ROSTAND, Edmond. MUCHA, Alfons.Livre Rare Book
2.619 Ergebnisse
1897Best.-Nr. AMO-4526Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1897 1 volume in-4 (27,2 x 19 cm) broché de (6)-120 pages. Couverture illustrée d'une lithographie par Mucha (réduction de l'affiche originale de la pièce) tirée par l'imprimerie F. Champenois. Parfait exemplaire non coupé, jamais lu, très peu manipulé. Léger empoussiérage de la tranche inférieure. Exemplaire en grande partie non coupé. Edition originale. Un des rares 25 exemplaires imprimés sur papier du Japon avec double état de la couverture (également imprimée sur Japon) dont un premier état avant la lettre (également imprimé sur Japon).
1899Best.-Nr. 6890Paris: Armand Magnier 1899. First Illustrated Edition. First Illustrated Edition. Quarto 8.5 x 12 inches. Elegantly bound by the Club Bindery 1901 signed in gilt pallet front dentelle in full crimson red levant morocco and finished by the Club's best finisher who was brought over from France by Robert Hoe in 1897. Signed also "LEON MAILLARD FINISHER" in the dentelle. Large frames of scrolling fleurons and inlaid flowers in gold decorate this sumptuous binding. The Grolier Club catalogue included with the volume notes the tooling is done "en champ" which literally translates to "in the field" e.g. tooling done without borders panels or compartments enclosing it. Five bands to spine with title and author to second compartment and remaining compartments tooled in a similar style to the covers with gilt fleurons and small inlaid gold flowers. Heavily gilt-rolled dentelles marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Small leather book label of Robert Hoe to the front pastedown lot #2812 in the sale of his library. One of 20 copies on Japan paper #42 with the illustrations in three states. Illustrated by several artists each illustrating one act; the cover and portrait are by FranÃois ThÈvenot the first act by Adrien Moreau the second act by Charles LÈandre the third act by Albert Laurens the fourth act by FranÃois Flameng and the final act by Albert Besnard. All illustrations were then woodcut by Romagnol. Corners bumped some old color match repairs to bottome edges and very slight bottom indent. Original morocco and marbled paper chemise rubbing and edgewear included. This volume was featured in two exhibitions at the Grolier Club: "Mosaic Bookbindings" in 1902 #231 and "An Exhibition of Some of the Latest Artistic Bindings Done at the Club Bindery" in 1906 #116. Both catalogues are included worn with 1902 catalogue missing rear cover. Armand Magnier unknown
1899Best.-Nr. 6890Paris: Armand Magnier 1899. First Illustrated Edition. First Illustrated Edition. Quarto 8.5 x 12 inches. Elegantly bound by the Club Bindery 1901 signed in gilt pallet front dentelle in full crimson red levant morocco and finished by the Club's best finisher who was brought over from France by Robert Hoe in 1897. Signed also "LEON MAILLARD FINISHER" in the dentelle. Large frames of scrolling fleurons and inlaid flowers in gold decorate this sumptuous binding. The Grolier Club catalogue included with the volume notes the tooling is done "en champ" which literally translates to "in the field" e.g. tooling done without borders panels or compartments enclosing it. Five bands to spine with title and author to second compartment and remaining compartments tooled in a similar style to the covers with gilt fleurons and small inlaid gold flowers. Heavily gilt-rolled dentelles marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Small leather book label of Robert Hoe to the front pastedown lot #2812 in the sale of his library. One of 20 copies on Japan paper #42 with the illustrations in three states. Illustrated by several artists each illustrating one act; the cover and portrait are by FranÃois ThÈvenot the first act by Adrien Moreau the second act by Charles LÈandre the third act by Albert Laurens the fourth act by FranÃois Flameng and the final act by Albert Besnard. All illustrations were then woodcut by Romagnol. Corners bumped some old color match repairs to bottome edges and very slight bottom indent. Original morocco and marbled paper chemise rubbing and edgewear included. This volume was featured in two exhibitions at the Grolier Club: "Mosaic Bookbindings" in 1902 #231 and "An Exhibition of Some of the Latest Artistic Bindings Done at the Club Bindery" in 1906 #116. Both catalogues are included worn with 1902 catalogue missing rear cover. Armand Magnier unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. 30712Paris sans nom 1958 In-folio, maroquin vert bouteille orn sur chaque plat d'un dcor diffrent reprsentant une libellule pose sur une feuille, mosaqu en lger relief en box ocre et vert, en maroquin beige et noir et en papier nacr; dos sans nerfs portant le titre de l'ouvrage mosaqu en grandes capitales en maroquin beige; doublures et gardes de feutrine vert tilleul, tranches dores sur brochure, couverture imprime. Chemise, tui (Manuel Grard).22 burins originaux de Pierre-Yves Trmois, dont un portrait-frontispice, 10 hors-texte dont 6 sur double page et 11 in-texte dont 9 sur double page. Tirage limit 175 exemplaires numrots, signs par l'auteur et l'artiste. Un des 125 exemplaires sur vlin de Rives, enrichi d'un grand dessin original ddicac et sign par l'artiste sur double page.
