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1931Best.-Nr. RGUEIFO00fpViking Press 1931. Very Good. Guedalla Philip. If or History Rewritten. Chesterton G.K.; Van Loon Hendrick Willem; Maurois Andre; Belloc Hilaire; Fisher H.A.L.; Nicolson Harold; Churchill Winston; Waldman Milton; Ludwig Emil; Squire J.C. New York: Viking Press 1931. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Spine lightly rubbed and darkened. Internally clean and bright. From the Library of Lila and Sam Weller. Viking Press unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 16707A Paris, Jacques Schiffrin, Ed. de la Pléiade, 1927. In-4 broché de 121-[4] pages. Couverture blanche à rabats, 1er plat illustré, sous étui de carton brun. Quelques très discrètes rousseurs dos, pour le reste en belle condition.
1962Best.-Nr. L3 boxtemp531 2tomeAndre Maurois: Histoire des Etats-Unis Tome I: De 1917 A 1938; Tome II: De 1939 A Nos Jours. Les Deux Geants Histoire des Etats-Unis et de L'U.R.S.S. De 1917 A Nos Jours. 1962 1963 by Jaspard Polus & Cie Monaco et pour l'edition francaise illustree Editions du Pont Royal Paris. Printed in France. Blue hardcover 364 pp Tome I 388 pp Tome II. Oversize and heavy books. Editions du Pont Royal, Paris. hardcover
1963Best.-Nr. 679Sans lieu [Vésenaz], Pierre Cailler, 1963. In-4 (16,7x25,9) de 125 pages, broché sous emboîtage.
1963Best.-Nr. 4896sans lieu [Vésenaz], Pierre Cailler, 1963. In-4 (16,7x25,9) de 120-[8] pages, broché, couverture rempliée, sous emboîtage.
Best.-Nr. 51-5760Paris: Antoine Roche 1931. . 4to. 22.5 x 28.5 cm. Original wraps and glassine. Partly uncut. Luc Monod no. 7970. Limited edition; no. 280 of 294 copies printed on vélin d'arches total edition of 366. Plain paper wraps in original plain printed paper folder and glassine jacket. 4to; 188pp. plus frontispiece and 8 watercolor illustrations by Francis Picabia reproduced by Daniel Jacomet. Text in French.Pages very lightly toned at edges with slight grime at corner of front free end paper and half title cracking at hinges; paper folder sunned at edges and spine spine creased edgewear with corners rubbed with small tears and losses at head and tail of spine; glassine with some discoloration small areas of residue at top edge tears and losses at corners and spine with 2 tears with taped repairs. Lacking slipcase. A lovely copy of this illustrated book with most pages uncut. Very good in good jacket. Paris: Antoine Roche, 1931. paperback
Best.-Nr. B172844-1Bruxelles Éditions du Nord 1929. 216 6pp. Prof. illus. in color. Lrg. 8vo. Marbled boards 1/2 morocco gilt Franz. Mosaic inlay at spine raised bands t.e.g. Orig. dec. wraps. and spine bound in. One of 1000 numbered copies on vélin Allura from the edition of 1136. Presentation copy inscribed Pour M. G. Fourier/ ami de livres/ André Maurois. Bound into this copy before the frontispiece a fine original preparatory drawing in pencil and black ink by Charles Martin perhaps of Lieutenant Tarkington but not directly related to any illustration printed in the book inscribed dessin original de Ch. Martin in pencil at the base. Loosely inserted are three additional drawings: a portrait of Maurois in gouache and colored pencil by J. Bac 1948 and two sketches in pen and in pencil for illustrations by G. Follot. Bruxelles (Éditions du Nord), 1929. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B172844-1Bruxelles Éditions du Nord 1929. 216 6pp. Prof. illus. in color. Lrg. 8vo. Marbled boards 1/2 morocco gilt Franz. Mosaic inlay at spine raised bands t.e.g. Orig. dec. wraps. and spine bound in. One of 1000 numbered copies on vélin Allura from the edition of 1136. Presentation copy inscribed Pour M. G. Fourier/ ami de livres/ André Maurois. Bound into this copy before the frontispiece a fine original preparatory drawing in pencil and black ink by Charles Martin perhaps of Lieutenant Tarkington but not directly related to any illustration printed in the book inscribed dessin original de Ch. Martin in pencil at the base. Loosely inserted are three additional drawings: a portrait of Maurois in gouache and colored pencil by J. Bac 1948 and two sketches in pen and in pencil for illustrations by G. Follot. Bruxelles (Éditions du Nord), 1929. hardcover books
