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19145681Signed by Artist. Publisher's original wraps boldly signed by Rodin on half-title. A clean copy without names bookplates or other distractions. Grand luxe edition limited to only 100 copies of which this is number 7. Includes the two oft-fugitive unpublished hors-texte plates one of which is in color. All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. Editions Artistique de l'Art et les Artistes paperback books
198421868Zurich: Drucke von Josef Stocker 1984. leather_bound. Orig. full navy morocco lettered in lighter blue front cover illustration blocked in white Near fine. Erni Hans. 56 pages. Folio 51 x 41 cm. Limited edition copy 103 of 150 with four original prints each signed by Erni housed in a rear pocket. Text in French and German with numerous black and white lithograph drawings by Hans Erni. The original French text from Editions Gallimard 1963. Bestiary made popular in the Middle Ages particularly in England and France the symbolic language of animals was often accompanied by a moral lesson; however the earliest examples can also be found in early Greek texts. Leonardo da Vinci created his own bestiary. Clean fresh copy slight dings to corners and backstrip extremities. Drucke von Josef Stocker unknown books
194531453New York: by the Author 1945 1945. First Limited Edition. The Special Artist's Edition comprised of 250 signed numbered copies this is no.76. Oblong folio 33cm x 43cm. Cloth-board portfolio; 5 preliminary leaves and 52 color lithographic plates loose as issued. Slight wear to the portfolio; plates uniformly clean and unmarked; Near Fine. The plates reproduce 52 of Bourdelle's expressionist battlefield drawings composed while he was serving as an ambulance driver in the North African and Italian campaigns during the Second World War. The plates printed by the New York art printer Albert Carman are of exceptional quality generally in two or three colors on heavy art paper. Preliminary essays by Pierre Claudel and Stephen Galatti Director of the American Field Service. The limited edition is uncommon there was also a trade edition issued the same year by American Studio Books. unknown books
1954WRCLIT28495Paris: Editions Georges Guillot 1954. Large quarto. Loose gatherings laid into printed wrappers. Frontis and plates. Some offsetting from the engravings to the pages facing the versos of the plates otherwise near fine in lightly worn and nicked slipcase and chemise. First edition thus. Illustrated with twenty- five copperplate etchings by Albert Decaris. One of thirty-five numbered copies printed on velin d'Arches accompanied by a supplementary suite of impressions of the etchings printed on velin d'Arches with remarques. This copy has been signed by Claudel and bears the artist's presentation inscription. MONOD 2838. Editions Georges Guillot unknown books
1818176980Paris: Mercure de France and Rene Kieffer 1818. Limited edition of 350 copies this being No. 52. Hardcover. VG in new binding. Manuscript sheet tipped-in at the front written in French. Newly bound into half grey cloth with light colored marbled paper-covered boards. 401 pp. 46 original color plates of watercolors by Aizik Adolphe Feder. Text is in French. Contents as follows: Préface / Paul Claudel -- Premiers vers -- Les déserts de l'amour -- Les illuminations -- Une saison en enfer -- Notes et références / Paterne Berrichon -- Appendice. The 45 color illustrations arew vibrant clean and fresh. A delight to peruse. Separate title-page for the suite of watercolors is entitled "Suite d'aquarelles de Féder pour illustrer les oeuvres de Arthur Rimbaud" and is further ellucidaated as "Tirage à 350 exemplaires dont 50 sur Japon avec suite."/ Copy no. 52" I believe the publication itself is not limited to a small number of copies since it has a number 4729 stamped under a statement of 25 copies on Japon. However the suite of watercolors is limited and is bound into the book and the original paper-binding spine is bound-in at the rear unused. The Preface is dated 1912 the book appear later than that by appx. 15-20 years but there is no publication date provided from either title-page. OCLC provides the most similar printed copy with a date of 1918. Mercure de France (and) Rene Kieffer hardcover books
1946WB16883Lausanne: Mermod 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 66 of a total edition of only 90 copies. 66/90. Exemplaires numérotés sur papier vergé de Rives. Lino original de Henri Laurens. Custom full red leather binding by Suzanne Schrag with pictorial black inlay. Original wrappers bound in. A beautiful book. <br/><br/> Mermod hardcover books
