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193837025Paris: Georges Lang 1938. Limited First edition. Paperback. g to g. 1/1000. Folio. Unpaginated. Original glassine over blind dust-jacket and wrappers. Book housed in its half cloth over paper covered portfolio. Decorative initials. This splendid work was published on the occasion of the July 1938 official visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to France. It contains a collection of striking photographs drawings and essays by various authors illustrating the life and rich culture of France paintings sculptures architecture etc. Introduction by Edouard Daladier then President of the Council Prime Minister. Prestigious contributions by Paul Claudel André Maurois Paul Jamot Paul Valéry Georges Duhamel Jean-Louis Vaudoyer Général Gouraud Raoul Dautry and Léon-Paul Fargue. Photographs by Laure Albin-Guillot Giraudon Jacques Seligmann Bulloz L. Rothier Henry de Ségogne Paul Chevalier Le Boyer etc. Each photographic plate is reproduced in glorious photogravure. This homage to France and French culture celebrating the Entente Cordiale is a tour de force of the printer's art by maitre-imprimeur Georges Lang who records that this book was produced in 20 days in a limited edition of 1000 of which this is number 844. Portfolio sunned and slightly water-stained. Glassine slightly age-toned with minor and sporadic abrasion. Lower inner margin of pages water-stained. Text in French. Portfolio in overall good glassine in good to good wrappers and interior in good condition. Georges Lang paperback
1931RGUEIFO00fpViking Press 1931. Very Good. Guedalla Philip. If or History Rewritten. Chesterton G.K.; Van Loon Hendrick Willem; Maurois Andre; Belloc Hilaire; Fisher H.A.L.; Nicolson Harold; Churchill Winston; Waldman Milton; Ludwig Emil; Squire J.C. New York: Viking Press 1931. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Spine lightly rubbed and darkened. Internally clean and bright. From the Library of Lila and Sam Weller. Viking Press unknown
B179598-1Paris Société dÉdition Le Livre 1926. 4 243 3pp. 15 copperplate-engraved illus. Stout 4to. Wraps. One of 350 numbered copies on vélin dArches from the limited edition of 430. Paris (Société dÉdition Le Livre), 1926. paperback
193011522<p>Jonathan Cape. London. 1930. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Published the same year as the French edition. 8vo. 8.8 x 6.1 inches. Extra illustrated with 12 full page 19th century engravings including portraits of Mary Shelley The Prince of Wales Thomas Moore Ali Pacha and a charming view of The Hellespont showing Sestos and Abydos to compliment the 11 full page plates published in the book. A Fine copy in a fine late twentieth century leather binding of half dark blue morocco. The spine with raised bands decorated with gilt dotted lines. Compartments ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Neat previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. A wonderful copy. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.</p> Jonathan Cape. London. 1930 hardcover
192655511Paris: Société D'Édition "Le Livre 1926. Near fine. Limited first edition thus illustrated by Laboureur master of interwar French engraving - handsomely bound by a contemporary French woman binder Marie-Louis H. Farge. First published in 1918 LES SILENCES DU COLONEL BRAMBLE was a popular novel about a French officer working as an interpreter with the British during World War I and based on Maurois's real experiences. Marie-Louis H. Farge's work has touches of fin-de-siècle aesthetics mixed with the harder geometries of modernism. A 1929 notice in ARTS ET MÉTIERS GRAPHIQUES PARIS for an exhibition of around fifty bindings by Farge remarks on her unusual combinations of tools and ornaments. Laboureur was a highly acclaimed engraver of the same era his limited editions highly sought and often serving as the foundation for fine bindings as here. 9'' x 6.25''. Contemporary half goatskin by Marie-Louise H. Farge spine stamped in gilt and blind. Marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. Illustrated with 15 engravings by Laboureur. 243 3 pages. One of 350 copies on Arches paper total limitation 500. Touch of wear to joints some light foxing to text. Société D'Édition "Le Livre unknown
