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1896ref. 013618Edinburgh: T.C. and E. C. Jack 1896. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. The Centenary Burns four volumes 8vo tan cloth decorated in gilt in the MacKintosh/ Art Nouveau style volumes 1 and 2 published 1896 3 and 4 in 1897 gte sides untrimmed each in near fine condition. Set owned by Victorian author Ella Napier Lefroy 1854-1919 with her bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. A Glasgow native and eldest daughter of merchant and politician Alexander Hastie of Luscar in 1873 she married Thomas Charles Perceval Lefroy an Irish businessman who worked for the brewers Guinness and Bass. The couple lived in London and had four children. In the 1890s Lefroy wrote two novels - "A Scots Thistle" 2 vols. London: Bentley 1892 and "Janet Delille" 2 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett 1894 under the pseudonym "E. N. Leigh Fry." Thereafter it appears she gave up literature. Her husband died in 1893 which may have influenced her decision. T.C. and E. C. Jack hardcover
1966ref. 846Cazenovia NY: Eva Thoby-Marcelin 1966. First edition thus. Near fine. Etchings portfolio hand printed by the artist R. E. Marx 1925-2020 in blue and black on Rives paper each of the ten etchings numbered and signed 26/80 in an edition limited to 80 copies only. The type was handset in 18 pt. Garamond. 15 copies were bound all others were issued in portfolio as here. Contains a finely printed English language version of de Maupassant's story translated from the French by Eva Thoby-Marcelin "The Wretch." All ten plates present and the colophon is further signed by Robert Marx; the dark green cloth portfolio is encased in a matching board slipcase with the title gilt-stamped to the front panel. Eva Thoby-Marcelin unknown
1889ref. 25262Philadelphia PA: J. B. Lippincott Co 1889. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 10.6x7.7x0.8in. rebound in 3/4 navy calf with marbled boards and endpapers all edges gilt; offsetting to title page from frontispiece. Illustrated with 6 etchings by M. M. Taylor. 47pp 1.49lb 10.6x7.7x0.8in J. B. Lippincott Co hardcover
1877ref. 39444Paris: Vve Cadart 1877. Adolphe Martial Potémont. AN OUTSTANDING SET ONE OF ONLY 15 PRINTED ON CHINE APPLIQUÉ. A wonderful monograph and suite of etchings devoted to the Butte des Moulins a picturesque Parisian neighborhood that was when these etchings were executed about to be razed so that the Avenue de l'Opéra could be built. An extensive introduction 47 pp printed on fine laid paper followed by 22 plates including 20 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY ADOLPHE MARTIAL POTEMONT PRINTED AVANT-LA-LETTRE ON CHINE APPLIQUE. From a total edition of 180 numbered sets this is one of only 15 printed on Chinese paper. Potémont best known as "Martial" was one of the great etchers of Parisian scenery and these impressions on Chinese paper are particularly fine. Large folio. Loose as issued in worn and lightly stained original board portfolio. Support sheets of etchings somewhat foxed but etchings themselves mostly very clean. A UNIQUE RELIC OF A LOST PART OF PARIS AND A TESTAMENT TO THE CHANGES BROUGHT BY HAUSSMANN. Vve Cadart unknown
1909ref. 39443Paris: Charles Bosse 1909. Louis Toussaint. A PORTFOLIO OF 20 STUNNING LARGE FOLIO ORIGINAL ETCHINGS OF CHARMING PARISIAN SCENES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRADITONAL ARCHITECTURE PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Introduction by Jules Clarétie and 20 large folio etchings. Edition limited to 350 numbered sets. of which this is ONE OF ONLY 30 SETS WITH THE ETCHINGS PRINTED IN REMARQUE STATE ON FINE IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Large folio. Loose as issued in original wraps with the first etching repeated on the front cover. A bit of wear to wraps else FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare. Charles Bosse paperback
1985ref. 39383Torino Turin: Edizioni d'Arte Tuttografica Torino 1985. Giacomo Soffiantino. A privately-printed livre d'artiste in which the author recounts one of his experiences as a hunter. ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO FULL-PAGE HORS TEXTE ETCHINGS BY GIACOMO SOFFIANTINO BOTH OF WHICH ARE SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Edition limited to 120 numbered copies printed on extremely fine wove paper this copy printed for noted artist Franco Ghisotti and his wife Carla. Folio. Bound in the original handmade paper boards and dustjacket. Housed in the original folding board slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT with no defects. Edizioni d'Arte Tuttografica Torino hardcover
1951ref. 39403Paris: Ambroise Vollard / Georges Leblanc 1951. André Derain. An outstanding copy of this important livre d'artiste illustrated with 33 HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY ANDRE DERAIN. Derain executed the etchings in 1934 but they were not published until this livre d'artiste appeared in 1951. Large folio 45 x 35 cm. ENTIRELY UNTRIMMED WITH WIDE MARGINS IN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT CONDITION. Housed in the original chemise and slipcase. Johnson 184; Rauch 40; MoMa 57; Strachan p. 330; Stern 33. Rare and important. Ambroise Vollard / Georges Leblanc unknown
