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192741294Paris: Le Divan 1927. paperback. fine. 9 volumes. Rubricated titles some red initials and decorations. Small 8vo printed wrappers most volumes are uncut & unopened. Paris 1927-1931. Fine.<br/><br/> Carmen; Theatre de Clara Gazul; Columba; Chronique du Regne de Charles IX; La Jacquerie La Famille de Carvajal; La Guzla et Dernieres Nouvelles; Les Deux Heritages Les Debuts d'un Aventurier; L'Inspecteur General translation; Contes Russes. Each volume is one of 1500 numbered copies on Verge Zonders.<br/><br/> Le Divan unknown books
1890800651890. Merimee Prosper. A Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX. NY: Printed at the Chiswick Press for Cassell Publishing Company n.d. ca. 1890. illustrations by Edouard Toudouze xvi 309p. Hardcover in original rust brown cloth. 28cm. Minor fraying at ends of backstrip. Some cover scratches. Foxing on endpapers and adjacent leaves. Very Good. This French novel was translated into English by George Saintsbury. <br/><br/> hardcover books
189051010London: Nimmo 1890. hardcover. near fine. 110 wood engravings from drawings by Edouard Toudouze. Translated by George Saintsbury. 309pp. 4to full brown leather a.e.g. London: Nimmo 1890. Near Fine.<br/><br/> One of 780 numbered copies printed by the Chiswick Press.<br/><br/> Nimmo unknown books
1845278868Paris 1845. unbound. very good-. 1 page 8.25 x 5.25 inches Ministry of Public Works Paris circa 1845 in French untranslated telling the recipient that he is giving a dinner party for two Spanish guests and for a mutual friend named Grille and asks if the recipient would be tempted to join them at the "Chez Very." Evenly toned with minor wrinkling at the bottom margin; very good- condition.<br/><br/> French dramatist and short story writer.<br/><br/> unknown books
19024507Paris: L. Carteret et Cie 1902. First edition. First edition. 4to. Bound by Champs-Stroobant in three-quarter medium blue smooth calf spine gilt in six compartments marbled sides doublures and flyleaves. This is $87 out of 250 on Whatman handmade paper. Colored title page and 60 colored aquatints combined with text INCLUDING 9 FULL-PAGE COLORED AQUATINTS d'apres Eugen Courboin. Imprinted in the presses of A. Lahure. A superb combination of text and aquatint illustration. Some wear/scuffing to covers near fine internally. With the pictorial bookplate of Frances Georges Leone engraved by Picard. A pretty book. <br/><br/> L. Carteret et Cie unknown books
03527London: Hutchinson & Co. 1916. With Sixteen Full-Page Color Plates by René Bull<br/><br/>BULL René illustrator. MÉRIMÉE Prosper. Carmen. Translated by A.E. Johnson. With Pictures by René Bull. London: Hutchinson & Co. n.d 1916. <br/><br/>First trade edition. Quarto 10 13/16 x 8 7/16 inches; 275 x 214 mm. 2 blank x 204 pp. Color frontispiece and fifteen color plates with descriptive tissue guards. Seventy-four black and white illustrations in the text.<br/><br/>Publishers red cloth over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Gray and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt others stained red. Gilt on spine dull some light wear to extremities neat ink inscription dated 1917 on front free endpaper and another ink inscription on front blank leaf. A good copy of an uncommon book.<br/><br/>Rene Bull's vibrant illustrations perfectly capture the intense drama of love and jealousy in Prosper Mérimée's tale which was the basis for Georges Bizet's opera of the same title.<br/><br/>René Bull d. 1942 "was born in Ireland and went to Paris to study engineering but left this for art work in London 1892. After working for various magazines he was appointed ‘special' for Black and White 1896 attending the Armenian massacres and the Graeco-Turkish War as artist.He served in the First World War in RNVR 1916 and RAF 1917. Bull was one of the most versatile specials because his stature as an artist was above average. Not only an accurate reporter he was a talented comic draughtsman and a brilliant illustrator of fairy stories" Houfe The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators p. 81. Works illustrated by Bull include: La Fontaine's Fables 1905 Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris 1906 The Arabian Nights 1912 The Russian Ballet by A.E. Johnson 1913 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1913 Carmen by Prosper Mérimée 1916 and Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift 1928. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1916 unknown books
