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1936001779London: Oxford 1936 1936 Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Cocteau's reworking of Oedipus in an English translation by Carl Wildman. Very rare to find this in such a splendid jacket although the spine is sunned. Very collectable. Near Fine takes into account the age of this book. 0.0 0.0 0.0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Oxford, 1936 hardcover
1957mon0000969898Peter Owen 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition of this translation. Jacket design by B. Shawe-Lawrence. Pages clean and bright no markings. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. Peter Owen hardcover
195783048London: Peter Owen Limited 1957. Presumed First printing thus. Originally published in the 1920s this is one of the Peter Owen Classics. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Format is approximately 5 inches by 7.75 inches. 132 pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has substantial wear tears soiling and chips. Some page discoloration. Jean Cocteau has for long been known as one of the most outstanding figures of contemporary literature. His films his plays his books have won him international renown but it is only recently that his stature as a modern novelist has been appreciated. In 1966 Children of the Game was first published in England winning instant and wide acclaim. The Impostor is another one of his more important works. At the beginning of the war there was complete confusion: confusion which persisted until the end. For like a fruit the short war might have grown and dropped from the tree whilst a war prolonged for exceptional reasons firmly attached to the branch went on growing ever presenting new problems and new lessons to be learnt. The Impostor is set in France at the outset of the 1914-1918 war evoking the atmosphere and environment of that period through the reactions and interactions of the characters. Thomas at the age of 16 lives in a self-created world of fantasy. Adopting an impressive pose he encounters the widowed Princesse de Bormes and her daughter Henriette. The girl falls in love with Thomas nor is her mother indifferent to this imaginative young "impostor." The fate love and grief of these and other vital characters is played out alongside the vicissitudes of the war. Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau 5 July 1889 - 11 October 1963 was a French poet playwright novelist designer filmmaker visual artist and critic. Jean Cocteau insisted on calling himself a poet classifying the great variety of his works - poems novels plays essays drawings films - as "poésie" "poésie de roman" "poésie de thêatre" "poésie critique" "poésie graphique" and "poésie cinématographique". He is best known for his novels Le Grand Écart 1923 Le Livre Blanc 1928 and Les Enfants Terribles 1929; the stage plays La Voix Humaine 1930 La Machine Infernale 1934 Les Parents Terribles 1938 La Machine à écrire 1941 and L'Aigle à deux têtes 1946; and the films The Blood of a Poet 1930 Les Parents Terribles 1948 Beauty and the Beast 1946 Orpheus 1949 and Testament of Orpheus 1960 which alongside Blood of a Poet and Orpheus constitute the so-called Orphic Trilogy. He was described as "one of the avant-garde's most successful and influential filmmakers" by AllMovie. The Impostor is Cocteau's breakthrough novel on the horrors of World War I. Thomas the Impostor is set at the outbreak of the First World War and is based on Jean Cocteau's experiences in the Red Cross on the Western Front. This is not however your typical World War One narrative but a fascinating example of war writing from a quintessentially artistic imagination. Guillaume Thomas is a boy too young to join the army but determined to get to the front at any cost. He is aided by the magnificent Princesse de Borme who uses her energy influence and allure to put together a chaotic ambulance convoy to help wounded soldiers. Together they travel all over France until Guillaume finally gets his wish and joins a company of soldiers. While the princess pursues charity work with the wounded Henriette falls in love with Guillaume. However Guillaume resplendent in army uniform and issued with a shiny revolver is lost like a child in a fantasy land of their own creation. At the novel's denouement he clings to his imposture but in mind if not body he has grasped the real meaning of war. This visionary novel is a "hymn to the cult of youth" in which World War I battlefields become an exaggerated spectacle where fiction and reality are inseparable. It may come a surprise to some that Jean Cocteau actually fought in the First World War but Thomas the Impostor is his idiosyncratic response to the author's own experiences at the front. This is an excellent introduction to the writing of Jean Cocteau. Peter Owen Limited hardcover
19779875307Peter Owen 1977. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item300grams ISBN:0720643708 Peter Owen hardcover
1957h00854<p>New York: Noonday Press 1957. First printing. 8vo. 132 pp. Black cloth. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Slightest shelfwear to spine ends. Jacket rubbed with a few small tears and chips to extremities light soiing to rear panel. Translated from the French by Dorothy Williams. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.</p> Noonday Press hardcover
1957019961Noonday Press. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1957. Noonday Press paperback
mon0001641825Peter Owen 01/10/1966 00:00:01. hardcover. Good. . Ex-Library. Peter Owen hardcover
19572255london: peter owen limited 1957. first edition 1957.<br /> <br /> translated from the french by dorothy williams. jacket design by b. shawe-lawrence.<br /> <br /> london: peter owen limited. 5 x 7.5 inches. 132 pages. hardcover. bound in black paper-covered boards. book condition: mild rubbing and shelfwear. toning throughout. very good. jacket condition: some shelfwear and toning. unclipped 12s 6d net. very good. peter owen limited unknown
