Cocteau, Jean, (1889-1963)Biblio.com
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51-6544Paris: Librairie Stock 1923. 4to. 22.5 x 28cm. Original printed wraps in slipcase. Spine damaged with restored loss though without loss of text. First edition illustrated with a hundred compositions scenes and portraits by Jean Cocteau mostly caricatures expressive witty sometimes surrealist of personalities of the time: Anna de Noailles Francis Poulenc Radiguet Jean Hugo Serge de Diaghilev Pablo Picasso Sigmund Freud Chabrier Igor Stravinsky. Edition of 625 copies; No. 540 of 400 copies on Lafuma pure thread vellum signed by Jean Cocteau.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:"De cet ouvrage il a été tiré a part: 25 exemplaires sur Japon Impérial numérotés de 1 à 25 avec un dessin original . 400 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil Lafuma numérotés de 176 à 575 signés par l'auteur"--Title page verso"Achevé d'imprimer sur les presses de Kapp a Vanves"--Colophon.Dessins. In-4 broché couverture imprimée sous étui. Dos abîmé avec manque restauré. Édition originale illustrée d’une centaine de compositions scènes et portraits par Jean Cocteau pour la plupart chargés expressifs spirituels parfois surréalistes de personnalités de l'époque : Anna de Noailles Francis Poulenc Radiguet Jean Hugo Serge de Diaghilev Pablo Picasso Sigmund Freud Chabrier Igor Stravinsky. Tirage à 625 exemplaires ; n°540 des 400 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil Lafumasigné par Jean Cocteau. Rousseurs sous-jacentes. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1923. paperback
24376Paris Librairie Stock 3e trimestre 1947. 1 vol. 120 x 190 mm de 165 p et 1 f. Broché. Envoi signé : « à S.A.R. Le Prince Henry sic de Bourbon » réhaussé d'un grand portrait signé. Jean Cocteau avait annoncé à sa mère les contours du personnage qu'il méditait pour La Moitié d'ombre premier titre du Grand écart : « ce sera un coeur riche et pur mêlé aux bassesses d'une ville et qui marche au bord comme les somnambules au bord d'un toit. Une sensibilité qui désire dans le vague et trouve une réponse courte et se dépense comme s'il s'agissait d'un amour maternel ». Quinze ans après son aventure avec la comédienne Madeleine Carlier l'auteur tissait sur la trame de cet amour malheureux un roman bref comme un épilogue de Thomas l'imposteur. Paris, Librairie Stock, (3e trimestre) 1947. 1 vol. (120 x 190 mm) de 165 p et [1] f. Broché. unknown
195575873Paris 1955. Fine. Paris s. d. 17 décembre 1955 20.80 x 26.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau addressed to Michael Smithies. One page written in blue ballpoint pen. Two transverse folds inherent to the mailing. Interesting letter filled with disappointment: ""Here is one of my dreams: to speak at Oxford and once again fate opposes it. I have just been very ill."" One easily understands Cocteau's state of health following the sentence very confused: ""on me me chambre la montagne vers ces dates"". ""Think of the sentence I underline and let us organize something for the near future."" The poet's dream would be fulfilled the following year; promoted to the rank of doctor of letters honoris causa by Oxford University on June 12 1956 he would deliver the Discours d'Oxford on the 14th. unknown
190987875s. l.: S. n. 1909. Fine. S. n. s. l. s.d. ca 1909 20 x 25.50 cm une page Autograph quatrain and tercet from Jean Cocteau's youth comprising fourteen stanzas penned in black ink across 15 lines on grey paper bearing the poets silver monogram in the upper left corner. Two pencil corrections in the poets hand. This poem presents a variant of the version published in the collection ""Le prince frivole"" released by Mercure de France in 1910 Cocteaus second published work; Versailles dont on a tant dit appearing as Le vieux parc dont on a tant dit in the printed edition. This manuscript of Le Prince frivole was long thought lost: Le manuscrit original de la main de Cocteau manque uvres poétiques complètes Bibliothèque de la Pléiade p. 1842. The work praised by Marcel Proust who hailed Jean Cocteau as a Banville de vingt ans qu'attendent de plus hautes destinées would later be renounced by its author who went so far as to forbid its republication. ""Le jardin crossed out and replaced by Versailles dont on a tant dit Fragonard pâle quun La Touche Avec un peu de roux retouche Sommeille sans rien dinédit. . Et les cheveux teints au henné Le calme crossed out and replaced by pâle automne offre à ses peintres Un héliotrope fané."" S. n. unknown