1899Best.-Nr. ST20804Paris: Armand Magnier 1899. No. 42 OF 500 COPIES this ONE OF 20 ON JAPON WITH ENGRAVINGS IN THREE STATES. 300 x 207 mm. 12 x 8". 4 p.l. ELEGANT SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT AND INLAID BY THE CLUB BINDERY and LEON MAILLARD Finisher both names stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins covers framed by curling gilt vines bearing citron morocco blossoms a total of 104 inlays on each cover raised bands spine panels with gilt vine circlets blooming with a total of 20 inlaid citron morocco flowers gilt lettering turns-ins elaborately gilt marbled endpapers top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original paper wrappers bound in the pictorial front cover present in three additional states black & white B&W before letters and color. In slightly worn matching morocco-backed jacket. With 54 wood engravings by Romagnol after François Thévenot cover and portrait Adrien Moreau Act I Charles Léandre Act II Albert Laurens Act III François Flameng Act IV and Albert Besnard Act V including five full-page plates all in three states one before letters the full-page plates also in a color state separately furnished to subscribers by the publisher per a notice bound in at the end of the text. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe. Lower corners a bit bumped tail edge of lower board with shallow one-inch dent occasional paper flaws or discoloration to edges of leaves but an excellent copy the interior clean and fresh and the binding lustrous. This is a luxurious illustrated edition of Rostand's classic work offered in a sumptuous binding done by the Club Bindery for its co-founder and manager Robert Hoe. Rostand's influential and enduringly popular 1897 verse play in five acts--sometimes referred to colloquially as the "Romance of the Nose"--is loosely based upon the real-life story of the French author and duelist Cyrano de Bergerac 1619-55 who was famous for having a prodigious proboscis. A theatrical triumph from its opening night the play focuses on the eloquent Cyrano's unrequited love for the comely Roxanne whom he must court as secret proxy for a friend of handsome visage but wooden tongue. Rostand 1868-1918 wrote a number of successful plays often like "Cyrano" based on figures from French history. The present beautiful large-format copy was originally owned by Robert Hoe a founder of the Grolier Club and one of the world's great book collectors. After Grolier was established in 1884 it soon became apparent that the country's few established hand binders were overtaxed in providing repairs and rebinding for the club members' rapidly accumulating acquisitions. As a consequence in 1895 Grolier members along with Edwin Holden and other wealthy collectors established the Club Bindery in order to attract European craftsmen to provide close to home fine quality binding work rivalling what was available abroad. The Club Bindery was in operation until 1909 with Hoe being its manager and most important client. It provided bindings that tended to be traditional in style--though frequently with elaborate decoration--and that lived up to its patrons' expectations in terms of excellence. The first members of the staff of the Club Bindery were the Englishmen R. W. Smith and Frank Mansell. They were subsequently joined by a number of French binders chief among them being Leon Maillard who had worked previously for Cuzin Gruel and Marius-Michel and whose precise and intricate finishing is impressively demonstrated on our binding here. It is said by Beverly Chew that Hoe 1839-1911 had a collection that was "the finest America has ever contained." He acquired illuminated manuscripts early printing he owned a Gutenberg Bible on paper and one on vellum fine bindings French and English literature and Americana and when his library was sold in 1911-12 it fetched nearly $2 million a record that held until the Streeter sale more than 50 years later. The present volume represents the fine level of aesthetic achievement typical of the bindery and it is especially impressive because of its significant dimensions. Armand Magnier unknown
