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Best.-Nr. 015415Camille O'Meara, dite Camille Dubois (1828-1907), pianiste, élève de Kalkbrenner et Chopin. L.A.S., dimanche 18 juin [1871], 2p œ in-8. A l'écrivain Jules Janin (1804-1874) : « Cher Monsieur Janin, une amie, une vraie celle-là, m'envoie à Londres le journal des Débats du 13 : je viens de lire votre ravissant article sur la Muette, un article plein de coeur et de poésie, comme vous seul savez les faire. Dans cet article, vous consacrez quelques lignes à une pauvre exilée, qui depuis tout-à-l'heure 10 mois, pleure sur les malheurs de son pauvre pays. Si une consolation à tant de chagrins pouvait avoir été choisie par moi, certes, je ne l'aurais pas demandée plus douce et plus flatteuse que celle d'être citée par vous dans des termes si bienveillants que ma modestie en est tout effarouchée. Je ne saurais vous dire, cher Monsieur Janin, à quel point je suis flattée de votre précieux souvenir : je ne veux pas perdre une minute à vous envoyer mes meilleurs et mes plus sincères remerciements. Notre exil en Angleterre va finir : nous allons rentrer à Paris dans quelques jours. Je serai heureux de vous dire de vive voix les remerciements que je me sens si inhabile à vous exprimer dans ces livres. Votre bien reconnaissante Camille Dubois ». Cet article est en fait le feuilleton en bas de première page, publié le 12 juin 1871 (et non le 13). Il sera publié en volume par la librairie des bibliophiles la même année. Janin y parle de Dubois, ancienne habituée du château de la Muette : « [nous avons] prêté une oreille attentive à ces deux musiciennes si savantes et d'un goût si parfait, Mme Massart et Mme Dubois. [.] Berlioz, l'un des hôtes en rendait bon témoignage. Il disait que Mme Massart était un génie, et que Mme Dubois lui rappelait ce rare et charmant Chopin, dont elle était l'élève. Il est mort, lui aussi, bercé dans son agonie aux accents religieux de ses meilleures élèves : Mme Dubois, Mlle Gavard, la princesse Marceline Czartoryska ». Camille O'Meara avait été l'élève de Chopin et interprété avec lui son concerto en mi mineur en 1847. Elle n'a que 19 ans. Chopin meurt en 1849. Elle fut considérée comme la dépositaire de l'héritage artistique de Chopin. Dans la chemise papier « Lettres adressées à M. Jules Janin ». Autographe rare. [370]
1894Best.-Nr. 157381894. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1894. 2 pp undated ads. Original olive green cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition of Kate Chopin's second but first obtainable book a collection of 23 stories and anecdotes of Louisiana local color. A native of St. Louis Katherine O'Flaherty 1850-1904 married a successful Louisiana Creole named Oscar Chopin and lived in New Orleans and on a nearby cotton plantation until his death of swamp fever in 1882 when she was 31; after two years of trying to manage the indebted plantation herself she returned with her children to St. Louis where suffering from depression she was encouraged to write as a form of therapy. Her writing career began with the now-exceedingly-rare AT FAULT St. Louis 1890 in wrappers -- and it ended due to the public shock over her fourth book THE AWAKENING 1899. She died at age 54 of a brain hemorrhage suffered at the St. Louis World's Fair. As an example of the BAYOU FOLK tales "Désirée's Baby" just twelve pages long tells of Armand an antebellum Louisiana aristocrat who over the objections of friends and family marries an adopted girl of unknown ancestry. Their newborn baby boy is definitely "dark" -- so Armand turns Désirée and the child out of his house. She did not take the broad beaten road to the far-off plantation of Valmondé. She walked across a deserted field where the stubble bruised her tender feet so delicately shod and tore her thin gown to shreds. She disappeared among the reeds and willows that grow thick along the banks of the deep sluggish bayou; and she did not come back again. Some weeks later burning old letters Armand discovers one from his mother to his father; the story ends with this quote from that letter: "I thank the good God for having arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother who adores him belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery." This copy is very good-plus perhaps near-fine: there is scarcely any wear other than a cracked rear endpaper though as always with this olive-green cloth the spine has aged to a honey-brown. Blanck 3244. unknown
