Octave MirbeauBiblio.com
307 résultats
1921863T33Paris: Societe Des Dilettantes 1921. Paperback. Good Only. 11" by 9". None. A limited edition of this illustrated work on Aristide Maillol and his sculptures in the original French language. French language. Scarce work. Limited to three hundred copies this is number one hundred and ninety-seven. Illustrated with twelve plates and two separate loose images. Collated complete. A detailed work on French sculptor painter and printmaker Aristide Maillol. Written by Octave Mirbeau a French novelist playwright journalist art critic travel writer whose works have been translated into more than thirty languages. In the original paper binding. Externally worn with front board detached and loss of the spine. Light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Internally generally firmly bound but detached between pages 48 and 49. Pages are bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Good Only Societe Des Dilettantes paperback
16-5640Paris: Henri Baudoin & Bernheim Jeune 1908. 4to. 21 x 31.5 cm. Original wraps with Claude Roger-Marx's notation on the cover.Oeuvres de Albert Andre Bonnard Cezanne Delacroix Daumier Guys Marquet Odilon Redon K.X. Roussel Seurat Vallotton L. Valtat Vuillard. 65 works cataloogued wihout illustrations. No original copies in OCLC. .Thadée Natanson 1868-1951 was the co-founder in 1889 of La Revue blanche with his brother. He married the famous muse Misia Godebska in 1893.Thadée Natanson né à Varsovie en 1868 est issu d'une riche famille polonaise émigrée à Paris. Avec ses deux frères Alexandre et Louis-Alfred et leurs camarades du lycée Condorcet il fonde en 1889 une revue entièrement dédiée à la poésie La Revue Blanche. Il épouse Misia Godebska en 1893 laquelle devient rapidement la "Reine de Paris". Le couple reçoit des personnalités du monde artistique et littéraire de la Belle Époque notamment Stéphane Mallarmé Félix Vallotton Toulouse-Lautrec Octave Mirbeau ou encore Marcel Proust. Son engagement en faveur d'Alfred Dreyfus lui fait perdre de nombreux soutiens et La Revue Blanche fait faillite peu de temps après son divorce avec Misia en 1905. Natanson se tourne alors vers les affaires et l'industrie jusqu'à sa mort en 1951 à Paris. .Expertise by Alain Nicolas and Pierre Gheno Paris. Paris: Henri Baudoin & Bernheim Jeune, 1908 paperback
12231Paris : Bibliothèque-Charpentier 1913. First edition limited to 175 numbered copies; the present copy is one of 150 printed on papier de Hollande copy no. 121. Tall octavo original wrappers 422 pp a fine uncut copy. Text in French. The final novel by the French writer Octave Mirbeau Dingo was completed by his colleague Léon Werth. The story is a disturbing allegory of the violent unpredictability and murderous impulses that lurk deep within the human psyche the protagonist being a wild dingo whose existence within contemporary French society is described through the first-person narrative of his owner. The chief redeeming quality of the animal is however one that is often lacking in common human behaviour: the dingo's spontaneous interractions with its immmediate environment are instinctive and truthful neither denying the creature's real desires nor masking its own identity. Mirbeau paints the dingo as a paradox of outward savagery and profound harmony a depiction which perhaps comes close to inverting our general perception of so-called civilised humanity. Two copies of the first edition are recorded in Australian collections National Library of Australia; State Library of New South Wales. The SLNSW copy is also a numbered copy on papier de Hollande; however the NLA catalogue entry does not specify a paper type or number. unknown
1923803A54Paris: Henri Jonquieres et Cie. 1923. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6" . Pierre Falke. A limited edition of this novel by Octave Mirbeau first thus with the colourful illustrations by Pierre Falke. One of eleven hundred copies printed on Rives paper this copy number one hundred and ninety four. The last novel by French novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau it proposes a fictional autobiography of the author's adventures with his dog Dingo providing a view of country life in Ponteilles en Barcis. It was completed by the author's friend Leon Werth when the author's ill health prevented him to continue. First edition to feature illustrations in colour by Pierre Falke. In the original French. Rebound in half morocco over marbled boards with the original wraps bound in with the volume. Rebound in half morocco binding over marbled boards with gilt to the top edge and new marbled endpapers. The original wraps bound in with the volume. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor rubbing to the leather. Paul Alleman bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated in colour by Pierre Falke. Very Good Indeed Henri Jonquieres et Cie. hardcover
