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1869ref. 268151869. A Paris chez D. Jouaust 1869. Un vol. au format in-8 238 x 162 mm de 1 f. bl. 1 f. n.fol. xxxiv pp. 1 f. n.fol. 206 pp. 3 ff. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'poque de pleine percaline satine marine plats jansnistes dos lisse orn de double filets dors large fleuron central dor piÂce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge titre dor. Belle impression sur verg d'dition. Exemplaire agrment au colophon d'une note manuscrite de Daniel Jouaust : ''Offert M. G / par l'diteur / signature''. L'ouvrage renferme 4 sur 4 jolies planches graves montes sur Chine appliqu d'aprÂs Victor Foulquier. Lequel fut ''lÂve d'Abel de Pujol et qui acquit une considrable rputation principalement au travers de ses illustrations'' in Bnzit. Issus de deux familles diffrentes Paul et Virginie sont levs en commun comme frÂre et sÃur dans la splendeur naturelle des paysages tropicaux de lle Maurice. Mais l'adolescence des sentiments amoureux naissent entre les deux personnages. La mÂre de Virginie Madame de la Tour dcide alors de l'loigner de Paul en envoyant sa fille tudier en France laissant Paul son chagrin. Plusieurs annes aprÂs Virginie annonce son retour sur l'le mais le navire qui la ramÂne de France est pris dans une tempÂte. Appartenant au registre pathtique Paul et Virginie dcrit avec force les sentiments amoureux et la nostalgie du paradis perdu. Au-del du cadre exotique et de la description d'une socit idyllique Bernardin de Saint-Pierre expose dans ce roman sa vision pessimiste de l'existence. Bnzit IV Dictionnaire des peintres p. 458 - Osterwalder I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 383. Angles et coiffes lgÂrement lims. Frottements affectant la piÂce de titre. Rares rousseurs dans le texte ; quoique davantage marques aux feuillets liminaires. Du reste belle condition. Peu courant. b42961 unknown
1879ref. 271041879. Bourg / Lyon Imprimerie EugÂne Chambaud / Martin-Bottier / A. Brun 1879. Un vol. au format pt in-4 275 x 223 mm de 2 ff. bl. 1 titre grav n.fol. vi - 134 pp. 1 f. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'poque de demi-chagrin maroquin vert-bronze coins filets dors ports sur les plats dos nerfs orn de filets gras froid filets maigres dors titre dor tÂte dore. Edition originale de cette soigneuse publication. Belle impression sur verg d'dition agrmente de 12 sur 12 eaux-fortes originales ainsi que d'un titre-frontispice grav ; signs Paul Morgon dans la plaque. Natif de Thoissey en 1852 Paul Morgon ''participe avec une douzaine dÕartistes dont Lon Dallemagne et Horace Fonville la fondation de la Socit des amis des arts de lÕAin dont la premiÂre exposition a lieu en avril 1878''. in Rhne Estampes. ''Nous ne craindrons pas au travers de cette publication de faire des excursions dans le domaine du pass et de rechercher ses lgendes et ses drames ; nous esprons lorsqu'il sera possible de redresser sur leurs fortes murailles les chteaux qui gardaient la valle ; nous pntrerons dans les glises nous fouillerons dans les archives des communes.'' Table : Journans - Tossiat - Montagnat - Saix - Bourg-en-Bresse - Challes - Viriat - Attignat - Craz - Malafretaz - La Baume - Jayat - Saint-Julien - Lescheroux - Chartreuse de Montmerle - Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes - Pont-de-Vaux. Angles lims. Petites altrations superficielles en marge des plats. Frontispice dsolidaris. Gardes taches. Quelques claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste belle condition. Peu courant. b42961 unknown
1923ref. 212181923. S.l. Les Bibliophiles comtois 1923. Un fort vol. au format in-4 292 x 226 mm de 258 pp. en feuilles sus couverture titre rabats remplis et tui-chemise cartonn dos lisse piÂce de titre contrecolle. Tirage unique 140 exemplaires seulement dont 15 seulement furent mis dans le commerce. