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195528487Brionne Eure: Amelot 1955. Very Good. Brionne Eure: Amelot 1955. First English-Language Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 52pp.; plates throughout. Very light wear to margins spine a shade toned else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by the author and one other. <br /> <br /> Short dramatic interlude first written for the "Light and Sound" production held at the Palace of Versailles during the summer months at dusk. Amelot unknown
193231572Paris: Editions Mornay 1932. Fine. Paris: Editions Mornay 1932. First Edition Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 525. Small quarto; mid-century three-quarter burgundy crushed morocco over marbled paper-covered boards gilt-lettered spine in five compartments top edge gilt marbled endpapers original wrappers bound in; 327pp.; color frontispiece illus. throughout. Montreal bookseller ticket of Librairie Deom to front pastedown textblock very lightly toned else an exceptionally Fine copy in a lovely binding. Editions Mornay unknown
1928229410London Jonathan Cope 1928. 1928. First edition so stated. Small 8vo. 4 full page woodcut illustrations by Edward Carrick. Translated from the French by David Garnett. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 63 pages uncut and partly unopened. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Butler & Banner. Bleiler p. 136. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London, Jonathan Cope [1928]. hardcover
1930218288Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1930. One page in French. 1 vols. 8vo. Slightly soiled. One page in French. 1 vols. 8vo. "Madame -- Thank you for not forgetting about the project -- I myself had forgotten about the film! But it doesn't matter since I wasn't supposed to play a role in it anyway! If you can find a director for it I'll be delighted . " André Maurois 1885-1967 novelist and biographer was son of an Alsatian draper who worked in the family business until he became a staff liaison officer with the British forces during World War I. His novel Les Silences du colonel Bramble 1918 gained him an immediate celebrity; Maurois wrote prolifically: novels on philosphical and moral themes and well-regarded biographies; he was elected to the Académie Française in 1938. Maurois on the "film project" <br/><br/> unknown
1930624London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1930. Limited Edition. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. 7 5/16 x 55 in. 194 x128 mm; pp.vi 58 UNOPENED; original decorative paper-covered boards over a grey cloth spine gilt titles; near fine dust-jacket. Clean and bright with slight offset on the front endpaper. <br /> Copy 151 of 530 printed SIGNED in blue ink by the author on the limitation page. A Proustian pastiche first published in English in this limited edition of 530 copies and in 1934 by Gallimard with the title "Le Côté de Chelsea" this short book echoes the tile of Proust's most famous work "Swann's Way" and was translated by Hamish Miles. <br /> <br /> ANDRÉ MAUROIS born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog 1885 - 1967 was a French novelist biographer storyteller and essayist elected to the prestigious Académie française in 1938. During World War I he joined the French army and served as an interpreter for Lieutenant Colonel Winston Churchill. He was a prolific writer and is best known for his excellence in biographies of important writers -Shelley Byron Victor Hugo George Sand or Balzac-political figures like Disraeli and General Lyautey and scientists like Alexander Fleming. Elkin Mathews & Marrot unknown
1945553505New York: Didier 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Illustrated by Howard Simon. Small quarto. About fine in slightly spine-toned very good or better dust jacket with small chips and tears. Didier hardcover
1943WB16840New York: Brentano's 1943. First Edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. A new edition with 79 illustrations by Michel G. Gilbert. Signed by Maurois and additionally inscribed by the illustrator Gilbert. Original wraps. 8vo 288pp. Housed in a custom clamshell box. <br/><br/> Brentano's paperback
194354083New York: Brentano's 1943. Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée avec une Préface inédite de l'Auteur. Number 5 of 100 copies sur papier Corsican signed by the author and illustrator. 79 Illustrations de Michel G. Gilbert. 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. In original glassine. Fine. Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée avec une Préface inédite de l'Auteur. Number 5 of 100 copies sur papier Corsican signed by the author and illustrator. 79 Illustrations de Michel G. Gilbert. 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Brentano's unknown
1926120369Paris : Grasset 1926. 220x170mm. XII - reliure demi-maroquin. Reliure dՎpoque en demi-maroquin brun ˆ coins avec auteur titre encadrements et filets dorÂŽs au dos ˆ quatre nerfs tÂte dorÂŽe plats et gardes de papier marbrÂŽ couvertures et dos conservÂŽs. Belle reliure hormis charniÂre supÂŽrieure trÂs discrÂtement fendillÂŽe en tÂte sans incidence sur la soliditÂŽ de lÕouvrage. Un des 295 exemplaire sur papier pur fil Lafuma numÂŽrotÂŽ n.¡ 20 avec une eau-forte de Chimot en double suite : ÂŽtat noir et ÂŽtat couleurs. Bel exemplaire. 628 Grasset unknown
1949mon0000123829John Lane The Bodley Head 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable colouring of page edges and book cover due to age. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover
193074951Paris: Grasset 1930. Fine. Grasset Paris 1930 17 x 22.50 cm 2 volumes reliés sous étui First edition one of 315 numbered copies on laid Marais paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format. Half dark green shagreen bindings with corners spines with five raised bands gilt dates at foot combed paper boards endpapers and pastedowns of matching paper covers and spines preserved slipcase edged with dark green shagreen boards covered with combed paper. Grasset hardcover
