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1977ref. SKU1033467THE FRIENDS OF THE DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. DURHAM 1977 1977-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. The Friends of Duke University Library; Durham 1977. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author directly on front free endpaper also signed by author directly on limitation page in rear. A Very Good red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decorative design on boards binding sturdy and intact bit of handling/rub marks to boards some rubbing to board and spine edges age toning to pages without Dust wrapper. A nice clean and unmarked copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. Unpaginated b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. THE FRIENDS OF THE DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. DURHAM 1977 hardcover
ref. 69941E-394. Very Good. Hardcover. Vellum. 8vo. Published by Edwin C. Hill Co New York 1906. Xlv 312 pgs. Illustrated with a frontispiece etching of a bird being shot by a bow and arrow and one other etching by Alma Tadema. Signed by the Publisher Edwin Hill on the limitation page. No. 72 of an edition of 206 copies. Bound in full vellum with titles present to the spine and decoration present to the front board. Top edge gilt. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities light soil present to the edges of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Shah-nameh is considered the national epic of Persian-speakers and the Iranian world. It was written over the span of 35 years by Hakim Abu L-Qasim Firdawsi Tusi known commonly as Ferdowsi as a celebration of the Persian Empire before the coming of the Arabs and Islam beginning 7000 years ago. He based his masterpiece on other historical works available to him at the time c. 1000 A. D. . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
ref. 031522-13Wilderness Adventures Press. Hardcover. Near Fine. 9x6x0. Wilderness Adventures Press hardcover
1974ref. 000652Land's End Press 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. Scarce edition. From dust Jacket: "Here in one volume are facsimiles of three rare and valuable works of fencing by the noted eighteenth century fencing masters Domenico and Henry Angelo." Hard back binding in publisher's original crimson cloth covers gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Landscape 6½'' x 9¼''. Contains printed pages of text with full-page monochrome etchings and engravings throughout.Very Good condition book with minor rubbing of the cloth along the spine. Good condition dust jacket with some damage. Not price clipped.Names stamped on First page. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Land's End Press hardcover
1980ref. 36982Paris: A Parole Donnee 1980. Fine/Fine. Paris: "A Parole Donnée" 1980. First Edition Limited to 60 copies of which this is no. 15. Small square quarto 17cm; loose as issued in original green printed dust jacket housed in tan cloth chemise and slipcase; 20pp.; two leaves of color etchings signed with limitation by the Japanese printmaker Hiroshi Asada. A Fine example. Additionally signed by the poet and artist on colophon in rear. The sixth volume in Bohbot's "A Parole Donnée" series. No copies in OCLC as of October 2025. A Parole Donnee unknown
1978ref. 36983Paris: A Parole Donnee 1978. Fine/Fine. Paris: "A Parole Donnée" 1978. First Edition Limited to 60 copies of which this is no. 39. Small square quarto 16.5cm; loose as issued in green printed dust jacket housed in original black cloth chemise and slipcase; 20pp.; three color etchings signed with limitation by the artist. Light fraying to slipcase else a Fine example. Additionally signed by the poet and artist on colophon in rear. Issued as the seventh volume in the poet's "A Parole Donnée" series. Not in OCLC as of October 2025. A Parole Donnee unknown
2000ref. CNJL795Baltimore Maryland: Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute College of Art 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lorenz Hilary. No. 7 of 40 copies of the deluxe edition total edition 100 elephant folio size 40 pp. signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz. "The Handbook of Phrenology" is a collaboration between artist Hilary Lorenz an artist and printmaker whose work has been exhibited throughout the United States Europe and Asia and the co-founder of the Dolphin Press and writer Albert Mobilio a poet and literary critic whose work has appeared in The Village Voice Harper's Fortune and The New York Times Book Review n. b. artist bios from the book. The book is a collection of five prose fiction pieces that revolved around the nineteenth-century science of phrenology or "the reading of one's head shape to determine personality" n. b. from website of Hilary Lorenz and is a provocative examination of what is now recognised as a pseudoscience. ___DESCRIPTION: Full black Japanese Asahi cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front board hand-marbled paste-down endpapers hand-sewn binding six etchings interspersed throughout the text both etchings and text printed on the rectos only; Dante monotype on Rives Heavyweight elephant folio in size 16" by 13.5" unpaginated with 20 leaves excluding front and back blank leaves per the colophon page a limited edition of 100 copies this being number 7 per the web site for Hilary Lorenz numbers 10-100 were for sale signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz on the colophon. The slipcase is covered in matching cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front which mirrors the book lined with maroon paper. With a sheet with a description of the book serving as the prospectus one sheet printed on one side. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine with a strong square text block solid hinges perfectly straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and it is entirely free of prior owner markings - crisp as new. Slipcase is also fine strong and sturdy clean without wear. The prospectus sheet is near fine clean with very light toning to the edges and light wear to the corners else fine. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an oversize book and additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute, College of Art hardcover
