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1946réf. 0123With an Important Inscription by Aragon Explicating the History of the Text Aragon Louis 1897-1982. La Naissance de la Paix par Rene Descartes: ballet danse au chateau royal de Stockholm le jour de la naissance de Sa Majeste 1649. Paris: Bibliotheque Francaise pour les amis de l'auteur J. Dumoulin 1946. Copy #128 of 300 signed by Aragon. In addition this copy bears a full-page inscription Aragon. 4to. Original wrappers glassine. 34p. plus colophon. With an inscription which reveals the bibliographic history of the original translation: "Your father has requested that I write a poem on the dance for you. It is not possible because I am incapable but this book is on dance. It is a description of a ballet by Rene Descarte written in 1649 for the birthday of the Queen of Sweden. There must be a manuscript in Stockholm but I based my writing on a manuscript which existed before the war in the Bibliotheque Nationale which has since vanished. Here I have expanded the text with comments. For precious Sandra for when she is a big girl who will charm the world with her dancing. Signed Aragon 18 June 1977." When Rene Descartes was 54 he went to Stockholm at the invitation of Queen Christina. It is said that because Descartes refused to dance at a court ball Queen Christina charged him with writing the verses for a court ballet La Naissance de la Paix. The ballet was composed for performance on 8 December 1649 the 23rd birthday of the Queen. It celebrates the Peace of Westphalia at the end of the Thirty Years' war which was more or less won by Sweden. According to a recent study by Richard Watson "the evidence of Descartes' authorship is virtually nonexistent. Almost certainly the ballet was written by Helie Poirier a professional writer of French verse." References: Watson Richard A. Descartes's Ballet 2007. Dumoulin books
1972réf. 38342NYT: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972. First American edn. Two volumes. 4to pp. 356365. With 441 illustrations 155 in full color. Translated by Jean Stewart. Very nice in djs slightly yellowed and soiled on spines in red box. Very heavy. Actually a memoir collected over many years by the poet who had become Matisse's friend. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1946réf. WRCLIT83369London: Pilot Press 1946. Cloth. First British edition. Edited by Hannah Josephson and Malcolm Cowley with translations by various hands. Fine in nicked and shelfworn dust jacket. Pilot Press hardcover books
1961réf. WRCLIT83226London: Hamish Hamilton 1961. Cloth. First British edition translated by Haakon Chevalier. Literary ownership signature on preliminary blank otherwise fine in lightly nicked and rubbed dust jacket. Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
1961réf. WRCLIT83227New York: Putnam 1961. Gilt cloth. First U.S. edition translated by Haakon Chevalier. A very good copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket with some small nicks and tears. Putnam hardcover books
1991réf. 173016Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution 1991. Hardcover. VG. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy white and color-illustrated dust jacket with brown and red lettering. 318 pp. 435 illustrations 181 in color. Catalogue from the exhibition held in Houston Washington and San Francisco between November 1990 and January 1992. Part One features generalities about the Indonesian archipelago and its art artistic traditions and more. Part Two is a catalogue of outer-island-art arranged by location. With references and an index. A beautiful catalogue. Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
2003réf. 171742Paris: Galerie Boulakia 2003. Softcover. VG. Yellow and illustrated wraps; French flaps. 75 pp. 28 color 3 BW plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held April 30-June 30 2003. Text in English and French. Galerie Boulakia paperback books
1972réf. 165453New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972. Hardcover. VG/VG/VG. White cloth with white glossy color-illustrated dustjackets contained in a red cloth slipcase. 2 Volumes. vi 356; iv 366 pp. "The reader will discover Matisse watercolorist draftsman ceramist and the architect-- and unquestionably one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century."--Amazon. A wonderful and exhaustive novel of Henri Matisse by Louis Aragon profusely illustrated throughout with art by Matisse. Translated from the original French by Jean Stewart. With 155 color illustrations and a vast profusion of black and white illustrations throughout several folding over 500 in all. From jacket: A huge fascinating look at Matisse and his creative process by Aragon one of France's foremost poets covering the twenty-seven years of their acquaintance. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the artist and his models paintings and drawings these 2 thick volumes are both a visual and literary treat. "It took Aragon close to twenty-seven years to put this book together. He assembled here all that he had ever written on Matisse adding to it elaborating on it providing his glosses letting memory do its creative work shaping his material into what it pleases him to call 'a novel' and allowing himself numerous digressions. In spite of his elliptical ways however the subject 'Matisse' is overwhelmingly present most obviously through the illustrations carefully keyed into the text following Aragon's layout instructions and admirably illuminating it but no less through Matisse's own words which Aragon records with scrupulous fidelity. What he has arrived at is a dialogue between writer and painter unique in writings on artists and art and uniquely revealing of the creative process." Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1991réf. 160955Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution 1991. Paperback. VG- clean crisp tight contents; light wear to covers. Color-illustrated glossy wraps; 318 pp. full of bw images and occasional color plates. Catalogue from the exhibition held in Houston Washington and San Francisco between November 1990 and January 1992. Part One features generalities about the Indonesian archipelago and its art artistic traditions and more. Part Two is a catalogue of outer-island-art arranged by location. With references and an index. A beautiful catalogue. Smithsonian Institution paperback books