1961ref. 39362Paris: André Dérue 1961. Lars Bo. A STUNNING LIVRE D'ARTISTE with 12 haunting etchings with aquatint by Lars Bo. From a total edition of 200 numbered copies this is one of 150 printed on fine Lana wove paper. 4to. GORGEOUSLY BOUND BY R. MARCHAL signed IN FULL MOROCCO WITH "REPAIRED TEARS" ON FRONT AND BACK COVER IN IMITATION OF THE TORN OVERCOAT IN THE STORY. Watered silk endleaves. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Silk ribbon page marker. Housed in a matching half-leather chemise and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. A WONDERFUL BOOK IN A WONDERFUL and unique MASTER BINDING. André Dérue paperback
1923ref. 39215Paris: Aux dépens d'un amateur 1923. A great example of erotica with 16 delicate and extremely obscene hand-colored etchings by Chas-Laborde 15 of which are full-page and hors-texte graphically depicting both heterosexual and homosexual acts having both in the same book is extremely unusual for French erotica before 1950. From a total edition of 260 numbered copies this is one of 250 on fine Montgolfier wove paper. Large 8vo. Original wraps lightly worn. Internally uncut FINE AND BRIGHT. Aux dépens d'un amateur paperback
1926ref. 39221Paris: Librairie de La Collection des Dix Veuve Romagnol 1926. Henri Le Riche. An outstanding copy of an outstanding livre d'artiste devoted to the glamorous and sensual side of early 20th-century Saigon illustrated with 53 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS mostly with drypoint and aquatint by Henri Le Riche one of the great masters of color etching. From a total edition of 300 numbered copies this is ONE OF 100 ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. This copy includes A A remarque suite also on Imperial Japanese paper of the 36 color-printed en-têtes in first state without text; B A remarque suite of the 17 hors-texte etchings in first state before the reduction of the plates; C A suite of the 17 hors-texte etchings in second state before the reduction of the plates; D The two planches refusées in two states with and without remarque. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS in the original board chemise and banged-up slipcase. Librairie de La Collection des Dix, Veuve Romagnol paperback
1929ref. 39332Paris: Editions du Scarabée 1929. A livre d'artiste with FOUR LOVELY FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY GUIDO COLUCCI. In this copy exceptionally TWO OF THE ETCHINGS ARE SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST. From a total edition of 115 numbered copies this is one of 110 copies on fine Arches wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Wraps a bit dusty and poorly repaired at spine. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. The four etchings are all in perfect condition. Editions du Scarabée paperback
1949ref. 39175Paris: Maeght 1949. A STUNNING AND IMPORTANT LIVRE DE PEINTRE. The first edition of Eluard's text illustrated with 87 ORIGINAL COLOR ETCHINGS BY ROGER CHASTEL. From a total edition of 196 numbered copies this is one of 148 on extremely fine Lana wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. In this original lightly worn board chemise and slipcase. The Artist & the Book 55; Strachan pp. 116-118 and 328; Chapon pp. 172-175. A PRISTINE COPY OF A RARE BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT BOOK ONE OF THE TRULY GREAT MODERN BESTIARIES. Maeght paperback
1913ref. 39104Paris / Bruxelles: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Van Oest & Cie 1913. AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION COPY. First and only edition of this collection of sonnets illustrated with SIX STUNNING and technically accomplished ORIGINAL HORS-TEXT ETCHINGS BY JEAN-JULES DUFOUR very much in the style of Charles Meryon. 175 pp. One of only 21 numbered copies on extremely fine Imperial Japanese paper WITH A DOUBLE SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS on Chinese paper and on Japanese paper this copy printed for Lydia Cutting the Countess of Constantinovitch and her husband the Count of Constantinovich. WITH A SPECTACULAR CALLIGRAPHIC DEDICATORY SONNET FOR THE COUNTESS AND THE COUNT SIGNED BY COUDERC ON A PRELIMINARY BLANK. Manuscript correction in Coudrc's hand on p. 127. 4to. Bound in contemporary morocco elborate gilt dentelles watered silk endleaves. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. The front wrapper features an additional etching; the back wrapper is illustrated with Couderc's ex-libris also an original etching both of these etchings are also by Dufour. Light wear and sunning to binding. Internally clean. A unique item. Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Van Oest & Cie paperback
1960ref. 39092Paris: Pierre Lecuire 1960. A stunning livre de peintre featuring previously unpublished poems by Pierre Lecuire and 22 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY LANSKOY his very first etchings. From a total edition of 190 copies this is one of 145 printed on extremely fine Auvergne laid paper and SIGNED BY LECUIRE AND LANSKOY. Folio 33.5 x 18 cm. Loose as issued in the original wraps with the front cover adorned with an original etching. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. A beautiful production. Pierre Lecuire paperback
