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1953rif. 6850Lausanne: La Guilde du Livre 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. About Very Good. Pictorial jacket creased at the spine rubbed at the edges some remnants of the original glassine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A photobook featuring writing from Colette and black-and-white photographs from Izis Bidermanas. La Guilde du Livre paperback books
1999rif. 22692Paris: Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian 1999. First printing. Softcover. g. 4to. 317pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Frontispiece of a color reproduction of a photograph of a granarygrain elevator in Soajo. Cultural and geographical studies of Soajo on history geneology religion customs agriculture and architecture. Delightfully illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of photographs and diagrams on glossy paper. Also includes 2 fold out maps on Soajo land developments and city planning. Corners and head and tail of spine slightly creased rear edge of wrap creased slight staining to wraps. Pages 243-317 bumped throughout. Text in French. Wraps in good interior in very good condition. Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian unknown books
1983rif. 340069New York: Limited Editions Club 1983. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Francoise Gilot. Translated by Enid McLeod & introduced by Robert Phelps. Illustrated by Francoise Gilot with three full-page original silkscreens. 138 pages. 4to blue cloth lightly and evenly faded on spine board slipcase sturdy bit a bit rubbed & sunned. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1983. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase. Limited edition -- number 394 of 2000 copies signed by the illustrator. Limited Editions Club unknown books
1953rif. 226936Lausanne: Guilde Du Livre 1953. Limited. paperback. near fine. Izis-Bidermanas. Illustrated with handsome b/w photogravures by Isiz-Bidermanas. 128 pages. Slim 4to photographic wrappers; very minor edgewear. Lausanne: Guilde Du Livre 1953. A near fine copy. Limited edition -- one of 15000 copies. Guilde Du Livre unknown books
1951rif. 588830New York: Dial Press 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Glenway Wescott. A couple tiny soil spots at the foot of the spine else fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny nicks and tears a sunned spine with a crease and modest interior foxing. Dial Press hardcover books
1953rif. B-2022-0923Phothographs by Izis Bidermanas text by Colette. La Guilde du Livre Lausanne Switzerland 1953. Limited in 15000 numbered copies. Very good. Please ask for complete condition report Guilde du Livre hardcover books
1930rif. 19718New York: Albert & Charles Boni. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1930. 2nd printing. Hardcover. very nice book with just a touch of shelfwear remnant of removed price-sticker on rear pastedown; jacket shows just a little wear and minor wrinkling at spine ends. drawings The second of Colette's novels to be published in the U.S. following "Cheri" the year before this story of "a Parisian dancing girl and her Lieutenant in Blue" intensified the vogue for her works in America which lasted until about halfway through the Depression. Filmed in 1956 in France by director Jacqueline Audrey starring Danièle Delorme Fernand Gravey and François Guérin. . Albert & Charles Boni hardcover books
1930rif. 84602NY: Albert & Charles Boni 1930. First US edition. 297 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light wear to crown light overall edgewear and toning to spine. NY: Albert & Charles Boni unknown books
1930rif. 84603NY: Albert & Charles Boni 1930. First US edition. 161 pp. Toning and damp staining to spine else very good plus in very good only dust jacket with chipping along top edge of rear panel base and crown of spine an edges overall. Translated from the original French by Jane Terry. NY: Albert & Charles Boni, unknown books
rif. B171341-1Paris Édouard-Joseph 1920. 196 4pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 8vo. Dec. wraps. Glassine d.j. One of 1000 numbered copies on vélin parcheminé Lafuma from the limited edition of 1200. Paris (Édouard-Joseph), 1920. paperback books
1930rif. 12192CLAUDINE AT SCHOOL Albert & Charles Boni 1930 first American edition vg in near vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and some shallow chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Albert & Charles Boni unknown books
2005rif. 50244Mexico City: Editorial RM 2005. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Quarto. 93.1pp. consisting chiefly of color Polaroid photos. Red cloth lettered in blue mounted color photo on front cover. A fine as new copy. Previously unpublished Polaroid photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo reproduced in the original Polaroid's dimensions. Editorial RM hardcover books
1929rif. 470468Paris: Editions Kra 1929. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition "sur velin de Rives" issue limited to 750 numbered copies of a total edition of 825 copies. Octavo. 79pp. Light blue printed wrappers. Text in French. Scattered foxing light wear ese a bright very good unopened copy in publisher's nicked very good unprinted glassine dust wrapper. Editions Kra unknown books
