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1955ref. 150449N.p.: N.p. 1955. Two vintage reference photographs of director Sacha Guitry on the set of the 1955 film taken by photographer Edward Quinn. "Ed. Quinn" stamps on verso of both one with additional "Cinema Napoleon" stamp. Guitry's historical epic depicting the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena with Napoleon depicted by two actors Daniel Gelin as the young and Raymond Pellegrin as the old. Featuring notable cameos by Erich von Stroheim as Ludwig van Beethoven and Orson Welles as Napoleon's British jailor Sir Hudson Lowe. Shot on location throughout France. 7 x 9.75 inches. Light edgewear and light creasing at extremities else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 139602N.p.: Cineas 1936. Collection of 13 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the French release of the 1936 film. Based on director Sacha Guitry's 1935 only novel "Les Memoires d'un Tricheur." A delightfully clever film in which Guitry plays an aging con artist reflecting back on his many exploits. After cheating death at a young age the Cheat played by Guirty embarks on a life laden with mischief and deceit. Set in France and Monaco shot on location in Monaco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Occasional notation to the verso and shallow chip in the top margin of image 22. Complete collation details available on request. Criterion Eclipse 22. Cineas unknown books
1959ref. 138391Paris: Omnifilms 1959. Draft script for the 1960 film "The Nabob Affair" here under the French title "Au Voleur!" translated: Thief!. Written by Sacha Guitry but subsequently reworked by Jean Bernard-Luc and released after Guitry's death. Laid in are eight pages detailing production including sets and shooting times from Sacha Guitry carbon typescript on onionskin stock rubber-stamped "Carlton Cole" a talent agency in New York. Also rubber-stamped on the script title page with a brief notation in holograph ink. Brief annotations in holograph pencil throughout. A mysterious employer hires a man to steal a rare diamond who in turn engages an attractive and intelligent woman to help him. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present undated. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good side-stapled. Omnifilms unknown books
1950ref. 135620Paris: B.M.P. Films 1950. Draft script for the 1950 French film "The Treasure of Cantenac" here under its title of origin "Le Tresor de Cantenac" on the title page with the film's working title "Un miracle" also on the title page. French copy company rubber stamp and faint pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Pre-New Wave items are scarce this being a completely original example with text in French throughout. Set in a rundown French village the film is a series of vignettes illustrating the human condition. The Baron de Cantenac on the verge of suicide after losing his fortune goes on one last walk through his dying town. On the way he meets the town's oldest citizen who reveals a royal treasure that he has been jealously guarding for years. Director-screenwriter-actor Guitry was a prominent French filmmaker during the post-WWI years of French cinema following in the footsteps of his father silent film actor Lucien Guitry. His notable film credits include English titles "The Lover of Camille" 1924 "The Story of a Cheat" 1936 "Nine Bachelors" 1939 "Royal Affairs in Versailles" 1954 a film notable for its appearance of a young Brigitte Bardot and "Napoleon" 1955. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated with a credit for Guitry and B.M.P. Films in Paris the US branch is in California. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good perfect-bound and side-stiched. B.M.P. Films unknown books
1925ref. 26199New York 1925. Frontispiece portrait and 33 photographic plates mostly of the production and principals. Printed in green. 1 vols. 4to. Original grey wrappers over stiff boards. Some short marginal tears of wrappers light discoloration else a very good copy. Frontispiece portrait and 33 photographic plates mostly of the production and principals. Printed in green. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed. Isabel Leighton's copy-with Contract. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Robert Garland with good wishes David Belasco. November 1925" and below "To Isabel Leighton because I love her Robert Garland. September 1932." Accompanied by three autograph cards to Isabel Leighton from David Belasco thanking here for cake flowers and photograph. Also with the CONTRACT BETWEEN DAVID BELASCO AND ISABEL LEIGHTON FOR "DUBURAU" signed by both. Isabel Leighton played "Honorine" and was also in the Pantomime as the "Maid to the Dutchess."As "Honorine" Miss Leighton appears in plates 31 and 32. unknown books
1932ref. 1378Paris: Librairie Plon 1932. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 5 3/4 x 9 inches 145 x 230 mm 400 pages in contemporary blue half calf spine gilt in compartments marbled end papers. Boards rubbed and soiled spine faded some page edges lightly toned. A Very Good copy in a handsome binding. INSCRIBED by Sacha Guitry to British producer and theatre manager Charles Cochran: "À un ami / de dix ans / à Charles D. Cochran / Sacha Guitry." Also with the ownership inscription of the recipient's wife Evelyn. Sacha Guitry 1885-1957 was a prolific French playwright as well as a talented actor and director. This volume in French is a selection of essays dialogue from plays and his often-humorous thoughts on life. Librairie Plon hardcover books
ref. 125296hardcover. Memoirs. Transl. by L. Galantiere. 312pp. 8vo buckram d.w. Garden City: Doubleday 1936. Very good. unknown books
1996ref. 029248Paris: Omnibus 1996. vi 1185p. original stiff wrappers. Omnibus unknown books