1886861N65Paris: Neufeld & Mehring; Tresse & Stock; Librarie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1886-1898. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A leather bound sammelband comprised of one memoir and three plays by nineteenth century French authors. A leather bound sammelband comprised of one memoir and three plays by nineteenth century French authors. Published in French. The first work in the collection is Memoires et Lettres de Mademoiselle de Lenclos by Antoine Bret. Bret was a prolific eighteenth century writer practicing across a broad range of genres. This is followed Les Deux Bavardes by Mercure Galand Octave Mirbeau's play about a worker's strike and finally Eduoard Pailleron's best known and highly successful play Le Monde Ou l'On S'ennuie. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. From the Library of Ronald Lindsay. In a quarter leather binding over patterned boards. Externally generally smart. Lightly rubbed the boards with some moderate wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Aside from some light foxing to the endpapers pages are clean if a little age-toned. Very Good Neufeld & Mehring; Tresse & Stock; Librarie Charpentier et Fasquelle hardcover
190966684Paris: Charpentier & Fasquelle 1909. Fine. Charpentier & Fasquelle Paris 1909 12 x 19 cm broché First edition on current paper full of the act deleted in the representation. Back slightly discolored and wrinkled two small spots on the first board. Signed autograph Octave Mirbeau to Mrs. Philippi enriched with the handwritten signature of Thadeus Natanson. Charpentier & Fasquelle unknown
268891896. 3 pages in-4 à l'encre violette avec placards. . Manuscrit autographe signé. Bel article sur Mounet-Sully paru dans Le Journal du 7 juin 1896 puis recueilli dans Gens de théâtre 1924. Beau manuscrit d’un article cinglant publié dans Le Journal du 7 juin 1896 repris ensuite dans Gens de théâtre 1924 : Mirbeau y raconte avec sa verve satirique une visite à Mounet-Sully à qui il rapporte le « blasphème » de Catulle Mendès — ce dernier dans un texte intitulé Le Vrai Hamlet reprochant à l’acteur d’incarner non pas l’Hamlet de Shakespeare mais une vision « romantique » héritée de Delacroix. Le « grand tragédien » écoute impassible puis laisse tomber d’une voix « de gouffre » la riposte devenue mot-de-passe de la chronique : « Décidément il y a quelque chose de pourri dans le Danemark de la littérature ». Tout Mirbeau est là : le théâtre vu par le prisme du tempérament la pointe qui démasque les postures et l’art du portrait instantané — jusqu’à cette provocation paradoxale où l’on soutient qu’« à quoi bon des pièces puisqu’il y a la voix les gestes et les dents » de Mounet-Sully. La pièce s’inscrit aussi dans une histoire littéraire vécue : Mirbeau et Mendès amis en 1896 s’étaient naguère croisés l’épée à la main duel « courtois » du 29 décembre 1884 avant que Mirbeau n’en fasse amende honorable dans ses Impressions littéraires 1888 ; et c’est encore à Mendès que Mirbeau confiera bien plus tard le premier jet de Les Affaires sont les affaires. [1896]. 3 pages in-4 à l'encre violette, avec placards. unknown
192838255Paris: Editions Mornay / Les Beaux Livres 1928. A livre d'artiste illustrated with 12 ORIGINAL WOODCUTS BY HERMANN-PAUL of the masters of the technique. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies of which this is ONE OF ONLY 38 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE WOODCUTS ON JAPANESE PAPER. Large squarish 8vo. Original wraps ENTIRELY UNCUT WITH HUGE MARGINS. Minimal traces of wear to wraps else FINE AND BRIGHT. <br/><br/> Editions Mornay / Les Beaux Livres paperback
4916371Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau Octave. Abbot Jul. typo. Vladimir Chicherin in Moscow. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4916371 unknown
4916372Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau Octave. The diary of the maid. A.P. Poplavsky type. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4916372 unknown
4907595Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau Octave. The Maid's Diary. A.A. Trusov's Idea. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4907595 unknown
4930763Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau Octave. Calvary. EOS. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4930763 unknown
4930764Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau Octave. IVillage Stories. A.P. Poplavsky type. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4930764 unknown
1934123604Paris: Editions Nationales 1934. Limited. hardcover. fine. Watercolor illus. and drawings by Berthold Mahn. 242pp. small 4to rebound in 1/2 pale green calf t.e.g. marbled slipcase original wrappers. bound in. Paris: Les Editions Nationales 1934. A fine copy.<br/> <br/> Limited Edition one of 100 numbered copies.<br/> <br/> Editions Nationales unknown
