott '19." The researcher's 8½" X 11" query for assistance in locating Lafayette alumni is present on which Marhefka has inked the names he referred to. With original envelope addressed in Marhefka's hand and signed again. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 36507

‎Maria Augusta Ceritto (Also: Cerrito) Norins‎

‎Storm In Jamaica" Original Watercolor By Maria Augusta Ceritto Also: Cerrito Norins‎

‎Los Angeles Circa 1945 1945. Original Artwork . No Binding. Fine. Original Watercolor 9" X 6" On Much Larger Sheet Titled And Signed By The Artist. Maria Augusta Ceritto Also: Cerrito Norins 1903-1989 Jamaican Artist Had Settled In Los Angeles By The 1940'S. Source: Edan Hughes Author Of The Book "Artists In California 1786-1940" D <br/> <br/> unknown‎

Referencia librero : 038360

‎MARIA DIVEN [MRS GENERAL ALEXANDER SAMUEL DIVEN]‎

‎1891 - 1917 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TWELVE 12 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY WIFE OF NOTED CIVIL WAR GENERAL AND PROMINENT WEALTHY FLORIDIAN AND ONE TIME NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN‎

‎JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA FL BROOKLYN NEW YORK NY. Good. 1891. On offer is a sensational archive of twelve 12 original manuscript diaries all handwritten by Maria Diven second wife of General Alexander Samuel Diven who married Maria his junior by 25 years in 1876 after the death of his first wife Amanda Beers who died in 1875. The diaries represent the years of their lives in 1891 1892 1896 1897 1900 1902 1906 1907 1911 1910 1912 and 1917. Save for the last year when her health declines and there are entries in only the first third of the year she writes rather densely throughout. In the early years they were living at their home called Hazzard's Bluff on River Point Road just across the river from Jacksonville Florida. In later years they are based in Brooklyn. Their Florida estate was built in an area well known for the many wealthy Northerners that settled their after the civil war. Collectors and historians of the area and the era will no doubt find a treasure trove of details of what life was like living as a very wealthy and prominent family along the St. John's River. The family seems to travel around by yacht and launches a lot and in the company of other prominent Generals and Colonels. There are lavish parties trips on the yacht trips to their Elmira New York home plenty of socials sitting on the piazza and much much more. This is a large wealthy family with much on the go all described in great detail. At the turn of the century we find the family based in Brooklyn for most of the year then head to Orange County in the fall. They also take a longish trip in the West and the mountains visiting and every other conceivable activity and adventure. This is a look with a breathtaking vista of breadth and depth by an articulate intelligent woman of means and position. BIO NOTES: Alexander Samuel Diven soldier politician businessman popular Board of Director for the New York & Eire Railroad had a distinguished military career along with other outstanding accomplishments. He was the grandson of John Means and Elizabeth Clark and great grandson of Robert Means and Jane Irving sister of General Irving of the Continental Army. Online sources say he was born in 1809 but in these diaries his wife says he celebrated his 74th birthday in 1893 which makes his birth year 1819. Also from another source: 'There's a big house with columns at 4915 River Point Road. It's not brick though it's wood but you may have thought it was painted brick. In 1850 the first circular steam sawmill in Florida was built at the mouth of Pottsburg Creek. After the Civil War in 1876 the old Empire Mill site was sold to Alexander S. Diven a general in the Union Army and Congressman from New York. Apparently he was just one of many Northerners who settled along the southern bank of the St. Johns River after the War. The house was built around 1877 and the property contained 34 acres at that time. The timbers used to construct the house are huge some 10" by 12". They were taken from the log pond next to where the old mill had been. The foundation and chimney are made from bricks that were made at the claypit one-quarter mile from the homesite. General Diven started a grove of 700 orange trees on this site with their own irrigation system. This grove continued until 1952 and the last of these trees was killed by the Christmas Freeze of 1983. I don't know if you were in Jacksonville then BJ but it snowed and school was out for days due to power outages and icy streets. Major Joseph Durkee another Union officer was County Sheriff State Senator and railroad executive. His son Dr. Jay Durkee bought this home in 1909 from General Diven's son. in 1952 Major Durkee's grandson developed the adjacent 90 acres into a subdivision and named it "Empire Point" after the area where his old family home still stands.' Lastly this information: Amanda Malvina Beers b. 22 Oct 1810 m. 16 July 1834 at Angelica New York Alexander Samuel Diven b. 15 Feb 1809 Dix Schuyler County New York. Resided Elmira New York. Amanda d. 18 Aug 1875 63y 9m 27d Elmira City Death Record buried Woodlawn Cemetery Elmira. Some of the diaries are in great shape some in poor shape but all pages seem to be accounted for. Overall G.; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BROOKLYN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA HAZZARDS BLUFF ELMIRA NEW YORK AMERICANA CIVIL WAR CIVIL WAR ERA PRE SUFFRAGE UNION ARMY GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC GENDER STUDIES WOMENS STUDIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel ; Signed by Autograph . unknown‎