1955JCAM001Paris: Gallimard 1955 1955 First edition review copy with "S P" Service de Presse punched into rear wrapper. Signed and inscribed by Cocteau in the year of publication 1955 on half-title page. Additionally signed by Maurois. Publisher's white wrappers printed in black and red. Near fine with light toning to spine and edges of wrappers. With a yellow Gallimard promotional slip for the book laid in. Overall a tight and clean copy. This volume contains speeches by Cocteau and Maurois regarding Cocteau's election to the French Academy. The Academy was founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1634 to preserve and protect the French language. It is highly prestigious with only 40 members who are called "les immortales" and often hold their titles for life. Cocteau succeeded French writer Jérôme Tharaud who died in 1953. A particularly lyrical New York Times article announcing Cocteau's election reads: "M. Cocteau poet and film producer will be clad in a green-faced uniform with a two-corner hat hiding his famous halo of thick whitening hair. As his urbane voice sprinkles witticisms on the 'immortals' his hand will be resting on a sword made by Cartier and decorated with an emerald a gift." Jean Cocteau 1889 - 1963 was a French author artist and filmmaker whose most famous works include the novel Les Enfants Terrible 1929 the play La Machine Infernale 1934 and the ballet Parade 1917 for which Cocteau collaborated with Picasso Erik Satie and other notable artists. A writer for the National Observer declared that "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man." André Maurois 1885 - 1967 was a French novelist and biographer who wrote acclaimed biographies on Percy Bysshe Shelley Lord Byron Victor Hugo Marcel Proust and others. In his biographies he "combined documentary erudition and imagination to unfold the psychological development of his subjects" Jewish Virtual Library. . Signed. 1st Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Paris: Gallimard, 1955 paperback
196464203New York: Atheneum 1964. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcase worn torn and falling apart Some spine discoloration. Front board has some weakness. Ink notation on Preface page. Interior pages typically crisp and clean. de Joinville. 34. 40 p. Includes illustrations. Illustrations in color. This album of painings by the Prince de Joinville were drawn in 1861 and 1862. Preface by the Comte de Paris who said that this editon owed a great deal to Genral Bavin friend of France and former Ambassador of the United States. The Prince de Joinville was the third son of King Louis-Philippe. This book was designed by Neanine Fricker. The type was handset in Baskerville. The plates were made by Mansat Paris. The printing of the text and the illustrations was done on the presses of I. P.E. in Paris. The binding was ong by Prache de Franclieu at Choisy-le-ROi. This paper was made by de la Haye-Descartes at Balemes. Atheneum hardcover
193115169New York: Viking Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine darkened cloth foxing light tone 1931 owner's signature otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First US Edition First Printing of this classic pioneering anthology of alternative history by historians examining counterfactual events. First published in England in 1931 as If It Had Happened Otherwise but few stories were deleted and Van Loon's Nieuw Amsterdam added for the US. The What-If scenarios of the historians have been considered more methodical with their focus largely on outcomes of specific military battles than the imaginative leaps of the science fiction writers. Robert Reginald; Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist 1700-1974; 13508. Contents: If the Moors in Spain had won / Philip Guedalia; If Don John of Austria had married Mary queen of Scots / G K Chesterton; If the Dutch had kept Nieuw Amsterdam/ H W Van Loon; If Louis XVI had had an atom of firmness / André Maurois; If Drouet's cart had stuck / Hilaire Belloc; If Napoleon had escaped to America / H A L Fisher; If Byron had become king of Greece / Harold Nicolson; If Lee had not won the battle of Gettysburg / Winston S Churchill; If Booth had missed Lincoln / Milton Waldman; If the Emperor Frederick had not had cancer / Emil Ludwig; If it had been discovered in 1930 that Bacon really did write Shakespeare / J C Squire.; ix 379 pages . Viking Press hardcover
1930136270London: Jonathan Cape 1930. First edition of Maurois' appreciation of Byron. Octavo bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt gilt tooling to the spine quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt illustrated tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Byron. In very good condition. "Byron is to a far greater degree than the other romanticists the poet of humankind. He conveys with tremendous power the majesty and desolation of history the vanity of pomp and pride the transitoriness of fame. And he is the poet of contemporary society keen to discern the false and the corrupt courageous in denunciation yet with pity for the young and innocent… As a poet he mirrored brilliantly and without distortion an absorbingly interesting world" Baugh 1229. Jonathan Cape unknown