1899Best.-Nr. ST20804Paris: Armand Magnier 1899. No. 42 OF 500 COPIES this ONE OF 20 ON JAPON WITH ENGRAVINGS IN THREE STATES. 300 x 207 mm. 12 x 8". 4 p.l. ELEGANT SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT AND INLAID BY THE CLUB BINDERY and LEON MAILLARD Finisher both names stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins covers framed by curling gilt vines bearing citron morocco blossoms a total of 104 inlays on each cover raised bands spine panels with gilt vine circlets blooming with a total of 20 inlaid citron morocco flowers gilt lettering turns-ins elaborately gilt marbled endpapers top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original paper wrappers bound in the pictorial front cover present in three additional states black & white B&W before letters and color. In slightly worn matching morocco-backed jacket. With 54 wood engravings by Romagnol after François Thévenot cover and portrait Adrien Moreau Act I Charles Léandre Act II Albert Laurens Act III François Flameng Act IV and Albert Besnard Act V including five full-page plates all in three states one before letters the full-page plates also in a color state separately furnished to subscribers by the publisher per a notice bound in at the end of the text. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe. Lower corners a bit bumped tail edge of lower board with shallow one-inch dent occasional paper flaws or discoloration to edges of leaves but an excellent copy the interior clean and fresh and the binding lustrous. This is a luxurious illustrated edition of Rostand's classic work offered in a sumptuous binding done by the Club Bindery for its co-founder and manager Robert Hoe. Rostand's influential and enduringly popular 1897 verse play in five acts--sometimes referred to colloquially as the "Romance of the Nose"--is loosely based upon the real-life story of the French author and duelist Cyrano de Bergerac 1619-55 who was famous for having a prodigious proboscis. A theatrical triumph from its opening night the play focuses on the eloquent Cyrano's unrequited love for the comely Roxanne whom he must court as secret proxy for a friend of handsome visage but wooden tongue. Rostand 1868-1918 wrote a number of successful plays often like "Cyrano" based on figures from French history. The present beautiful large-format copy was originally owned by Robert Hoe a founder of the Grolier Club and one of the world's great book collectors. After Grolier was established in 1884 it soon became apparent that the country's few established hand binders were overtaxed in providing repairs and rebinding for the club members' rapidly accumulating acquisitions. As a consequence in 1895 Grolier members along with Edwin Holden and other wealthy collectors established the Club Bindery in order to attract European craftsmen to provide close to home fine quality binding work rivalling what was available abroad. The Club Bindery was in operation until 1909 with Hoe being its manager and most important client. It provided bindings that tended to be traditional in style--though frequently with elaborate decoration--and that lived up to its patrons' expectations in terms of excellence. The first members of the staff of the Club Bindery were the Englishmen R. W. Smith and Frank Mansell. They were subsequently joined by a number of French binders chief among them being Leon Maillard who had worked previously for Cuzin Gruel and Marius-Michel and whose precise and intricate finishing is impressively demonstrated on our binding here. It is said by Beverly Chew that Hoe 1839-1911 had a collection that was "the finest America has ever contained." He acquired illuminated manuscripts early printing he owned a Gutenberg Bible on paper and one on vellum fine bindings French and English literature and Americana and when his library was sold in 1911-12 it fetched nearly $2 million a record that held until the Streeter sale more than 50 years later. The present volume represents the fine level of aesthetic achievement typical of the bindery and it is especially impressive because of its significant dimensions. Armand Magnier unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 9392Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900 In-8 (210 x 141 mm), 6 ff. n. ch. dont un blanc et un frontispice, 262 pp., 1 f. n. ch. Maroquin vert foncé, double encadrement de multiples filets à froid sur les plats, dos à nerfs, encadrement de multiples filets à froid en caisson, auteur, titre et date dorés, double filet à froid sur les coupes, doublure de maroquin rouge, doublure de tabis vert foncé, couvertures conservées, étui bordé (Huser).