Referencia librero : 0001312

‎MARIA L BAKER, WILLIAM BAKER et al‎

‎1851 - 1858 ORIGINAL SOMBER MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF SENTIMENTS AND MEMORIES HANDWRITTEN BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM BEAUFORT TO SAVANNAH TO OCALA‎

‎SAVANNAH GREENVILLE BEAUFORT GEORGIA. Good. 1851. On offer is a charming though on the dark side original pre-Civil War ornate black leather friendship book from the pre-Confederate South with entries dated 1851 to 1858. The "Sacred Album" was a gift to a young woman named Miss Maria L. Baker presented to her early 1850 by a Sister Mary Ann as inscribed on the front flyleaf. The book is a bit of an enigma; we note a rather poignant and touching personal poem penned by brother William concerning the loss of his sister among the first entries in 1851. We also note an entry referencing the death of 'Annie L.' Was William Maria's brother Perhaps Annie was their sibling and the book deals with the family's sorrow and grief Here is William's poem: "Thou too art gone thou loved and lovely one! Whom youth and youth's affections bound to me; What is our being Thou hast ceased to be! Nor staid to welcome here thy brother home Who mourns o'er land which we no more shall see - Wouldst they had never been or were to come! Wouldst he had ne'er returned to find fresh cause to roam Oh! Ever loving lovely and beloved! Come selfish sorrow ponder on the past; And cling to thought's soon better removed But time shall tear thy shadow from me last. Oct 2nd 1851 William." The book is a beautiful collection of poems somber and sorrowful tributes by various individuals all handwritten from Savannah Greenville Beaufort Ocala etc. All 34 handwritten entries in the 53 page book have beautiful period calligraphy. The "Sacred Album" was a popular blank book in the early and mid 19th Century especially among young women. Friends would pen in selected poetry and sometimes their own original pieces. The entries frequently reflect deep spiritual sentiments and often addressed the meaning of true and enduring friendship. Hardbound in original black boards with ornate blindstamp borders and vignette. Beautiful and elaborate gilt ornamentation on both front and back panels with a gilt depiction of Christ on the back panel. 6¼ x 7 ½ inches. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SAVANNAH GREENVILLE BEAUFORT GEORGIA SOUTH CAROLINA ANTE BELLUM PRE-CONFEDERATE SOUTHERN POETRY SPIRITUAL COUNSEL MARIA L. BAKER OCALA FLORIDA SOUTHERN AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0002327

‎Maria LEY-DEUTSCH‎

‎Le gueux chez Victor Hugo‎

‎Paris: Librairie E. Droz 1936. Fine. Librairie E. Droz Paris 1936 16 x 24.50 cm broché First edition of this thesis presented to the Faculty of Letters of the University of Paris to obtain a university doctorate degree. Work illustrated with a frontispiece. Spine and boards uniformly and lightly sunned handsome interior condition. Librairie E. Droz hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 48081

‎Mariacher, Giovanni‎

‎I Vetri di Murano. Glassware of Murano‎

‎Milan Italy: Carlo Bestetti 1967. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in English Italian French and German. General reference on modern Venetian glass. 220 pieces of Murano glass illustrated and catalogued. Illustrated in color. 12" high X 10" wide 231 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Carlo Bestetti, Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 018704

