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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
193112843Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soner 1931. Edition limited to 1500 copies 8vo pp. 207; 15 plates; fine copy in original beige cloth backed boards green paper label gilt on spine in publisher's brown box. <br/><br/> P.A. Norstedt & Soner hardcover books
1931267827Stockholm: Limited Editions Club 1931. Limited. hardcover. fine. Yngve Berg. Translated from the French by Guy Endore Illustrated with lithographs by Yngve Berg. 207pp. 4to white cloth-backed patterned boards t.e.g. in board slipcase. Stockholm: The Limited Editions Club 1931. A fine copy in a very good slipcase.<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies on Van Gelder paper signed by the illustrator.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
1921246493Paris: Marpon 1921. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with woodcuts by A. Roubille. iii 179 pages. 8vo 3/4 leather over marbled boards original wrappers bound in; leather lightly worn. Paris: Collection Marpon & C. 1921. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Marpon unknown books
009853Paris: Calmann-Levy. Half-Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Later Edition. 344 pp. a nice binding with ribbon bookmark. Paris: Calmann-Levy unknown books
1898109487Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co 1898. First edition of Pierre Loti's Impressions. Octavo original green pictorial buckram woodcut pictorial title page woodcut initials. In near fine condition. James writes of Loti in his introduction to the present volume "I may as well admit in the outset that in speaking of Pierre Loti I give way to an inclination of the irresistible sort express indeed a lively obligation. I am conscious of owing him that amount and that kind of pleasure as to which hesitation resides only in the difficulty of statement. He has been for me from the hour of my making his acquaintance one of the joys of the time and the fact moreover of his being of the time has often to my eyes made it seem to suffer less from the presence of writers less delightful yet more acclaimed." Archibald Constable and Co hardcover books
1898129489Westminster: Constable 1898. First Edition. hardcover. very good. With an Introduction by Henry James. 4to parchment backed cloth stamped in gilt & green. Westminster: Constable 1898.<br/><br/> Constable unknown books
193615052702n.p.: Calmann-Levy 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. Dufour D'Emilien. Quarto size 289 pp. all text in French. Pierre Loti the pseudonym of Julien Viaud 1850-1923 was educated to be a naval officer gradually rising in his profession until attaining the rank of captain in 1906. His life at sea among seafaring men inspired this and many of his other stories. Contemporary critic Edmund Gosse said of Loti: "At his best he was unquestionably the finest descriptive writer of the day" n.b. above information from Wiki. <br/><br/>Mon Frere Yves is perhaps Pierre Loti's best-known work a semi-autobiographical novel describing the friendship between French naval officer Pierre Loti and a hard drinking Breton sailor Yves Kermadec during the 1870s and 80s - the descriptions of Breton seafaring life on board ship and on shore set the tone for his later masterpiece An Iceland Fisherman 1886. <br/><br/>Originally published in wraps this volume has been bound as a hardcover book with the front wrapper serving as a front pastedown. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full red cloth over boards illustrated front pastedown in red and black red and black lettering gilt lettering on the spine title page in red and black with a small vignette of a house in a field many signatures unopened several colour illustrations throughout with some retaining the original tissue guards; quarto size 9 1/4" by 7 1/8" pagination: i-vi 1-282 limitation page. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine overall with clean binding straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some light soil to the front pastedown else fine. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply please contact seller for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Calmann-Levy hardcover books
62895Paris: Calmann-Levy. Good. N.D. Hardcover. Leather and marbled boards Binding by "Pierson Henry & Joseph." Covers are slightly scuffed with rubbed spine ends. 317 pages French Text . Endpages lightly foxed otherwise a bright complete copy. . Calmann-Levy hardcover books
1900124268New York New York: Brentano's 1900. Hardcover. VG- Some wear to cloth and vellum. Green cloth over boards; White vellum at spine; 189 pp.; Illustrated title page and text decorations but no other illustrations. Introduction by Henry James. Brentano's hardcover books
192049934Paris: Calmann-Levy 1920. Third edn. 8vo pp. 291. Chipped wraps cover separate. This was consumer advocate Florence Kelley's copy with her signature on the front cover and 12 lines of her holograph on the rear. Fragile pulpy paper. FK. Calmann-Levy unknown books
188959345Chicago: A. C. Armstrong 1889. First American edn. 8vo pp. 252. Bound with the half title in contemporary 3/4 calf rubbed along the extremities a very good copy. A much reprinted story. A. C. Armstrong unknown books
1986036135New York: Friendly Press 1986. 112p. colored illus. quarto format dj. Friendly Press unknown books
195733658Allhambra California: Printed by the Private Press of C. F. Braun & Co 1957. 1st edition thus. Blue quarter morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Spine a bit sunned. PO signature to ffep. A VG copy. 8 161 3 blank pp. Illustrations by Joe Mugnaini. 8vo. <br/><br/> Printed by the Private Press of C. F. Braun & Co hardcover books