2005178218Quebec: Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec 2005. Hardcover. VG/VG some shelf wear on edges otherwise very clean and tight. Black binding with white lettering on spine. Glossy illustrated dust jacket. 383 pp profusely illustrated in mostly color and some B&W. "Focuses on the relationship between two headstrong artists who worked in close collaboration for a while but then parted leading to misfortune for both of them but for Camille in particular. Camille subsequently tried to carve out a path of her own through her 'sketches from nature' -- scences of daily life captured as they happened -- while Rodin created the work that he himself described as the 'linchpin of his aesthetic' Balzac 1898" --from publisher. Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec hardcover books
19562393Librairie Gallimard 1956. First Edition one of 3000 on alfa from a total issue of 2291; handsomely bound in 3/4 plum morocco and marbled pastepaper boards spine with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. original wrappers and backstrip printed in red and black bound in fine. With frontispiece portrait after a pencil drawing by Jean Charlot and a hors-texte reproduction of a portrait of Racine engraved by Edelinck. [Librairie] Gallimard unknown books
19472386Paris: Neuchatel Ides et Calendes 1947. First Typeset Edition one of 1500 on verge blanc from a total issue of 1565 handsomely bound in 3/4 bright green morocco and marbled paste-paper boards spine with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. original tan printed wrappers printed in black and red the front cover bearing a vignette designed by Henri Matisse bound in fine. Neuchatel, Ides et Calendes unknown books
19312405Paris: Librairie Gallimard Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1931. One of 1000 on "chiffon de Bruges" filigrane. 8vo; handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled paste-paper boards spine with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. original brown wrappers and backstrip printed in black and sienna bound in fine. This volume is the 25th in the collection "in-octavo". L'Otage originally published in 1911 was one of the two works which established Claudel's reputation as a writer. [Librairie Gallimard,] N[ouvelle] R[evue] F[rancaise] unknown books
19202460Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1920. First edition one of 1040 on Lafuma from a total issue of 1173; 8vo; handsomely rebound in 3/4 green morocco and marbled paper boards spine with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. original wrappers bound in fine. Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise unknown books
19202461Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1920. First edition. Copy no. 1 of 1040 on Lafuma from a total issue of 1173; 8vo; 69pp; handsomely rebound in 3/4 green morocco and marbled paper boards spine with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. original wrappers bound in near fine. Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise unknown books
19702401Buenos Aires: Artibus Ediciones 1970. Second edition one of 17 special copies signed on the colophon by the author illustrator and designer all on papel Witcel Ledger each containing an original drawing. The original drawing called for shows a very large hand in front of an architectural arch and is signed in pencil by Jorge Petray. Bound in three-quarters green morocco and marbled paste-paper boards spine smooth with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. untrimmed original printed wrappers and backstrip bound in fine. Text in Spanish. Artibus Ediciones unknown books
194726479Paris: Les presses de Coulouma 1947. Paperback. Very good. #119 of 266cc. Publisher's loose signatures in folder with onionskin jacket all contained in a chemise folder. Box has some light wear to the extremities else very good book is near fine. <br/><br/> [Les presses de Coulouma] paperback books
1919222426Paris: Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1919. Limited. paperback. near fine. Daragnes. Numerous black & white woodcut illustrations by Daragnes. Slim tall square 8vo stiff decorative wrappers spine darkened. Paris: Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1919. Limited Edition. Very Good .<br/><br/> One of only 390 copies.<br/><br/> Nouvelle Revue Francaise unknown books
19469015837Geneva: Albert Skira 1946. 1st. Paperback. Fine Condition. Hélène Hoppenot. Illustrated with 80 black-and-white photographs of China and a frontispiece photograph of the Empire State Building in New York all by Hélène Hoppenot. Bound in the publisher's original stiff white wrappers with the front cover stamped in black. Text is in French. <br/><br/> Albert Skira paperback books
194637786Np: Albert Skira 1946. Softcover. Very good/Very good-. Np: Albert Skira 1946. Copious b/w photographs. Photography by Helene Hoppenot. 80 pp. Text in French. Softcover. Folio size. Ivory stiff wrappers. Head and heel bumped and lightly rubbed. Chips along edges of waxy paper dustjacket as usual. A very nice copy. Very good/Very good-. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply Albert Skira paperback books