1778ref. 1778SSParis: Hôtel de Thou 1778. Hardcover. Very Good/no dj as issued. William Hodgson etchings. Book of plates from the French quarto edition of Captain Cook’s second voyage. Published in Paris in 1778. --- --- First French Edition very good Just the plates from the French edition of James Cook's second voyage "Voyage dans l’hemisphère austral et autour du monde fait sur les vaisseaux de roi L’Aventure et La Résolution en 1772 1773 1774 & 1775" based on the etchings of William Hodgson who accompanied Cook on his second voyage to find the Terra Australis. 65 of 66 engraved plates. Including frontispiece 14 maps of which 8 are folding. 47 plates and 3 plans. 28x22.5 cm 11x9". 32 of the 64 maps and plates are fold-outs the largest is a map that folds out to a size of 22" x 20" 56x51cm. All are undamaged Book of plates from the French quarto edition of Captain Cook’s second voyage. Published in Paris in 1778. Quarto format original binding with 64 of 65 maps and plates in series lacking the second plate. With two plates numbered 10 one a bis plate and duplicate of plate 50. Three of the maps are heavily browned some wear of the bindings three plates are loose but overall in astounding condition. The heavy paper is still white without foxing or spotting. The plates have either been taken from the 4 volumes of the 5-volume 1778 French edition: COOK Captain James 1728-1779. Voyage dans l'hémisphère austral et autour du monde. Paris: Hôtel de Thou 1778. 5 volumes 4° 252 x 186mm. The maps and plates were in the following volumes: vol. 1 plates 1 - 17 vol 2 plates 18 -37 vol 3 plates 38 - 58 vol 4 plates 59 - 65 vol 5 no plates. Or from an alternate format of the same edition that had text only volumes and all maps and illustration in a separate Atlas volume. This copy has no title page and a spine label that says "Voyage de Cook - Atlas" First complete French edition of the description of Cook's second voyage. An octavo edition comprising 6 volumes of text was published at the same time. --- --- The second voyage which was mainly devoted to the exploration of a presumed southern continent the expedition also represented the first scientific research voyage to the southern polar region and led to the discovery of the southern Sandwich Islands. It should be noted that the French printing techniques displayed here were believed to be more refined than those of the English. The plates with views natives plants birds implements weapons. (Hôtel de Thou) hardcover
1872ref. H3326Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1872. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition with the Lacroix notes also seems to include some tales from the Heptameron. 1872 4 volumes one of 500 copies on Hollande Van Gelder paper small 8vo 16.5 cm full cherry red morocco gilt with floral spine emblems 5 raised bands on spines with gilt borders and crowns surmounting the letter 'M' at all corners. All edges gilded double marbled endpapers occasional etchings by Flameng near fine set with just a touch of rubbing and occasional foxing especially to plates. Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
1868ref. C000018669Paris: Lacroix Verboeckhoven 1868. First printing. Hardcover. Good. First printing 1868 no. 23 of an unknown number handsomely bound in half morocco raised bands gilt extra 310 pp. illustrated including 7 original etchings or eaux-fortes. Good copy spine leaning rubbing contents nice and bright. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven hardcover
1889ref. 319711Troy NY: Nims and Knight 1889. Paperback. Fair. Oversize paperback book in FAIR condition - with nine original engraved portraits. Covers and spine are extremely chipped but now protected in a clear plastic wrapper. The first main page biography of Jane Hading has a 1.5" closed tear. Otherpages have light edge wear due to years of page-flipping. Some spotting foxing and other age-related blemishes on the edges of the portraits. The portrait of Mary Anderson is nearly detached from the cardstock. Some dampstaining along the very edges most visibly on the last text page. Otherwise text clean and pages tightly bound despite external damage. Portraits of eminent stage actresses of the late 19th century each with a brief biographical profile. The tissue portraits are mounted on cardstock. Includes Jane Hading Julia Marlowe Lillie Langtry Helena Modjeska Fanny Davenport Ada Rehan Sarah Bernhardt Ellen Terry and Mary Anderson. Measures approx. 14" x 11.25 Nims and Knight paperback