1928Best.-Nr. FGN22-E-2Paris: Bernard Grasset 1928. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". Not stated. One of Andre Maurois' best-known works in the original French. One of Andre Maurois' best-known works in the original French. With an ink inscription by Andre Maurois to the title page. Ex libris William Tyrell. Tyrrell served in the Foreign Office from 1889 to 1928. He was private secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Thomas Sanderson from 1896 to 1903 and then secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence from 1903 to 1904 before being appointed as second secretary at the British embassy in Rome. He returned firstly as precis-writer from 1905 to 1907 and later with Louis Mallet as private secretary to Sir Edward Grey from 1907 to 1915. Tyrrell supported the Entente Cordiale with France and did not think a rapprochement with Imperial Germany was possible before 1914. In the spring of 1915 Tyrrell appears to have suffered an almost total breakdown and he was moved to a less stressful job at the Home Office before being made head of the Political Intelligence Department from 1916 to 1919. He was Permanent Under-Secretary from 1925 to 1928 and British Ambassador to France from 1928 to 1934. As Permanent Under-Secretary he did not think there was a military threat from Japan and that Russia was the enemy and as Ambassador he worked for an Anglo-French agreement. He was also suspicious of Nazi Germany. He was sworn into the Privy Council in 1928 and made a Peer as Baron Tyrrell of Avon in the County of Southampton in 1929. In 1935 he was appointed President of the British Board of Film Censors a post he held until 1947. This book seems to date from his time in Paris as British Ambassador. Numbered 95 to the verso of the title page. Maurois' first novel Les silences du colonel Bramble was a witty and socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English as they often dealt with British people or topics such as his biographies of Disraeli Byron and Shelley. In a quarter-morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally sound though with some rubbing and a few marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages have some slight marginal browning with just a few instances of foxing. Very Good Indeed Bernard Grasset hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. LIQ-6297P. Le Livre, Emile Chamontin 1926-1929. 2 volumes in-8° plein chagrin cerise, dos à nerfs ornés de fleurons dorés, premiers plats illustrés d ‘un drapeau anglais contre collé, titres et tête dorés, couvertures conservées
1940Best.-Nr. 185911New York: Henry Holt and Company 1940. First edition in English of this vividly illustrated anti-war satire for children first published in France in 1930. Maurois was an interpreter for Winston Churchill during the First World War and with the outbreak of the Second World War was appointed the French Official Observer attached to the British General Headquarters. He went on to write Why France Fell 1941. Fatapoufs & Thinifers which concerns the fantastical world of two countries on the brink of war is strikingly illustrated by Jean Bruller who joined the Resistance during the Second World War and published under the pseudonym Vercors. Quarto. Colour illustrations throughout. Original blue cloth spine lettered in dark blue titles and illustration in dark blue relief on front cover. With dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Spine ends and corners rubbed faint mottling to covers; jacket unclipped chips and closed tears to creased extremities: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 40816Sous étui bordé. Reliure plein chagrin vieux rouge. Tête dorée. Couverture et dos conservés.Intérieurtrès frais. Avec 15 gravures au burin de J.-E. LABOUREUR. Reliure signée G. de Font-Réaulx. Dos passé.
1927Best.-Nr. 83418Reliure demi-maroquin lavallière à coins. Dos à nerfs avec titre doré et caissons ornementés d'encadrements dorés et noirs. Tête dorée. Couverture et dos conservés. Non rogné. Reliure signée Pierre-Lucien MARTIN. Illustré de 35 bois originaux et de 3 lithographies par Pierre GANDON. Petite ouverture du mors supérieur.
1929Best.-Nr. 49725Bruxelles Editions du Nord 1929 In-8, broch, couverture illustre.Premire dition illustre, comportant 15 burins originaux de Charles Martin, dont un frontispice, 13 in-texte et un cul-de-lampe. Tirage limit 1.136 exemplaires numrots. Un des 50 exemplaires sur vlin de Hollande, accompagns d'une suite au trait de toutes les illustrations tires sur chine.