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 115 sur Arches seul papier rservs aux membres de la Socit et ce titre imprims nominativement pour Charles EstÂve. ''Edition bien illustre''. L'ouvrage renferme - ici en premier tirage - les eaux-fortes originales de Lucien Madrassi. ''ElÂve des peintres Raphal Collin Gervais et Grme Madrassi exposa au Salon des Artistes franÂais. En 1924 il est Cracovie o il tudie sur place les moeurs et les types juifs pour Un Royaume de Dieu des frÂres Tharaud dont l'diteur Lapina lui avait confi l'illustration. Il fit cette occasion 86 eaux-fortes''. in Osterwalder. ''Membre de la Socit des Artistes FranÂais depuis 1906 Madrassi a entre autres illustr Un royaume de Dieu de Jean et Jrme Tharaud''. in Bnzit. ''Lamartine peint avec une apparente justesse l'tat des esprits en 1814 et pendant la premiÂre Restauration. Oeuvre mconnue dont l'intrÂt documentaire est certain.'' Absent de Mah Rpertoire des ditions de luxe - Carteret IV Le Trsor du bibliophile / Illustrs modernes p. 230 - Osterwalder II Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 732 - Bnzit VII Dictionnaire des peintres p. 55 - Tulard Bibliographie critique des Mmoires sur le Consulat et l'Empire pour l'originale de 1870. Petites marques d'usage affectant le dos de la chemise ainsi que les angles et coupes du coffret ; dont un plat prsente quelques marques d'eau sans gravit. Quelques rousseurs affectant les trois premiers et derniers feuillets. Nonobstant belle condition. Peu courant. b42961 unknown
1899ref. 182721899. Paris EugÂne Fasquelle 1899. Un vol. au format in-4 303 x 223 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice grav n.fol. 99 pp. 1 f. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'poque de plein cartonnage dor recouvert d'un important dcor gauffr motif floral dos lisse tÂte mouchete. Martial Dasset. Edition parue la date de l'originale et premiÂre dition illustre. Exemplaire sous reliure du temps signe de Martial Dasset. ''Edition de luxe au tirage limit 160 exemplaires seulement. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 150 numrots du tirage sur vlin de cuve second papier aprÂs seulement 10 de tÂte sur Japon. Il s'agrmente - et est complet - des quatre superbes eaux-fortes indites d'Albert Besnard. ''199 eaux-fortes et pointes-sÂches ainsi que 3 lithographies constituent l'ensemble de l'oeuvre grav de Besnard. Il a pu accuser dans ses planches d'une certaine modernit nous rappelant qu'il connaissait Degas ; avant de parvenir l'expression d'un certain symbolisme littraire recourant au thÂme macabre''. in Bailly-Herzberg. ''Versailles a toujours et dÂs mon enfance fortement agi sur mon intellect et sur mon coeur. Aussi m'tonnais-je presque ''au milieu du chemin de ma vie'' de n'avoir consacr la Ville Royale que strophes dtaches et rflexions parses. Un dsir me vint de ma rapprocher du Palais plus qu'un dsir l'instinctive ncessit de me soumettre au contact direct l'immdiate effluve du Pass afin d'en subir l'inspiration et la dicte. Je m'installai donc proximit du Palais et crivis alors Les Perles rouges''. Proust d'estimer ''ses vers ontd'indestructibles fondements des racines mystrieuses et profondes dans ce sol sacr dans sa nature et son histoire''. Bailly-Herzberg Dictionnaire de l'estampe en France p. 31 - Bnzit I Dictionnaire des peintres p. 710. Angles lims. Manques superficiels affectant principalement dos coupes et mors de la reliure. TrÂs belle condition intrieure. b42961 unknown
1945ref. 179421945. Paris Editions de La Cit 1945. Un vol. au format pt in-4 troit 258 x 168 mm de 79 pp. Reliure de l'poque de plein chagrin maroquin havane semis de fleurons dors sur les plats dos lisse l'identique titre dor tÂte dore sur tmoins gardes de pleine moire havane sous tui bord couvertures et dos conservs. Exemplaire sous pleine reliure du temps. ''Intressante et charmante publication''. in Carteret. Un des 60 exemplaires du tirage sur Arches deuxiÂme papier aprÂs seulement les trois exemplaires de tÂte sur Japon. Outre les compositions originales graves - ici en premier tirage - par Paulette Humbert que l'ouvrage se doit de contenir ce dernier recÂle par ailleurs in fine une suite en noir desdites planches. ''Diplme de l'Union centrale des Arts dcoratifs et socitaire du Salon d'Automne Paulette Humbert a - entre autres - illustr Ren de Chateaubriand''. in Bnzit. ''Chateaubriand se plait ici dpeindre la mlancolie du hros-narrateur. Lequel narre ici sa vie passe en dcrivant les vnements qui l'eurent pu conduit ce mal de l'me ainsi que son habitude chercher refuge dans une rÂverie qui devient poison.'' in Espace franÂais. Carteret V Le Trsor du bibliophile / Illustrs modernes p. 47 - Bnzit V Dictionnaire des peintres p. 168. Frottements affectant le dos de l'exemplaire. Nonobstant trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