1894Best.-Nr. 157381894. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1894. 2 pp undated ads. Original olive green cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition of Kate Chopin's second but first obtainable book a collection of 23 stories and anecdotes of Louisiana local color. A native of St. Louis Katherine O'Flaherty 1850-1904 married a successful Louisiana Creole named Oscar Chopin and lived in New Orleans and on a nearby cotton plantation until his death of swamp fever in 1882 when she was 31; after two years of trying to manage the indebted plantation herself she returned with her children to St. Louis where suffering from depression she was encouraged to write as a form of therapy. Her writing career began with the now-exceedingly-rare AT FAULT St. Louis 1890 in wrappers -- and it ended due to the public shock over her fourth book THE AWAKENING 1899. She died at age 54 of a brain hemorrhage suffered at the St. Louis World's Fair. As an example of the BAYOU FOLK tales "Désirée's Baby" just twelve pages long tells of Armand an antebellum Louisiana aristocrat who over the objections of friends and family marries an adopted girl of unknown ancestry. Their newborn baby boy is definitely "dark" -- so Armand turns Désirée and the child out of his house. She did not take the broad beaten road to the far-off plantation of Valmondé. She walked across a deserted field where the stubble bruised her tender feet so delicately shod and tore her thin gown to shreds. She disappeared among the reeds and willows that grow thick along the banks of the deep sluggish bayou; and she did not come back again. Some weeks later burning old letters Armand discovers one from his mother to his father; the story ends with this quote from that letter: "I thank the good God for having arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother who adores him belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery." This copy is very good-plus perhaps near-fine: there is scarcely any wear other than a cracked rear endpaper though as always with this olive-green cloth the spine has aged to a honey-brown. Blanck 3244. unknown books
2008Best.-Nr. a7627xHYPERION 2008-11-11. audioCD. Like New. 5x5x2. Brand New factory sealed in original shrink wrap. HYPERION unknown
1979Best.-Nr. 21235441979. Paris: Jean-Michel Place. 1979. 8vo. Publisher's soft typographic covers titled in black to spine; pp. 308 illustrations and photographs throughout 5; wearing to edges of covers. An anthology of poesie sonore sound poetry that gathers together a variety of poets theoreticians and artists. Poesie Sonore Internationale serves as a reflection of Henri Chopin's role not only as a creator of sound poetry but also a curator. This copy has been signed by Chopin in pencil to page five unknown
Best.-Nr. 9956FANTASMAGIE. " Bulletin trimestriel du Centre International de l'Actualité Fantastique et Magique ". Bruxelles (194, boulevard Léopold II, puis 97, rue de la Source, puis 77, rue Emile Banning). Editeur responsable : L. Van Rompaey. Fascicule in-8° agrafé. 52 numéros (dont 3 doubles - les n° 14-15, 36-37, 51-52 - et un triple - le n° 17-18-19) ont paru en 47 livraisons, de novembre 1959 à avril 1979. (Destribats, 629) /// Cette revue, fondée en 1959 à Bruxelles par l'occultiste Serge Hutin et le peintre Aubin Pasque, est une originale expression du surréalisme belge, dont les noms des principaux acteurs figurent au sommaire. " Fantasmagie " accorde aussi une certaine place à l'art brut.
