ref. 2150Paris: Paul Hartmann 1929. An attractively illustrated edition of this semi-serious look at what was then the future. Numerous original color aquatints by Jean Bruller. 4to. Original wraps. About fine. Paris: Paul Hartmann, 1929 paperback
1932ref. 52422Paris: Grasset 1932 . First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 339p octavo. Numbered limited edition 1/200 on Paper Lafuma this copy #81A fine copy in original cream wraps with tissue dust jacket enclosed in cloth and boards slipcase. Inscribed by Maurois to. Wear to the corners of the slipcase Grasset paperback
1924ref. 33820Paris: Grasset 1924. 1st Edition No. 127 of 400. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition No. 127 of 400. Signed by Translator. Garnett David. LA FEMME CHANGÉE EN RENARD. LADY INTO FOX. Translated by André Maurois and Jane Bussy. Paris: Grasset 1924. First French Edition of the author's first book Inscribed by André Maurois on the half-title. Awarded the 1922 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction Frontispiece and wood engravings by R.A. Garnett. Small 8vo. 183 pp. Exemplaire de presse No. 127 of 400. Some minor creases and toning with age. A very rare copy with the original Glassine wrapper intact. David Garnett was the son-in-law of Vanessa Bell and nephew of Virginia Woolf. André Maurois 1885-1967 was a prominent French author biographer and historian. Born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog he adopted the pen name André Maurois. Maurois also served as an interpreter for Lieutenant Colonel Winston Churchill during the war. Grasset unknown
1926ref. ABE-174400198Prague: Odeon 1926 Octavo wrappers 192pp. Cover by Jiri Jelinek title page by Karel Teige. A study of the life loves and death of Shelley. Prague: Odeon paperback
1985ref. 66508U.K.: Penguin 1985. Near fine books in near fine slipcase. 8vo. Complete 10 volume set in two-piece slipcase. Includes concertina pamphlet containing information on featured authors. All books seemingly in unread condition. Slipcase with slight bumping/soiling and faded side panel. Very bright set. Penguin unknown
1934ref. 927M4Paris: Bernard Grasset 1934. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A uniformly bound two-volume set of the first edition seventh printing of Maurois' biography of the notable Romantic poet Lord Byron. The first edition seventh printing of this work in a two-volume set uniformly bound in half morocco bindings with the original paper wraps bound in. A two-volume set of this biography of the renowned Romantic poet Lord Byron by the French author André Maurois 1885-1967. Written in the original French this work is one of Maurois' popular biographies; he also wrote a memoir of Benjamin Disraeli and Percy Bysshe Shelley among others. In half morocco bindings with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally in excellent condition except for small marks to the front board of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages with the odd spot to the first few pages of volume I; otherwise clean. Very Good Indeed Bernard Grasset hardcover
1967ref. SDRWN16BC122720182354Pyramid Books 1967-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Very good with light wear. Pyramid Books paperback
ref. 29161Paris, Grasset, 1922. In-8°, 236p. Reliure bradel demi-maroquin à longs grains bleu nuit, couverture et dos conservés.
1929ref. 31453BBParis, Société d'édition Le livre, 1929. In-4°. 86 p. Broché, sous emboîtage, étui.
ref. 4980P;, Pharmaciens biliophiles, 1969 ; in-folio en feuilles sous chemise et étui. 128pp.-2ff. Très bon état.
1931ref. 415661931 Paris. Degorce. 1931. 1 volume in-4 broché, couverture éditeur, plat supérieur illustré, non rogné. [7] pp. ; 24 pp. ; [5] pp.
ref. feb92659Used. For more details please contact me unknown
ref. feb92806Used. For more details please contact me unknown
1928ref. 20512Paris: Librairie de la Revue Française. Alexis Redier editor. Printer: Colouma 1928. Limited Edition. Wraps. Glassine dust jacket. Cloth slipcase with leather skiver title label. Cloth chemise. Fine/Very Good. Hermine David 1886-1970. No. 205 of limitation total of 1125 copies. 7 324 3 pp. And five etched plates done in dry point by David. Also a loose thin promotional sheet from the publisher. This Maurois novel first appeared in 1923. David was a post-Impressionist painter who was a part of the Ecole de Paris movement whose members were mostly not French born David being an exception to this. But she did marry a fellow member of this group Jules Pascin with whom she emigrated to American for five years. In the 1920s she became an active enthusiastic book illustrator this being a fine example of her work in the medium. Ours is a beautiful copy of this edition. It looks virtually untouched with the leaves generally uncut and all the tissue guards still in perfect shape. The glassine dust jacket has a few closed tears and tiny holes which with the material doesn't take much handling to occur. The slipcase and chemise have some color fading of their blue and the slipcase has light edgewear. Its skiver title label has a tiny pinprick blemish. But are structurally sound attractive and will continue to protect the book proper. The dust jacket alone we would grade Very Good Minus the slipcase and chemise Very Good Plus. Overall we consider this package very comfortably Fine. Librairie de la Revue Française. Alexis Redier, editor. Printer: Colouma unknown
1928ref. 08603New York: D. Appleton and Co 1928. First Edition. Fine. Fine binding by Donnelley 3/4 Navy blue leather with custom felt-lined slipcase. A fine copy internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind; Slight age-toning at spine. Translated by Hamish Miles. D. Appleton and Co unknown
1920ref. 288732Paris: Grasset 1920. Limited. hardcover. fine. Dessins Originaux de Bernard Boutet de Monvel Graves sur Bois Par Gasperini. Tall thin 8vobuckram backed cloth original wrappers bound in. Paris 1920. Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. The authors first book "Le Silence de Col. Bramble" was published in 1918 and brought him immediate fame. Presentation copy signed on the half-title Grasset unknown