1933ref. 1322160Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza 1933. First Edition. Large Octavo 443 2; VG; in original brown paper wraps housed in cream and burgundy chemise and slipcase cream spine with black lettering; rear half largely uncut; text in French; MW consignment; shelved case 12. All decorative ornaments of this book have been specially designed by Pierre Courtois; Nignon has been recognized by chefs as one of the fathers of modern cuisine. When his restaurant was going through a crisis in World War I he started writing cookbooks. His most famous Eulogies of French Cuisine promoted among other things deglazing with water clear broths and parsimonious seasoning. 1322160. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza unknown books
1936ref. 184628London: Methuen 1936. Magazine. 32p. 5.75x8.75 inches illustrated with b&w photogravures very good literary review in green art deco stapled wraps. Pearl Buck on what else China Sacha Guitry reviews a play he saw 33 years earlier photo of Chiang Yee making a brush illustration for a film. Methuen unknown books
1948ref. 28926Paris: Raoul Solar 1948. Hardcover. VG. Orange cloth off-white DJ. 119 pp. No ills. Text in French. Raoul Solar hardcover books
1925ref. 006149New York: David Belasco Privately Printed 1925. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine/Fine. 4to. 178 pages. Included are photos of stars and of scenes from the play and of Belasco himself receiving a medal from the French government. There are 34 photos in all. Also reprint of interview with Belasco and a tribute to Belasco. Belasco now known by most merely as the name of a theater was one of the leading theater impresarios and a flamboyant showmen in New York in the late 19th and early 20th century noted especially for his crowd-pleasing stage effects and popular entertainments. Condition: other than very minor wear along lower edge of DJ and a few spots on its rear this is a pristine copy and the DJ can still comfortably be described as in fine condition. David Belasco, Privately Printed unknown books
1943ref. 26971Paris: Edition de la Galerie Charpentier 1943. First edition. Loose signatures in paper wrappers in portfolio. Small tear to heel of spine of paper wrappers attached glassine wrappers a bit soiled with a small tear in a worn paper- covered card portfolio with some splits at the joints but quite solid. Illus. with 14 of 15 watercolors and 24 of 27 drawings. Plus one original drawing laid in. Folio. One of 23 copies with an original drawing 14 had original watercolors of a run of 1042. Lacking one folded leaf of four pages containing one watercolor and three drawings. Andre Dignimont 1891-1965 was a French painter draftsman decorator and book illustrator perhaps most famous as the last having illustrated the works of Colette P. Louys Margaret Mitchell and many others. Scarce even lacking the plate. OCLC shows only one copy and the BN 3. Edition de la Galerie Charpentier unknown books
1977ref. WRCLIT69226Paris: Éditions Ramsay 1977. Octavo. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Photographs. A few creases to wrappers with bump and crimp to slightly tanned spine otherwise very good. First edition. Edited by André Bernard and Claude Gauteur and with a ten-page Preface by Truffaut. This copy bears Truffaut's signed inscription: "Pour Liz-Anne amitié des prefacier Francois Truffaut." The recipient Liz-Anne Bawden was editor of THE OXFORD COMPANION TO FILM 1976 and lecturer on Film at the Slade School. Her TIMES obituary notes particularly her friendship with Truffaut with whom she also maintained a correspondence. The text is a selective assemblage of Guitry's writings and correspondence relating to film spanning 1912 - 1957 excluding those previously published in 1960. Éditions Ramsay unknown books
Paris, Librairie Arthème fayard, 1959. Petit in-8, couverture illustrée d'un portrait par Roger Roy, 185 pp. Bon exemplaire.
Paris, Librairie Plon, 1933. In-8, broché, 238 pp. Première édition.
Paris, Editions du Fallois, 1993. Fort in-8, broché, couverture illustrée d'un portrait de S. Guitry, 467 pp. 32 pages d'illustrations hors-texte. Bel exemplaire.
Paris, Presses de La Cité, 1959. In-8, cartonnage éditeur, jaquette illustrée, 243 pp. Planches hors-texte.
Paris, Les Editions de L'Elan, 1947. In-8, broché, 555 pp. Première édition.
Paris, L'Elan, 1947. Fort in-8 ; 555 pp. -[2]ff n. ch. Demi-maroquin marron à coins, dos à nerfs ornés de superpositions verticales de petits rectangles dorés et de filets noirs verticaux à froid partant des nerfs, pièces d'auteur et titre de maroquin noir, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés (Reliure signée FRANZ). Une planche en frontispice. Edition originale. Un des 924 exemplaires numérotés sur pur chiffon des frères Lafuma, après 75 ex sur le même papier signés par l'auteur. Très bel exemplaire dans une séduisante reliure signée Franz.
Paris, Librairie Plon, 30 nov. 1933. In-8, broché, 238 pp. Ex à grandes marges. Edition originale. Un des 1 160 exemplaires numérotés sur papier d'alfa (n° 516). Bel exemplaire.
Raoul Solar, in-8, broché, 110 pp., couverture illustrée et rempliée planche en frontispice : Lucien Guitry par E. Vuillard et en fin de volume 9 planches hors-texte : 4 portraits d'hommes et cinq portraits de fleurs. Edition originale. N° 37. Reproductions des tableaux et manuscrits ayant appartenu à Sacha Guitry. au " 18 Avenue Elisée Reclus".
This is a fine copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Drouot in Paris on November 17 & 18, 2011. The sale consisted of Andre Bernard's collection of materials pertaining to Sacha Guitry. Sacha Guitry (1885- 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the Boulevard theatre. Born in Russia, he began his acting career at age 5. He worked all of his professional life in France where he wrote over 120 plays, directed 33 movies, and maintained a heavy performance schedule. The sale contained 820 lots. All illustrated. most in color. Prices realized sheets included. 12" high X 8" wide, 269 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
pp. 278, cm. 19x14, brossura, strappo alla copertina riparata, tracce del tempo.
Paris, La Petite Illustration, 1928. N°389, Théâtre, N°210. Un fascicule de format in 4° de 32 pp., nombreuses illustrations photographiques. Edition Originale. Nombreuses héliogravures de Sacha Gutry sur scène dans le rôle du poète. Discrètes rousseurs marginales sur la couverure, sinon parfait état.