‎Marian G Mullet‎

‎Richard Andrew: Called to Paint‎

‎Minneapolis MN: Langdon Stree Press 2010. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . VG/VG/1st ed./Signed. First Edition signed by the author twiceonce with an inscription once name only on title page signed by the researcher/editor and the photographer/graphic designer. The three ladies represent three generations of Richard Andrew's decendants and they did a wonderful job with this book. 160pp. full color many full page photos of Richard Andrew's work and information from friends and family concerning his life and art. Also contains a bibliography and a list of artwork. The book is clean and tight with both front corners lightly bumped and a small wrinkle at the bottom of the spine. There is a small dark lump under the front pastedown; a manufacturing error. No marking or soiling to book higher quality paper. The dust jacket has excellent color and no tears or nicks. There is a small wrinkle corresponding with the wrinkle on the book spine. Dust Jacket is covered with a mylar sleeve. Very attractive copy. <br/> <br/> Langdon Stree Press hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0022424 ISBN : 1934938912 9781934938911

‎MARIANA TOWNSEND‎

‎1923 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY DETAILING A GRAND JUBILEE AROUND THE WORLD TOUR WITH HISTORIC STOPS IN EGYPT AND THE SUEZ CANAL HANDWRITTEN BY A SUPER WOMAN DIARIST‎