1929Best.-Nr. 49726Bruxelles Editions du Nord 1929 In-8, broch, couverture illustre.85 dessins de Charles Martin, gravs au trait et rehausss au pochoir, dont un sur la couverture, un frontispice et 83 in-texte. Tirage limit 1.136 exemplaires numrots. Un des 50 exemplaires sur vlin de Hollande, accompagns d'une suite au trait de toutes les illustrations tires sur chine.
Best.-Nr. B171707-1Paris Société dÉdition Le Livre 1929. 4 251 3pp. 15 copperplate-engraved illus. 4to. Marbled boards 3/4 leather gilt. T.e.g. Orig. wraps. and spine bound in. Édition de tête: one of 20 numbered copies on Japon Impérial with a double suite of the engravings one on Japon in the first state and one on Hollande van Gelder from the limited edition of 430. Originally published under the title Le General Bramble in 1920 the book was then republished in expanded form as Les Discours du Docteur O'Grady in 1922. The novel is about the contemplative conversations of a group of British officers including the titular "Doctor O'Grady" during WWI drawing heavily on the author's experiences who served as an interpreter for the British during the war. The Parisian J.E. Laboureur published three series of engravings on the theme of war despite being conscripted in 1914. He illustrated over 66 titles in his lifetime including works by Jean Giraudoux Remy de Gourmont Marcel Proust et al. and contributed to magazines and journals such as Gazette du Bon Ton. Among the students top whom he taught engraving are Marie Laurencin and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. Paris (Société d?Édition ?Le Livre?), 1929. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B171707-1Paris Société dÉdition Le Livre 1929. 4 251 3pp. 15 copperplate-engraved illus. 4to. Marbled boards 3/4 leather gilt. T.e.g. Orig. wraps. and spine bound in. Édition de tête: one of 20 numbered copies on Japon Impérial with a double suite of the engravings one on Japon in the first state and one on Hollande van Gelder from the limited edition of 430. Originally published under the title Le General Bramble in 1920 the book was then republished in expanded form as Les Discours du Docteur O'Grady in 1922. The novel is about the contemplative conversations of a group of British officers including the titular "Doctor O'Grady" during WWI drawing heavily on the author's experiences who served as an interpreter for the British during the war. The Parisian J.E. Laboureur published three series of engravings on the theme of war despite being conscripted in 1914. He illustrated over 66 titles in his lifetime including works by Jean Giraudoux Remy de Gourmont Marcel Proust et al. and contributed to magazines and journals such as Gazette du Bon Ton. Among the students top whom he taught engraving are Marie Laurencin and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. Paris (Société d?Édition ?Le Livre?), 1929. hardcover books
1931Best.-Nr. 008157London: Longmans Green and Co. 1931. First edition. Hardcover. This the first edition first printing of the first volume appearance of Churchill's engaging speculative history essay "If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg". This copy is rendered doubly compelling by being an elusive binding variant and retaining the rare and striking dust jacket. This jacketed copy the only we have offered - is very good plus in a very good plus dust jacket. The green cloth binding is square and tight with bright spine gilt and sharp corners. We note only light soiling to extremities. The contents remain bright with a crisp feel and no previous ownership marks. Differential toning to the endpapers corresponds to the bright yellow dust jacket flaps confirming that this copy has spent life jacketed. Spotting is heavy to the top edge lighter to the fore and bottom edges occasionally intruding into the blank inner margins. The distinctive dust jacket printed in green and black on yellow stock is complete apart from fractional loss to the spine head and unclipped retaining the original lower front flap price. The spine shows only slight toning and minor wear is substantially confined to extremities. The dust jacket is protected beneath a removable clear archival cover. Churchill's intriguing piece first appeared in Scribner's Magazine in December 1930 as part of a series of "What If" articles by eminent authors of the time. In 1931 Longmans published this book-length work on the same theme including Churchill's piece at pp. 173-196. This British first edition preceded an American counterpart and oddly we find it