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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
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
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
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
196622446Paris: Gallimard NRF. 1966. Hardcover. #8862 of 10450. Fine in near fine publisher's slipcase.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Gallimard NRF 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
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
1952006990New York: Pantheon Books 1952. Introduction and notes by Robert Mallet. Prefaced and translated by John Russell. 299p. original cloth. Pantheon Books unknown books
1952029981New York: Pantheon Books 1952. Introduction and notes by Robert Mallet. 300p. lightly chipped dj. Pantheon Books unknown 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
SKU1027441ADPF MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES. PAPERBACK. Good. B0011XU51O A fine copy- clean has a good binding modest cover wear pages are crisp and free of markings/notations. lz ADPF, MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES paperback 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
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
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
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
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
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