1890ref. mon0003790500Librairie des Bibliophiles 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Complete 2 Volume Set. Limited Edition of 125 copies on Holland paper; This being # 120. Bound in matching 1/2 Dark Green Morocco with dark green & black marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt lettering decorations on spines; top edges gilt marbled end papers and bound in silk markers. - 203 & 211 pp. Illustrated with a portrait of the author 8 plates and 32 vignettes in the text drawn and etched by Adolphe Lalauze. - Slight edge wear; former owner's bookplates on front pastedowns. Otherwise very clean tight square and unmarked. A very good to fine set. Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
1969ref. 50314London: Trigram Press Ltd 1969. First edition. Softcover. Very good. Small square quarto 10". 451pp. Lettered cream wrappers head & foot of front hinge rubbed. Illustrated with photographs some nudity on rectos and mostly erotic etchings on rectos. Trigram Press Ltd unknown
1899ref. 49449Philadelphia: The Walpole Press 1899. Grand Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very good condition. 7/1000. Octavo. 365pp. 10 plates in two states with printed tissue guards. Three-quarter red leather over red cloth with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in two states with tissue guards. Title page printed in red and black Beautiful publication of this novel by Alphonse Daudet 1840-1897. Delightfully illustrated with reproductions of etchings by Eugene Abot and Albert Duvivier as well as b/w reproductions of drawings by Stanislas Rejchan. Engravings in two states protected by captioned tissue guards. This edition printed on Japanese vellum paper. Some scuffing along edges of binding. Ex-libris of Seymour Nebenzal on inside of front cover. Block lightly age-toned. The Walpole Press hardcover
1976ref. 42138Las Vegas: Nevada Publications 1976. First printing. Hardcover. vg. 1/200. Folio 12 1/4 x 9 1/4". 63 17pp. Original gilt-stamped grey cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Limitation page signed by both the author and the artist. Original etched frontispiece hand-numbered 74/190 and signed by Roy E. Purcell. Illustrated title page. Book housed in its original gilt-stamped brown cloth slipcase. "The Cerbat Mountains and other barren ranges in western Arizona along the Colorado River offer to the inquisitive visitor a wide range of unexpected experiences. Tucked away in several canyons are the skeletal remains of abandoned mines and towns. Delight in making friends with these desert ghosts awaits the traveler who can discriminate between solitude and loneliness. Illustrated with stunning color illustrations and etchings by Roy E. Purcell as well as numerous "period photographs of the families who lived in this isolated area the small towns with their general stores and saloons and the men who endured the daily drudgery of mine work this book serves as a reminder of the hardships faced by those seeking a living in this remote western area of our country in the late 19th century." From the Publishers. Minor shelf-wear to slipcase. Slipcase binding and interior in very good condition. Nevada Publications hardcover
ref. 96510Paris circa 1805 through 1814. . Very good. - A suite of 18 plates by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux engraved on creamy white stock measuring between 10-1/2 inches by 8 inches and 11 inches by 8-1/2 inches with large margins there is one smaller exception. The images depict the various cries of Paris merchants. All but three are signed "JDB" in the plate. Most of the images are identified and titled in French in pencil by a previous owner. The collection is as follows: "Marchand de gravures etalagiste" portrays street vendors of engravings offering their merchandise to customers some of whom are handling the prints. Several prints hang from a wire stretched between poles in the background and a large blank canvas hangs from the center of the pole. In some editions what is here a blank canvas bears the printed title "Suite de Marchands ambulants de Paris par J.D. Bertaux" and serves as frontispiece to the work. The image measures 3-1/4 inch high by 2-1/4 inch wide within 4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. The edges are very slightly creased with two tiny tears to the left edge and a couple of tiny stains or spotting to the bottom margin of the page. "Decrotteur et ramoneur" portrays a man shining the shoes of an officer as chimney sweeps and other shoe-shiners are pictured in the background. A small dog stands at the side of the officer. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/4 inch high by 4 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor faint foxing. "Parade de comediens ambulants" portrays traveling actors performing and parading on the porch of a house with spectators in the foreground. The image measures 2-3/8 inch high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/2 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There is light foxing throughout. "Colleur d'affiches" portrays a bill-poster perched on a ladder pasting a poster or bill to the corner wall of a building. Another worker stands around the corner and a family looks on with their dog. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There are some minor faint stains and minor foxing to the margins. "Gagne petit" portrays a knife grinder or sharpener carrying his grinding wheel on his back with a dog at his side. Another knife grinder wheels his equipment in a wheelbarrow. A house and people are pictured in the background. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is minor foxing to the margins. "Remouleur" although the title differs the image is identical to the prior one. "Gagne petit" and "remouleur" both translate to knife grinder or sharpener. There is some scattered foxing and the paper is lightly darkened. "Titre" possibly the title page to the work. The image portrays men filling water containers from a city's monument fountain with water pouring from the mouth of a troll. The image measures 2-1/2 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. The edges of the plate are darkened with a short tear to the top edge and just a hint of foxing to the margins. "Serrurier" portrays a locksmith grinding keys near the open gate leading to a mansion. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is a minor crease to the bottom right corner with just a hint of foxing to the margins. "Cardeuses de matelats" portrays mattress carders. 3 women are seated with their carding tools and sections of stuffed fabric. The image measures 3-3/8 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4-1/4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There are minor creases to the corners with a couple of faint specks to the margins. "Menuisiers" portrays carpenters working on furniture at their work table. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is light scattered foxing mostly to the margins. "Marchands de parapluies et de soufflets" portrays an umbrella merchant carrying several on his back and a bellows merchant with several fireplace bellows attached to this clothing. The image measures 3-1/4 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. "Batteurs de platre" portrays plaster beaters. A man is beating away at plaster spread out upon the ground as another carries a basket of plaster to spread over it. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/4 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor foxing to the margins. "Charrons" portrays wheel builders constructing wooden carriage wheels. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor faint foxing throughout. "Scieurs de bois" portrays sawyers at work as an empty horse-drawn cart rides away and another stacks wood upon a ramp leading to a barn's loft. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 4 inch wide plate marks. There are some minor sports of foxing or browning to the print. "Lingere au petit crochet" portrays an elderly woman cloth merchant carrying her linens in a basket on her back. Several dogs are near her and another cloth merchant can be seen speaking to a man in the background. The image measures 3-3/8 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4-1/8 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There are minor creases to the edges. "Porteur d'eau" portrays a water carrier and his wife pulling a large barrel of water on a cart. Another water cart and houses are depicted in the background at left. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/4 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide plate marks. There is creasing to the bottom right corner and some foxing to the margins. "Tomeliers" portrays coopers at work constructing wooden barrels to which they affix metal rings. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-3/4 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor foxing throughout. An untitled image portrays barbers working on customers hair and beards and a wigmaker at her loom. Several wigs hang from the wall. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/2 inch high by 4-7/8 inch wide plate marks. This print is engraved on a sheet which is slightly smaller than the others measuring 7-3/8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. There is a piece chipped from the bottom left corner with some foxing and darkening to the margins. The artist's name here spelled "Duplessis-Berteaux" by an early owner is penned on the verso. The engravings are in overall very good condition with a paper tab mounted along one edge of the verso of each print. The French painter and draughtsman Jean Duplessis-Bertaux 1747-1819 produced etchings and burin engravings. Having taken part in the French Revolution Duplessis-Bertaux produced a series of prints entitled "Scenes de la Revolution" followed by "Campagnes de Napoleon" which illustrated scenes from Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaigns engraved after paintings by Carle Vernet. He also produced a series of engravings portraying the street cries of Paris "Cris de Paris". Duplessis-Bertaux also collaborated on some prints with Jean-Louis Delignon and produced several pornographic prints many of which were printed anonymously but were later re-attributed to him. The work entitled "Recueil de cent sujets de divers genres" published in 1814 gathered together in one volume 100 of Duplessis-Bertaux' engravings from eight of the suites including military scenes and those from his Cries of Paris which had previously been distributed seperately. Paris, circa 1805 through 1814. hardcover
1929ref. 002348New York: The Macmillan Company 1929. 179 pages. Spine faded with light wear to the head and foot; boards lightly soiled. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick 4to. The Macmillan Company Hardcover
ref. 039331926 Paris Editions des quatre chemins. n° 87 des 300 ex sur vélin d'Arches après 35 sur Hollande - 284 x 223 cm - 41435 pgs - couverture d'éditeur broché LE DOS RENOUVELE sans perte dos original muet - dix eaux-fortes de Gromaire - intérieur très bien en tout bel exemplaire (1926) Paris Editions des quatre chemins
