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1953réf. 148411New York: International News Photos 1953. Vintage photograph of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini on the set of the 1954 film. Mimeo snipe dated May 17 1953 "International News Photos" and "Return to: Chronicle Files" stamps on verso. The International News Photos snipe addresses the movie as "New Wine." While we could not verify that working title Rossellini and co-screenwriter Vitaliano Brancati had drawn on a script by Antonio Pietrangeli entitled "New Vine" for "Journey to Italy" and was likely an error by the news agency. Loosely based on the 1934 novel "Duo" by Colette. An English couple Alex George Sanders and Katherine Joyce Bergman eight years married travel to Italy to sell a villa inherited from Alex's uncle. Along the drive and during their stay at the villa they come to the realization they really don't know one another and have little desire to spend time together. Set in and shot on location in Naples and Rome Italy. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. BFI 540. Scorcese My Voyage to Italy. International News Photos unknown books
1929réf. 1346206New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1929. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 227 pages; VG-/G; spine orange faded to off-white with gray lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; marked shelf wear and mild soiling; small chips missing from corners of flap folds; small chip missing from lower edge of jacket front; wear and small closed tear to upper edge of jacket front; five-inch closed tear at top of front joint onto jacket front; spine significantly faded; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; two small closed tears to upper right corner of jacket back; price uncut '$2.50'; upper edge dyed fuchsia; spine significantly cocked; contains black and white illustrations; pages clean; CX consignment. 1346206. Special Collections - Downstairs. Albert and Charles Boni hardcover books
réf. 021794n.p. n.d. Letter. A couple of minor smears; crease from mailing. Very Good. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED unusually as "Colette Willy" written in French in purple ink to an unknown recipient on black-bordered mourning stationery 4-1/2" x 7". "Willy" was the pen name of Colette's first husband Henry Gauthier-Villars an author of whom she said she would never have become a writer but for him. Colette 1873-1954 was a French author and woman of letters best known for her 1944 novella GIGI. unknown books
1939réf. 188071Paris: Librairie Denis 1939. Hardcover. Good shelfwear and soiling to boards spine torn light foxing to title page light smuding along edges but plates are otherwise bright and clean. Oversized tan portfolio paper boards with black lettering; green spine and two green ribbon tie closures; unpaginated text pages followed by 11 large color plates. Printed in edition of 2204 copies. This is numbered 1813. Foreword by Colette. Illustrations by Pierre Redoute Belgium painter and botanist. Librairie Denis hardcover books
1948réf. 126362Paris: Georges Guillot 1948. Limited. paperback. very good. Lydis Mariette. Illustrated with 15 original pointes seches engravings in color by Mariette Lydis. 93 pages with text in French. Small folio loose signatures within stiff printed wrappers cardboard sleeve & slipcase is soiled bumped and cracked. Paris: Georges Guillot 1948. Internally fine. Limited Edition one of 100 numbered copies in a total edition of 300 copies. A charming book with Lydis's fine delicate illustrations providing a lovely match for Colette's text. Georges Guillot unknown books
1983réf. 156225N.p.: N.p. 1983. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1983 film. One photograph with a small label with manuscript ink annotations affixed to the verso. Sally Potter's directorial debut an avant-garde film about the experiences of two women as they seek to escape capitalism and objectification in a dystopian world. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
réf. 020642n.p. n.d. Letter. Near Fine. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Colette" written in French on both sides of one 8-1/4" x 5-1/4" piece of blue paper to Monsieur and Madame Albert neighbors to whom she gives thanks. unknown books
1936réf. 469435Paris: Grasset 1936. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 55pp. Text in French. Plain wrappers with both printed and glassine dust jackets. Short split at the crown gutter neatly strengthened after the title page upper corner gently creased throughout very good in very good dust jackets with a bit of wear at the corners and a small chip at the crown in the glassine dust jacket. Inscribed by Colette on the half-title: "a mon confrere Maurice Guoilui envoi cordial de Colette." One of 1768 numbered copies on Alfa paper of a total edition of 1871 copies. Grasset unknown books
1924réf. 226364New York Henry Holt and Company 1924. 1924. First English edition. Small 8vo. Frontispiece. Translated by Princess Alexandre Gagarine. Dust jacket designed by Jacques Nam unclipped. 154 pages. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Necker 2226. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1924. hardcover books
1949réf. 21561Paris: Lanvin Parfums 1949. First Edition. Wraps. Guillaume Gillet. No. 165 of 500 copies printed on Verge des Paeteries de Rives. In all 5000 copies were printed. 4to. 28.5 by 25 cm. No pagination. 44 pages. 11 charming watercolors by Guillaume Gillet. Light foxing scattered somehow the Gillet plates escape this issue and are clean and bright. Lanvin Parfums unknown books
1957réf. 151135London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Early Treatment script dated 1957 for the pilot episode of the 1959-1961 television series here under the working title "The Ghost Squad." Based on the 1959 book by John Gosling which detailed his experience as a member of an undercover team of Scotland Yard detectives. The first of two television series based on Gosling's memoir followed by "The Ghost Squad" in 1961. Beige titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 10-4-57. Title page present noted as FULL TREATMENT with credits for screenwriter Michael Gilbert. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1935réf. 160585N.p.: N.p. 1935. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1935 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos in French. A farm girl gets tangled up with a depraved Parisian after starting a new job as a performer at a seedy music hall but finds redemption in her relationship with a wholesome milkman. One of two films written by notorious French author Colette the other being Marc Allégret's "Lake of Ladies" in 1934. Shot on location in Paris and in Hyères. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the corners one with faint foxing on the bottom edge of the verso. N.p. unknown books