1930132143Paris France: La Pléiade 1930. stiff paper wrappers all edges uncut. 4to. stiff paper wrappers all edges uncut. 153 3 pages. Text in French. Limited to 110 numbered copies .With twenty-three tissue-protected original lithographs including frontispiece by René Ben Sussan. Endnotes folow text. La Pléiade unknown books
1941SKU1018872The Limited Editions Club 1941. Hardcover. Good. ISigned by Authors. Signed by Authors Signed Limited Edition- Signed by the illustrator Jean Charlot #591 of 1500. Slipcase has rubbing and splits at ends book and slipcase are clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Well kept no smoky or musty odors. 1941. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
194185428New York: Limited Editions Club 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine. Jean Charlot. frontis and illustrations by Jean Charlot 143. Decorative cloth. Slipcase. 28cm. Slipcase is slightly soiled and has some browning heavy on top edge. 28cm. Copy #621 of this limited edition which was signed by Charlot on the colophon leaf. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1926001742London: Readers Library 1926. Mérimée Prosper. CARMEN. London: Readers Library 1926. Photoplay edition issued in tandem with the 1926 Wardour Film starring Raquel Meller as the famous Carmen. Very attractive Gypsy cover art. A Very Good copy lightly worn in a Very Good dust jacket complete with only one real blemish of note: a short closed tear and a small bit of discoloration. . Very Good/Very Good Plus. Readers Library unknown books
19417671New York: The Limited Editions Club 1941 Limited edition. Number 1468 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. 143pp. Translated by Lady Mary Lloyd. Introduction by Konrad Bercovici. Illustrated by Jean Charlot. Planned and printed by the Aldus Printers. Cloth-backed boards. Some darkening to spine else a fine copy. Slipcase is darkened soiled and lightly worn. Illus. by Charlot Jean. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
191144722Paris : F. Ferroud 1911. Of an edition limited to 1000. copies this is # 428 printed on Arches paper and initialed by the publisher. Softcover. Very good/Very good. Paris : F. Ferroud 1911. Of an edition limited to 1000. copies this is # 428 printed on Arches paper and initialed by the publisher. Illustrated with 30 etchings by Gaston Vuillier the title-page vignette being hand-colored. Frontispiece. 152 pp. Text in French. Softcover. 12mo. Beige paper wrappers. Spine heavily toned at head and heel; front free endpaper toned. Interior clean. Very good/Very good. Insurance required to ship this item. F. Ferroud paperback books
193570452Paris: Marcel Lubineau. Very Good. 1935. Hardcover. - Text in French Merimee Prosper. CARMEN Illustrated by Andre Collot. Paris Marcel Lubineau 1935. #231 of 2000 copies on velin d'Arches colored by "La Tradition". Large size 10x8 in. Bound in full red leather spine sunned. with many brightly-colored pochoir plates typical of Paris in the 30s. . Marcel Lubineau hardcover books
18968991896. GARRETT Edmund H. MERIEE Prosper. CARMEN. Translated From The French And Illustrated by Edmund H. Garrett. With A Memoir Of The Author by Louise Imogen Guiney. Boston: Little Brown & Company 1896. Small 8vo. light-green cloth stamped in gilt & dark-green top edge gilt. First American Edition. Signed presentation from Garrett on the front endpaper: "Best wishes to Mrs. Bullard Edmund H. Garrett. Atlantic Club July 1903." Very Good little bumping covers but quite bright & nice! $285.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18964844MA Devinne Press 1896. 1896. First edition thus. 8vo. Translated and illustrated by Edmund H. Garrett. Memoir of Merimee by Louise I. Guiney. Full gilt stamped yellow morocco by Blackwell spines with raised bands and gilt stamped floral designs within gilt stamped compartments cover with decorative gilt stamped borders and floral designs gilt stamped inner dentelles heavy patterned endpapers t.e.g. uncut. Fine. Black cloth slipcase. Number 47 of 50 numbered copies signed by Garrett on limitation page; also signed and inscribed on third preliminary page by Garrett to Paul Lemperley November 1986 with an original color drawings of several playing cards one pierced by a dagger. Publisher's prospectus laid in loose. Bookplate of Paul Lemperly on the front pastedown. From the library of noted Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front free endpaper. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. MA, Devinne Press, 1896. hardcover books