1940ref. 304254New York Harper & Brothers Publishers 1940. 1940. Seventh edition so stated; "L-P". 8vo. Translated from the French by Denver Lindley. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks; short tear. Very good. 255 pages. Signed and inscribed by Andre Maurois on the half title page: "Pour Arthur S. Wiley qui comprend la France. . .Andre Maurois". Inscribed by Authors. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers [1940]. hardcover
1932ref. 218293Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1932. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Very good. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Two letters to Madol concering the latter's book on the Spanish dictator Godoy translated into English as GODOY: THE FIRST OF THE MODERN DICTATORS L. 1934. In the first letter Maurois acknowledges receipt of the book by the historian and biographer Madol: " I have just read the beginning and the book seems fine to me. I promise to let you know . " In the second letter Maurois responds to an invitation to write the Preface to GODOY: "I"d be delighted to see your book on Godoy appear in France but I don't feel capable of writing a preface on the subject. It's about a man I know little about except through you and about a period which I have never studied. My Preface would have little authority. I think every man should stay faithful to what he knows. But if you wish I could very well recommend your book to my publisher . " André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. unknown
1928ref. 20512Paris: Librairie de la Revue Française. Alexis Redier editor. Printer: Colouma 1928. Limited Edition. Wraps. Glassine dust jacket. Cloth slipcase with leather skiver title label. Cloth chemise. Fine/Very Good. Hermine David 1886-1970. No. 205 of limitation total of 1125 copies. 7 324 3 pp. And five etched plates done in dry point by David. Also a loose thin promotional sheet from the publisher. This Maurois novel first appeared in 1923. David was a post-Impressionist painter who was a part of the Ecole de Paris movement whose members were mostly not French born David being an exception to this. But she did marry a fellow member of this group Jules Pascin with whom she emigrated to American for five years. In the 1920s she became an active enthusiastic book illustrator this being a fine example of her work in the medium. Ours is a beautiful copy of this edition. It looks virtually untouched with the leaves generally uncut and all the tissue guards still in perfect shape. The glassine dust jacket has a few closed tears and tiny holes which with the material doesn't take much handling to occur. The slipcase and chemise have some color fading of their blue and the slipcase has light edgewear. Its skiver title label has a tiny pinprick blemish. But are structurally sound attractive and will continue to protect the book proper. The dust jacket alone we would grade Very Good Minus the slipcase and chemise Very Good Plus. Overall we consider this package very comfortably Fine. Librairie de la Revue Française. Alexis Redier, editor. Printer: Colouma unknown books
1928ref. 08603New York: D. Appleton and Co 1928. First Edition. Fine. Fine binding by Donnelley 3/4 Navy blue leather with custom felt-lined slipcase. A fine copy internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind; Slight age-toning at spine. Translated by Hamish Miles. D. Appleton and Co unknown books
1920ref. 288732Paris: Grasset 1920. Limited. hardcover. fine. Dessins Originaux de Bernard Boutet de Monvel Graves sur Bois Par Gasperini. Tall thin 8vobuckram backed cloth original wrappers bound in. Paris 1920. Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. The authors first book "Le Silence de Col. Bramble" was published in 1918 and brought him immediate fame. Presentation copy signed on the half-title Grasset unknown books
1940ref. 304254New York Harper & Brothers Publishers 1940. 1940. Seventh edition so stated; "L-P". 8vo. Translated from the French by Denver Lindley. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks; short tear. Very good. 255 pages. Signed and inscribed by Andre Maurois on the half title page: "Pour Arthur S. Wiley qui comprend la France. . .Andre Maurois". Inscribed by Authors. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers [1940]. hardcover books
1932ref. 218293Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1932. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Very good. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Two letters to Madol concering the latter's book on the Spanish dictator Godoy translated into English as GODOY: THE FIRST OF THE MODERN DICTATORS L. 1934. In the first letter Maurois acknowledges receipt of the book by the historian and biographer Madol: " I have just read the beginning and the book seems fine to me. I promise to let you know . " In the second letter Maurois responds to an invitation to write the Preface to GODOY: "I"d be delighted to see your book on Godoy appear in France but I don't feel capable of writing a preface on the subject. It's about a man I know little about except through you and about a period which I have never studied. My Preface would have little authority. I think every man should stay faithful to what he knows. But if you wish I could very well recommend your book to my publisher . " André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. unknown books
1961ref. 41349Paris Gallimard 1961 In-4, cartonnage de l'diteur orn sur les plats et le dos de compositions en couleurs dessines par Paul Bonet. Etui.Edition collective, illustre par Ren Gnis, Jean Terles, Candido Portinari, Jean-Pierre Praro et Michel Thompson de 32 hors-texte en couleurs. Tirage limit 10.250 exemplaires numrots sur vlin Plumex et relis d'aprs une maquette de Paul Bonet.
1961ref. 42121Paris Gallimard 1961 In-4, cartonnage de l'diteur orn sur les plats et le dos de compositions en couleurs dessines par Paul Bonet.Edition collective, illustre par Ren Gnis, Jean Terles, Candido Portinari, Jean-Pierre Praro et Michel Thompson de 32 hors-texte en couleurs. Tirage limit 10.250 exemplaires numrots sur vlin Plumex et relis d'aprs une maquette de Paul Bonet.
