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19296355Paris: Hachette 1929. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1929 1st edition. Solid and clean and VG in its original pictorial boards with neat former owner inscription at the half-title. Quarto 72 pgs. Nicely illustrated thruout by D"Adrienne Segur. <br/><br/> Hachette hardcover books
1942008066London: The Nonesuch Press 1942. Near Fine gilt lettering a bit dulled in Fine slipcase SCARCE THUS the slipcase seldom seen in such lovely condition. . Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Nonesuch Press Hardcover books
193856074Paris: Bernard Grasset 1938. First Edition. Exemplaire De Presse CCXXXVI 236. Signed presentation from Maurois on the half-title page. 12mo. decorative printed wraps; 494 pages. Very Good little darkening covers contents clean & tight. <br/><br/> Bernard Grasset paperback books
1927LD5796Paris: nrf Librairie Gallimard 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Half gilt-ruled black calf and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering on spine t.e.g.; with frontispiece portrait of Disraeli; and preserving original wraps and backstrip. Number 91 from a limited edition of 210 copies "sur Hollande." Small scuff marks at extremities ownership signature on front flyleaf. Otherwise book is fine -- a handsome binding and original wraps and text block very fine indeed. Number 8 in the "Vies des Hommes Illustres" series. <br/><br/> nrf, Librairie Gallimard hardcover books
193275931London Toronto Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company 1932. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v-vi 1-2 3-309 310-312: blank note: first and last leaves are blanks original black cloth front panel ruled in blind spine panel stamped in gold. First edition in English. Mostly nonfiction but collects several parts of Maurois' future history series including "The Earth-Dwellers" "The Next Chapter: The War Against the Moon" is part of this same future history series. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 3-40. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 153. Bleiler 1948 p. 196. A fine copy in near fine printed dust jacket with light wear at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips and a few internal mends of short edge tears with archival tape. The jacket printed on very thin paper is fragile and uncommon in nice condition. #75931 Cassell and Company unknown books
1944008346New York: Didier Publishers 1944. Near Fine slight toning to end papers in a Near Fine dust jacket small closed tear bottom edge front panel spine uniformly browned. Lovely Marcel Vertes illustration front panel of dust jacket. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Didier, Publishers Hardcover books
19231329573Paris: Bernard Grasset 1923. Limited Edition 1/3440. Hardcover. Octavo 358 pages; VG; bound in quarter blue calf marbled boards paneled spine with gilt titling and tooling; top edge gilt; mild rubbing primarily to extremities; marbled endpapers; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown; illustrated cover and ads in rear bound in; text in French; one of 3440 this copy unnumbered; shelved case 0. A fictionalized biography of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1329573. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Bernard Grasset hardcover books
1945Embry 129454Harper & Brothers 1945. First edition first printing. Spine very slightly toned near fine in custom mylar cover. Tan cloth with plum title labels no dust jacket. Signed by the author on a taped in note card tape yellowed. Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1932003859Paris: Editions Mornay 1932. Limited Edition. Full Decorated Calf. Very Good. 8vo. 20 by 15.5 cm. 329 pp. Original wraps bound in. Since there is no number to this copy it is presumed this was one of the 55 copies produced "hors commerce". Regardless the full calf binding is special with its watercolor cameo centerpiece of a sailboat on the front the floral vignette on the back and portrait of Shelley on the spine. Alas the calf is heavily rubbed along the joints with starting by the lower rear joint and the spine is darkened and heavily rubbed. Inside the book is clean and fresh with the color illustrations uniformly a delight. <br/><br/> Editions Mornay unknown books
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 books
192708837Paris: Bernard Grasset 1927. First Edition. Number 4 of a small number of copies in a fine binding by Mirabelle. 293 pages plus Table. Full morocco inlaid binding leather end papers. A fine copy internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind. Top edges gilt. <br/><br/> Bernard Grasset hardcover books
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 books
1944290334New York: Brentano 1944. paperback. very good. In French and English translation and introduction by Maurois. 133 pages. 8vo. toned paper wrappers showing some light edge-wear front hinge is fragile within protective cloth wrappers. New York: Bretano's 1944. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Inscribed by Maurois on flyleaf: "Pour Teodore . Rousseau ce souvenir de temps difficiles si. vaut traduire . avis . Andre Maurois" Theodore Rousseau curator in chief and vice director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br/><br/> Brentano unknown books
1933218257Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1933. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Slight wear at edges and folds. One page. 1 vols. 4to. To the American Spectator. Interesting letter from the French Jewish novelist biographer essayist and historian to the American co-editor along with George Jean Nathan of Nathan's newly formed magazine "The American Spectator."<br/><br/>"My dear Boyd<br/><br/>"I had promised to give some unpublished excepts from my Edward VII. It isn't easy to detach sections from a historical work. However you could take either the first chapter "Final Days and Death of Queen Victoria" which Appleton already has in translation and could give you - or the third chapter "Men and Parties" which contains several potraits of Englihs politicians . a few of them might be amusing ."<br/><br/><br/>Born as Emile Herzog Maurois changed his name assimilated and published his first novel in 1918. During WWII he supported the Vichy regime but was a strong opponent of Hitler and eventually had to flee to the United States where he taught at Princeton. He is perhaps even more widely known in Great Britain and the U.S. for his masterful biographies of Shelley and Byron and his books on the Edward and the Edawardian Period as discussed here and English history. unknown books
