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1955172032Chicago IL: Poetry Magazine 1955. First edition. Softcover. Features contributions by Paul Claudel Babette Deutsch Rachel Crown Alfred Kreymborg David Wright Henry Rago Richard Wilbur Howard Nemerov Hugh Kenner Wallace Fowlie. The highlight of this issue is these four poems by John Ashbery: "And You Know" "Grand Abacus" "The Pied Piper" and "The Painter." A very good copy in wrappers with some minor wear. Poetry Magazine unknown 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
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 Includes the two oft-fugitive unpublished hors-texte plates one of which is in color.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
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
192084534New Haven: Yale University Press 1920. 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. Very Good. 115p. Original cloth-backed boards. 21cm. Edge tear on one text leaf. Glue remnant and stain and a modest hole in center of title-leaf. No Jacket. <br/><br/> Yale University Press hardcover books
005936New York; 1952: Pantheon Books. Octavo. 299pp. Introduction and Notes By Robert Mallet. These letters were published shortly before Gide's death. These letters 171 in all and mostly those of Claudel's as part of his archives were destroyed during the Tokyo earthquake of 1925. These letters were of highly personal and of intimate nature cruel and wounding to both but the authors were prepared for the worse. Bound in light blue cloth lettered in gilt spine lettering gilt a bit of fading to head of spine.A very god copy in unclipped very good dust jacket with chipping to spin ends and toning to rear panel. Pantheon Books unknown books
1952029981New York: Pantheon Books 1952. Introduction and notes by Robert Mallet. 300p. lightly chipped dj. Pantheon Books unknown books
1952006990New York: Pantheon Books 1952. Introduction and notes by Robert Mallet. Prefaced and translated by John Russell. 299p. original cloth. Pantheon Books unknown books
1952708498London: Secker & Warburg. 1952. Very Good in Good edge-worn edge-sunned slightly soiled DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Secker & Warburg 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
1967212409London: Turret Books 1967. Limited. paperback. fine. Translated by Edward Lucie-Smith. 16p. blue printed wrappers. London: Turret Books 1967. First Edition.<br/><br/> One of 100 copies signed by the translator with an additional presentation.<br/><br/> Turret Books unknown books
196622446Paris: Gallimard NRF. 1966. Hardcover. #8862 of 10450. Fine in near fine publisher's slipcase.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Gallimard NRF hardcover books
1960JC8678Paris: Rene Julliard / Odeon 1960. Paperback. Very Good. Printed cardstock folder containing two volumes: Staple-bound programme on glossy stock "Theatre de France" approx. pp. 30 illustrated in b/w and pale blue and white wraps "Cahiers" pp. 126 with frontispiece by Max Ingrand. Programme just a little chipped along fore-edge of front cover otherwise fine. "Cahiers" a bit tanned with brittle text block as usual. Folder torn along spine and a little edge-worn. <br/><br/> Rene Julliard / Odeon 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
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
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
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