1922177736Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française 1922. Hardcover. VG age toning to pages as expected with age. Plates and text are very clean. Includes bookplate inside front cover. Red and black marble boards red cloth spine with gilt lettering decorative end pages bw frontispiece with tissue guard 15 unnumbered pages : 10 bw plates including frontispiece. Text in French. Decorated with ten wooden engravings by Andre Lhote. Includes bookplate for Robert Woods Bliss "an American diplomat art collector philanthropist and one of the cofounders of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington D.C."-excerpt " Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry. "-website. Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française hardcover books
194626180Geneva: Skira 1946. Tiny split at the bottom of the spine foxing to covers; very good in wrappers housed in black cloth slipcase. First Edition. Folio. Lovely gravure images of China. Text by poet Paul Claudel. Geneva: Skira unknown books
1996130610.1Washington DC: Adam Biro 1996. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth boards no dust jacket. 231 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Text is in French. From the jacket of another copy: Lavishly illustrated this catalog includes the entirety of the artist's works sculptures paintings and drawings and is designed to inform amateurs and professionals on the evolution of the most recent knowledge of the work. Adam Biro hardcover books
192118905Paris: Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1921. First edition. Cloth. Quarter burgundy calf and floral moire cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine. Dufy. Raoul. 47 pages in text. 19 x 14 cm. Limited edition copy 491 of 500 on Arches paper with an original lithograph of Claudel by Dufy. Bound by Alfred Launder June 1921. Original purple wrappers bound-in. Commemorates the 600th anniversary of Dante's death. Ex-library Bookplate of Metropolitan Museum of Art on front cover paste-down and a few very discreet one centimeter on a few blanks but a pristine copy otherwise. Nouvelle Revue Francaise unknown books
1940173096Paris: Editions de la Revue Verve 1940. Hardcover. VG- light corner and edge wear to boards and jacket light scuffing to jacket. Cardboard covers in black and color-illustrated dust jacket with yellow lettering. 73 5 pages. Color and BW illustrations and plates some mounted. Inserted message on title page reads" This issue of Verve was completed just a few days before the occupation of Paris. Extraordinary difficulties and extremely high expenses were incurred in order to bring copies to America. In spite of the greatest efforts and sacrifices more than half of the edition has been lost. Because of these circumstances and the small number of copies which eventually reached this country it has been necessary to establish a price of $3.50 for this issue." Cover illustration by Matisse double-page lithograph by Pierre Bonnard. Editions de la Revue Verve hardcover books
1940177447Paris: Editions de la Revue Verve 1940. Hardcover. Good overall shelfwear to wraps corners bumped spine is significantly torn and mostly missing. Cardboard covers in black and color-illustrated dust jacket with yellow lettering. 73 5 pages. Color and BW illustrations and plates some mounted. Inserted message on title page reads" This issue of Verve was completed just a few days before the occupation of Paris. Extraordinary difficulties and extremely high expenses were incurred in order to bring copies to America. In spite of the greatest efforts and sacrifices more than half of the edition has been lost. Because of these circumstances and the small number of copies which eventually reached this country it has been necessary to establish a price of $3.50 for this issue." Cover illustration by Matisse. Editions de la Revue Verve hardcover books
196754769London: Turret Books 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Translated by Edward Lucie-Smith. Two-page illustration. First edition "Copy B" of 26 lettered copies signed by the translator. This copy is additionally inscribed by Lucie-Smith on the title page. The first of the "Five Great Odes" of Paul Claudel 1868-1955 the French author and diplomat who explored the relationship between man the universe and the divine in a highly poetic and original style. In a one-quarter blue calf over marbled paper binding with the original wrappers bound in. The spine is a bit sun faded. Better than very good. Inscribed By Translator. Turret Books hardcover books
1931D4567Paris: Editions Baudiniere 1931. Paperback. Very Good. Illustrated wraps; pp. 286 1 ads with 35 ilustrations by L. Claudel. Inscribed by the publisher on the front fly-leaf: "A Roger Poumet a l'ami du premier jour en toute sympathie / Baudiniere." Illustrated book on prostitution. Covers a little scuffed mostly along joints and edges; tiny chips at spine tips and corners. <br/><br/> Editions Baudiniere paperback books