193228445Bruxelles: Aux Éditions du Nord 1932. First Thus. Limited to 1111 copies of which this is no. 446 printed on vélin allura. Octavo 20.75cm.; original white pictorial card wrappers in gilt cloth-backed board chemise fore-edge string ties printed paper spine label; 229pp.; color frontispiece decorative title page numerous color pochoir illus. in text throughout. Chemise a bit soiled else Very Near Fine. Quite scarce and attractive edition of this World War I novel first published in 1926 which forms part of the series "Les Gloires Littéraires." OCLC locates one copy in North America as of December 2015 at the University Club Library. Aux Éditions du Nord unknown books
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; LP consignment; shelved Case 8 Dupont. 1284596. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1930LD5776Paris: Bernard Grasset 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Two volumes. Original wraps printed in two-tone green edges uncut; in glassine dust jacket and slipcase; 4to. Number 32 from a limited edition of 165 "sur velin d'arches." Classic Byronic biography by Maurois in French. Both volumes in good and solid condition only signs of light edgewear. Bright and very nice unopened set. <br/><br/> Bernard Grasset paperback books
192808603New York: D. Appleton and Co 1928. First Edition. Fine binding by Donnelley 3/4 Navy blue leather with custom felt-lined slipcase. A fine copy internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind; Slight age-toning at spine. Translated by Hamish Miles. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Co hardcover books
1920288732Paris: Grasset 1920. Limited. hardcover. fine. Dessins Originaux de Bernard Boutet de Monvel Graves sur Bois Par Gasperini. Tall thin 8vobuckram backed cloth original wrappers bound in. Paris 1920. Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. The authors first book "Le Silence de Col. Bramble" was published in 1918 and brought him immediate fame.<br/><br/> Presentation copy signed on the half-title<br/><br/> Grasset unknown books
1940304254New York Harper & Brothers Publishers 1940. 1940. Seventh edition so stated; "L-P". 8vo. Translated from the French by Denver Lindley. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks; short tear. Very good. 255 pages. Signed and inscribed by Andre Maurois on the half title page: "Pour Arthur S. Wiley qui comprend la France. . .Andre Maurois". Inscribed by Authors. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers [1940]. hardcover books
1932218293Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1932. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Very good. One page each. 1 vols. Half-sheet quarto. Maurois to a Fellow Biographer. Two letters to Madol concering the latter's book on the Spanish dictator Godoy translated into English as GODOY: THE FIRST OF THE MODERN DICTATORS L. 1934.<br/><br/>In the first letter Maurois acknowledges receipt of the book by the historian and biographer Madol: " I have just read the beginning and the book seems fine to me. I promise to let you know . "<br/><br/>In the second letter Maurois responds to an invitation to write the Preface to GODOY: "I"d be delighted to see your book on Godoy appear in France but I don't feel capable of writing a preface on the subject. It's about a man I know little about except through you and about a period which I have never studied. My Preface would have little authority. I think every man should stay faithful to what he knows. But if you wish I could very well recommend your book to my publisher . "<br/><br/>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. unknown books
19502574Paris: Collection "Au Voilier" Domat 1950. First Edition one of 150 on pur fil Johannot from a total issue of 1000. 4to; handsomely rebound in 3/4 navy blue morocco and marbled paper boards spine with gilt lettering marbled endpapers t.e.g. original wrappers and backstrip bound in fine. Collection "Au Voilier," Domat unknown books
1923214947Paris: Bernard Grasset 1923. First edition Number 2901 of total of 3440 copies. 353 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half green morocco and marbled boards with green original wrappers bound in. VG/F. First edition Number 2901 of total of 3440 copies. 353 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed "en ----hommage de l'auteur à Mme. ---- André Maurois. Bernard Grasset unknown books
1925217382Neuilly-sur-Seine France 1925. 4 pages in all with a few corrections and one note in ink; on black-bordered stationery. 1 vols. 8 x 10-1/2 3 & 9 x 7 inches 1. Slight wear at edges and folds. 4 pages in all with a few corrections and one note in ink; on black-bordered stationery. 1 vols. 8 x 10-1/2 3 & 9 x 7 inches 1. Maurois receives Howe's translation of his essay on Goethe returns it with praise discusses the possibiliy of Howes' translating Maurois' current work Bernard Quesnay the translator's condition of 1% of the royalty negotiations with Appleton etc. etc.<br/><br/>Early correspondence by this French Jewish novelist biographer essayist and historian. Born as Emile Herzog he changed his name assimilated and published his first novel in 1918. During WWII he supported the Vichy regime but was a strong opponent of Hitler and eventually had to flee to the United States where he taught at Princeton. He is perhaps even more widely known in Great Britain and the U.S. for his masterful biographies of Shelley and Byron and his books on the Edwardian era and English history. unknown books
196345845Paris 1963. 4to pp. not numbered. Menjisky's presentation on flyleaf with large ink drawing of a sunflower. Illustrated in with color and black-and-white reproductions. Essays by the four authors listed. Cover slightly scuffed and soiled o/w a VG tight copy. unknown books