1918311241918. Paris Javal et Bourdeaux 1926. Un vol. au format in-4 333 x 258 mm de 309 pp. brochÂŽ sous couverture ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs. Tirage unique ˆ 195 exemplaires. Il s'agrÂŽmente de 20 superbes eaux-fortes originales de Lobel-Riche tirÂŽes par ses soins. Chacune se trouve ici en un seul et unique ÂŽtat le colophon en mentionne trois et est pourvue de larges remarques. ''Le 14 septembre 1898 CÂŽlestine R. prend sa nouvelle place au Mesnil-Roy en Normandie et dÂŽcide de tenir son journal. Ç Mon intention ÂŽcrit-elle est de nÕemployer aucune rÂŽticence pas plus visˆ- vis de moi-mÂme que vis-ˆ-vis des autres È : les turpitudes de ses ma”tres seront donc fÂŽrocement montrÂŽes. DÕabord conÂu comme une ÂŽtude de la condition domestique et une satire des moeurs bourgeoises Le Journal dÕune femme de chambre que Mirbeau sÕest ÂŽlargi en une dÂŽnonciation de lÕintolÂŽrance qui a conduit ˆ la condamnation de Dreyfus et la satire bascule du c™tÂŽ de la diatribe. Au moment de sa parution lÕemportement impudique qui traverse le roman scandalise la critique qui en dÂŽnonce les ignominies et nÕen rend compte quՈ regret. Mais aujourdÕhui nous pouvons regarder sans moralisme la fureur dÂŽvastatrice du livre et son esthÂŽtique du monstrueux et y voir la preuve bien plut™t de lՎclatante puissance littÂŽraire de Mirbeau.'' ÇÊLobel-Riche fut toujours un artiste profondÂŽment attirÂŽ par les disciplines ÂŽprises de calme et d'ÂŽquilibre que la beautÂŽ fÂŽminine domine quand elle a dÂŽpassÂŽ les crÂŽations un peu faciles de la galanterie. Dans le monde de ses dessins classiques et savants dans leur classicisme la lumiÂre originelle est celle de la beautÂŽ conÂue dans les mythologies esthÂŽtiques.ÊÈ Pierre Mac-Orlan. ''Bien que son oeuvre soit suffisamment variÂŽe puisqu'elle comporte des scÂnes de la guerre de 1914 et des aspects du Maroc Lobel-Riche est surtout connu du grand public pour ses ÂŽtudes sur le monde de la galanterie ; les bibliophiles ont aussi fait cas de ses nombreuses illustrations.'' in Benezit. Monod II Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrÂŽs modernes 8207 - BÂŽnÂŽzit VI Dictionnaire des peintres - Osterwalder II Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 718. Premiers cahiers lÂŽgÂrement dÂŽrÂŽglÂŽs. Quelques rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage ; davantage marquÂŽes aux feuillets liminaires ainsi que sur quelques planches. b42961 unknown
192575111Paris: Editions Mornay 1925. Fine. Editions Mornay Paris 1925 17 x 20.50 cm broché Edition illustrated with original wood engravings by André Deslignières one of 82 numbered copies on Japon impérial paper ours being one of 10 hors commerce and nominative copies the deluxe printing after 2 Japon ancien copies. Two small tears reattached at foot of spine. Fine full-margined copy. Editions Mornay unknown
19008008Limited to 200 copies in which this is number 144. Quarter vellum with stenciled gold and silver over black paper covered boards. Rectangular pastedown to rear of front endpaper. Matching stenciled endpapers. Top edge gilt. No previous owners' names or other defacements. <br />7 x 10.2 in Charpentier et Fasquelle hardcover
193576177Paris: Les éditions nationales 1935. Fine. Les éditions nationales Paris 1935 17 x 22.50 cm relié Edition illustrated with a watercolor and drawings by Gus Bofa one of 100 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives paper. Full red morocco binding spine with five raised bands set with black fillets endpapers and pastedowns of moiré effect paper covers and spine preserved top edge gilt upper corners slightly bumped without damage. Two small rubs to two raised bands. Handsome copy attractively bound. Les éditions nationales hardcover
189061937Paris: G. Charpentier & Cie 1890. Fine. G. Charpentier & Cie Paris 1890 12 x 18.50 cm broché sous chemise et étui First edition on current paper. Our copy is presented under a shirt and a case in cardboard box covered with handmade paper piece of brown morocco title date golden tail back of the fragile shirt. Autograph signed by Octave Mirbeau to Ernest Leblanc. G. Charpentier & Cie unknown
190173686s. l. cachet de Seine-et-Marne 1901. Fine. s. l. cachet de Seine-et-Marne 15 Septembre 1901 12.50 x 17.60 cm une feuille Moving autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche Alfred Natanson. 