1898Best.-Nr. 570Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1898. First Edition. Fine. 12mo 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.192 x 133 mm 225 pp. 1898 Riviere and Son binding in red crushed morocco Art Nouveau leaf-spray devices gilt to spine and covers gilt fillets on turn-ins and binder's mark which reads "R. Riviere & Son for L.S. Montagu 1898" t.e.g others untrimmed marbled endpapers original wrappers bound in at rear. A beautifully-bound first edition of the classic French play about the large-nosed Cyrano obliged to help another more handsome man woo the beautiful Roxanne who Cyrano already loves. Rostand's play stages the tragic complicity between two halves of man puts into question the existence of justice or happy love in this world but ends with the evidence of hope: in the guise of Christian it is the soul of Cyrano that Roxanne loved. This drama in five acts saw its first production on December 27th 1897 with the leading role played by Constant Coquelin who went on to play the role 410 times and toured the play in North America. The dedication of this book reads " C'est à l'âme de CYRANO que je voulais dédier ce poème. Mais puisqu'elle a passé en vous COQUELIN c'est à cous que le dédie. E. R." I wanted to dedicate this poem to the soul of CYRANO. Since that soul has passed through you COQUELIN I dedicated to you. E.R. Rostand was elected to the prestigious Académie Française the following year making him the youngest member to date at age 31. Cyrano has been performed all over the world and has seen many cinematic adaptations including the 1950 production starring Jose Ferrer winner of the 1950 Oscar for the Best Actor. The binder's mark indicates that this copy prepared in London specifically for the library of L. S. Monatagu Louis Samuel 2nd Baron Sawythling: 1869-1927 a prominent member of the British Jewish community a financier and political activist. Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle unknown
1900Best.-Nr. 24045Exemplaire Mirbeau sur papier vert Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900. 1 vol. (143 x 215 mm) de 262 et [2] p. Bradel demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos lisse, titre doré, date en pied, couvertures et dos conservés (reliure de l'époque). Édition originale. Frontispice de Louise Abbéma représentant Sarah Bernhardt dans le rôle de l'Aiglon. La couverture est ornée sur le premier plat d'une composition dorée en relief par René Lalique. Un des rares exemplaires imprimés sur papier vert Empire, celui-ci nominatif pour Octave Mirbeau. Il est enrichi de 2 portraits gravés, celui de l'Aiglon, publié par Blaisot, et celui de Rostand, gravé par Desmoulin avec pour remarque le visage de Sarah Bernhardt.
Best.-Nr. 24045Paris Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1900. 1 vol. 143 x 215 mm de 262 et 2 p. Bradel demi-maroquin vert à coins dos lisse titre doré date en pied couvertures et dos conservés reliure de l'époque. . Édition originale. Frontispice de Louise Abbéma représentant Sarah Bernhardt dans le rôle de l'Aiglon. La couverture est ornée sur le premier plat d'une composition dorée en relief par René Lalique. Un des rares exemplaires imprimés sur papier vert Empire celui-ci nominatif pour Octave Mirbeau. Il est enrichi de 2 portraits gravés celui de l'Aiglon publié par Blaisot et celui de Rostand gravé par Desmoulin avec pour remarque le visage de Sarah Bernhardt. . L'Aiglon naquit aux Tuileries le 20 mars 1811 où cent un coups de canons annoncèrent aux Parisiens la naissance tant attendue du fils de l'empereur. Constitutionnellement muni du titre de « prince impérial » il reçoit en outre celui de « roi de Rome » : le baptême sera célébré le 9 juin en la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. La défaite de Waterloo contraindra Napoléon Ier à abdiquer en sa faveur mais le gouvernement provisoire de Fouché fera comme si de rien n'était et les chambres refuseront de proclamer celui qui se trouve depuis 1814 en exil à la cour d'Autriche. Il restera pour l'histoire celui qui a « régné » vingt jours du 22 juin au 7 juillet 1815. À Vienne il reçoit une solide instruction religieuse philosophique ou militaire sous l'affection de son grand-père