190988017s. l.: s. n. 1909. Fine. s. n. s. l. s.d. ca 1909 24.50 x 25 cm une page Autograph tercet of youth signed with twelve stanzas by Jean Cocteau 13 lines written in black ink on a leaf. This manuscript poem in alexandrines was printed in the collection ""Le prince frivole"" published by Mercure de France in 1910 the second work published by the poet. Handsome copy. This manuscript of Le prince frivole was reputed to be lost: ""The original manuscript in Cocteau's hand is missing"" Oeuvres poétiques complètes Bibliothèque de la Pléiade page 1842. The work praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: ""Twenty-year-old Banville awaiting higher destinies"" would be disowned by the author who would go so far as to forbid its republication. This poem is part of the series of 8 poems entitled Les Chansons du petit prince Le petit prince en exil in the edition of which here is the list: Le petit prince arrive Le petit prince à l'hôtel Le petit prince en auto Un dialogue et deux lettres Battis à Hermas Hermas à Battis Acis à Néère et Néère à Acis. ""Je sens bondir en moi le coeur fiévreux d'Hélène Le parfum de ma chair et de ma tiède haleine Vaut mieux que l'odeur fade et grasse de la laine. . Les mots d'amour vers moi coulent comme des laves ! Cornificuis chanta la splendeur de mes caves Et mon troupeau docile est un troupeau d'esclaves."" s. n. unknown
190988018s. l.: s. n. 1909. Fine. s. n. s. l. s.d. ca 1909 24.50 x 25 cm une page Autograph tercet of youth signed with twelve stanzas by Jean Cocteau 14 lines written in black ink on one leaf. This manuscript poem in alexandrine verse was printed in the collection ""Le prince frivole"" published by Mercure de France in 1910 the second work published by the poet. Handsome copy. This manuscript of the Prince frivole was reputed lost: ""Le manuscrit original de la main de Cocteau manque"" Complete Poetical Works Bibliothèque de la Pléiade page 1842. The work praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: ""Banville de vingt ans qu'attendent de plus hautes destinées"" Twenty-year-old Banville awaiting higher destinies would be disowned by the author who would go so far as to forbid its reissue. This poem is part of the series of 8 poems entitled Les Chansons du petit prince Le petit prince en exil in the edition of which here is the list: Le petit prince arrive Le petit prince à l'hôtel Le petit prince en auto Un dialogue et deux lettres Battis à Hermas Hermas à Battis Acis à Néère et Néère à Acis. ""Puisqu'Eros entre nous tourna le divin pêne Puisque tu m'as quitté sans fiel et moi sans haine Mon aveu ne saurait te causer nulle peine. . Oui Néère j'en eus des fièvres torturantes ; Les dents brillent au point d'en sembler transparentes Elle n'est pas cupide. elle a de larges rentes."" s. n. unknown
190988070s. l.: s. n. 1909. Fine. s. n. s. l. s.d. ca 1909 24.50 x 25 cm une page Autograph tercet of youth signed with twelve stanzas by Jean Cocteau 13 lines written in black ink on a sheet. This manuscript poem in alexandrines was printed in the collection ""Le prince frivole"" published by Mercure de France in 1910 the poet's second published work. Fine copy. This manuscript of Le prince frivole was reputed lost: «Le manuscrit original de la main de Cocteau manque» Complete Poetical Works Bibliothèque de la Pléiade page 1842. The work praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: «Banville de vingt ans qu'attendent de plus hautes destinées» would be disowned by the author who went so far as to forbid its