15 lines in black ink on a folded sheet mourning paper with black border watermarked ""JDL & cie"" envelope attached. ""Thank you for your kind letter. I already knew from Alexandre Natanson how worried you had been about my wife's condition. It is a delicious joy when one's heart is tormented to know that one has friends like you like all of you the good people of the Relai. Please tell your wife that mine was very touched by her friendship. And embrace everyone with effusion. Also tell Olga Alexandre Natanson's wife and Misia Thadée's wife that we love them tenderly and Alexandre that he is a charming friend."" Long postscript on the poor health of his wife the former actress Alice Régnault: ""Yesterday was not a good day and the wound on her arm presented a nasty appearance. Today it is a little better. But it is something to watch very closely. Movements are made a little more easily but she still suffers extremely at night at the slightest play of the muscles"". Mirbeau had been particularly close to the Revue Blanche group since its launch in Paris in 1891. But it was during the Dreyfus affair that his intimate and lasting friendship with the Natanson brothers Thadée Alexandre and Alfred was strengthened. After aesthetic disagreements over Art Nouveau and the Nabis Mirbeau finally reunited with Thadée around 1900 in a now shared inclination for the young Nabis painters of the Revue Blanche Bonnard Vallotton and Vuillard. The ""Relai"" corresponds to a former coaching inn in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne purchased by Thadée Natanson in 1897 which became a destination for all their writer and artist friends. One could encounter the Nabis painters Vuillard Vallotton Bonnard or Roussel as well as Toulouse-Lautrec. The Revue Blanche played an essential role in France as historian Paul-Henri Bourrelier confirms: ""Most of the most prominent writers painters musicians politicians intellectuals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries collaborated with it or were associated with it. Created financed and directed by the three Natanson brothers young Polish Jews with the enthusiastic complicity of their fellow students from the Condorcet lycée La Revue blanche quickly became a place of debate on all the subjects that stirred France. It led political battles under the impetus of anarchists like Fénéon Mirbeau; socialists such as Blum G. Moch Péguy; Dreyfusards and founders of the League of Human Rights like Reinach and Pressensé."" unknown
190673701Cormeilles-en-Vexin 1906. Fine. Cormeilles-en-Vexin 22 août 1906 ou 1908 12.60 x 17 cm une feuille Friendly autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche Alfred Natanson. 12 lines in black ink on a folded sheet letterhead paper ""Cormeilles-en-VexinS.&O."" envelope included. ""Cher ami J'avais bien pensé que cette vieille bonne femme qui tape si fort sur les matelas avait du écorcher mon nom. Mais dans l'incertitude car je pouvais penser aussi que vous étiez pris avec quelqu'un de très sérieux . Ceci mon cher Fred pour vous dire que je suis parti de chez vous triste de ne pas vous avoir vu voilà tout et sans le moindre sentiment mauvais. Vous savez que j'ai pour vous une affection solide et je vous connais assez gentil pour moi pour me permettre de supposer des sottises. ."" ""Dear friend I had indeed thought that this old good woman who beats the mattresses so hard must have mangled my name. But in uncertainty for I could also think that you were busy with someone very serious . This my dear Fred to tell you that I left your house sad not to have seen you that's all and without the slightest bad feeling. You know that I have a solid affection for you and I know you well enough to be kind to me to allow myself to suppose foolish things. ."" With an amusing postscript: ""Ne prêtez pas attention à ce gribouillage. L'auto a je ne sais pas quoi j'y travaille. et n'y fait rien de bon. d'ailleurs. Et mon mécanicien se prend la tête à deux mains noires d'huile grasse ."". ""Don't pay attention to this scribbling. The car has something wrong I don't know what I'm working on it. and it's not doing any good. anyway. And my mechanic is holding his head in his two hands black with greasy oil ."". Mirbeau was particularly close to the Revue Blanche group since its launch in Paris in 1891. But it was from the Dreyfus affair that his intimate and lasting friendship with the Natanson brothers Thadée Alexandre and Alfred was strengthened. After aesthetic disagreements about Art Nouveau and the Nabis Mirbeau finally reunited with Thadée around 1900 in a now common inclination for the young Nabis painters of the Revue Blanche Bonnard Vallotton and Vuillard. The Revue Blanche played an essential role in France as confirmed by historian Paul-Henri Bourrelier: ""Most of the most prominent writers painters musicians politicians intellectuals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collaborated with it or were associated with it. Created financed and directed by the three Natanson brothers young Polish Jews with the enthusiastic complicity of their classmates from the Condorcet lycée La Revue blanche quickly became a place of debate on all subjects that stirred France. It led political battles under the impulse of anarchists like Fénéon Mirbeau; socialists such as Blum G. Moch Péguy; Dreyfusards and founders of the League of Human Rights like Reinach and Pressensé."" unknown