l'Empereur François II le perdant d'Austerlitz et de Wagram qui pour sceller la paix et le traité de Schönbrunn avait offert à Napoléon sa fille aînée Marie-Louise d'Autriche qui deviendra la seconde épouse de Napoléon. Après l'abdication de Napoléon en 1815 François II lui donne le titre de duc de Reichstadt. Il sera élevé par sa mère et sa tante l'archiduchesse Sophie sous la gouvernance du comte de Dietrichstein. Le prince impérial meurt le 22 juillet 1832 âgé seulement de vingt et un ans au palais de Schönbrunn. Le diagnostic est celui d'une tuberculose foudroyante mais la thèse de l'empoisonnement n'a jamais été écartée. Sans alliance ni postérité sa disparition mettra quoi qu'il en soit un terme aux sentiments de fascination et de crainte des grandes cours d'Europe sur un éventuel retour aux affaires du seul descendant légitime de Napoléon Ier. Le 15 mars 1900 le public découvre pour la première fois la pièce d'Edmond Rostand et dans le rôle de l'Aiglon une comédienne costumée en homme : Sarah Bernhardt. Le succès est immense. La pièce donnera quelques immortelles et fameuses tirades dont celle de Séraphin Flambeau le grognard légendaire de la Grande Armée qui s'introduit à Schönbrunn auprès de l'Aiglon : « Nous les petits des obscurs des sans-grades » Acte II scène 9 un rôle endossé par Lucien Guitry puis par Coquelin l'Aîné. On ne connaît que quatre autres exemplaires sur ce papier : celui pour Jean Richepin Tajan octobre 2018 n° 161 ; celui pour Mitzy Dalty comédienne de la Belle Époque et maîtresse de l'éditeur Fasquelle Bibliothèque Natural PBA 2009 n° 567 avec l'ex-libris de la comédienne celui offert à Louis Barthou des bibliothèques Pierre Guérin puis Comte Emmanuel d'André et un exemplaire probablement d'auteur conservé broché. Des bibliothèques Octave Mirbeau I 1919 n° 642 ; Raoul Simonson II 2013 n°627 ; J.-C.D Giquello 2018 n° 156. Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1900. 1 vol. (143 x 215 mm) de 262 et [2] p. Bradel demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos unknown
1898Best.-Nr. 000927New York New York Boston Paris France: LAMSON WOLFFE & CO. Boston Mass. Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. On offer is a highly important association copy of the first edition of Howard Thayer Kingsburys English verse translation of Edmond Rostands Cyrano de Bergerac inscribed in French by the translator directly to Rostand. According to the art and manuscript dealer who formerly owned this book it came from the personal library of Edmond Rostand and the date is in Rostands hand. See Provenance Notes following the listing for more information. The history of this translation is unusually rich. Rostands French-language Cyrano de Bergerac became an immediate sensation after its December 1897 Paris premiere setting off a rapid transatlantic scramble to translate publish and stage the play in English. Kingsburys version achieved special prominence because it was the text accepted and played by actor-manager Richard Mansfield who opened the American production at New Yorks Garden Theatre on October 3 1898. The theatrical competition was intense: on that same night Augustin Daly opened a rival English-language production in Philadelphia starring Charles Richman as Cyrano and Ada Rehan as Roxane. The Mansfield production was a major American success running at the Garden Theatre from October 3 to November 26 1898 and returning there in a 18991900 revival with Mansfield again in the title role. Kingsburys translation therefore stands as the version most closely tied to Cyranos first major American theatrical triumph. The race to publish English translations was equally crowded. Doubleday & McClure announced the Gertrude Hall translation in October 1898 while Lamson Wolffe and Company soon announced Kingsburys translation which was available for sale by early November 1898 according to historical news sources. Other English-language versions appeared in the same period including translations or editions associated with Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard Charles Renauld Charles F. Rideal and others. This copy therefore belongs directly to the remarkable 1898 publication and performance scramble that carried Rostands French