1884ref. 140111884. S.l. La Tradition 1947. Un vol. au format pt in-4 283 x 193 mm de 144 pp. en feuillles sous couverture titre rabats remplis et tui-chemise cartonn dos lisse piÂce de titre contrecolle. Tirage unique 492 exemplaires. Celui-ci un des 200 du tirage numrot sur vlin d'Arches blanc recelant in fine - outre les compositions originales in et hors-texte de Rosette Chicotot dans le texte - deux planches supplmentaires en un seul tat sur les deux annoncs. ''Chicotot fut l'lÂve de Laurens Schommer et Guillonnet. A expos des paysages et des natures mortes au Salon des Artistes franÂais dont elle est socitaire. Mention honorable en 1928''. in Bnzit. ''Les Idylles dÕune grande libert stylistique et formelle ont des sujets aussi varis que la mythologie comme dans Çle cyclopeÈ les fÂtes religieuses ou encore la magie.'' Bnzit II Dictionnaire des peintres p. 725. TrÂs rares rousseurs en marge de quelques feuillets. Du reste trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
1940ref. 110021940. Paris Guy Leprat s.d. 1940. 1 vol. in-plano 443 x 318 mm de 11 pp. et 12 planches en feuilles sous chemise cartonne d'dition. Edition originale. Tirage unique 500 exemplaires seulement sur vlin d'Arches seul papier. Exemplaire numrot et sign la mine de plomb au colophon. ''Penser Paris. Comment songer vaincre rduire quelque forme intelligible un tel monstre de grandeur de rapports de diffrences concentres '' Paul Valry. Premier tirage des 12 dlicates eaux-fortes de FlorÂs donnant voir : La rue des Francs-Bourgeois - Notre-Dame et les bouquinistes - L'aiguille de Notre-Dame - Le Pont-Neuf et la Cit - Notre-Dame vue des Quais de Seine - La Sainte-Chapelle - Tour de l'Horloge et march aux fleurs - L'Eglise Saint-Germain-des-PrÂs - March rue Mouffetard - Rue Brise-Miche - Place de la Concorde - Arc de Triomphe / Place de l'Etoile. Chemise prsentant des marques d'usage parses dont deux manques de papier affectant tÂte et queue du dos. Feuillets de garde fortement roussis. Rousseurs affectant texte et planches quoique davantage concentres en marge. Du reste bonne condition. Rare. b42961 unknown
1987ref. 28527The Strange Company: USA 1987. First edition & 1st printing. Oversize pictorial wrappers. Fine unread copy but for a touch of edge wear. Tenth and final issue. Large octavo single issue pictorial wrappers perfect bound. Weird magazine: 116 pages including covers. Ten issues published in total the first issue in 1973 then a gap of ten years when a further nine issues were published by The Strange Company 1983-1987. This issue has a mscellany of fiction poetry and essays by Thomas Ligotti ''The Spectacles In The Drawer'' Brian Lumley and others. The emphasis of this issue is on the work of WEIRD TALES author Amelia Reynolds Long and includes two of her short stories and an essay about her work by Chet Williamson. 1000 copies printed. The Strange Company: USA unknown
1985ref. 20052The Strange Company: USA 1985. Oversize pictorial wrappers. Near fine NF copy. Seventh issue. Large octavo single issue pictorial wrappers perfect bound. 96 pages including covers. Weird magazine: ten issues published in total the first issue in 1973 then a gap of ten years when a further nine issues were published by The Strange Company 1983-1987. This issue has fourteen pieces of fiction including Brian Lumley illustrated throughout plus lots of poetry plus an interview with Joseph Payne Brennan a short piece listing ''The Thirteen Best Obscure Stories From Weird Tales'' and ''Landscapes of Intertextuality'' by Philip E. Kaveny. See Ashley/Tymn: Science Fiction Fantasy And Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 205/206. The Strange Company: USA unknown
ref. 499380Maine: Romulus Editions 1989. Hardcover. Fine. First edition deluxe issue. Poems by David Walker. Etchings by Thomas Cornell. Quarto. 38pp. Quarter blue morocco stamped in gold paper-covered boards. printed on handmade Barcham Green Langley paper illustrated with five original etchings by Thomas Cornell. The spine cover and title page reproduce a "voiceprint" from a recording of the poet pronouncing the vowels and consonants of the book's title on a precision oscilloscope. Copy letter "h" of 24 lettered copies along with an extra separate suite of etchings "the first pulled from these plates" each limited to 24 lettered copies signed by David Walker and Thomas Cornell all within a box made by Jeffrey Haste. A fine copy beautifully printed and illustrated in about fine clamshell case with the topedge faintly sunned and a bit of very faint spotting along the spine edge. Beautifully printed and designed by George Benington the multi-color etchings printed by James Cambronne. Two of the etchings are individual portraits of Franz Kafka and Charles Ives. Striking etchings by the artist Thomas Cornell who had a one-man show at the G.W. Einstein Company in New York. Thomas Cornell is the Bowdoin College Richard Steele Professor of Studio Art. "A graduate of Amherst College Cornell studied for a year at Yale School of Art and Architecture. In addition to Bowdoin he has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at Princeton University. He has received many awards including a Fulbright Grant the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship in 1966. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1983. His work is present in art books most notably Rizzoli's Post-Modernism The New Classicism in Art and Architecture by Charles Jencks. He has had five one-man exhibitions in New York City and seven major museum exhibitons including a Bowdoin College Museum of Art exhibition in 1990 with a catalogue essay by Martica Sawin" cf Bowdoin College Visual Arts Department Website. Romulus Editions hardcover
1974ref. 3965London: The World's End Press 1974. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine/very good . Natalie d'Arbeloff. Designed and hand-printed by Natalie d'Arbeloff set in 18 point Garamond and printed on Barcham Green mould-made paper. One of 75 copies loose in leaves as issued each leaf consisting of an etching facing text by A.B. Christopher the artist's father. Signed by Christoper and d'Arbeloff. The leaves are in a printed wrapper. All leaves fine or very nearly so. The set in a solander case with embossed vellum spine over paper boards trivial wear to the slipcase but the glue attaching the spine to the cream paper board has stained from underneath a little so VG. This is a handsome illustrated work the etchings perfectly complementing the mystical text. 25 of the 75 copies were bound in goatskin leaving only 50 copies loose and suitable for display of the leaves. The World's End Press paperback
ref. DADAX1119232198Wiley 2017-01-10. 1. hardcover. New. 7.20x1.80x10.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wiley hardcover
1982ref. 165391Sydney: Ansay 1982. 1st edition. As New. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 63pp. sepia illusts. Presentation copy inscribed & signed by Paul Deprat on the title-page Ansay hardcover
1923ref. ferry06249Tillinger 1923 Berlin: Hans Heinrich Tillgner Verlag 1923. Very good/no dust jacket as issued. A tight clean copy. 300 copies only were printed. 1-20 were bound in parchment and printed on Imperial Japan paper. With signed etchings. This is copy #14. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Tillinger hardcover
2003ref. mon0001642492Day Books 2003-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. . Lifting the Latch offers a vivid first-hand portrait of rural English life through the memories of Mont Abbott a traditional farm labourer. Collected and shaped by Sheila Stewart his stories capture the rhythms hardships and quiet joys of working the land in a bygone era. The book blends oral history with rich storytelling preserving a way of life that has largely disappeared. A heartfelt and evocative read for anyone interested in countryside heritage and social history.rn Day Books paperback
1951ref. 300004084par le Club bibliophile de France pour l'Union Latine d'éditions 1951. 1951. par le Club bibliophile de France pour l'Union Latine d'éditions unknown
1780ref. 000110Dubouchet Sculpt. 1780. Hardcover. Near Fine. 9"x7. Moreau J.M. Near Fine; see scans and description. J.M. Moreau le Jeune marginal credit also accorded Dubouchet Sculpt.: Two related framed hand-colored etchings undated circa 1780 modern frames. "La Petite Toilette" and "La Grand Toilette" depicting a gentleman of the French aristocracy undergoing those two respective stages of preparation by his retinue being made presentable for a social evening. Each 9" x 7" overall 5.2" x 3.5" exposed image and margin. Just very modest toning. Modern frames have several small nicks and spots hence very good though not far from near fine. Beautifully hand-colored etchings by J.M. Moreau the younger a prolific artist of the late 1700's. L11n [Dubouchet Sculpt.] hardcover