1906ref. 35294New York: Edwin C. Hill Company 1906. Limited edition. Vellum. Good. L. Alma Tadema. Limited edition of 206 this hand numbered 17 and signed by the Edwin C. Hill Company 1906. A Good copy. 4to. 312 pp. with 2 etched plates bound in decorated full vellum with top edge in gilt. Overall light wear and soiling to vellum. Upper spine is partially detached. Spine is tanned. Front and rear hinges starting to crack. Tear and small loss to the paper covering the rear board End papers are lightly toned with some finger soiling to title page otherwise text is clean and unmarked. Edwin C. Hill Company unknown
1884ref. 19249London & New York: J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1884. hardcover in full black leather. Good. Thick quarto oversized. Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Gilt top edge. Corners bumped. Some wear to joints. 2 inch tear in leather joint at lower front board and a one inch tear at top joint. First and last hinge reinforced with green tape. Gift inscription on a card glued in on the first pastedown. Black leather with gilt boirder detailing at edges on both sisdes of the boards. though the title page notes 24 illustrations this is the extra illustrated edition with 50 attractive detailed b&w etchings by Delierre. J. C. Nimmo and Bain hardcover
1930ref. 24172Maestricht & Bruxelles: A.A.M. Stols 1930. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff wrappers lettered in black and red in fine slipcase. Fine. 94 pages. 25 x 19 cm. Limited edition one of 200 this copy not numbered printed in Garamond on Hollande paper. Six original eaux-fortes etchings by Alexeieff. The latter a Russian Empire-born artist and illustrator who lived and worked mainly in Paris. Laid-in a facial portrait of Alexeieff. The author Alexander Pushkin is considered the greatest Russian poet. He was born into the Russian nobility -- dead at age 37 in a duel. As new copy in original glassine. A.A.M. Stols unknown
1988ref. 007027New York: The Limited Editions Club 1988. Limited Edition. Quarter Morocco. Cloth buckram boards and slipcase. Fine. No. 411 of 850 copies signed by Welliver on limitation page. 4to. 33.5 by 24 cm. xiii 93 3 pp. Two color plates with many blank leaves beginning by plates rear. A beautiful production by LEC with text paper made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani in Pescia Italy and the etchings printed on Arches paper by Peter Pettengill and by Paul and Clary Taylor in Hinsdale New Hampshire. Other than the subtlest hint of sunning to the green leather of the spine the copy is pristine. The Limited Editions Club unknown
1899ref. 007151Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1899. Limited Edition. Full Decorated Morocco. Custom Cloth Chemise. Buckram Slipcase. Near Fine. Magnificent copy once belonging to Adolph Zukor a founder of Paramount Studios. Containing a vertical fore-edge painting depicting Musette watering flowers based on the plate from Chapter 6. Also on a separate three sheet of blue stationary a manuscript in French of an original poem written by Murger himself and in his hand. This is copy number 4 of 5 from the Edition Magnifique of Chefs d'Oeuvres du Roman Contemporain this copy created for Warren R. Fales. 8vo. 21.5 by 14 cm. xx 463 pp. With ten etchings by Charles-Louis Courtry in four states: one on bistre on Japan paper with remarques one on papier de Chine mounted on plate paper one on India paper mounted to Japanese vellum and a final hand-colored set on Dutch paper all bound in lettered tissue guards. Fine Art Nouveau-infused binding by George Zabriskie in rose morocco with gilt floral borders and spine decoration decorative floral inner dentelles with colored onlays over patterned silk center panel and facing silk patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. Zabriskie was President of the New York Historical Society from 1939 to 1947 and honorary President thereafter until his death in 1954. Zabriskie inscribed this copy to C. G. Kraeger. Zabriskie was known as a fine bookbinder as well and he was especially noted for his hand-finishing and tooling. Condition: Spine darkened somewhat unevenly so. Joints moderately rubbed. Note that although this copy is from the most exclusive tranche in a limitation it does not contain the additional suite of plates finished in watercolors. George Barrie & Son unknown
1926ref. 007159Paris 1926. LImited Edition. Full Decorated Crushed Morocco. Very Good. Example L of 20 containing the suite "en sanguine". These copies were reserved for Eduoard Champion. Beautiful pochoir coloring of illustrations contained in text. 4to. 26 by 17 cm. 141 3 pp. Beautiful decorated morocco by Princevel with floral onlays in corners of boards and on spine onlay bands around around perimeter crimson doublures with gilt ruling surrounds etc. Silk moire free endpapers marbled paper pastedown succeeding two pages. Condition: heavily rubbed along joints. Corners and edges also rubbed. Scattered foxing and at times quite conspicuous. unknown
1905ref. 005958Paris: Calmann-Lévy 1905. FIrst Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled boards. Original wraps bound in. Very Good. A special copy given to Mary Jacobson who was France's fiancee at the time and thus outside the limitation of 300 with qualities straddling two of the limitation tranches. With an original pencil sketch of Jacobson by Chahine. Also all 28 illustrations are rendered hors-texte in two states one being the cancel. 4to. 28.5 by 21.5 cm. 186 pp. Followed by two states of plates. Calmann-Lévy unknown