1934rif. 31873New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1934. First edition. Orange cloth a near-fine copy jacket with light edge wear small chip at the top of the spine affecting "THE Farrar & Rinehart unknown books
1952rif. 022600New York: Random House 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a slightly darkened spine. Colette's novel dramatized by Anita Loos and starring Audrey Hepburn. A Farrar Straus and Giroux photograph of Colette with the cast of the 1927 revival of LA VAGABONDE is laid in. Random House hardcover books
1951rif. 22663Paris: Editions Litteraires De France. 1951. Softcover. Unbound signatures in wraps No. 155 of 159 numbered copies illustrated by Touchagues fine in fine wraps in slightly sunned chemise in a striking box decorated by Touchagues. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Editions Litteraires De France paperback books
1994rif. 79791Lewisburg: The Press of Appletree Alley 1994. quarter-cloth with paper-covered boards. Press of Appletree Alley. 8vo. quarter-cloth with paper-covered boards. xiv 52 8 pages. Illustrations by Florence Putterman. The edition consists of 125 copies of which this copy is out of series. Prospectus loosely inserted. Signed by both the author and the illustrator on the colophon. The spine has the slightest hint of fading else a fine copy. Original illustrations by Florence Putterman were rendered into linoleum engravings by Colleen Shannon. The edition was designed and printed by Barnard Taylor set in 14 point Spectrum and printed on mould-made Frankfurt laid paper. Hand-set and hand bound. Part Eleven of The Bucknell University Fine Editions: A Series in Contemporary Poetry. The Press of Appletree Alley unknown books
1929rif. 13285New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1929. First Edition Second Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Chéri by Colette in the scarce dust jacket. Octavo 227pp. Gray cloth title in maroon on spine and front cover. Top edge dyed maroon. Stated "Second Printing August 1929" on copyright page. Solid text block light foxing to spine a touch of toning to edges. A near fine example. Complete with ten illustrated plates including frontispiece. In the publisher's dust jacket $2.50 retail price on front flap sunning to spine and covers some shelf wear chipping to edges. A beautifully illustrated piece. Albert & Charles Boni unknown books
1930rif. 315986New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. A small stain on the margin of a couple of leaves else near fine in about very good dustwrapper with a couple of internal repairs and considerable rubbing at the spine folds. A nice copy of this play about a Parisian dancing girl and the dashing young lieutenant she loves. Basis for the 1956 film directed by Jacqueline Audrey. Particularly scarce in jacket. Albert & Charles Boni hardcover books
1931rif. 622214New York: Cosmopolitan 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Slight toning on front fly else about fine in an attractive very good dust jacket with a couple of modest chps mostly at the spine ends. Cosmopolitan hardcover books
1945rif. 22674Paris: Les Editions Nationales. 1945. Softcover. #191 of 300 in wraps. The book contains 16 full page color prints by Berthomee Saint-Andre with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. This copy has an extra suite of prints printed in black. Wraps are fine in publisher's glassine. Chemise is near fine with slightly sunned spine in a close to fine box. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Les Editions Nationales paperback books
1931rif. 12193THE OTHER ONE Cosmopolitan 1931 first American edition some off-setting to the f.e.p. & f.p.d. tiny tear to the head of the spine else near fine in vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Cosmopolitan unknown books
1931rif. 75855New York: Cosmopolitan 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Faint stain to one corner of the front board else about fine in an attractive very good dustwrapper with a corresponding stain and modest chipping at the spine ends. Cosmopolitan hardcover books
1935rif. 56641New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1935. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Illustrated by J. O'H. Cosgrave II. Tiny stain to the edge of a couple of pages and the delicate green binding very slightly sunned still fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear and very slight soiling. A lovely copy. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
2001rif. 22655Epiphanies Press 2001. Laminate boards. Near Fine. A clean very sharp copy of the 2001 signed/limited edition and a wonderful Association copy. #89 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR COLETTE VAN PRAAG IN THIS CASE INSCRIBED TO ERICA JONG. There's also a laid-in card from the author tenderly inscribed to Erica Jong as well. An impressive casebound book "with a double spine fold-out flap and snap closure. 326 pgs. including over 250 passages of poetry and mystical writings. Divination cards inserted in 44 vellum pouches. Weight over 7 lbs". Richly illustrated thrpughout and lavishly printed. "Colette found the inspiration for 'Gateways of the Divine' in a life immersed in an exploration of the sacred. A collage artist and a photographer of dance and ritual she has studied Jungian psychology Indian temple dance film and expressive arts therapy. Epiphanies Press unknown books