1932réf. 626987New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Translated from the French by Rosemary Benét. Gray cloth with green lettering. Spine lightly age-toned cloth modestly soiled else very good lacking the scarce dust jacket. Originally published in 1928 in France by Flammarion. Scarce American edition. Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated hardcover books
1925réf. 022549n.p. n.d. after 1925. Letter. Creases from mailing. Near Fine. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Colette" written in French on both sides of one 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" piece of blue paper with no salutation and dated simply "Vendredi Soir." . Colette writes to an unnamed correspondent about their health and mentioning that she and her third and final husband Maurice Goudeket have little money. unknown books
1948réf. 24528Paris: Georges Guillot Editeur 1948. Hardcover. Gray board portfolio spine lettered in red housed in matching very good nicked slipcase. 96 pages. Folio. 32 x 25 cm. One of 45 copies on Arches paper with an extra suite of plates hors commerce for the artist and collaborators -- and numbered XI of a total edition of 325 copies. The extra suite housed in original glassine wrapper. Letterpress printed in black and white and color by Joseph Zichiere with drypoints printed in black & white and color by Georges Leblanc. The author was the talented and prolific chronicler of the female experience in the first half of the twentieth century. She was admired by André Gide and Truman Capote. Gigi title printed in mauve and lavender. Interior contents and images fresh and clean. MONOD 3006. Georges Guillot, Editeur hardcover books
1928réf. 425761Paris: Librairie Hachette 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edition Ne Varietur avec 16 gravures originales sur bois Renefer; the first trade edition of the book with these illustrations. Bound in contemporary green quarter calf and marbled paper covered boards with front wrap bound in. Modest rubbing and wear on the boards else near fine; internally fine. Inscribed by the author to her old friend Alice Bénard-Fleury of Toulon with whom she corresponded during World War I: "Pour Alice Bénard-Fleury avec un sentiment amical qui presse vite da la bouteille. Colette." "For Alice Bénard-Fleury with friendly feelings that quickly flows from the bottle". Librairie Hachette hardcover books
1920réf. 226207Paris: Artheme Fayard 1920. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo 3/4 green morocco spine faded to brown; original yellow printed wrappers including spine bound in. Paris: Artheme Fayard 1920. First Edition. One of 550 numbered copies on papier velin.Lafuma. This is no. 124. Artheme Fayard unknown books
1940réf. 02064328 - 29 January 1940. Manuscript. Paperclip impression at corners old horizontal crease. Near Fine. A six-page TYPED MANUSCRIPT in French SIGNED "Colette" at the conclusion on 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" sheets of paper. One of several lectures Colette gave on Radio Mondial. This one concerns her views of mondanité or worldliness. unknown books
1927réf. 1480First editions. Each title limited to 750 copies ; the present examples on Vélin de Rives n° 727 597 727 376 377 and 657. Six titles 761017913676142 pp. comprising a complete set of the publisher's series of novellas by and about women. 8vo. Very good. Uniform original pastel wrappers ; the set is housed in a custom peach boards enclosure with gilt embossed spine. 1480 I. Paul Morand - L'innocente à Paris ou la jolie fille de Perth 1927 ; II. Jean Giraudoux - La grande bourgeoise ou toute femme à la vocation 1928 ; III. Joseph Kessel - La Femme de maison ou Mariette au désert 1928 ; IV. Henri de Régnier - Lui ou les femmes et l'amour 1928 ; V. Colette - Sido ou les points cardinaux 1929 ; VI. I. Nemirovsky - Les Mouches d'automne ou la femme d'autrefois 1931. The titles individually are scarce -- complete sets in such good condition are rare. Simon Kra books
1950réf. 006949Paris: Paul Dupont 1950. Limited First Edition Thus. Chemise. Slipcase. Near Fine. Insription is to Gilbert Miller: "à Gilbert Miller penchez-vous un peu Monsieur que je vous embrass: Colette." Miller was a well-known Broadway producer who mounted a production of an adaptation of the famous novel on Broadway in 1951 starring the then newcomer Audrey Hepburn. The adaptation by Anita Loos came eight years after the issue of the original novel and seven years before the great movie musical. This inscribed copy of the book had come from the estate of Kathryn Bache Miller the producer's widow and heiress of a large Wall Street fortune. Number 295 of limitation of 535 copies. On papier velin de Rives. Folio. 33.5 by 26.5 cm. 129 1 pp. With 37 colored illustrations by Bérard. Conditiion: chemise spine darkened and stained with wear along edges. Otherwise pages inside which were issued loose but with gatherings are clean. Overall a beautiful copy with a meaningful association. Paul Dupont unknown books
réf. 021795Paris n.d. Manuscript. Small pieces of mounting tape at corners on verso. Near Fine. A 5-1/4-page handwritten MANUSCRIPT in French with numerous corrections SIGNED "Colette" at the conclusion on the rectos of six 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" sheets of blue paper with the imprint "Immeuble Marignan titled "Souvenirs de Paques" which translates as Easter Memories. The text is untranslated. unknown books
1959réf. 140944276Beirut: Al-Kutub 1959. First edition. First edition. Signed by Colette Khoury on the front free endpaper in green ink inscribed to previous owner. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. In Arabic. Very Good with cocked and creased spine light wear a few dog-eared pages. Scarce signed. A pioneering feminist novel that caused a major scandal in the Arabic literary world for its taboo depictions of female sexuality and agency. Khoury is from a very prominent family the granddaughter of a former Syrian prime minister and this autobiographical novel was about her love affair with famous Syrian poet Nizar Quabbani. Al-Kutub unknown books