190173700Nice Villa Ibrahim chemin des Baumettes Nice 1901. Fine. Nice Villa Ibrahim chemin des Baumettes Nice 8 Février 1901 12.50 x 17.60 cm une feuille Friendly autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to the playwright and founder of the Revue Blanche Alfred Natanson some time after his marriage. 12 lines in black ink on a folded sheet mourning paper with black border watermarked ""JDL & cie"" envelope included. ""Je vous envoie à votre femme et à vous tous nos vux affectueux et je voudrais pouvoir chanter en votre honneur un bel épithalame. Le malheur est que je ne suis pas poète. Mais nous somme vos amis et nous vous embrassons de tout notre cur. Nous avions espéré que vous viendriez passer quelques jours à Cannes et nous nous faisions une fête de vous avoir ici. Misia nous dit que vous avez renoncé à ce voyage. Comme c'est ennuyeux ! ."". ""I send to your wife and to you all our affectionate wishes and I would like to be able to sing a beautiful epithalamium in your honor. The misfortune is that I am not a poet. But we are your friends and we embrace you with all our heart. We had hoped that you would come to spend a few days in Cannes and we were looking forward to having you here. Misia tells us that you have given up this trip. How annoying! ."". Mirbeau was particularly close to the Revue Blanche group since its launch in Paris in 1891. But it was from the Dreyfus affair that his intimate and lasting friendship with the Natanson brothers Thadée Alexandre and Alfred was strengthened. After aesthetic disagreements about Art Nouveau and the Nabis Mirbeau finally reunited with Thadée around 1900 in a now common inclination for the young Nabis painters of the Revue Blanche Bonnard Vallotton and Vuillard. The Revue Blanche played an essential role in France as confirmed by historian Paul-Henri Bourrelier: ""Most of the most prominent writers painters musicians politicians intellectuals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collaborated with it or were associated with it. Created financed and directed by the three Natanson brothers young Polish Jews with the enthusiastic complicity of their classmates from the Condorcet lycée La Revue blanche quickly became a place of debate on all subjects that stirred France. It led political battles under the impulse of anarchists like Fénéon Mirbeau; socialists such as Blum G. Moch Péguy; Dreyfusards and founders of the League of Human Rights like Reinach and Pressensé."" unknown
190443070Paris: Charpentier 1904. Fine. Charpentier Paris 1904 12 x 19 cm relié First edition printed on ordinary paper with only 20 deluxe copies printed on Holland paper. Half chocolate brown morocco binding smooth spine with three tiny holes at head marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns minor surface abrasions at foot of second board contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Lancelin. Signed autograph inscription from Octave Mirbeau to Paul Ollendorff. A slight marginal tear to the first gathering which has been mounted. Attractively bound copy. Provenance: from the library of Paul Ollendorff. Charpentier hardcover
189486567Paris: S. n. 1894. Fine. S. n. Paris s. d. ca 1894 11 x 17.50 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to the great criminal defense attorney Edgar Demange who is not named explicitly 12 lines in violet ink. Fold traces inherent to postal handling. Octave Mirbeau thanks Maître Demange warmly and enthusiastically for having so brilliantly defended his anarchist comrade Félix Fénéon: "" Je n'ai pas l'honneur d'être connu de vous et je ne sais ce que vous pensez de moi mais je ne puis m'empêcher de vous remercier pour l'admirable plaidoirie que vous avez prononcée pour Félix Fénéon que j'aime de tout mon esprit et de tour mon coeur "" ""I do not have the honor of being known to you and I do not know what you think of me but I cannot help thanking you for the admirable plea you delivered for Félix Fénéon whom I love with all my mind and all my heart"". In 1894 the wavering Third Republic weakened by anarchist attacks including that of Auguste Vaillant at the Chamber of Deputies on December 9 1893 launched its campaign of repression and arrests against the anarchists with as its climax the illustrious Trial of the Thirty. The trial opened on August 6 1894 and among the 30 defendants were Paul Reclus Sébastien Faure Jean Grave and Félix Fénéon. Stéphane Mallarmé came to testify in favor of the latter before Maître Edgar Demange defended the famous art collector journalist creator of literary reviews Félix Fénéon. This trial ended with the acquittal of almost all the defendants and Maître Edgar Demange would continue his great career as a lawyer by notably taking the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus. S. n. unknown
192058406Paris: Flammarion 1920. Fine. Flammarion Paris 1920 13 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 40 numbered copies on Chine the tirage de tête. Usual foxing mostly in the margins of some leaves. Flammarion unknown