192775001Paris: Grasset 1927. Fine. Grasset Paris 1927 17.50 x 23 cm relié First edition one of 13 numbered copies specially printed on Imperial Japan paper for the Librairie des Champs-Elysées. Bound in half black shagreen with bands spine with four raised bands set with sand-colored mosaic shagreen band minor scratches to headcaps almond green wood-effect paper boards framed with two almond green mosaic shagreen bands almond green wood-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns original covers and spine preserved top edge gilt corners slightly bumped contemporary Art Deco binding. Handsome copy attractively bound in a lovely contemporary Art Deco binding. Grasset hardcover
192433055Editions Emile-Paul Freres Paris 1924. 8vo. First Edition thus text in French on Verge de Rives with coloured frontispiece title in red and black and numerous engraved vignettes in red frames in the text endpapers lightly spotted; patterned paper boards green levant morocco back with tan leather label tooled and lettered in gilt uncut a very good bright crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 1392. Editions Emile-Paul Freres, Paris, hardcover
193001929FINE BINDING BYRON Bernard Grasset 1930 first edition 2 volumes finely bound in half-leather and marbled boards with raised and decorated spines and marbled end-papers. A limited edition of unknown quantity. Very nice. Text in French. Bernard Grasset 1930 hardcover
19301310NY: D. Appleton and Company 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Edward Abbey's copy of this biography of Lord Byron with "Abbey" written on the bottom edge of the text block but not otherwise signed. A previous owner's inscription reading "From Myron to Inez" dated 1930 is on the front free endpaper. Translated from the French by Hamish Miles. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. A good copy with he front hinge cracked pastedown torn but holding. Wear just through the cloth at corners. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1940007790New York: Henry Holt and Company 1940. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Funny funny funny! With delightful illustrations. 4to. 28 by 20.5 cm. 92 1 pp. The translator Rosemary Benet was the wife of poet Stephen Vincent Benet and was also an author in her own right. Jean Bruller the illustrator was also a novelist whose best known work is "Le Silence de la Mare". The lightest of wear to the book itself -- light wear of blue fabric in corners and spine tips and gentle age toning of leaves. The dust jacket has minor close tears and shallow edge chipping with some light soiling flattened creasing etc. Dust jacket now protected with mylar. About as nice a copy overall as one is likely to come by. Henry Holt and Company unknown
1944917T18Paris: Nelson 1944. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A smart copy of this later French edition of André Maurois's witty account of his experiences in the French army. French. Later edition. The author's debut novel. Recounting the author's own experiences in the French army during the First World War in very witty and socially realistic language which gained him popularity in France upon publication and in the United Kingdom and English speaking countries with the translated edition. Written by Andre Maurois a French author. In the original yellow cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor sunning and light marks to the panels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Nelson hardcover
1957mc54Barrie 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The jacket is a bit marked and torn. Some mild tanning and a little foxing. Soundly bound. "This Edition First published in 1957 by James Barrie Books Ltd". Possibly 1st UK edition. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Barrie hardcover
19281284596New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. First American Edition. 12mo. 46 pp. VG-/no DJ; blue cloth boards beige title labels with black lettering affixed to spine and front board; bumping/chipping/fraying to head and tail of spine and to corners of boards age-toning/cocking to spine no shelf lean boards somewhat shaken binding intact foxing to paper labels lettering legible; age-toning and shelfwear to text-block; mild rubbing to edges of boards; age-toning to endpapers and interior very slight foxing/wear to front endpapers mild stain to fore-edge of title page text legible throughout; pub. 1928 "First Edition" stated to copyright page; INSCRIBED by Maurois to half-title page;. 1284596. Special Collections - Downstairs. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown
194113651Etudes littraires I & Etudes littraires 2. Paul Valry Andr Gide Marcel Proust Henri Bergson Paul Claudel Charles Pguy Georges Duhamel Martin du Gard Jacques de Lacretelle Franois Mauriac Jules Romains Saint Exupry Editions de la Maison Francaise 1941 & 1944 first editions two volumes #1 is fine with a glassine dust-wrapper which has a bit of wear tear and chipping; #2 is fine in near fine glassine dust-wrapper. Each of 200 copies #1 is #5/50 on Sur Papier Texte and SIGNED by the author while #2 is #26/50 on Sur Papier Texte. Text in French. Editions de la Maison Francaise unknown
1964SKU1045439Atheneum 1964. hardcover. Good. 12x9x0. Atheneum; New York 1964. Hardcover. A Good to Very Good blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine binding sturdy and intact heavily sunned spine buckram bumped top front board corner mild discoloration to board corners without Dust wrapper. In a Good moderate handling/scuff marks bumped top corner with abrasion some offsetting to buckram some shelf wear sturdy Slipcase. Oblong 4toquarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches. color illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Atheneum hardcover
1949020184Éditions de la Maison Française Paris 1949. Book. Illus. by Berthommé Saint-André. Near Fine. Leather Bound. 241 pages. Originally published in wrappers in a board slipcase although currently in a handsome deep brown leather binding with gold stamping. Slipcase has significant wear and soiling and has been "repaired" with numerous pieces of adhesive tape. But the binding is quite handsome and sharp done at an unknown time by the Houston binder A. V. Emmott & Sons whose discreet stamp remains on the inside rear cover. Previous owner's name is neatly stamped in red on the limitation page but otherwise there are no internal markings. Number 276 in a limited edition of 800 copies. Twenty full page charming lithographic illustrations by Berthommé Saint-André still have their archival paper covers. Text other than strangely enough the dedication is in French. Éditions de la Maison Française, Paris Hardcover
