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1936246359Paris: Calmann-Levy 1936. Limited. paperback. very good. Henri Deluermoz. Pochoir color & sepia illustrations by Henri Deluermoz. Rubricated title 229 pages unopened pages. Tall 8vo stiff pictorial wrappers board slipcase. Paris: Calmann-Levy 1936. Some damage to paper near head of spine otherwise near fine. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Calmann-Levy unknown books
188815698Paris: Calmann Lévy 1888. Full black leather gilt titles beveled boards all edges red marbled endpapers. Hinges and spine cracked but still tight roll to spine scattered foxing leaves crisp; still a good copy. 328 pp. Illus. 8vo. Dessins et aquarelles de Rossi e. Loti 1850-1923 French naval officer achieved popularity with his impressionistic exotic and romantic tales and is a precursor to modern French fiction between the two world wars. This romantic tale of travel and adventure in Japan may have influenced Puccini's Madam Butterfly. Calmann Lévy hardcover books
188914049New York: Welch Fracker Company 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition in English. 12mo 343 pp illustrated by Benjamin Constant and Aime Marot. Publisher's green cloth with decoration in gilt image of a warrior on horseback on front board. Mild rubbing to extremities a few pages chipped at the upper edge else fine. Loti traveled from Tangiers to Fez in the company of the French minister to Morocco and was most enthusiastic about his experiences delighting in the people and culture. Welch, Fracker Company hardcover books
1933213744Tokyo: Hokuseido Press 1933. Hardcover. 241p. publisher's colophon tipped-in at rear in characters and English first edition in black cloth boards with red titles on spine; spine titling rubbed with the word "Stories" rubbed off offsetting to endpapers ownership name in holograph at half-title short marginal tear at leaf vii/viii an else very good copy. Hokuseido Press hardcover books
1896D1176Paris: Calmann Levy 1896. Hardcover. Fine. Quarter morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine t. e. g. place-holder ribbon; with the original spine bound in at rear. Corners lightly rubbed else fine. A pretty volume. <br/><br/> Calmann Levy hardcover books
19347631Bruxelles: Aux Editions Du Nord 1934. Full-Leather. D. Charles Fouqueray. Number 3 of 15 copies on Imperial Japan paper; octavo 350 pages; bound in brown morocco raised bands on spine lettered in gilt; marbled end papers. Extra illustrated some plates hand-colored. Slipcase with paper-covered boards. A lovely production. Fine. <br/><br/> Aux Editions Du Nord hardcover books
1931001619Paris: Librairie des Amateurs. A. Ferroud.-- F. Ferroud Successeur 1931. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good Plus. Exemplair 33 of 400 on Velin D'Arches. Exotic tale of Burma. Small closed tear on upper spine extremity. A little finger soiling but mostly clean. <br/><br/> Librairie des Amateurs. A. Ferroud.-- F. Ferroud, Successeur paperback books
027035New York nd: E.P. Dutton and Co. Octavo. 335 pages. A special book handcolored with 41 pages of beautiful flowers birds mask and other items delicately painted in watercolor allowing the text to be visible. Novel about a French naval officer who has two objectives for his stay in Japan - to get a tattoo and to acquire a temporary Japanese wife which became the basis for Madam Butterfly. A handsome copy bound by Dutton in 3/4 brown morocco over light brown paper covered boards raised bands compartments lettered and decorated in gilt top edge gilt end papers match binding paper one signature protruding a bit. E.P. Dutton and Co unknown books
189816958Paris: Calmann Levy 1898. First edition. Number 25 of 50 numbered copies on Hollande. Inscribed and signed by Loti. Original wrappers light wear to edges but a very good copy with the bookplate of John Quinn. Half morocco slipcase and chemise. <br/><br/> Calmann Levy unknown books
192721559Paris: Le Musée du Livre 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Ramiro Arrue.`. 8vo. 339 3 pp. Half deep blue morocco brightly decorative paper and endpapers. Spinetooled simply but effectively in gilt with a small beige onlay. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. Trace of wear else a fine copy.<br/> <br/>Illustrated with designs and aquarelles by Arrue. One of 1200 copies on Rives laid paper from a total edition of 1300 copies. This copy unnumbered.<br/> <br/>In French. Le Musée du Livre hardcover books
1927006395Paris: Librairie Lemercier 1927. Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Three Quarter Morocco. Wooden boards. Fine. No. 54 of 255 copies in limitation on velin pur fil Lafuma. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding with unusual wood or wood veneer boards and matching wood veneer endpapers. And leather painted "onlay" illustration mounted onto spine! 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 208 pp. with 18 color plates and twelve vignettes and a second suite of all the illustrations in just outline form bound in at the end along with the spine to the wraps. The wrap cover serves as one of the three title pages. In its original title "Raharu" this is the novel that put Loti on the map in 1880 and it served as the inspiration for Leo Delibes' once popular opera "Lakmé" which premiered just three years later. Essentially Loti was the authorial counterpart to Gauguin in plunging whole into Tahitian society and his pen-name "Loti" followed from this novel. Without question one of Loti's greatest strengths as a writer was the color he brought to his descriptions and exotic subject matter and these pochoirs most definitely honor and capture that mastery. The bright plates and vignettes could be mistaken for actual painting and they are a feast to the eye. Apparently scarce with the only copy we could locate at the BNF -- no copies of this edition were found at all on OCLC or in commerce. Light rubbing of front joint. <br /><br /> Librairie Lemercier hardcover books
1927004618Paris: Librairie Lemercier 1927. Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Three Quarter Morocco. Marbled Boards. Near Fine. 1 of 12 copies to the limitation this being a presentation copy to Madame de Becque the wife of the illustrator. Beautiful 3/4 morocco binding by Saulnier. 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 208 pp. with 18 color plates and twelve vignettes and a second suite of all the illustrations in just outline form bound in at the end along with the spine to the wraps. The wrap cover serves as one of the three title pages. In its original title "Raharu" this is the novel that put Loti on the map in 1880 and it served as the inspiration for Leo Delibes' once popular opera "Lakmé" which premiered just three years later. Essentially Loti was the authorial counterpart to Gauguin in plunging whole into Tahitian society and his pen-name "Loti" followed from this novel. Without question one of Loti's greatest strengths as a writer was the color he brought to his descriptions and exotic subject matter and these pochoirs most definitely honor and capture that mastery. The bright plates and vignettes could be mistaken for actual painting and they are a feast to the eye. Apparently scarce with the only copy we could locate at the BNF -- no copies of this edition were found at all on OCLC or in commerce. A few tiny specks of discoloration on the spine and very light edgewear. Otherwise clean and pristine inside. <br /><br /> Librairie Lemercier hardcover books