‎ABOARD THE S.S. SAMARIA. Good. 1923. On offer is a sensational original manuscript diary written in a souvenir Around the World Log Book for the Golden Jubilee in 1923 beginning January 24th departing New York aboard the S.S. Samaria to return four months later. The 112 page book which has a scrapbook quality; tucked in are postcards newspaper articles cards the passenger list etc. was handwritten by a super diarist Mariana Townsend a 60 year old woman who has an excellent eye for detail and a great sense of humor that translate to the page wonderfully well. Besides the great narrative this was a historical trip in a number of ways: we learn as she writes in her wonderfully descriptive way that the Samaria was hailed: "the largest ship ever to pass through the 98 miles of ditch" having been permitted to go through the Suez Canal at the cost of $30000. Of particular interests to Egyptologists and historians of post World War I Egypt will find extensive entries of her time there and all the more fascinating as they traveled with a noted archaeologist and then later toured tombs mere months after the discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb. She also notes the unrest: when she is in Cairo and a bomb goes off and she writes about the presence of all the English soldiers because Egypt has become so dangerous. Uniquely the ship is used as their home base and only occasionally do they stay in a hotel. An enclosed article states: "SAMARIA SAILS FOR TRIP AROUND WORLD WITH 348 TOURISTS: Magistrate Jean Norris will study women and children's courts abroad: Insurance Heads on Ship. The Cunard liner Samaria sailed yesterday for an easterly cruise around the world under the auspices of Thomas Cook and Son. The voyage marks the golden jubilee of their tourist business. The ship dressed in flags of the international code carried 848 tourists representing practically every section of the United States. Magistrate Jean H. Norris who is taking the trip which will end with the arrival here again of the Samaria on May 31 will observe as far as possible the conditions under which women and children live in other countries of the world as well as the manner in which they are treated in courts. Darwin P. Kingsley president of the New York Life Insurance Company accompanied by Mrs. Kingsley and their daughter Miss Hope Kingsley was a passenger. Although he will not have the opportunity of visiting the large financial centers abroad Mr. Kinsley said he would study conditions of the countries at the various points of call and renew acquaintances in Japan which he visited three years ago with the Vanderbilt party. Others on the Samaria were: Forrest F. Dryden former president of the Prudential Insurance Company of America and Mrs. Dryden; Mrs. Stanford White widow of the architect who was slain by Harry thaw; Charles T. Barney of 4 East Sixty-sixth street; Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. De Forest who will visit the Luxor tomb which is now being excavated; Henry D. Pierce of Indianapolis who is making his thirty eighth trip abroad and Mrs. Frank C. Henderson who has visited every country in the world but likes no place quite as well as her home in Roslyn L. I." Mariana attends a lecture by Dr. De Forest the Robert W. mentioned previously while sailing in the Red Sea which she describes in detail. De Forest was the President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York and Tutankhamen's Tomb had only recently been discovered in November 1922. The Metropolitan Museum was asked to help with the excavation and I believe that's why De Forest is heading to Egypt on the Samaria. Here are some snippets: 1923 "January 25th At Sea. My room as I felt pretty miserable till towards evening. January 26th At Sea. Friday a rough day. I came down before luncheon and sat in the lounge. While there my chair and table suddenly pushed itself across the room together with other people and chairs but no damage was done. At luncheon which I had with Mamie at Dr. Maitland's table a terrible big wave which I saw coming slapped against the side of the ship and many people were thrown down and one table smashed and much crockery in the kitchen. I held on to the table and was not disturbed." "February 3rd Gibraltar. From my window quite early I could see the African shore and then the Rock of Gibraltar in the distance. We made an early start for the shore in perfect weather landing on the ocean side. We found carriages waiting for us which held three so I joined a Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft of San Francisco and went about with them. We were driven through the town to the Rock where we were taken up a steep enough climb through the passage cut in the rock during the siege of 1784 by the British where we looked out through openings cut for guns in the living rock. I could not go all the way and saw quite enough to satisfy me so sat down on a step and waited for my party on their downward way and wrote postals dated "In the heart of the Rock of Gibraltar." We saw quantities of fortifications but of course nothing that would really show us anything. All cameras were temporarily confiscated. We went shopping but most of the things came from somewhere else so I did not want them….Returned to the ship at 1 o'clock for luncheon and started for Algiers." She visits the Arab quarters and talks about beggars and women standing in the doorways calling out to you as you passed. Then Naples Sorrento and on to Egypt. "February 11th Alexandria to Cairo. We landed at Alexandria about 7 Sunday morning. The city looking quite impressive as it approaches with its domes and minaret's against the palms in the early morning sky. I saw the sun rise and the city but its outline the city was all that I saw of it as we were put on the train close by the boat and started at once for Cairo. The country was very interesting as we passed. Very green and well watered by irrigation ditches. The water being carried by shaduf's walked by a buffalo each who moved a shaft round and round ceaselessly apparently. There were numerous little villages which at first I thought looked like those in Southern Colorado of adobe but the difference was that though the walls were _____ in appearance the wraps were either of palm leaves or if brick were _____. Almost every village had a large white dome in one part which marked the tomb of someone of rank probably in the religious world. We had luncheon on the train in our compartment but