1933ref. 38743Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux 1933. An extraordinary suite of 30 etchings by Ablett in his purest boudoir style printed on extremely fine laid Japanese paper. EACH ETCHING IS SIGNED IN THE PLATE AND EACH ETCHING HAS A REMARQUE DRAWN IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST as a rule remarques are engraved but in this case each one is an original drawing. Folio. Loose as issued. In perfect condition. EXTREMELY RARE. Javal et Bourdeaux unknown
1986ref. 38631Barcelona: the artist 1986. An utterly captivating livre d'artiste ENTIRELY ETCHED IN COLOR both text and images BY BORJA DE PEDRO. Includes 3 full-page etchings without text each SIGNED and numbered by the artist. Also 5 etched text pages with images in the margins. And finally the etched justification signed and numbered by the artist. Edition limited to 150 copies printed on fine wove paper. 4to. Loose as issued in original folding paper case embossed on the front cover. Housed in the original acrylic case. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. Rare. the artist unknown
1989ref. 38629Barcelona: Antonio Agra 1989. Poems by Gras Balaguer and FIVE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS with aquatint BY ROUGEMONT. Edition limited to 75 numbered copies plus ten artist's proofs and ten hors commerce all printed on extremely fine wove paper. 4to. Two booklets: poems loose as issued in original wraps; etchings also loose as issued in original wraps. House together in folding paper case SIGNED on the colophon by the author and the artist. FINE AND BRIGHT. Antonio Agra paperback
1991ref. 38627Barcelona 1991-1996. A gorgeous livre d'artiste with TEN LARGE COLOR ETCHINGS with aquatint BY JAUME RIBAS each SIGNED and numbered in pencil by the artist. This is copy 7/35 printed on extremely fine Arches wove paper and SIGNED by the artist and the author in the justification / colophon. Square folio. Loose as issued in printed wraps housed in an elaborate wooden and metal box. FINE AND BRIGHT exactly as issued. VERY RARE. paperback
ref. 1990Barcelona 1981-1982. A portfolio with six haiku by Patterson in English with a Spanish translation and six more by Sancho Fortich in Spanish with an English translation. SIX ORIGINAL LOOSE ETCHINGS BY KOUJI OCHIAI PRINTED IN COLOR EACH NUMBERED 83/99 AND SIGNED IN PENCIL. Edition limited to 99 copies printed on fine Arches wove paper. Signed by the artist on the justification page. Large 4to. Loose as issued in the original cloth-backed silkscreened portfolio with cloth ties. Fine and bright with no defects. Barcelona, 1981-1982 hardcover
ref. 1333901666.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1940ref. 003000Paris: L.I. Louis Icart 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Pierre Louys adaptation of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan. One of only 4 copies on Japon with extra suites of the 1st state proofs and the 2nd state proofs and the original copper plate used for the etching on page 7. Numbered from II to V. This is copy number IV. From a total edition of 147. With 16 drypoint engravings printed in blue by Louis Icart of which 5 full page and 11 in-text. The etchings were printed by French masterprinter Manuel Robbe. The 32 full page 1st and 2nd state proofs are printed in black. All prints protected by tissue guards. Loose folded sheets in wrappers with silver title. In publishers marbled chemise and slipcase. 23 text pages. Sheets measure 29 x 215 cm. Extremely rare copy with the extra suites and the original copper plate. Spine of chemise a bit sun faded lightest wear to corner tips of slipcase. A very fine copy in collectors condition. . L.I. (Louis Icart) Hardcover
ref. CA16B-00053Printed for Richard Worthington / Villon Society. Collectible - Very Good. New York: Printed for Richard Worthington The Book. Vol. I and II / Printed for Subscribers Only The Book. Vol. III - IX and Alaeddin. / Printed for the Villon Society Tales from the Arabic Vol. 1-3 1884 1889 Alaeddin. 13 Volumes 9 3 1. Limited Edition. The Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night printed on Holland paper limited to five hundred copies No. 3 as stated on limitation page of Vol. I. Tales from the Arabic No. 90 as stated on limitation page of Vol. 1. Alaeddin unnumbered on limitation page. Sm 4to blue cloth hardcovers with paper spine labels with black text. Top edge in gilt. Blue endpapers. Illustrations. Very Good set. The volumes of The Book of a Thousand Nights are each only lightly shelfworn with the majority of the edgewear to the spine head and top-edge of the boards. Spine labels are browned with a couple of chips. Volume VII's first 30 or so pages have minor brown staining along the lower edge. The volumes of Tales from the Arabic each have scuffs to the tops of each board and small stains to the paper labels. Otherwise only lightly shelfworn. Alaeddin shows a dime-sized red rub to the front board and a few white rubs that have left dents to the rear board. Each volume shows little foxing or spotting inside and are in wonderful condition for their age. A fantastic set! Arab Folklore Arab Folklore Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Printed for Richard Worthington / Villon Society hardcover
ref. 1334109869.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1334341915.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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