1971250218027Vision 1971. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Please Read No marks on text - My shelf location 25-E-31 Vision hardcover
1992Q-0573033811Samuel French Ltd 1992-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Samuel French Ltd paperback
19511813150504029Vision Press 1951-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice looking book has minor edge wear. no dusk jacket. Pages are tan and not crisp white. Vision Press hardcover
Q-0811200213New Directions 1966-01-17. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! New Directions paperback
Q13OS-00668New Directions. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket fiction literature novel A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. New Directions unknown
415065Paperback. Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. VG hardback no jacket. First edition. paperback
1925330033New York: Putnam 1925. First. hardcover. good. Translated by Lewis Gallantiere. Small 8vo black cloth spine faded. New York: Putnam 1925. First American Edition.<br/> <br/> The front cover and front flap of the dust wrapper have been laid in.<br/> <br/> Putnam unknown
1925D17650New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1925. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo. Original black cloth. DJ. Slight spine lean to cloth; spotting to edge of text block. Jacket is split along spine; small edge chips; stains. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
192522645New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1925. First American Edition. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth in lavender pictorial dust jacket black topstain; 2153pp. Cloth gilt quite dulled contemporary illustrated ownership inscription to front free endpaper jacket extremiteis and spine rather toned top inch of upper panel split along spine edge else Very Good and sound. The author and film-maker's second novel first published in the original French in 1923. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1925BOOKS033606INew York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. 1925. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 153 pp. First printing of the first American edition. Translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. The dust jacket is slightly soiled and worn at the corners. . G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1925352223New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. Owner's contemporary gift inscription on front fly spine a bit cocked title on spine faded else very good lacking the dustwrapper. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
192535766New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Owner name on front fly some fading and light rubbing to the boards else near fine without dustwrapper. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1925BN030346New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Jean Cocteau. Same date on title and copyright pages with Putnam's monogram on copyright page. Translated by Lewis Galantiere the first English translation of the renowned French author/artist who has been called the Father of Dadaism. Book is fine and unmarked. Cocteau's illustrated jacket is very good with a small V chip to the upper spine corner not affecting title the rest of the jacket being whole clean and bright. Protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover. Extremely scarce. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
59-4192New York: The Gotham Book Mart ca. 1948. Invitation to a reception and book signing for the famous French poet playwright and filmmaker. Typewritten on Funk & Wagnalls stationery. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. No year given but Funk & Wagnalls brought out Cocteau's play in 1948. Letter is chipped and creased top and bottom with a small hole at lower right. Has been folded once; there is an arrowhead-shaped piece missing from the right edge at the fold. OverallVery Good. New York: The Gotham Book Mart, [ca. 1948]. unknown
360252Secker & Warburg 1961. FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo maroon card boards spine lettered in silver gilt; 284 pp.; VG light soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps; in d/w VG light to mdoerate soiling & rubbing moderate bruising to edges & extrems w light to moderate chipping archival tape to spine at head. Secker & Warburg 1961 hardcover
1965009112New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation 1965. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Printing of the First American Edition first published in France in 1959 as L'Exile de Capri and first published in English in 1961 by Secker & Warburg London. SCARCE in the American edition and in dust jacket. Very Good green top stain dulled slisht foxing at end papers and edges in a Very Good dust jacket front flap bottom corner price-clipped light wear at edges. Fleet Publishing Corporation Hardcover
1961FLAHIVE-3550Fleet Publishing New York 1961 Fleet New York 1961. First American edition. First printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price $4.95 intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: A small bump on lower edge of front board. Jacket has a couple tiny closed tears foot of spine and some wear to extremities all as pictured and is otherwise fine. A beautiful copy of a very rare first American edition. Based on life of Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen and Nino Cesarini. "The Exile of Capri" was "unforgettable" and "transformative" to Stephen Fry. F1400A. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fleet Publishing, New York hardcover