served "table d' hote". About 2:30 we reached Cairo having got quiet used to the sight of camels donkey's with their masters sitting over their hind legs and wearing long shirted garments of various colors with either feg I think she might mean pjr which is an Egyptian word for turban or turbans on their heads and women veiled and unveiled in black chiefly. In Cairo we were taken to Shepherd's where Lydia and I had a room adjoining Mamie's and Marian's. The hotel was as gay as I had been led to expect. Native servants literally swarmed all men dressed either in long white night gowns with scarlet belt and fez or in dark blue and brown uniform gay with gold braid. I never was anywhere where there were so many servants. There were white European head waiters and chambermaids mostly French. The guests were of every shade and color but mostly white. There were very dark Egyptians of rank and an Indian barber with two Indian ladies in wonderful gowns; Spanish French and Italians. The hotel itself if very beautiful with Moorish and Arabic decorations and the present style of clothes are so gay that there was always a brilliant one. At times we saw English officers but here was so much unrest among the natives and white who were in the city General Allenby issued a proclamation that all people in a certain district would be searched for arms that there would be a caravan around this district and that there could be no assemblages of the people. All this was because 14 English men had lately been murdered and while we were there Cairo a bomb was thrown which injured two soldiers. Mamie saw a Dr. Geaney an Englishman who she had employed last year and he told her that "for the first time he must go back on Johnny Bull" as through his work among the natives he saw how the British were treating them unfairly. He had never had any fear in going about even in the worst quarters but now he said for the first time since he had lived in Cairo over 30 years he carried a pistol. Very grand looking Lancers with pennants fluttering from their lances paraded the streets in pairs. We understood that the native police were also under the control of the English…….Monday A.M. all four went to the pyramids and Sphinx driving out in a motor over a well made road. At the Mina House we descended and Mamie and I took a "Sand Cart" a two-wheeled affair and the girls took donkeys for the trip. Not long to the edge of the desert. We had seen the pyramids from a long way off and near by they looked exactly as I expected them to look. The Sphinx had more color there being much red in the stone and although she is so battered in her features she has a quiet dignity which is very impressive. Her origin is lost in the history of time no one ever having been able to discover anything about her……" "February 16th Through the Suez Canal. It took us 17 hours to pass through the canal with a pilot before us and another at the stern and a rowboat which was attached to the bow but kept over on each side of us all the way through. The bill for the passage of the boat and the attendant's boats was $30000. The Samaria was the largest ship ever to pass through the 98 miles of ditch and extra precautions were taken on the account. She reached Suez at about sunset in time to see the numerous light houses gleam forth but we made not stop. I spent most of the day in my cabin as I had something of a cold. There was great sameness in the view the green water of the canal except when we passed through the Bittia Lakes the desert each side except where the winds had piled up drifts in a few places. Most of it was level with no vegetation or inhabitants except once a caravan was seen. The coloring of the waste of sand over which the clouds of time cast their shadows was very interesting to some people." "February 19th A warm night but not unbearable followed by a warm day but by no means as bad as we had been led to expect. Spent most of the day on the upper deck. At 5 o'clock had the pleasure of hearing with a very few others Mr. Robert de Forest talk of what he saw at Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Sukaar as President of the Metropolitan Museum he having had the opportunity of seeing "all that there was to see" there last week. He told us that when the discovery was made by Mr. Carter the head of Lord Carnarvon's work they were so overwhelmed that they called him to ask if they could have the services of the Metropolitan Museum force who were working in the next valley to aid them and that they would gladly pay for their services. Mr. De Forest replied that the whole Metropolitan artifact men photographers scientists and diggers were at their services for as long as they wanted them. Mr. De Forest told in a very simple way of the treasures seen and answered all the questions simply but refused to draw any conclusions as to the history or exact dates as the objects found as they had had no time to really study them as yet. He told us that negotiations were in progress between our government and the Egyptians in which the government of England and France were taking part to settle the whole question of the rights of explorers in Egypt. Hitherto the explorer who always worked without support from the Egyptian government divides equally with the aforesaid government. The men on the ship are all in white today as well as the chairs. A pleasant entertainment in the evening of Indian poetry and music closing with some Indian Love songs charmingly sung by a Miss Holmes." They head on to the Arabian Sea Agra where she visits a deserted city Bombay Colombo Bay of Bengal Calcutta Rangoon Sumatra Port of Batavia Singapore Manila Canton Hong Kong China Sea Magasaki Kobbe Osaka Tokio Kyoto then across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. They spend one day/night in Honolulu then head for San Francisco. Spend a few days in San Francisco and then on to the Panama Canal. That's a fantastic entry as they pass through the canal. Back out on the Caribbean Sea the Atlantic and home to New York on May 31st. The journal measures about 6" x 9" and it's a three ring binder so there are a few pages loose from the binder but all pages accounted for. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARIANA TOWNSEND SS SAMARIA AROUND THE WORLD TRAVEL OCEAN TRAVEL GRAND TOUR EGYPT GOLDEN JUBILEE TUTANKHAMEN'S TOMB CUNARD POST WORLD WAR I WW1. WWI ARCHAEOLOGY PALAEONTOLOGY NAUTICAL MARINE MARITIME HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 0002035