1995réf. 149872Mexico City: Ediciones Era 1995. Softcover. NF internally but with some soiling to covers; ex-lib. sticker on lower spine and bar code inside back cover. Color-illus. wraps with black lettering on spine. 230 pp. with several bw illus. Text in Spanish. Discusses contemporary Mexican painting divided into two sections as well as a section on the school of Mexican painting and a section on murals/muralists Rivera Siqueiros Orozco. The artists in each section are featured individually and quite in-depth for the size of the book. No index. Ediciones Era paperback books
1981réf. 129492Mexico City Mexico: Galeria de Arte Mexicano 1981. Softcover. VG slight wear to cover. Black wraps stapled binding 36 pp 18 color images. Text in Spanish. Features a short essay on the artist and lovely illustrations of his work featuring insects fruit vegetables animals and more. Galeria de Arte Mexicano paperback books
1990réf. 52085NY:: Simon and Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0671688537 . First printing. Fine in a near fine small sticker remnant on rear panel dust jacket. . Simon and Schuster, hardcover books
1961réf. 163891New York: Putnam 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. First US. Smudge on bottom corners of pages. Text clean. Bottom corners of cover bent. Edges of spine bumped. Wear and tears on edges of dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Putnam hardcover books
1946réf. WRCLIT58755Paris: Editions de Minuit 1946. Printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled with small internal mend to lower wrapper internally about fine. First edition ordinary issue. One of 1750 numbered copies from a total edition of two thousand printed on BFK Rives. Published for the Conseil National de la Résistance. Prefatory note by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie. Text by Aragon Eluard and Vercors. Editions de Minuit unknown books
1943réf. WRCLIT27020London: Horizon-La France Libre 1943. Printed wrappers. First British edition in French. Wrapper slightly tanned but a very good copy. Horizon-La France Libre unknown books
1945réf. WRCLIT48877New York: Duell Sloane and Pearce 1945. Cloth. First edition. Edited and largely translated by Malcolm Cowley and Hannah Josephson but with a translations by other hands. Spine slightly cocked covers lightly hand smudged but a good sound copy without dust jacket. Duell, Sloane and Pearce hardcover books
1945réf. WRCLIT27019New York: Duell Sloane and Pearce 1945. Cloth. First edition. Edited and largely translated by Malcolm Cowley and Hannah Josephson but with a few translations by other hands. Fine in very good modestly nicked and tanned dust jacket. Duell, Sloane and Pearce hardcover books
1974réf. 47472Mexico: Era 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Mexico: Era 1974. First edition. Numerous b/w and full color illustrations. 324 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Bumped and rubbed to head heel & corners; light toning to pages. Toning and light wear to dustjacket; closed tear to top front flap. Very good/Very good. Era hardcover books
1982réf. 75412NY:: Holmes & Meier Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0841907307 . Seventy color plates. Translated from the French by Francis Scarfe. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine short tape repaired tear on the spine dust jacket. Housed in a near fine cardboard slipcase. . Holmes & Meier Publishers, hardcover books
1941réf. D4858Gallimard 1941. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth over boards backed in red morocco gilt-stamped lettering on upper board. Original wraps bound in. Spine chipped; front board detached. Original binding wraps still quite nice with just a tiny chip at bottom corner of front cover. Collection Metamorphoses XI. Gallimard hardcover books
1990réf. 9617NY: Simon and Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0671688537 . Illustrated by John O'Brien. First printing. Fine in a near fine two short closed tears at the top of the rear panel one of them mended on the verso with clear adhesive tape dust jacket. . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
réf. 1544355947-9-1-NAUSAGE Publications Inc. 5. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. SAGE Publications, Inc unknown
2002réf. ANAIS-2070424111GALLIMARD 2002-10-09. pocket_book. Good. 11x2.7x17.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. GALLIMARD unknown
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réf. 8877New York: The Limited Editions Club 1994. Hardcover. NF. Signed by Illustrator. Near Fine. #189 of 300 copies signed by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Designed by Dan Carr and printed on Velin Arches paper and printed by Wild Carrot Letterpress. Type set in Monotype Plantin Light by Dan /carr and Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry with additional hand work by Art Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. This copy is NF with some slight fading on the spine but otherwise in fine condition. Original monthly letter #573 laid in. NF slipcase Print info from 1985 Bibliography and Snyman - Grossman LEC Checklist #573. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