1975Best.-Nr. 100719Anvers Guy Schraenen 1975 305x215mm Trois volumes, 305x215 mm, nombre de pages variable, en feuilles sous couvertures composées par différents artistes: #1: Brion Gysin; #2: René Guiette; #3: Jean Degottex, l'ensemble contenu dans un emboîtage en carton. Impression en offset, typographie, sérigraphie, sur différents papiers, avec découpages et inclusion de différents éléments. Edition de 10+120+370 exemplaires tous numérotés. Contributions: Axe 1: Avril 1975: R. Adzak, E. Bal, B. Bogart, H. Chopin, Degottex, M. Dermisache, B. Heidsieck, L.J.P. Schelfhout, U.N. Lee, N. van Daele, P. Ostaijen. Axe 2: Nov. 1975: A. de Bary, M. Benhamou, H. de Clerc, F. Dufrêne, S. Esmeraldo, R. Guiette, B. Gysin, B. Heidsieck, Plessi. ? Axe 3: Déc. 1976. J. Delahaut, J. Giorno, B. Gysin, S. Hanson, B. Heidsieck, A. Lora-Totino, F. Mairey, K. Ritterbusch. Chaque volume contient un disque vinyle 45 tours, 17cm de poésie sonore: ?Axe 1: Henri CHOPIN: Air Vibratoire for Jean. Axe 2: François DUFRENE: Crirythm for Tinguely/Brion GYSIN: Where is that word; In the beginning was the word; In a place, in a place. Axe 3: Sten Hanson: Oips I; Oips II. Ref.: Catalogue: "d.i.s.c.o.t.h.è.q.u.e., expériences sonores d'artistes", Maison du livre et du son, Villeurbanne, 1989, p. (34, #3). "The record as artwork. From futurism to conceptual art", 1978, p. 59, 104, 105. "Poésure et Peintrie", 1993, p. 597. Vinyl 224. (100719)
1843Best.-Nr. 40969Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 6925 1843. Octavo. Full 19th century dark green textured cloth with ruled border gilt "C.C.P" gilt to upper decorative device blindstamped to lower. 1f. recto title verso blank 63 "Compositionen ohne Ausgabe einer Opuszahl" i blank 65-83 i "Dedicationen der Werke Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's" pp. Title lithographed catalogue engraved. Small publisher's oval handstamp to foot of title. Occasional annotations in pencil. Scattered staining mostly minor; small tear to upper blank margin of p. 63 repaired with archival tape to verso. OCLC 1477534799. Together with: Zweite Abtheilung. Unbound. 1f recto title verso "Bemerkung." pp. 39 i blank. 41-44. Title worn and slightly foxed and stained with tear repaired with archival tape to verso; small tears to edges. Not in OCLC. First Edition. Bound with: CHOPIN Thematisches Verzeichnis der im Druck erschienen Compositionen von Friedrich Chopin. Leipzig . Paris . London: Breitkopf & Härtel . Brandus & Co. . Wessel & Co. PN 8497 ca. 1853. 1f. recto title verso blank i-iii "Inhalt. I. Werke mit Opuszahl. II. Werke ohne Opuszhal. III. Portraits. IV. Über Chopin" iv "Dedicationen" 31 i blank 33-35 i blank pp. A few "x" marks in contemporary manuscript. Occasional minor staining and foxing. First Edition. OCLC 29298462. Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; spine lacking with inner edges of boards reinforced with black tape. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 6925] unknown
1843Best.-Nr. 40969Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 6925 1843. Octavo. Full 19th century dark green textured cloth with ruled border gilt "C.C.P" gilt to upper decorative device blindstamped to lower. 1f. recto title verso blank 63 "Compositionen ohne Ausgabe einer Opuszahl" i blank 65-83 i "Dedicationen der Werke Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's" pp. Title lithographed catalogue engraved. Small publisher's oval handstamp to foot of title. Occasional annotations in pencil. Scattered staining mostly minor; small tear to upper blank margin of p. 63 repaired with archival tape to verso. OCLC 1477534799. Together with: Zweite Abtheilung. Unbound. 1f recto title verso "Bemerkung." pp. 39 i blank. 41-44. Title worn and slightly foxed and stained with tear repaired with archival tape to verso; small tears to edges. Not in OCLC. First Edition. Bound with: CHOPIN Thematisches Verzeichnis der im Druck erschienen Compositionen von Friedrich Chopin. Leipzig . Paris . London: Breitkopf & Härtel . Brandus & Co. . Wessel & Co. PN 8497 ca. 1853. 1f. recto title verso blank i-iii "Inhalt. I. Werke mit Opuszahl. II. Werke ohne Opuszhal. III. Portraits. IV. Über Chopin" iv "Dedicationen" 31 i blank 33-35 i blank pp. A few "x" marks in contemporary manuscript. Occasional minor staining and foxing. First Edition. OCLC 29298462. Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; spine lacking with inner edges of boards reinforced with black tape. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 6925] unknown books