‎Marianne CLOUZOT - Francis JAMMES‎

‎Clara d'Ellébeuse. - Almaïde d'Etremont. - Pomme d'anis‎

‎Paris: Henri Lefèbvre 1942. Fine. Henri Lefèbvre Paris 1942 14 x 21.50 cm relié Illustrated edition with 31 original color compositions by Marianne Clouzot one of the numbered copies on handmade rag paper. Half turquoise blue morocco with corners smooth spine decorated with a floral frieze made of blue and red mosaicked morocco pieces marbled paper boards endpapers and pastedowns of the same paper covers and spine preserved top edge gilt. Handsome copy beautifully bound. Henri Lefèbvre hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 75339

‎Marie Antoine REISET‎

‎Souvenirs du lieutenant général vicomte de Reiset 1775-1810 publiés par son petit-fils‎

‎Paris: Calmann Lévy 1899. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris 1899-1902 14 x 23.50 cm 3 volumes reliés First edition. Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs double gilt fillets at foot navy blue shagreen title labels marbled paper boards orange paper endpapers and pastedowns contemporary bindings. Some foxing gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes. Work illustrated with 3 frontispiece portraits. Rare work complete in 3 volumes. Calmann Lévy hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 63021

‎Marie BELL‎

‎Carte postale photographique signée de Marie Bell‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1925. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1925 9.50 x 13.50 cm une feuille verso Photographic postcard of Marie Bell slightly in front taken in studio Lorelle. Nice copy. Handwritten signature of Marie Bell below her portrait. S. n. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 67315

‎Marie BONAPARTE‎

‎Guerres militaires et guerres sociales méditations‎

‎Paris: Flammarion 1920. Fine. Flammarion Paris 1920 12 x 19 cm broché First edition for which there were no large paper copies. Flammarion unknown‎

Referencia librero : 30322

‎Marie Catherine Madame de VILLEDIEU - Jean leon Le Gallois de GRIMAREST‎

‎Les avantures ou memoires de la vie d'Henriette-Sylvie de Moliere Ensemble Adition a la vie de Monsieur de Moliere‎

‎à Amsterdam: Chez Abraham L'Enclume 1733. Fine. Chez Abraham L'Enclume à Amsterdam 1733 - 1706 9 x 16.50 cm relié New edition after the rare first edition published in 1671. Title page in red and black. The second work by Grimarest on the life of Molière is found in first edition Chez Jacques Le Febvre et Pierre Ribou 1706. Full brown marbled sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title-label. Lacks to head. Rubbing to headcaps joints corners and edges. Gallant autobiography told in a light and witty manner that begins with an attempted rape and a murder. The heroine addresses her account to a highness who requested her story. The different episodes of her tumultuous and always gallant life thus always take the path of good taste and restraint. This is much closer to a classical language far removed from the baroque excesses of Madame de Villedieu's time. Chez Abraham L'Enclume unknown‎

Referencia librero : 66205

‎Marie CRANCE - (Paul VERLAINE)‎

‎Portrait à l'aquarelle et à l'encre de Paul Verlaine‎

‎Paris 1893. Fine. Paris S.d Circa 1893 19.20 x 22.50 cm une feuille sous marie-louise Ink and watercolour portrait of the poet Paul Verlaine by his friend Marie Crance bearing the artist's signature and the handwritten caption “Paul Verlaine à l'hôpital”. A single sheet presented in a frame with a mount. An inscription on the back of the frame—“written in the margin by the framer: ‘For Messrs. Thénot and Lercey 25 April 1894’”—provides a likely terminus post quem for the drawing.   Marie Crance 1860–1945 nicknamed Marie-aux-fleurs was at the time the companion of the illustrator Frédéric-Auguste Cazals whom she married in 1912. A laundress maid and occasional singer in the poet’s favourite dives she was also a loyal friend and caretaker to Verlaine. She tended his ailing leg when he avoided doctors and took refuge in modest hotels on the outskirts of Paris. Cheerful unpretentious and full of life she also visited him during his hospital stays at Broussais Tenon Cochin and Saint-Antoine where she made this bust portrait of the poet—his piercing gaze and stiffened figure shaped by age and chronic rheumatism. Verlaine dedicated a sonnet to her in the second edition of Dédicaces along with a charming drawing Verlaine Lettres inédites . ed. Georges Zayed 1976 p. 45:   « Je veux donc dire de ma voix la mieux timbrée Et les tracer du bec de ma meilleure plume Vos mérites et vos vertus dans l’amertume Douce de vous savoir d’un autre énamourée Mais d’un autre. »   A moving portrait of the wandering poet curiously resilient his form dissolving into the softness of the watercolour. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 76343