1905ref. 40530Bedford Park Chiswick: The Caradoc Press 1905. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/350. Large octavo. 14 155 1pp. Striking contemporary gilt-ruled full calf with gold decoration and lettering to spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Izaac Walton. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initials and tailpieces. This splendid limited edition of Walton's masterpiece "The Compleat Angler" is the exact reprint of the first edition published in 1653. It is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton's frontispiece portrait as well as the decorative initials and ornaments were designed and engraved by Harry George Webb a recognized artist of the time. One of 350 unnumbered copies on paper out of a total edition of 364. Binding rubbed along joints with head of spine slightly chipped. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. The Caradoc Press hardcover
1988ref. 022353Concord NH: New Hampshire Historical Society 1988 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine. Color Illustrated Wraps. NA. 1st. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. SCARCE: Near Fine in color Illustrated wrap-around covers 1 light spine crease Large trade-size. Many B&W and color Illustrations 228 pages. Signed in flat script by both authors on the 1/2 title page preceeding the title page. Also includes an ephemeric piece; Order blank/advertising brochure for this book 1 page folding. Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1988 hardcover
1922ref. 56032Berlin: Eigenbrödlerverlag GmbH 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 83/100. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original cream-colored pigskin with gilt embossed decor of covers gilt lettering on black leather label and gilt decor on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Cream ribbon marker. Heavy decorative endpapers. Title page printed in blue and black. Signed "Münchhausen" and Kolb" on limitation page. Includes seven etchings with tissue guards all signed by the artist. Story of the legendary horse Bayard in medieval tales of knights. Text in German Gothic script. Binding with light wear along edges and minor scuffs and very light staining of covers. Eigenbrödlerverlag GmbH hardcover
1979ref. 83595Kent Ohio: Volair Limited/Capra Press 1979. Hardcover Octavo in slipcase. Hardcover. Very good. black leather spine marbled boards gilt lettering cardboard slipcase unpaginated inscribed by the author on the half title page slipcase lightly worn Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Volair Limited/Capra Press hardcover
1982ref. 642039Winchester School of Art Press 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. quarto. Numbered XVI 16 of 50 copies signed by both poet and artist with ten initialled original etchings inserted into loose sections contained in a hand-made solander box blind embossed with the title. Crease and some very slight marks to 'spine' of outer title page which is wrapped around the loose sections. Slight bump to leading corners of solander box and very minor wear and some faint scuffs to cloth. Otherwise a clean bright set. Winchester School of Art Press hardcover
ref. 20668211Thames & Hudson London 1956 first UK edition . 29.0 x 23.0cms 100 b/w plates very good hardback with very good dustwrapper small chips at top of spine and edges Ambroise Vollard the art dealer and publisher commissioned Picasso to execute these etchings between 1930 and 1937. The first 27 are on heterogenous subjects and the rest fall into specific groups: the battle of love: Rembrandt; the sculptor's studio; the minotaur; the blind minotaur 3 portraits of Vollard. Scarce edition Thames & Hudson London 1956 (first UK edition) hardcover
ref. 20293567Ansay Pty Ltd Sydney 1982 . 27.0 x 19.0cms 64pp 54 sepia toned illusts fine hardback & dustwrapper Delprat executed all these etchings between 1974 and 1982 . They range bewteen aquatint drypoint and drypoint-mezzotint. Scarce title. Ansay Pty Ltd Sydney 1982 hardcover
ref. 20538477Odana Editions & Josef Lebovic Gallery Sydney 1998. 32.0 x 25.0cms 480pp b/w & colour illusts fine hardback & dustwrapper The contents cover: the Mitchell Library folios & copper plates; Norman & Rose; unpublished etchings; etched bookpltes; books illustrated with original etchings; notes on the unpublished etchings catalogue raisonne; unpublished etchings catalogue raisonne; published etchings; notes on the published etchings catalogue raisonne; published etchings catalogue raisonne; galleies exhibitions & reviews; sales & marketing; facsimile etchings; glossary of etching terms; selected exhibitions; private collections; selected bibliography. Odana Editions & Josef Lebovic Gallery Sydney 1998 hardcover