1856Best.-Nr. B2302Paris: Firmin Didot Freres c. 1856. A very good copy. Edition: First edition. Binding: Contemporary ¼ morocco with blue cloth boards spine in five compartments of raised bands gilt text on two edges speckled blue. Notes: This book describes the customs and history of the people in the region and the climate and topography of the land. Size: 8vo Illustration: With 35 steel-engraved plates relating to the countries mentioned in the title and 3 folding maps. Volume: Two parts in one. Pages: P. title blank 1-494; 1-226. Category: Book Europe Balkans Firmin Didot Freres hardcover
1990Best.-Nr. 2090202120415672Greenpeace Publishing Association 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Greenpeace Publishing Association paperback
1966Best.-Nr. 100299Sceaux Henri Chopin 1966 27x27cm OU Cinquième Saison n°26/27 Ce « OU » se nomme « Le homard cosmographique » et constitue le deuxième volume du « Dernier roman du monde » d'Henri Chopin. Sceaux, 1966, 272x264mm, 80p., sous couverture à rabats conçue par Burka. Participations de Edmund Allen, Roberto Altmann, Serge Béguier, Bertini, Jan Burka, Henri Chopin, John Furnival, Ilse et Pierre Garnier, Hirsal Grögereva, Jiri Kolar, Kosice, Hanjörg Mayer, Rancillac, C. Frederick, Reutersward, Rotella et Ben. Un disque 17cm contenant les poèmes phonétiques de Raoul Hausmann de 1918 à 1964 dits par lui-même, ainsi que des interventions d'Henri Chopin et Bernard Heidsieck. Exemplaire n°45/525 provenant du poète Altagor portant son ex-libris « Altagor anti-symbol extra-monde absolu 13, rue Valette Paris V », et cette dédicace : « Pour Altagor, ce homard burlesque / Henri Chopin ». (100299)
Best.-Nr. 2400Flic Flac Floc… 1965. Sérigraphie originale sur papier épais légèrement effiloché, signée et datée par l’artiste au crayon. 104 x 70,6 cm. Cette grande sérigraphie d’Henri Chopin, intitulée "Flic Flac Floc" et réalisée en 1965, reflète l’esprit expérimental qui caractérise l’œuvre de cette figure de l’avant-garde européenne.
2008Best.-Nr. 016415Bernard-Gabriel Lafabrie 2008 In-4 En feuilles, couverture
1958Best.-Nr. 21235121958. Paris: Editions Hautefeuille Caracteres. 1958. 8vo. Light blue soft covers lettered in black to covers; pp. 81 7; warping to spine toning to covers creasing to front cover and wearing to edges toning to text block; very good. Inscribed copy of one of Chopin's earliest poetry books.These early poems which are focused on the body and introduce the poetic element or ""protagonist"" of the tape recorder were written by Chopin between 1951 and 1957. This collection is one of Chopin's first poetry books. This copy has been inscribed without mentioning his name to the typographer Robert Massin. At the time Chopin was working as a typographic proofreader like many others in the lettrist movement such as Altagor. paperback
1892Best.-Nr. 432439Boston: Two Tales Publishing Company 1892. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 20pp. paginated 145-164. Stapled wrappers printed in red and black. Wrappers repaired with rice paper especially on the rear wrap which has a few words lacking and a little overall soiling else very good. One of the earliest appearances in print by Kate Chopin "At the 'Cadian Ball" was one of her famous Bayou stories which later appeared in her collection Bayou Folks. It appears here in the magazine Two Tales which began publishing in 1891 and which not surprisingly published two stories in each issue the other story here is by Ella Sterling Cummins. Fragile and rare. OCLC locates four copies with BAL referencing two additional copies. Two Tales Publishing Company unknown
1892Best.-Nr. 432439Boston: Two Tales Publishing Company 1892. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 20pp. paginated 145-164. Stapled wrappers printed in red and black. Wrappers repaired with rice paper especially on the rear wrap which has a few words lacking and a little overall soiling else very good. One of the earliest appearances in print by Kate Chopin "At the 'Cadian Ball" was one of her famous Bayou stories which later appeared in her collection Bayou Folks. It appears here in the magazine Two Tales which began publishing in 1891 and which not surprisingly published two stories in each issue the other story here is by Ella Sterling Cummins. Fragile and rare. OCLC locates four copies with BAL referencing two additional copies. Two Tales Publishing Company unknown books
2009Best.-Nr. SBBIH-A6LH7HZJJQZDSpartan Press 2009. sheet_music. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Spartan Press unknown
