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1929ref. 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
ref. 0331405768.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0243227922.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1920ref. 60344Paris 1920. Bound uncut with the original printed wrappers also the backstrip in a magnificent bright purple lambskin binding with title and author in bright metallic lettering to spine blue pink and green respectively. Triple bright metallic line-borders to boards same three colours inside which the remainder of the boards are covered with a large inlay of shiny coloured leather in crocodile skin-like relief pattern. Recto and verso respectively of flyleaves covered with pink/purple suede. Housed in a chemise with purple lambskin spine with same lettering as the binding and purple cloth boards inside grey suede and purple full lambskin slipcase. The binding is signed Leroux in shiny green lettering to inside of front board. A handwriiten postcard from Leroux to the previous owner of the book is enclosed. The postcard is dated 1997 and concerns the binding including the price. The slipcase has a bit of edgewear but the binding is near mint. Apert from a tiny tear no loss to the upper margin of the front wrapper also internally near mint. Front free end-paper with a four-line inscription for "René Baer" signed "Colette de Jouvenel". First edition - presentation-copy and one of 175 numbered copies on Hollande premier papier out of a total of 725 numbered copies - of Colette's fascinating novel "Chéri" published at the dawn of the roaring 20'ies. The scandalous novel which portrays the love between an older woman and a much younger man is partly inspired by Colette's own life and is considered one of her very best works. Extremely controversial as a person Colette has always been the object of fascination as well as controversy. In 1893 she married Henry Gauthier-Villars who was already a famous author and publisher. He used the pen-name "Willy" under which Colette's famous first novels the Claudine-stories also appeared. Colette and Willy separated in 1906 with a final divorce in 1910. Colette is well known for the series of lesbian relationships she embarked upon after her separation. In 1912 however she married Henry de Jouvenel editor of Le Matin and took his name. Not for her publications but she clearly used it in her personal correspondence. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1924 however due partly to her affair with her 16-year-old stepson Bertrand de Jouvenel. Chéri is partly based upon her experiences with her much younger stepson. " 'Me a feminist' She scoffed in 1910. 'I'll tell you what the suffragettes deserve: the whip and the harem'. COLETTE is an intriguing and flamboyant figure. Born in Burgundy in 1873 she moved to Paris at the age of twenty with her husband the writer and critic Henry Gauthiers-Viller Willy. Forcing Colette to write Willy published her novels in his name and the Claudine series became an instant success. She escaped her exploitative first husband to live by her pen and work in music-halls as a dancer. Colette had a lesbian love affair with a niece of Napoleon's she married three times had a baby at 40 and at 47 preferring 'passion to goodness' she seduced her teenage stepson. In the meantime she wrote stunning novels that were admired by Proust and Gide -- Gigi Sido Cheri and Break of Day. Colette lived to be over 80. She was the first woman President of the Academie Goncourt and was the first woman in France to be accorded a state funeral." "Colette in full Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 1873 - 1954 outstanding French writer of the first half of the 20th century whose best novels largely concerned with the pains and pleasures of love are remarkable for their command of sensual description. Her greatest strength as a writer is an exact sensory evocation of sounds smells tastes textures and colours of her world. Her best work was produced after 1920 and followed two veins. The first vein followed the lives of the slightly depraved postwar younger generation. Among these novels are Chéri 1920 and La Fin de Chéri 1926; The Last of Chéri dealing with a liaison between a young man Chéri and an older woman. Encycl. Britt. René Baer 1887 - 1962 was a famous French author journalist playwright and songwriter. Georges Leroux 1922-1999 was one of the most accomplished and esteemed French binders of the twentieth century. Before he became a book binder in 1959 he was a poet. His works are known for their exotic materials use of metallic effects and strong polychromatic color. hardcover