republication. This poem is part of the series of 8 poems entitled Les Chansons du petit prince Le petit prince en exil in the edition of which here is the list: Le petit prince arrive Le petit prince à l'hôtel Le petit prince en auto Un dialogue et deux lettres Battis à Hermas Hermas à Battis Acis à Néère et Néère à Acis. ""Je saisis mal Battis le sens de tes propos J'aime la fauve odeur des grisâtres troupeaux Et le parfum du lait qui gicle au fond des pots. . Et le soir je retourne à mon humble grabat Cours vite Rome est loin. une fraîcheur tomba. Et tu sais quand je suis en retard on me bat !"" ""I scarcely grasp Battis the meaning of your words I love the wild scent of the greyish herds And the perfume of milk that spurts in the depths of pots. . And in the evening I return to my humble pallet Run quickly Rome is far. a coolness fell. And you know when I am late they beat me!"" s. n. unknown
190988081s. l.: s. n. 1909. Fine. s. n. s. l. s.d. ca 1909 24.50 x 25 cm une page Autograph quatrain of youth of eight stanzas by Jean Cocteau 9 lines written in black ink on a flexible cardboard sheet. This manuscript poem was printed in the collection ""Le prince frivole"" published by Mercure de France in 1910 the second work published by the poet. Handsome copy. This manuscript of Le Prince frivole was reputed lost: ""The original manuscript in Cocteau's hand is missing"" Oeuvres poétiques complètes Bibliothèque de la Pléiade page 1842. The work praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: ""Twenty-year-old Banville awaiting higher destinies"" would be disowned by the author who would go so far as to forbid its republication. ""Un lys muet au col du vase de cristal Où la fenêtre en tout petit brille et se bombe Contre un mur où leur grâce en stuc s'émonde et tombe Des roses. je craignais ! un noeud c'était fatal"" A mute lily at the neck of the crystal vase Where the window very small shines and bulges Against a wall where their grace in stucco prunes and falls Roses. I feared! a knot it was fatal s. n. unknown
1945LD17659Paris: Francois Bernouard 1945. Paperback. Good. Thin quarto; original wrappers. 16 hand-colored illustrations by Cocteau. Copy 158 of 392 on "papier Isle de France". The issue of 1650 is relatively common but any of this first 392 numbers on fine paper much less so. Wrappers foxed a bit of wear to cellophane jacket. Contents quite lovely. <br/><br/> Francois Bernouard paperback
190939421Maisons-Laffitte / Arnaga 1909-1910. A SIGNED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY JEAN COCTEAU. Twelve verses in ink in an extremely legible cursive hand on a single leaf of good wove paper measuring 32 x 22.5 cm. SIGNED with Cocteau's monogram. EARLY AUTOGRAPH POEMS BY COCTEAU ARE VERY RARE; SIGNED ONES ARE OF THE GREATEST RARITY. A tiny bit of wear but in overall excellent condition. <br/><br/> unknown
190939422Maisons-Laffitte / Arnaga 1909-1910. A SIGNED AUTOGRAPH SONNET BY JEAN COCTEAU. Fourteen verses in ink in an extremely legible cursive hand on a single leaf of good wove paper measuring 35 x 22.5 cm. SIGNED with Cocteau's monogram. EARLY AUTOGRAPH POEMS BY COCTEAU ARE VERY RARE; SIGNED ONES ARE OF THE GREATEST RARITY. A tiny bit of wear but in overall excellent condition. <br/><br/> unknown
1924FIC DKLIBRARIE STOCK 1924. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. FIRST. A FINE FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING IN GLASSINE INSCRIBED BY COCTEAU ON COVER. LIBRARIE STOCK Paperback
1920LD17660Paris: Editions de la Sirene 1920. Paperback. Very Good. This is copy XX or a total edition of 400. 25 copies XVI a XL this being one were on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen paper. Original paper wrappers. 13 aquarelles couleur colorées au pochoir par Marty et 24 dessins en noir de André Lhote. Lovely book. Wear to spine ends. <br/><br/> Editions de la Sirene paperback