1575Best.-Nr. 575041575. Paris 1575. 1st ed. Paris 1575. 1st ed. The First Modern Treatise on Rural Rights: Rene Choppin's Landmark 1575 Agrarian Law Choppin Rene 1537-1606. De Privilegiis Rusticorum: Lib. III. O Fortunatos Nimium Sua Si Bona Norint Agricolas Gnauosque Senes Extrema per Illos Iustitia Excedens Terris Vestigia Fecit. Paris: Apud Nicolaum Chesneau 1575 colophon: 29 November 1574. First Edition. Quarto 9" x 6-1/2"; 22.86 x 16.51 cm. xvi 248 24 pp. Contemporary limp vellum early calligraphic title to spine ties lacking. Negligible light shelfwear text block partially detached from binding. Woodcut printer device to title page woodcut decorated initials. Some toning light dampspotting and early annotations to a few leaves. A very good unsophisticated copy in its original binding. $1500. First edition of this pioneering and exceptionally rare treatise on the legal rights customary protections and social standing of the early modern rural peasantry. Rene Choppin a celebrated avocat at the Parlement of Paris was a central figure in the 16th-century "Gallican" legal tradition. Alongside contemporary jurists like Jean Bodin and Jean Bacquet Choppin worked to synthesize Roman jurisprudence canon law and regional French customary law into a cohesive national framework under royal authority. In De Privilegiis Rusticorum Choppin produced the first systematic legal work dedicated to agrarian rights. Here "privileges" refers not to aristocratic perks but to statutory legal safeguards designed to protect agricultural workers from predatory creditors excessive taxation and unlawful land seizure. Choppin framed rural labor as vital to the stability of the state arguing that the protection of farmers was essential to national prosperity. The title directly incorporates lines from Virgil's Georgics "O fortunatos nimium sua si bona norint agricolas." illustrating the Renaissance Humanist effort to reconcile classical literary ideals of pastoral life with the grit of 16th-century legal reality. Choppin argued that Justice having abandoned the corrupt cities left her final traces among the rural working class. The Biographie Universelle highlights the treatise for its enduring scholarly weight noting that it "deserves notice for the singularity of its subject" and its "profound research." Rare in commerce and in in. unknown
1575Best.-Nr. 575041575. Paris 1575. 1st ed. Paris 1575. 1st ed. The First Modern Treatise on Rural Rights: Rene Choppin's Landmark 1575 Agrarian Law Choppin Rene 1537-1606. De Privilegiis Rusticorum: Lib. III. O Fortunatos Nimium Sua Si Bona Norint Agricolas Gnauosque Senes Extrema per Illos Iustitia Excedens Terris Vestigia Fecit. Paris: Apud Nicolaum Chesneau 1575 colophon: 29 November 1574. First Edition. Quarto 9" x 6-1/2"; 22.86 x 16.51 cm. xvi 248 24 pp. Contemporary limp vellum early calligraphic title to spine ties lacking. Negligible light shelfwear text block partially detached from binding. Woodcut printer device to title page woodcut decorated initials. Some toning light dampspotting and early annotations to a few leaves. A very good unsophisticated copy in its original binding. $1500. First edition of this pioneering and exceptionally rare treatise on the legal rights customary protections and social standing of the early modern rural peasantry. Rene Choppin a celebrated avocat at the Parlement of Paris was a central figure in the 16th-century "Gallican" legal tradition. Alongside contemporary jurists like Jean Bodin and Jean Bacquet Choppin worked to synthesize Roman jurisprudence canon law and regional French customary law into a cohesive national framework under royal authority. In De Privilegiis Rusticorum Choppin produced the first systematic legal work dedicated to agrarian rights. Here "privileges" refers not to aristocratic perks but to statutory legal safeguards designed to protect agricultural workers from predatory creditors excessive taxation and unlawful land seizure. Choppin framed rural labor as vital to the stability of the state arguing that the protection of farmers was essential to national prosperity. The title directly incorporates lines from Virgil's Georgics "O fortunatos nimium sua si bona norint agricolas." illustrating the Renaissance Humanist effort to reconcile classical literary ideals of pastoral life with the grit of 16th-century legal reality. Choppin argued that Justice having abandoned the corrupt cities left her final traces among the rural working class. The Biographie Universelle highlights the treatise for its enduring scholarly weight noting that it "deserves notice for the singularity of its subject" and its "profound research." Rare in commerce and in in. unknown books
Best.-Nr. ABE-1681946761387Boston: Two Tales Publishing Company 1892-3. A run of 37 issues of this scarce periodical. Each issue published every Saturday featured two short stories by both up and coming and established authors including E W Hornung Gilbert Parker Octave Thanet Edith R Crosby Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Julian Hawthorne and others. The July 23 1892 issue contains "Love on the Bon-Dieu' one of the earliest examples of Kate Chopin's short story writing set in the Bayou of Louisiana which would eventually form the basis of her book Bayou Folk. Spine of the Nov 19 1892 issues almost perished; moderate dampstaining to the March 25th April 1 and March 11 1893 issues some light toning to wraps in places with several issues creased vertically else a VG run overall of a very scarce periodical. OCLC locates just a handful of issues. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Paperback