theatrical phenomenon into the English-speaking world. The present copy is exceptional because Kingsbury inscribed his Mansfield-associated English text back to Rostand himself. The inscription reads: à M. Edmond Rostand avec les salutations respectueuses et empressées du traducteur Howard Thayer Kingsbury le 20 mai 1912To M. Edmond Rostand with the respectful and eager salutations of the translator Howard Thayer Kingsbury May 20 1912. The 1912 date remains intriguing. It is unclear whether Kingsbury sent the book to Rostand at that late date or whether the date was added separately. One possible contemporary context is the American and English-language afterlife of Rostands later play Chantecler which played in New York in 1911 and toured into 1912. This play had been translated into English in 1910 by both Louis N. Parker for its Broadway run and by Gertrude Hall the same translator whose Cyrano had been bypassed by Mansfield in favor of Kingsburys version in 1898. Any connection however remains speculative. What is certain is that this copy unites the French author of Cyrano de Bergerac with the American translator whose version carried the play onto the New York stage in Mansfields celebrated production. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTEHoward Thayer Kingsbury 18701937 showed early literary promise at Yale where he won several writing prizes earned honors in English and served on the editorial board of the Yale Literary Magazine. Although he later became best known as a distinguished lawyer international law specialist and military legal officer his translation of Cyrano de Bergerac remains an important literary achievement. Kingsburys version was selected by Richard Mansfield for the plays first major American production giving him a lasting place in the early English-language history of Rostands masterpiece. He also pursued a prominent legal career including service with Coudert Brothers work as a special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General in antitrust matters and leadership within the American Branch of the International Law Association. Edmond Rostand 18681918 was a French poet and dramatist best remembered as the author of Cyrano de Bergerac one of the most celebrated plays of the modern French stage. Born in Marseille Rostand emerged as a leading figure of late nineteenth-century Neo-Romantic drama bringing verse wit heroism and emotional grandeur back to a theatre increasingly dominated by realism and naturalism. Cyrano de Bergerac first performed in Paris in December 1897 became an immediate sensation and secured Rostands international reputation. His other notable works include Les Romanesques La Princesse Lointaine LAiglon and Chantecler. He was elected to the Académie française in 1901. Cyrano de Bergerac was first staged at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris on December 28 1897 and published in France by Charpentier et Fasquelle in 1898. Kingsburys English translation appeared the same year through Lamson Wolffe & Co. and was the version used by Richard Mansfield when he became the first major actor to play Cyrano in English on the American stage. Rostands play was inspired by the historical Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac 16191655 a seventeenth-century French writer known for his bold intellect satire and challenges to accepted ideas. Rostand transformed him into something larger than life: a brilliant poet swordsman lover and outsider whose wit and courage made him one of the enduring figures of modern theatre. PROVENANCEAcquired by the founder of Katz Fine Manuscripts then M. Benjamin Katz Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts in 2008 from Ivo Marc de Galan trading as IM Therefore Fine Art & Manuscripts. De Galan was associated with Toronto the Toronto Islands and later Apeldoorn Netherlands and dealt in art literary manuscripts illustration and related historical material. His activity in the field is supported by institutional and scholarly traces including the National Library of Waless 2006 purchase from Ivo Marc de Galan; Toronto of a W. H. Davies holograph manuscript and The Victorian Webs publication of works from the Ivo de Galan Collection. According