1944LD17675Paris: Editions Rombaldi 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Rebound in plain magenta cloth. Preliminary leaves coming loose; otherwise a bright copy. Number 87 of 165 in all one of 125 on Arches. Text printed in blue and black. One of Cocteau's nicest books lithographs of his own drawings co-mingle with the text. <br/><br/> Editions Rombaldi hardcover
1965LD17674Paris: Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large folio. Copy 103 of 150. With 10 original etchings by Léopold Survage. Publisher's pictorial wrappers with contents loose as issued. Housed in publisher's slipcase a bit dusty; corners split. Some foxing to front wrap but with contents very bright and clean. Another of the many ambitious Cocteau book publications. <br/><br/> Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre hardcover
193522623New York: Julien Levy Gallery 1935. Ephemera. Near Fine. Jean Cocteau. The uncommon May 1935 announcement card for Jean Cocteau's one-man exhibition of his drawings at New York's Julien Levy Gallery. The peach-colored card designed by Cocteau himself is crisp and bright with just a touch of very light spotting at the rear blank panel. "Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery" pg. 178. Julien Levy Gallery unknown
193211464New York: Longmans Green and Co 1932. Cloth. Jean Cocteau. The 1932 1st American edition translated from Cocteau's original French by Ernest Boyd. Solid and VG with very light sunning to the spine ends and upper edges in a bright price-intact VG- example of the 1st state dustjacket with the "$2.00" price. Light interior and inconspicuous staining to the jacket 2 small pieces of internal white tape re-inforcing the spine crown and a closed tear. Light chipping and creasing as well to the fragile Cocteau-illustrated dustjacket. Still though very presentable and attractive. 12mo 27 illustrations by the author complementing the text. Longmans, Green and Co unknown
195687010Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1956. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 31 Décembre 1956 21 x 27 cm une page une enveloppe Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Cocteau 12 lines in blue ink to his friend Georges Bachelard. Fold marks inherent to mailing envelope included. Jean Cocteau is fully absorbed in decorating the Saint-Pierre chapel of Villefranche sur mer which he adorns out of friendship for the village fishermen to whom it belongs. He nevertheless wishes to make himself available for his friend ""Viendrez-vous sur notre côte Mon adresse est villa Santo Sospir St Jean Cap Ferrat."" ""Will you come to our coast My address is villa Santo Sospir St Jean Cap Ferrat."" unknown
195746197Monaco: Editions du Rocher 1957. Fine. Editions du Rocher Monaco 1957 14 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of 40 numbered copies on pur fil this one of 10 hors commerce n°1 the only large paper copies with 15 unnumbered on vélin azur. Illustrated with hors-texte author's drawings. A very good copy. Editions du Rocher unknown
195388024Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1953. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 29 Août 1953 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Cocteau 26 lines in blue ink to Olivier Quéant editor of the magazine Plaisir de France sent from villa Santo-Sospir. Fold marks inherent to postal handling. Quéant journalist and notably editor of the magazine Plaisir de France maintained a fine friendly and literary correspondence with the writer. He notably delivered a glowing review of Antigone at its premiere in 1944: ""depuis Racine l'on avait rien écrit d'aussi beau d'aussi grand et d'aussi profondément humain"" since Racine nothing so beautiful so great and so profoundly human had been written L'Illustration. Jean Cocteau at the twilight of his life rebels and complains about his diminished and merely symbolic role in French theater of the 1950s. The second sentence of this letter will be taken up almost word for word in the famous verses of his longest poem Requiem 1962: ""Il est juste qu'on m'envisage / Après m'avoir dévisagé"" It is right that I should be