Best.-Nr. 45Henri Chopin. Ensemble de treize lettres dactylographiées et signées au format A4 (1 feuillet chacune) adressées par Henri Chopin à Llys Dana entre le 2 juillet 1993 et le 17 décembre 2007. LLys Dana fut le directeur des revues de Mail Art, Le Point d'ironie et Le Sphinx. Cinq des enveloppes ont été conservées ainsi que deux photocopies des réponses de Llys Dana. Cette correspondance concerne la préparation de l'édition augmentée de Poésie sonore internationale (édition Jean-Michel Place, 1979), ouvrage considéré comme la référence en matière de poésie sonore : « Le besoin final, est d'en faire un livre de références et non un ouvrage pour auteur, d'où une sorte de sévérité...Il s'inscrit dans une démarche des revue cinquième saison, puis Ou, ensuite le livre cité, puis en 90 avoir fait entrer la PS dans 'le grand atlas des littératures' in encyclopaedia universalis, et maintenant ce travail avec la version allemande... » (2/08/1997). Au fil de ces lettres il est question de la collaboration d'Henri Chopin à la revue Sphinx, de ses participations à des évènements poétiques, d'un ouvrage publié par Francesco Conz avec notamment « 3 directions majeures : a) apologie de la femme, b) le pape Benoit ex-lieutenant SS réfugié au couvent des Saulchoir chez les Dominicains où je suivais les conférences de Jacques Maritain, et c) toute ma famille fut massacrée par les SS et moi déporté… C’était en 48, et je n’oublie rien. » (19/08/2007) et de la promotion de la poésie sonore à la radio en Autriche et en Allemagne. Rare ensemble documentant les « coulisses » de la poésie sonore.
1841Best.-Nr. 2301Leipzig: Kistner / Paris: Schlesinger PN 996 1841. Possessor’s inscription on title page Anton Khayll. Title page dusted tanned. Chipped edges and light foxing throughout. Spine artistically restored. Otherwise in very good condition. Folio. 5 leaves: p. 1 lith ITP pp. 2–9 engr text p. 10 blank. Title lithographed music engraved. Reprint of the second German edition only difference is the title page price in gGr added. An early edition of Chopin’s Opus 6. Provenance: Anton Khayll’s 1819 – after 1841; Viennese pianist possessor’s inscription on the title page. Grabowski-Rink 6–2a-KI. unknown
1899Best.-Nr. 152246Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company 1899. First edition of this landmark work. Octavo original green cloth stamped in dark green and red. First editions are rare. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. The novel's blend of realistic narrative incisive social commentary and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern works of Faulkner Flannery O'Connor Eudora Welty Katherine Anne Porter and Tennessee Williams. In good condition with soiling and rebacked stamp of "Wilson's Library" to the title and first page. Herbert S. Stone & Company hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 2554Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone and Co 1899. First edition. Original binding. Very Good. RARE FIRST EDITION OF CHOPIN'S GROUNDBREAKING NOVEL; A FOUNDATIONAL FEMINIST WORK. "No other American book was so maligned neglected for so long and then embraced so quickly and with such enthusiasm as Kate Chopin's 1899 novel The Awakening. And none has been so thoroughly redeemed as The Awakening. Thought vulgar morbid and disturbing in Chopin's time it has for the past quarter of a century been seen as sensitive passionate and inspiring. Forgotten for two generations it is today known by countless people in dozens of countries and Kate Chopin has become among the most widely read of classic American authors" Bernard Koloski Awakenings. Chopin's "works are widely taught at universities and have been the subject of considerable critical attention. The Awakening has been translated into several languages. Chopin is now seen as a pioneer of both American realism and feminist consciousness. To a degree that was ahead of her time she rejected both conservative and liberal didacticism and discarded traditional assumptions in an attempt to depict honestly and emphatically the inner life of women" American National Biography Online. CHOPIN KATE. The Awakening.Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone and Co 1899. Octavo original pictorial green cloth stamped in red and green; custom silk box. A hint of toning to spine; a handful of leaves with light dampstaining at top corner not affecting text. An outstanding copy-the finest we have seen-of an extremely difficult book to find in collectible condition. Herbert S. Stone and Co unknown