19594036Paris: Arthème Fayard 1959. Beautiful large paper First Edition of this work. Bound in full dark blue Morocco binding. Signed by J. Bonnemort. With a double filet to the boards and simple yet beautiful Taurus design to the front board. Gilt titles to the spine. Lovely pressed flowers under tissue end papers. Original covers are bound in. SIGNED by Maurois to the half title with a dedication to Roger Bellon "ami des beaux livres". The large paper edition on Papier Hollande van Gelder was limited to only 50 copies this being number 37. A fabulous copy of this work. 208 pages. 220 x 160 mm 8¾ x 6¼ inches. . Belle édition originale de cet ouvrage sur grand papier. Reliure en plein maroquin bleu foncé. Signée par J. Bonnemort. Avec un double filet sur les plats et un simple mais magnifique motif de Taureau sur le premier plat. Titres dorés au dos. Jolies fleurs pressées sous les feuilles de papier de soie. Les couvertures originales sont reliées. SIGNÉ par Maurois sur la moitié du titre avec une dédicace à Roger Bellon "ami des beaux livres". L'édition en grand papier sur Papier Hollande van Gelder a été limitée à 50 exemplaires celui-ci étant le numéro 37. Un fabuleux exemplaire de cet ouvrage. 208 pages. 220 x 160 mm Arthème Fayard hardcover
1938792A25London: Jonathan Cape 1938. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 6" . Not Stated . The first English translation of this biography of French author François-René de Chateaubriand in an exquisite Bayntun full calf binding. The first edition of this biographical sketch of François-René de Chateaubriand important French author and politician who had a great influence on French literature of the nineteenth century dominating the literary scene of the time. The first English edition translated from the French of André Maurois by Vera Fraser. Recounting from his childhood and youth his time as a soldier and voyager his exile in England and much more. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full page plates as well as a folding plate illustrating his genealogical tree. Collated complete. In a beautiful fine full calf binding signed Bayntun. In a lovely full calf binding signed Bayntun with five raised bands and gilt tooling to the spine pictorial endpapers and gilt to the edges. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and some sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. With a minor faint spotting to the first few leaves otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full page plates as well as a folding plate illustrating his genealogical tree. Collated complete. Near Fine Jonathan Cape hardcover
B172106-1Paris Société dÉdition Le Livre 1929. 4 251 3pp. 15 copperplate-engraved illus. 4to. Cloth 3/4 leather gilt hinges cracked. T.e.g. Orig. wraps. bound in. One of 350 numbered copies on vélin dArches from the limited edition of 430. André Maurois own copy with his engraved pictorial ex-libris and that also of Simone André Maurois. Paris (Société dÉdition Le Livre), 1929. paperback
008751Paris: Librairie De La Revue Francaise Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Date circa 1928. #209 on Manufactures Royales de Vidalon paper of 1125 copies printed in this edition. With five drypoint illustrations with tissue guards by Hermine David. Finely bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards three raised bands marbled end papers. Near Fine rub at lower raised band and small rubs at corners. A lovely copy of this Maurois classic novel on marriage and love. Basis for French movies done in 1962 Climates of Love and 2012 for TV Seasons of Love. Librairie De La Revue Francaise Hardcover
1964009610New York: Atheneum 1964. 34pp text with 21 full-page Illustrations in color. This album of painings by the Prince de Joinville were drawn in 1861 and 1862. Preface by the Comte de Paris who said that this editon owed a great deal to Genral Bavin friend of France and former Ambassador of the United States. The Prince de Joinville was the third son of King Louis-Philippe. This book was designed by Neanine Fricker. The type was handset in Baskerville. The plates were made by Mansat Paris. The printing of the text and the illustrations was done on the presses of I. P.E. in Paris. The binding was ong by Prache de Franclieu at Choisy-le-ROi. This paper was made by de la Haye-Descartes at Balemes. purple silk cloth with gilt titles at front and spine in illustrated by The Prince De Joinville covers sunned around edges internally clean and bright book is in excellent-condition slipcase faded with some light stains and scuffs at edges in good condition in box of purple cloth. . 1st Edition. Silk. Near Fine/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall oblong. Atheneum Hardcover
DADAX0837161517Brand: Greenwood Press 0000-00-00. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Greenwood Press hardcover