1940182103New York: Limited Editions Club 1940. Hardcover. VG book is very crisp and clean. Slipcase has overall heavy wear. Bright colorful silky cloth over boards olive cloth spine with red lettering; color illustrated frontispiece color illustration on title page; 143 pp color illustrations throughout. Issued in an olive cardboard slipcase title in red on spine. Limited edition of 1500 copies signed by the artist. This copy is number 177. Includes an introduction by Konrad Bercovici. Illustrated with lithographs in color by Jean Charlot. Translation by Lady Mary Lloyd. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1931UMERCAR00NJWilliam Farquhar Payson 1931. Good. Merimee Prosper. Carmen. Sterner Albert. New York: William Farquhar Payson 1931. 129pp. Illustrated. 4to. Red Cloth in Slipcase. Book condition: Good. Light rubbing to extremities. Edges bumped. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Slipcase - Fair. Rubbing and chipping to edges. William Farquhar Payson hardcover books
1920WRCLIT58713Berlin: Propylaen-Verlag 1920. Quarto. Publisher's original quarter calf and boards spine gilt extra upper board lettered in gilt t.e.g. Pictorial title plates and illustrations. Edges a bit rubbed with very shallow loss to calf at toe of spine a few faint marginal finger smudges light foxing to endleaves and edges old two letter annotation on free endsheet otherwise a very good copy. First edition in this format. Translated by Elfriede Willis and illustrated with twelve full-page and numerous in-text lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag 1880-1945. Apart from the lithographed pictorial title each of the other 11 full-page hors-text lithographs is signed in pencil in the lower margin by the artist. One of 450 numbered copies printed by Poeschel & Trepte in Leipzig. Propylaen-Verlag hardcover books
1919WRCLIT46433Paris: Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre 1919. Printed wrappers. Woodcut frontis by L. Jou. One of 1300 numbered copies on Rives from a total edition of 1360. Near fine unopened. TALVART & PLACE MÉRIMÉE 21g. Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre unknown books
193176367New York: Minton 1931. hardcover. near fine. Newly Translated. With 10 monochrome water-colours by Maurice Barraud. Square 8vo pictorial boards; slipcase missing top. New York: Harrison of Paris 1931. Limited Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> One of 425 numbered copies on Rives pure-rag vellum.<br/><br/> Minton unknown books
193135015Paris 1931. Limited. hardcover. fine. Newly translated. With ten monochrome water-colours by Maurice Barraud. 175pp. Small 4to pictorial boards board slipcase. Paris: Harrison of Paris 1931. Fine.<br/><br/> One of 595 numbered copies with stencil-colored illustrations printed on Rives pure-rag vellum.<br/><br/> unknown books
1992UMERCAR00CZCOxford University Press 1992. Good. Merimee Prosper. Carmen and Other Stories. Jotcham Nicholas. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1992. 361pp. Bibliography. Mass Market. Book condition: Good. Oxford University Press paperback books
192715682Paris 1927. paperback. fine. Texte Etabli et Annote avec une Introduction par Auguste Dupouy. Preface de Gerard D'Houville. Tall thick 8vo pages untrimmed and unopened original printed wrappers. Paris: H. Champion 1927. One of only 25 copies on Japon vellum. Fine.<br/><br/> unknown books
1926142351London: The Readers Library 1926. First printing of the UK photoplay edition originally published in 1846 by Michel Levy. <br/><br/>Basis for the 1926 film directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Raquel Meller. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket had a couple of tiny closed tears and light nicking to the extremities. The Readers Library unknown books
195233570No place: Privately Printed 1952. Small 8vo. 96 pp. 3 tipped-in color plates. <br><br>Not the opera version rather a new translation of the prose work. The color illustrations are by Maggie Monier. The volume was printed as a Christmas gift for friends by Carl F. Braun and customers of his company.<br>Â Â Â Â A very handsome production. Publisher's black cloth spine gilt decorated front cover with an orange circle on which are a rose a Spanish fan a pistol and playing cards. In a slipcase of green paper over boards. Book in fine condition slipcase shows modest wear. Privately Printed hardcover books