‎Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE‎

‎Lettres‎

‎Paris: Lefèvre 1843. Fine. Lefèvre Paris 1843 13 x 21.50 cm 6 volumes reliés New edition. Full red shagreen bindings spines slightly faded with four fine raised bands set with garlands in blind decorated with triple gilt compartments ornamented with gilt fleurons at corners octuple gilt and blind fillets framing the boards white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns garlands stamped in blind on the leading edges all edges gilt elegant unsigned bindings. A small tear with loss of skin on the first board of the fifth volume some minor foxing. Handsome set in elegant uniform binding. Lefèvre hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 50996

‎Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE‎

‎Lettres inédites à madame de Grignan‎

‎Paris: Hachette & Cie 1876. Fine. Hachette & Cie Paris 1876 14.50 x 23.50 cm 2 volumes brochés First edition. Joint cracked at foot with losses slight marginal losses to boards minor foxing affecting principally the margins. Hachette & Cie hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 70129

‎Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE‎

‎Lettres nouvelles ou nouvellement recouvrées de la Marquise de Sévigné et de la Marquise de Simiane sa petite fille pour servir de suite aux différentes éditions des lettres de la Marquise de Sévigné‎

‎à Paris: Chez Lacombe 1773. Fine. Chez Lacombe à Paris 1773 10 x 17.20 cm relié First edition. Tchemerzine V-829 Contemporary glazed blonde marbled calf. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label. Speckled edges. Upper headcap worn. The work besides new letters from Mme de Sévigné to Président Moulceau contains several letters to the same from Corbinelli and Mme de Grignan; it includes a reprint of the correspondence regarding the Fouquet trial composed of 11 letters. The preface has been attributed to La Harpe. Chez Lacombe hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 17925

‎Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE‎

‎Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné a Madame la Comtesse de Grignan sa fille‎

‎à Paris: chez Rollin volumes V and VIChez Nicolas Semard 1734. Fine. chez Rollin volumes V and VI Chez Nicolas Semard à Paris 1734 9.50 x 16.50 cm 6 volumes reliés Edition largely in first printing rare decorated with a portrait of the Marquise de Sévigné in volume I and another of the Comtesse de Grignan in volume V. In the copy described by Rochebillière volumes V and VI from 1737 are in different bindings as is often the case. Our copy presents them in uniform binding only the title and volume labels differ: they are in red morocco for volumes V and VI and in beige morocco for the first four volumes. Contemporary bindings in full speckled brown sheep raised spines richly decorated - notably with animal stamps at foot greyhounds and knights - title and volume labels in beige morocco for the first four volumes in red morocco for the last two. One lack at foot of volume VI. Discreet almost invisible restorations at head of volumes I IV and VI as well as at foot of volumes II III V. Some joints also finely restored. Eight corners slightly bumped the others rubbed. Rubbing on some joints. Important edition in the bibliography of first editions of the Marquise de Sévigné. Indeed it is the first presenting a considerable number of letters 614 versus 134 for the two-volume edition of 1726 and the first authorized by the Marquise's goddaughter Pauline de Simiane. The latter asked Perrin a publisher from Aix-en-Provence to establish an edition based on the manuscripts. Only the letters to the Comtesse de Grignan were retained. The 1754 edition would contain 712 letters as it was expanded with letters to various correspondents. The manuscript letters were then destroyed after being selected according to interest and style. A very useful index at the end of volume VI allows one to find the characters scattered throughout the letters. Fine copy. chez Rollin (volumes V and VI)Chez Nicolas Semard unknown‎

Referencia librero : 63280

‎Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du DEFFAND‎

‎Lettres de la Marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole depuis comte d'Oxford écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780 auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire écrites dans les années 1759 à 1775 publiées d'après les originaux déposés à Strawberry-Hill‎

‎Paris: Ponthieu 1824. Fine. Ponthieu Paris 1824 13 x 21.50 cm 4 volumes reliés New edition augmented with extracts from the letters of Horace Walpole. Half green sheep bindings smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt fillets marbled paper boards one corner slightly bumped. Work illustrated with a portrait of the Marquise du Deffand as frontispiece to the first volume. Some foxing. Ponthieu hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 51247

‎Marie DROUART‎

‎Les saints guérisseurs les saints protecteurs et les saints qui regardent de travers‎

