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18251528Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen 1825. About very good. 112pp. plus five engraved plates and folding table. Original printed boards sympathetically rebacked. Light dampstaining and wear to boards. Some foxing and toning internally heavier to initial leaves. A rare and pioneering if evidently fanciful work on air travel by Edmund Charles Genet the infamous ambassador of the French Republic to the United States who from his position in America sought to outfit privateering expeditions against British and Spanish interests in the Caribbean during the 1790s. Following the failure of his schemes and removal from his office at the request of President Washington Genet managed to remain in the United States:<br/><br/>"In February 1794 the new minister Joseph Fauchet arrived with a warrant for Genet's arrest. Had the ex-minister returned to France the Jacobins now in power might have executed him. Granted asylum in the United States he married Cornelia Clinton daughter of New York governor George Clinton 1739-1812 settled near Albany and eventually became a U.S. citizen. He avoided politics and busied himself with publishing unworkable schemes for powered balloons and for using hydraulic power to haul barges over hills" - ANB.<br/><br/>Despite its title which suggests hydraulics the present work largely deals with aviation and is regarded as the first printed suggestion of the theory of a heavier-than-air machine taking flight. The marvelous plates contain detailed diagrams and illustrations of Genet's proposed horse-powered aerostatic airship and the text discusses his designs and his theoretical proofs for the possibility of mechanical flight in exuberant detail. <br/><br/>"This pamphlet by the former Ambassador from France contains a proposal for a large airship and other suggestions for the use of the aerostatic principle. The project attracted much attention. but never materialized" - Aeronautic Americana. "Extremely rare and important the first book printed in the United States on practical aeronautics and on the first patent for an aeronautical invention" - Streeter.<br/> ANB online. Aeronautical Americana 9. Honeyman Sale 1475. Howes G100 "b." Rink 610. Streeter Sale 3974. Packard & Van Benthuysen unknown books
199125206Savage MD: Barnes and Noble 1991. First American edn. 8vo pp. 183. Irish Literary Studies 33. Index. Fine in dj. Irish drama studies chronologically from the 19th century to the present day. Barnes and Noble unknown books
1991WRCLIT78411Savage MD: Barnes & Noble 1991. Gilt boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Irish Literary Studies No. 33. Collectively the essays examine the recurring themes of Irish drama - the problems of language the opposition between two peoples and Ireland's political and social problems. Barnes & Noble hardcover books
1991150687Savage Maryland: Brandon / Barnes & Noble 1991. Hardcover. VG- DJ is slightly faded along spine otherwise clean. Black cloth gilt letters on spine orange & illus. dust jacket 311 pp. A collection of essays and writings by various authors. "Provides an international perspective on the Big House in Irish literature in the writings of amongst others Maria Edgeworth George Moore Joyce Cary Elizabeth Bowen Sean O'Faolain Molly Keane W. B. Yeats Paul Muldoon and John Banville." dj. Brandon / Barnes & Noble hardcover books
1999153464Zurich: Art Focus 1999. Softcover. VG- Slightly aged overall; page margins are tanning; text and illus. are good. White & illus. wraps French flaps 96 pp. color and BW illus. Text is in German and English. Issued in conjunction with a 1999 exhibition of work by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966. Begins with a descriptive narrative. The catalogue includes sculpture paintings and drawings. Art Focus paperback books
1957170871Paris: Maeght 1957. Paperback. VG- light wear to edges and corners minor soiling and scuffing. White and illustrated folio with black lettering containing seperate booklet. 25 pp. BW illustrations. Text in French. Essay by Jean Genet "L'Atelier D'Alberto Giacometti." Maeght paperback books
1990WRCLIT37382Paris: Gallimard 1990. Printed wrappers. First edition trade issue after thirty-five copies on velin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. One of Edmund White's copies with his unrelated notes on the rear free endpaper. Near fine. Gallimard unknown books
1947604Paris: Cinéastes-Bibliophiles 1947. First Edition First Printing. Actor Charles Boyer's copy of Jean Genet's startling play about three prisoners in the same cell. Octavo 103 pages. Original cream wrappers. The pages are slightly age-toned and the heavy card wrappers are somewhat tanned. But overall this is an excellent copy of an hors-commerce edition that amounted to only 60 copies. The justification page states: "Exemplaire de Monsieur CHARLES BOYER." Rare. <br/><br/>Haute Surveillance Deathwatch was Jean Genet's earliest play and was first performed in Paris in 1949. As drama critic Martin Esslin notes in "The Theatre of the Absurd" the play "is largely a dramatized form of the type of story Genet tells in his lyrical narratives about the lives of criminals and convicts." Cinéastes-Bibliophiles unknown books
1949265887Paris: aux dépens d'un ami Albert Skira 1949. First edition Number 302 of 410 copies SIGNED by Genet sur vélin de Lana. 310 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. Loosely laid in as issued printed white wrappers. Fine in publisher's slipcase very slightly soiled. First edition Number 302 of 410 copies SIGNED by Genet sur vélin de Lana. 310 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. aux dépens d'un ami [Albert Skira] unknown books
1949015745Geneve: Aux Depends d'un Ami 1949. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 310 pages of text. Full leather binding; red morocco with four exagerated raised bands on the spine and author's name on a diagonal on the front cover. The spine is lightly to moderately sunned with minor chipping at the top and there is quite a bit of scuffing rubbing and a bit of peeling at the extremities with some re-coloring to match/blend; the binding remains reasonably attractive and fully intact. Protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. The original wrappers are bound-in including the spine. One of 400 copies in this format signed by Genet. There are a few pages with minor browning to the edge but the text is clean and attractive. First and limited edition signed by the author. Aux Depends d'un Ami Hardcover books