ref. 121800Paris Éditions Vialetay 1952. 2 feuillets blancs. 188 pages. 2 feuillets. 6 feuillets blancs. 255x17 Cm. Demi-cuir à bandes sous étui muet. Dos lisse doré. Réliure en excellent état. Colette née Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette en 1873 à Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye et morte en 1954 est l'une des figures majeures de la littérature française du XXe siècle reconnue pour son exploration fine des relations amoureuses et des tensions psychologiques. Chéri publié en 1920 après une prépublication en feuilleton dans La Vie parisienne dépeint avec nuance la passion entre une courtisane vieillissante et un jeune homme dans le Paris de la Belle Époque. Cette édition de 1952 est ornée de trente pointes-sèches originales d'Emilio Grau Sala artiste catalan actif à Paris qui capturent l'atmosphère sensuelle et élégante du récit. Édition limitée à 306 exemplaires dont le notre est le nº 201 signé par l'illustrateur. Exemplaire en très bon état. Paris, Éditions Vialetay, 1952. unknown
ref. 116933Paris Vialetay 1952. 187 pages. 2 feuillets. 265x18 Cm. En feuilles sous couverture crème imprimée en violet. Etui et emboîtage. Colette 1873-1954 née à Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye est une figure majeure de la littérature française du début du XXe siècle explorant avec finesse les thèmes de la sensualité et des relations amoureuses dans un contexte social bourgeois en mutation. Ce roman met en scène un jeune homme mûrissant sous le regard amoureux et possessif de sa maîtresse capturant les nuances psychologiques et sensorielles d'un univers intime parisien. Illustré de pointes-sèches originales par Grau Sala cet exemplaire de 1952 témoigne de l'intérêt bibliophilique pour les éditions de luxe associant texte et gravure au lendemain de la guerre. L'uvre s'inscrit dans l'uvre romanesque de l'auteur nourri de son expérience autobiographique et de son regard acéré sur les murs de l'époque. L'un des cent-cinquante exemplaires sur papier de Rives sur un tirage total de trois cent six exemplaires avec la signature de Grau Sala. Contenu d'une grande fraîcheur. (Paris), Vialetay, 1952. unknown
1922ref. 27930PARIS: Librairie Théatrale 1922. Gran 8º.- Media piel de época lomera con nervios y texto dorado conserva sobrecubiertas.- 217 páginas.- 1 hoja. Dedicatoria autógrafa de la hija de Colette Colette de Jouvenel a Georges Boyer. Librairie Théatrale unknown
ref. 2213014531.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1015414850.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0265207398.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1334119015.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2022ref. 1-1324006374W W Norton & Co Inc 2022. Hardcover. New. 304 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.25 inches. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
1983ref. 741San Francisco: George F. Ritchie 1983. First edition thus. Very good. Large octavo. Black cloth paper spine label. xiv297pp. Bookplate on front pastedown a few rubs to spine and label ghost of label removed from front panel else a very good copy. First printing in this format of Janet Flanner's translation. Introduction by Wallace Fowlie. One of 120 copies printed on Tovil handmade paper by Peter Koch at the Black Stone Press. George F. Ritchie unknown
1983ref. COLETTE001Black boards with red writing on small white paper on spine; some foxing on first interior page. Dust jacket is NOT typical pictorial dust jacket but rather a glassine wrapper; very slight shelf wear to bottom of wrapper. George Ritchie First Edition First Printing Thus as indicated by no other editions or listings printed on copyright page. Copyright page also states "120 copies printed on Tovil handmade paper from Barcham Green England." Insert also comes with book that describes printing of book and synopsis. Translated by Janet Flanner; Introduction by Wallace Fowlie "Colette's novel Chéri is a masterful analysis of a love affair between a comfortable older woman -- formerly an expensive courtesan -- and a spoiled young man." Hardcover protected by glassine wrapper so unable to be also protected by archival Mylar cover. George F. Ritchie hardcover