to de Galans 2008 listing this book came from the personal library of Edmond Rostand and the date is in Rostands hand. Condition: Good Original publishers cloth with moderate exterior wear including fraying and slight cloth loss at the head of the spine a short tear/split at the upper front joint light rubbing to corners and spine ends and mild soiling/darkening to boards and spine. Interior generally clean and intact with mild age-toning and minor pencil marks. Presentation inscription remains bold clear and highly legible. Published by Lamson Wolffe & Co. Boston MDCCCXCVIII 1898 copyright. Approximately 4.3 x 7 inches. ; English; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; antiquité d'antiquariato LETTER AUTOGRAPH HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL LITERATURE AUTHORS FRENCH BUCH; Signed by Author . LAMSON, WOLFFE & CO. , Boston, Mass hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 69105Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1898. Full Description: ROSTAND Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. Comédie Héroïque en Cinq Actes en Vers. Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1898. First trade edition. Octavo 7 7/8 x 5 5/16 inches; 200 x 135 mm. 1-225 3 blank pp. In original glassine. Inscribed by Rostand to Fernand Bougeat on half-title "à monsieur / Fernand Bourgeat / souvenir coronal / Edmond Rostand." Also with a postcard dated 1930 of Coquelin Ainé as Cyrano de Bergerac laid in. A rare presentation in the original wrappers. Fernand Bourgeat 1851-1932 was the Secretary General of the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris. Original light green printed wrappers. Front wrapper invisible reattached. Wrappers printed in dark green. Edges uncut. In glassine. Back wrapper with a small closed tear to the bottom margin. Spine a bit creased and lightly flaking. Old ink note to top corner of glassine. Glassine lightly toned. Overall a very nice clean copy. Housed in a chemise and cloth slipcase with red morocco spine labels. "Cyrano de Bergerac is the most famous example of poetic romantic drama that Rostand created. A colorful and exciting portrait of the reign of Louis XIII with an aspiring poet-lover for its hero the play enjoyed tremendous popularity." Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia 890. HBS 69105. $12500. Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle unknown
1898Best.-Nr. 69105Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1898. Full Description: ROSTAND Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. Comédie Héroïque en Cinq Actes en Vers. Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1898. First trade edition. Octavo 7 7/8 x 5 5/16 inches; 200 x 135 mm. 1-225 3 blank pp. In original glassine. Inscribed by Rostand to Fernand Bougeat on half-title "à monsieur / Fernand Bourgeat / souvenir coronal / Edmond Rostand." Also with a postcard dated 1930 of Coquelin Ainé as Cyrano de Bergerac laid in. A rare presentation in the original wrappers. Fernand Bourgeat 1851-1932 was the Secretary General of the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris. Original light green printed wrappers. Front wrapper invisible reattached. Wrappers printed in dark green. Edges uncut. In glassine. Back wrapper with a small closed tear to the bottom margin. Spine a bit creased and lightly flaking. Old ink note to top corner of glassine. Glassine lightly toned. Overall a very nice clean copy. Housed in a chemise and cloth slipcase with red morocco spine labels. "Cyrano de Bergerac is the most famous example of poetic romantic drama that Rostand created. A colorful and exciting portrait of the reign of Louis XIII with an aspiring poet-lover for its hero the play enjoyed tremendous popularity." Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia 890. HBS 69105. $12500. Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle unknown books
Best.-Nr. LCS-18581C’est l’œuvre la plus populaire du théâtre français de la fin du XIXe siècle. Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898. In-8 de 225 pp. et (3) pp. bl. Bradel soie brodée verte à recouvrements, dos lisse, pièces de titre de maroquin havane, tête dorée (P. Goy & C. Vilaine). 193 x 134 mm.