10877Paris. Editions Mornay. 1932. Soft cover. 8vo. 20cm 327p. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies this being #638 with colour plates and numerous colour pictorial initials and head & tail pieces by Ferdinand Fargeot with the original colour printed stiff wraps bound in with the spine panel laid down at the back endpaper. All the colour illustrations are hand stenciled pochoir this result in a much more attractive image having the appearance of being hand-painted into the text. This process is distinctly better than the normal printed colour illustration process. Bound in half burgundy morocco with hand marbled boards and endpapers black blind ruled raised bands ornate decoration in the panels with small leather inlay gilt titles t.e.g a brilliant copy Ho.2 Maurois published "Ariel ou la vie du Shelley" his biography of the English poet in 1923. At the time this limited edition appeared he was France's most popular biographer. A devoted anglophile Maurois also produced two amusing novels which drew on his experience with British troops during WWI and which established his literary reputation; Les Silences du Colonel Bramble 1918 and its sequel Les Discours du Docteur O'Grady 1922. Paris. Editions Mornay. 1932 unknown
1930793L46Paris: Bernard Grasset 1930. First edition. Fine Binding. Fine. 8.5" by 6". None. A very smartly bound first edition set of Andre Maurois' biography of Byron. From the library at Julians Park once home to socialite and patron of arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. This work is numbered 516 of copies printed on Velin pur Chiffon. In the original French. Rebound in beautiful half morocco bindings. Complete in two volumes. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie Audrey Evelyn James Coats and Audrey Evelyn James Field at Julian"s Park. Pleydell-Bouverie was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire. Audrey was also alleged to be the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII although she was also rumoured to be his daugher or the lover of King Edward VIII. She bought Julians Park in 1940 following her third marriage to the Hon Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was a patron of the arts and it is believed that she bound several books herself as many books from her library were stamped with her name and she owned a group of bookbinding tools. Her circle of friends included Winston Churchill Coco Chanel and Nancy Mitford. She was featured in Cecil Beaton's 'Book of Beauty' and was regarded as one of the Bright Young Things. In uniform half morocco bindings with paper covered boards. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. A few light spots to the preliminary leaves. Otherwise just the odd spot. Fine Bernard Grasset unknown
1952339411Paris: Grasset 1952. First edition review copy wrapper marked S.P. 2 145 4 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. Textblock toned. Very good. First edition review copy wrapper marked S.P. 2 145 4 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the first blank "A Mlle M. A. Niering cordialement André Maurois".<br /> <br /> Originally published by Grasset as a 48-page chapbook in his Cahiers irréguliers series Ce Que Je Crois soon sold out and and provoked responses from early readers. This edition includes Objections by Alfred Fabre-Luce Louis Chaigne and Jean Guitton with Maurois' responses and an additional essay "Les grands courannt de la pensée contemporaine". Grasset unknown
194053567New York: Henry Holt and Company 1940. fair to good fair to good. Jean Bruller. Quarto 92 color illus. pencil mark on p.24 p.25 torn and repaired with tape: top corner missing chips/creases to lower edge. DJ soiled and worn: tears and small pieces missing to edges DJ in plastic sleeve. A children's story about the imaginary underground land of the fat and congenial Fattypuffs and the thin and irritable Thinifers--perhaps an allegory of France and Germany before World War II. Henry Holt and Company unknown
1960212521New York: Viking Press 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. 1 inch closed tear at top of front panel. Viking Press hardcover
1930344579Paris : Bernard Grasset 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Good set in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 2 volumes ; 23 cm. Notes; Limited printing this is no. 44 of only 165. ""Sources"": volume 1 pages 353-365; volume 2 pages 345-353. Subjects; Byron George Gordon Byron 6th Baron 1788-1824. Byron George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 ; Biography. Poets English 19th century ; Biography. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Paris : Bernard Grasset paperback
19319032209New York: Viking 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's original quarter cream cloth with brown boards and spine label. Writings by G.K. Chesterton André Maurois Churchill Harold Nicholson others. Text block is fine except for previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down endpaper sunning to endpapers. Sunning and discoloration to spine. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. 379 pages. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover
B172842-2Bruxelles Éditions du Nord 1932. 229 3pp. Prof. illus. in color. Sm. 4to. Marbled boards 1/2 red morocco by Georges Cretté. Orig. dec. wraps. bound in. A.e.g. One of 1000 numbered copies on vélin Allura from the edition of 1159. Bruxelles (Éditions du Nord), 1932. hardcover