scarcer than copies of the original magazine publication. It becomes genuinely rare thus in the original dust jacket and is rendered an elusive prize when found in this variant binding of the British first edition first printing. Per Churchill's bibliographer Ronald I. Cohen this variant binding is "Bound in moderate bluish green embossed calico-texture cloth" as opposed to red cloth and slightly reduced page size from 235 x 151.2 mm to 217 x 140.7 mm. Churchill's essay herein displays the commanding grasp of history and the facility for extrapolation that made him so formidable as both a statesman and a writer. Moreover his interest in America's great struggle was quite serious; Churchill toured Virginia battlefields with the great Civil War historian Douglas Southall Freeman and toured Gettysburg with none other than Dwight Eisenhower. Thirty years later Churchill would publish a book on the subject The American Civil War 1961 excerpted from his epic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Reference: Cohen B43.1.b Woods B18. Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1972Paris, Hartmann, (1) f. blanc, frontispice, 106 pages, (2) ff., (1) f. blanc. In 4 (193 X 255) broché, couverture rempliée imprimée en bleu. PREMIÈRE ÉDITION ILLUSTRÉE de cette histoire conjecturale. L'édition originale du texte a paru l'année précédente aux "Éditions des Portiques". Cette édition contient une préface inédite de l'auteur et 17 Eaux-fortes originales en couleurs gravées au repérage, dont un frontispice, de Jean BRÜLLER. Tirage limité à 395 exemplaires, tous numérotés. Exemplaire sur velin de rive blanc, N° 287. Avec envoi de la main de Jean Bruller "à Philipp Bloch, le sympathique et toujours jeune directeur de "Paris-Neptune", son ami, Jean Bruller (10 mai 1993) ", accompagné d'un dessin, certainement le portait de Philipp Bloch.
Best.-Nr. 25199Paris, Antoine Roche, éditeur, 8 Décembre 1931. In-4, broché, 117 pp, couverture rempliée, sous étui (neuf).
1928Best.-Nr. 31383Montreal: Louis Carrier 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Signed By Both Disraeli & Maurois. 1st Canadian Edition of Maurois' Famous Biography Of Disraeli Rare Montreal Imprint. 1st Edition from the US sheets. 8vo. 379pp. including index 5 pp Ads. Purple silked cloth covered boards. A very good or better copy. Portion of the Dustwrapper flap pasted to the final blank Signed by Disraeli as Beaconsfield to Lady Northcote on his official envelope with the "Honi soit qui mal y pense" insignia engraved on the flap. mounted to the front pastedown. Plus a neat letter in purple ink signed by Maurois to an unnamed recipient dated 26 06 36 thanking the party for having sent him the most interesting article on Bernard Quesnay the subject of the Author's 1928 semi-autobiographical work. Louis Carrier hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback
1926Best.-Nr. 176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback books
Best.-Nr. L3 boxtemp jfrMarcel Proust: A la recherche du temps perdu I II III Bibliotheque de la Pleiade Editions Gallimard Genuine Leather Bound. French Edition. Complete 3 Volumes. Edition Etablie et Annotee par Pierre Clarac et Andre Ferre. Preface D'Andre Maurois. Editions Gallimard. Genuine leather bound complete 3 volumes total 3602 pages: xlii1008 pp I 1224 pp II 1328 pp III. I Ce volume contient: Du Cote de Chez Swann; A L'Ombre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs.; II Ce volume contient: Le Cote de Guermantes; Sodome et Gomorrhe.; III Ce volume contient: La Prisonniere; La Fugitive; Le Temps Retrouve. Editions Gallimard. hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. maurois1930MAUROIS André: PATAPOUFS & FILIFERS. Paris: Paul Hartmann 1930. With 75 illustrations by Jean Bruller mostly in color. 4to 92pp colophon; original wrappers with front cover printed in red and black the whole bound inside a vintage 3/4 orange cloth with patterned cloth sides. Fine copy. First edition of this famous children's book its name translating to "Chubby-Puffs and Skinny-Beans".; it was translated into English as Fattypuffs and Thinifers in 1941. With a magnificent title page and 75 superb illustrations by Jean Bruller accompanying the text. Maurois's tale is no mere entertainment for children; rather it is a sort of parable and utopian adventure denouncing the rise of Nazism Mein Kampf was published in 1925. The author seeks to demonstrate that human differences—whether physical or cultural—can be sources of happiness rather than war. Paul Hartmann hardcover