‎Vitré & Rennes: Editions de Unvaniez ArvorImprimerie ""Les presses de Bretagne"" 1939. Fine. Editions de Unvaniez Arvor Imprimerie ""Les presses de Bretagne"" Vitré • & Rennes 1939 9 x 14.50 cm agrafé First edition. Illustrated brochure with photographic plates. Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned handsome interior condition. Rare. Editions de Unvaniez ArvorImprimerie ""Les presses de Bretagne"" unknown‎

Referencia librero : 50732

‎Marie Julie CAVAIGNAC‎

‎Mémoires d'une inconnue publiés sur le manuscrit original 1780-1816‎

‎Paris: Plon 1894. Fine. Plon Paris 1894 14.50 x 23.50 cm relié First edition published anonymously. Half sienna cloth Bradel binding smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron double gilt fillets at foot black shagreen title label marbled paper boards orange paper endpapers and pastedowns contemporary binding. Foxing gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page. Plon hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 63020

‎Marie LAURENCIN‎

‎". je ne veux pas être photographiée à 71 ans ou alors morte."" • Signed autograph letter addressed to Roger Nimier‎

‎Paris 1954. Fine. Paris 23 Décembre 1954 12.20 x 20.20 cm une page une enveloppe Autograph letter signed by Marie Laurencin addressed to Roger Nimier 15 lines written in black ink envelope included. Folds inherent to mailing. Marie Laurencin responds favorably to a request from Roger Nimier who had proposed that she illustrate one of his texts to appear in the magazine Le Nouveau fémina: ""Cher Roger - Je veux bien vous illustrer une nouvelle si j'en suis capable."" ""Dear Roger - I would be happy to illustrate a short story for you if I am capable of it."" and refuses to be photographed at her age: "". je ne veux pas être photographiée à 71 ans ou alors morte."" "". I don't want to be photographed at 71 years old unless I'm dead."" unknown‎

Referencia librero : 84507

‎Marie LAURENCIN‎

‎"Qu'on est bien ici dans la tempête. Hier promenade sous la pluie ruisselante."" • Beautiful signed autograph letter addressed to friends about his Normandy holidays‎

‎Paris 1950. Fine. Paris s. d. ca 1950 13.50 x 20.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter signed by Marie Laurencin addressed to friends whom she calls ""Mes oiseaux"" ""My birds"" in a telegraphic style 22 lines written in violet ink. Folds inherent to postal handling. On holiday in Normandy Marie Laurencin enjoys the invigorating climate and the tranquility of the place: ""Qu'on est bien ici dans la tempête. Hier promenade sous la pluie ruisselante. On revient fière comme un paon on a vraient le temps et quelles bonnes soirées en tête à tête avec les hôtes."" ""How good it is here in the storm. Yesterday walk in the streaming rain. One returns proud as a peacock one truly has time and what good evenings tête-à-tête with the hosts."" and does not even regret the absence of the books she nevertheless cherishes: ""mais rien à lire aussi je tricote."" ""but nothing to read so I knit."" From her haven of peace Marie Laurencin nonetheless inquires about her friends' health: ""Vous soignez-vous comme je vous l'ai ordonné. Je vous embrasse de tout mon coeur."" ""Are you taking care of yourselves as I ordered you to. I embrace you with all my heart."" unknown‎

Referencia librero : 86579

‎Marie LAURENCIN - Jean-Richard BLOCH‎

‎Dix filles dans un pré‎

‎Paris: Au sans pareil 1926. Fine. Au sans pareil Paris 1926 14.50 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of 800 numbered copies on Annonay laid paper. Spine and back cover entirely faded as is often the case front cover marginally faded handsome interior condition. Work illustrated with 4 etchings by Marie Laurencin. Au sans pareil unknown‎

Referencia librero : 85198

‎Marie LORRAIN‎

‎Clarté‎

‎Paris: René Debresse 1938. Fine. René Debresse Paris 1938 14.50 x 19.50 cm broché First edition. This copy is enriched with eight manuscripts poems by Marie Lorrain. Rare. René Debresse unknown‎

Referencia librero : 52395