considered / After having been stared at which will also serve as his epitaph. Despite official recognition Cocteau felt until his death ""méconnu inconnu invisible"" misunderstood unknown invisible Jean Cocteau sur le fil du siècle 2003 - a malaise masterfully expressed through these lines. ""Voilà plusieurs années que j'accepte d'être en secret mis à ma place et publiquement remis à ma place. Bref de n'être pas envisagé mais dévisagé. Il est beau de recevoir des lettres ""retournées"" où Anouilh me dit ""Sans vos pièces je n'aurais pas écrit une ligne des miennes"" et Giraudoux ""Rilke avait raison. Nos figures blanches à côté du hâle de tes séjours dans l'antiquité."" Il est beau d'être comme le Pisanelle - enterré sous les roses ."" For several years I have accepted being secretly put in my place and publicly put back in my place. In short not being considered but stared at. It is beautiful to receive ""returned"" letters where Anouilh tells me ""Without your plays I would not have written a line of mine"" and Giraudoux ""Rilke was right. Our pale faces beside the tan of your sojourns in antiquity."" It is beautiful to be like Pisanello - buried under roses . Interesting and touching missive from Cocteau with disordered and furious handwriting twisting and stretching in the manner of a calligram. unknown
1953867921953. Fine. 3 septembre 1953 21 x 27 cm une page sur un feuillet Original ink drawing signed by Jean Cocteau dated in his hand September 3 1953. One horizontal crease. Between a few pen strokes that strangely resemble a tombstone the writer-artist has slipped in an amusing epitaph: ""Voilà ma fille je ne peux pas dire mieux / Jean"" There you are my daughter I cannot say better / Jean. unknown
195560158Paris: Grasset 1955. Fine. Grasset Paris 1955 16.50 x 22 cm broché First edition one of 35 copies on Montval paper this one not numbered but justified Montval paper on foot of the second cover the tirage de tête. A nice copy. Grasset unknown
192389563Paris: Stock 1923. Fine. First edition in full morocco with a letter by Jean Cocteau: ""Je vous aime et je me résigne à vous aimer en rêve"" Stock Paris 1923 12.5 x 19.2 cm Relié sous étui First edition one of 500 numbered copies on pure wove paper.Bound in full sienna morocco flat spine with a slight snag at head date gilt at foot moiré endpapers and pastedowns single gilt fillet framing the pastedowns original wrappers and spine preserved gilt edges chemise edged in sienna morocco slipcase of wood-grained boards lined with white felt contemporary binding signed by Roger Arnoult.Our copy is enriched with a signed autograph letter one page by Jean Cocteau mounted on a tab dated April 1959 probably addressed to Pierre Benoit: ""Nôtre Pierre fantôme. c'est autour de votre souvenir qu'on se réunit. C'est une chaîne bien étonnante que celle de cette affreuse et délicieuse cabane. Pensez moi. Je pense à vous. Je vous aime et je me résigne à vous aimer en rêve.""A fine copy handsomely bound by Roger Arnoult a graduate of the École Estienne active until 1980 who worked with and for the greatest binders of his time such as René Aussourd Anthoine-Legrain Paul Bonet Georges Cretté Pierre-Lucien Martin. Stock hardcover
196186663Monaco: Editions du Rocher 1961. Fine. Editions du Rocher Monaco 1961 13.50 x 18.50 cm broché First edition one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil Marais paper the only deluxe copies. Work illustrated with photographs by Lucien Clergue press clippings included. A light crease mark to upper right corner of front cover a small light stain to left margin of back cover. Handsome copy. Editions du Rocher unknown
198782119Paris: Albin Michel 1987. Fine. Albin Michel Paris 1987 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 90 numbered copies on Holland paper the only deluxe copies. Very fine copy. Preface and notes by Jean Marais iconography. Autograph inscription signed by Jean Marais: ""Pour Micheline avec mes voeux de bonheur"" ""For Micheline with my wishes for happiness"". Albin Michel unknown