ref. MA05G-00334Arthème Fayard & Cie. Collectible - Good. Paris: Arthème Fayard & Cie. 1926. Sm 4to. 126pp. French. Woodcuts by G. Jeanniot. Good book. Spine ends chipped. Covers soiled. Top back corner creased. novel relationships Inquire if you need further information. Arthème Fayard & Cie. unknown
1947ref. LRB353Paris: Éditions Athéna 1947 Paris: Éditions Athéna 1947 Titre : ChériAuteur : Colette Sidonie-GabrielleIllustrateur : CuraÉditeur : Éditions AthénaLieu : ParisDate : 1947Collection : Athéna-LuxeTirage : 2 000 exemplaires - n° 1112Reliure : Demi-cuir à coins dos à nerfs avec titre doré plats recouverts d'un papier marbré vertFormat : In-8Langue : FrançaisIllustrations : 10 hors-texte en couleurs de CuraDescription : Belle édition illustrée de Chéri avec 10 planches hors-texte de Cura imprimée pour la collection Athéna-Luxe. Mention « de l'Académie Goncourt » sur la couverture. Exemplaire numéroté n° 1112 sur 2 000. Reliure demi-cuir d'époque à coins dos à nerfs et titre doré. Frottements et petites usures au dos et aux coins coiffes un peu émoussées ; intérieur propre et frais papier bien conservé typographie rouge et noire encadrée d'un filet.État du livre : Bon. Good. Good. Éditions Athéna hardcover
1920ref. 60344Paris, 1920. Bound uncut with the original printed wrappers, also the backstrip, in a magnificent bright purple lambskin binding with title and author in bright, metallic lettering to spine, blue, pink, and green respectively. Triple bright metallic line-borders to boards (same three colours), inside which the remainder of the boards are covered with a large inlay of shiny, coloured leather in crocodile skin-like relief pattern. Recto and verso respectively of flyleaves covered with pink/purple suede. Housed in a chemise with purple lambskin spine with same lettering as the binding and purple cloth boards, inside grey suede, and purple full lambskin slipcase. The binding is signed Leroux (in shiny green lettering to inside of front board). A handwriiten postcard from Leroux to the previous owner of the book is enclosed. The postcard is dated 1997 and concerns the binding, including the price. The slipcase has a bit of edgewear, but the binding is near mint. Apert from a tiny tear (no loss) to the upper margin of the front wrapper, also internally near mint. Front free end-paper with a four-line inscription for ""René Baer"" signed ""Colette de Jouvenel"".
1948ref. 846331948 Paris, Athéna (Collection Athéna Luxe), 1948, in 8° broché, 277 pages ; couverture rempliée illustrée.
ref. 201702383Geneve, Les editions du cheval ailé , 1947 ; in-8, 188 pp., br. Classique francais du XXe siècle avec une introduction de jean nicollier et un portrait au pinceau de paul monnier.
ref. 201105680Paris, Editions athena , 1947 ; in-8, 276 pp., broché. 10 hors texte de cura numéroté 126/2000.
ref. 200906124Paris, Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1946 ; in-12, 251 pp., broché. E.O.
194ref. 139Paris, A l'emblème du secrétaire, 1941. Grand in-8 broché, 194 pages, non coupé, couverture imprimée rempliée. Illustrations en hors-texte coloriées au pochoir. Illustrations dans le texte reproduites en noir sur fond teinté Tirage : 30 + 1170 ex. Celui-ci numéroté 635 sur vélin ivoirine.
ref. ORD-2410Illustrations en couleurs de COURBOULEIX. Paris. A l'Emblème du Secrétaire. 1941. Gd in-8 (185 x 235mm) broché, couverture crème à rabats, imprimée en bleu, 190 pages, nombreuses illustrations dans et hors texte de COURBOULEIX. 1 des 1170 exemplaires sur vélin ivoirine des Papeteries Boucher. Bel exemplaire.
ref. 4369Paris, À l’emblème du secrétaire, (1949). In-4 (23 cm) 189, (3) pages, illustré d’un frontispice et de 9 planches hors-texte coloriées au pochoir et de 36 lithos en noir. Broché. Couverture crème à rabats tirée en bleu et noir. Très bel état général, sauf pour les coiffes légèrement frottées. Papier cristal d’origine conservé. Tiré à 1200 exemplaires sur Vélin ivoirine des Papeteries Boucher. Un des 1170 (no 645) mis dans le commerce. [ L’achevé d’imprimer indique la date de juin 1941 ].
1984ref. ROD0026616Collection Grands Ecrivains. 1984. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 185 pages. Reliure d'éditeur moderne en skyvertex. Illustration dorée sur le 1er plat et le dos. Titre doré sur le dos et la couverture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.1-Littérature et romans dans reliure d'éditeur moderne