1898Best.-Nr. 79719Charpentier & Fasquelle | Paris 1898 | 13.50 x 19.50 cm | relié sous étui
1898Best.-Nr. 79719Paris: Charpentier & Fasquelle 1898. Fine. Charpentier & Fasquelle Paris 1898 13.50 x 19.50 cm relié sous étui First edition one of the rare leading copies on Japan paper limited to 50 numbered copies and a few name-specific copies the tirage de tête. Binding in full green morocco spine in five compartments set with gilt stippling and adorned with double gilt panels decorated with gilt fleurons intheir centres recolouring and discreet restoration to a joint gilt roll tooling on the spine ends frame of double gilt fillets on the boards brightened in the corners with a set of interlacings and gilt fleurons iridescent green silk endpapers frame of five gilt fillets and gilt floral motifs in the corners of the pastedown endpapers covers preserved top edge gilt double gilt fillets on the leading edges superb binding signed Gruel. Extremely rare and magnificent copy of the most popular play in French theatre the tirage de tête set in a perfect binding in full morocco signed Gruel. Charpentier & Fasquelle hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 110786Paris Charpentier & Fasquelle 1898 1 vol. relié in-8, plein maroquin bordeaux, dos à nerfs soulignés d'un filet doré, caissons ornés aux petits fers, triple filet doré en encadrement des plats ornés d'un plein décor d'arabesques dorés, fine bordure intérieure, doublures de maroquin marron clair à gros grains encadré d'une frise dorée, gardes de soie moirée marron, doubles gardes, double filet doré sur les coupes, coiffes guillochées, tranches dorées, couvertures et dos conservés, chemise de maroquin bordeaux souple et étui bordé (Creuzevault), 225 pp. Édition originale de l'une des pièces les plus populaires du théâtre français. Un des 50 exemplaires numérotés sur Japon (ex. n°29), seul tirage de luxe avec quelques hors commerce réservés à l'auteur sur papier rose ou vert. Précieux exemplaire unique décoré en 1911 par le peintre Edmond Malassis de 16 aquarelles originales signées, dont six à pleine page (frontispice et pages de titre des 5 actes), cinq bandeaux et cinq culs-de-lampe : scènes de genre picaresque et portraits haut en couleurs, d'une grande finesse d'exécution, qui rappellent qu'Edmond Malassis (1874-1944) fut formé à l'aquarelle par Gustave Moreau. Ce chef-d'oeuvre a été par la suite revêtu d'une magistrale reliure à la fanfare (en référence au 17e siècle où se situe l'action) signée par Creuzevault.
1898Best.-Nr. 110786Paris Charpentier & Fasquelle 1898 1 vol. relié in-8, plein maroquin bordeaux, dos à nerfs soulignés d'un filet doré, caissons ornés aux petits fers, triple filet doré en encadrement des plats ornés d'un plein décor d'arabesques dorés, fine bordure intérieure, doublures de maroquin marron clair à gros grains encadré d'une frise dorée, gardes de soie moirée marron, doubles gardes, double filet doré sur les coupes, coiffes guillochées, tranches dorées, couvertures et dos conservés, chemise de maroquin bordeaux souple et étui bordé (Creuzevault), 225 pp. Édition originale de l'une des pièces les plus populaires du théâtre français. Un des 50 exemplaires numérotés sur Japon (ex. n°29), seul tirage de luxe avec quelques hors commerce réservés à l'auteur sur papier rose ou vert. Précieux exemplaire unique décoré en 1911 par le peintre Edmond Malassis de 16 aquarelles originales signées, dont six à pleine page (frontispice et pages de titre des 5 actes), cinq bandeaux et cinq culs-de-lampe : scènes de genre picaresque et portraits haut en couleurs, d'une grande finesse d'exécution, qui rappellent qu'Edmond Malassis (1874-1944) fut formé à l'aquarelle par Gustave Moreau. Ce chef-d'oeuvre a été par la suite revêtu d'une magistrale reliure à la fanfare (en référence au 17e siècle où se situe l'action) signée par Creuzevault.
1898Best.-Nr. 170364Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle Eugène Fasquelle Éditeur 1898. A copy with real panache First edition tirage de tête number 48 of 50 deluxe copies printed on japon; a very rare survival in the original decorated wrappers which are unique to the japon issue. It is the only such example we can trace in commerce. Rostand's verse play has since its debut performance on 27 December 1897 at which the audience were still applauding a full hour after the curtain fell captivated audiences and readers around the globe and immortalized the 17th-century libertine writer on which its lead character was based. His heroic depiction single-handedly changed the meaning of the French word "panache" flamboyance and reckless courage from the cavalryman's plume into a virtue and also introduced the word into the English language. Octavo. Text in French. Original green florally patterned wrappers front cover lettered in orange edges uncut. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Some sunning around spine light rubbing to ends and corners and superficially to front joint otherwise a near-fine copy. unknown