1949107110Paris: Paul Morihien 1949. Paperback. 51p. 5.5x7.5 inches text in French very good first trade edition in pictorial wraps with full-length photo of a young Genet in prison garb smaller portrait-photo on the first page of the first of the two stories slightly worn on spine. The Criminal Child Genet's study of juvenile prisons and his ballet 'Adame Miroir. Paul Morihien paperback books
1949600Paris: Paul Morihien 1949. First Edition Trade Issue. Octavo 51 pages paperback. This is the first trade edition; a limited edition of 50 copies also appeared. Wrappers age-toned and nicked at the edges. Overall a nice copy with a striking cover image. <br/><br/>French radio commissioned "L'Enfant Criminel" but refused to broadcast it because of its controversial nature it concerned young criminals and the French justice system. The other work here " 'Adame Miroir" is an opera. Paul Morihien paperback books
1956WRCLIT74652Lyon: L'Arbalète Marc Barbezat 1956. Sq. octavo. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrapper the former bearing a lithograph by Giacometti printed by Mourlot. About fine largely unopened. First edition ordinary issue. One of 3000 numbered copies on Lana from a total edition of 3265 copies. Perhaps Genet's most widely known play adapted to an English language film in 1963 directed by Joseph Strick based on a script by Ben Maddow and starring Shelley Winters Lee Grant Peter Falk Ruby Dee Leonard Nimoy et al. L'Arbalète Marc Barbezat unknown books
1956300241Paris: Marc Barbezat 1956. Copy # 1338 of a limited edition of 3000 copies printed on Lana paper. With original pictorial wrapper illustrations by Alberto Giacometti. 195 3pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. Fine with original glassine. Giacometti. Copy # 1338 of a limited edition of 3000 copies printed on Lana paper. With original pictorial wrapper illustrations by Alberto Giacometti. 195 3pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Marc Barbezat unknown books
1958WRCLIT25745Decines: Barbezat/L'Arbalete 1958. Lithographed wrappers. First edition. One of 3200 numbered copies on Lana. Short snag to upper joint otherwise a very good copy. Barbezat/L'Arbalete unknown books
196023583Paris: L'Arbalete 1960. First edition thus. Wraps. Very good. 8vo. Photographic wraps. Moderate scuffing and wear to wraps with some chipping to edges and corners. Pages toned; light foxing to inside covers and scattered throughout; scuffing to inside back cover. Ownership signature to ffep. Most pages still unopened. Very good. <br/><br/>Genet's play first published in 1958 and reissued with 33 black and white photographs by Ernest Scheidegger of the 1959 Paris production. In French. L'Arbalete paperback books
1958300243Paris: L'Arbalate Marc Barbezat Décines Isère 1958. First Edition. One of 3200 copies #1884. 8vo. Printed cream wrappers. Fine in glassine. First Edition. One of 3200 copies #1884. 8vo. L'Arbalate Marc Barbezat, Décines Isère unknown books
1969WRCLIT83877New York: Grove Press 1969. Stiff pictorial wrapper. First US edition of Richard Seaver's translation published as Evergreen Original E-479. Small ink name otherwise very good or better. Grove Press unknown books
194635093Lyon: L'Arbalète 1946. First edition number 256 of 475 copies "in-quarto coquille sur pur fil rives filigrané 'L'ABALETE.'. Printed in maroon and black. 1 vols. 4to 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Original white cloth. Fine copy of perhaps Genet's most famous work. First edition number 256 of 475 copies "in-quarto coquille sur pur fil rives filigrané 'L'ABALETE.'" Printed in maroon and black. 1 vols. 4to 11 x 8-1/2 inches. L'Arbalète unknown books
1966UGENMIR00jknGrove Press 1966. Very Good. Genet Jean. Miracle of the Rose. New York: Grove Press 1966. 1st edition. 344pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear and chipping to foot of spine. Grove Press hardcover books
19661095New York: Grove Press Inc. 1966. First American Edition 1st Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm 344 pages in tan cloth black titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket. <br /><br />Jean Genet's second novel a partly autobiographical account of prison life during the German occupation of France. Genet spent many years in and out of prison; this was written in 1943 in La Santé and Tourelles prisons. "How much is true or how much is invented ceases to be of account. It has a psychological rightness of tone that is overpoweringly persuasive." Thomas Lask The New York Times February 20 1967 page 35. <br /><br />Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman and originally published in 1951 by Gallimard. Striking jacket photo of Genet by Jerry Bauer. The unclipped dust jacket shows the original $7.50 price. <br /><br />CONDITION: Near Fine with slight splaying of boards. Internally clean bright and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket has a bit of soiling to the spine and lower panel. Overall a beautiful copy. <br /><br /><br /> Grove Press, Inc. hardcover books
1965151057New York: Grove Press 1965. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Genet's second novel. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. A very near fine copy with a couple of faint spots to the foredge in a very near fine copy. Grove Press unknown books
196651218New York: Grove Press Inc 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Grove Press 1966. First American edition. This nightmarish account of prison life during the German occupation of France is dominated by the figure of the condemned murderer Harcamone who takes root and bears unearthly blooms in the ecstatic and brooding imagination of his fellow prisoner Genet. Light brown cloth binding with black titles. Some general minor rubbing to the dust jacket; otherwise a crisp and clean very good or better copy. <br/><br/> Grove Press, Inc hardcover books
19660104662Grove Press 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Published in New York by Grove Press in 1966. First Printing stated on copyright page. Book fine. DJ near fine. DJ price reads $7.50. Grove Press hardcover books
19669021809New York: Grove Press 1966. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in black. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books
