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1971WRCLIT57601Kentfield CA: The Allen Press 1971. Quarto. Decorated boards. Illustrations. Fine. One of 140 copies set and printed by hand in Univers and Garamond types on Wookey Hole handmade paper. Illustrated with drawings by Michéle Forgeois and with an introduction by Francis Carmody. The translation is by Richard Howard. ALLEN PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY 36. The Allen Press hardcover books
1945WB17759Paris: Correa 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Original wrappers. Inscribed to Somerset Maugham by the author in the year of publication. One of a handful of copies printed H.C. <br/><br/> Correa paperback books
19917762Rodez: Editions du Rouergue 1991. Quarto x cm. 315 2 pages. Index. Illustrated from photographs by Willy Bplanalp recipe photographs & Alain Willaume countryside photographs. FIRST EDITION. Michel Bras' iconic first cookbook covering his cuisine of the Midi-Pyrenees from his restaurant in Laguiole and with images of the surrounding countryside. There is a section on regional wines as well as one on local edible plants with color drawings illustrating flowers. Bras 1946-present was an early promoter of the foraging movement wandering the Midi-Pyrenees in search of herbs and edible plants to use in his Nouvelle Cuisine. In publisher's gray cloth titled in silver; original dust jacket. Neat ownership signature of an esteemed collector to free front endpaper otherwise fine. Editions du Rouergue hardcover books
200450419N.p: Alain Ducasse 2004. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. N.p: Alain Ducasse 2004. Inscribed and signed by the author. Copious full color illustrations. 1079 pp. Hardcover. Thick heavy folio. Burgundy cloth. There are no noticeable flaws in the book; the dust wrapper has a small crease at the foot of the spine. A lovely gift-worthy copy. Very good/Very good. Insurance required to ship this item. Alain Ducasse hardcover books
1969149633Paris: Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 French film showing director Henri Verneuil actor Alain Delon and other members of the cast and crew on a constructed set used for the airplane flight sequence in the film. With two provenance stamps on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commissioner. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Rome New York and Paris.<br/><br/>9 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased throughout.<br/><br/>Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Fox Europa unknown books
1972149967N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four borderless reference photographs one oversize of Jean-Pierre Melville Catherine Deneuve Alain Delon and Richard Crenna on the set of and on location for the 1972 film.<br/><br/>A police detective played by Delon in a switch from his usual criminal roles in Melville pictures is on the trail of a gang of thieves unaware that they are led by a friend. Melville's final film. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris and Bordeaux France.<br/><br/>Oversize photo 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Other photos variously from 9 x 7 inches to 10.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant France. Selby France. Spicer France. N.p. unknown books
1958132901Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films NEF 1958. Collection of twelve vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 French film. <br/><br/>The great French director's second film about a wealthy woman who has become bored with both her emotionally distant husband and her lover and abruptly leaves them both to take up with a younger man she just met. After it was released in the US the film became the subject of a landmark First Amendment case before the Supreme Court where Justice Potter Stewart in declaring the film not obscene issued the immortal phrase "I know it when I see it" in regards to what constitutes pornographic material. <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in France including Paris Dijon Burgundy and the Cote-d'Or. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine or better with light toning to a few of the photographs. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 58. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Nouvelles Editions de Films [NEF] unknown books
1962152309Rome: Cineriz 1962. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film two showing actors Alain Delon and Monica Vitti the other showing a busy scene on the trading floor. All three photographs with a stamp specific to the film's Italian release on the verso along with cropping annotations in pencil and two with holograph ink annotations identifying Delon and Vitti. <br/><br/>A woman's newfound relationship with a power-hungry stockbroker gradually erodes as she becomes dissatisfied with his shallow interests. The final film in Antonioni's modernity trilogy preceded by "L'avventura" 1960 and "La notte" 1961.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. <br/><br/>9 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Cineriz unknown books
1971131194Kentfield CA: The Allen Press 1971. decorated paper-covered boards top edge cut other edges uncut. Allen Press. 4to. decorated paper-covered boards top edge cut other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Introduction by Francis Carmody. Illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Originally published in 1957 by Les Editions de Minuit Paris. Designed hand printed and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Prospectus laid in. The Allen Press unknown books
1980141949Santa Monica: Pendragon Film 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film "Kiss Daddy Goodbye" seen here under the alternate title "Caution Children at Play." Copy belonging to costume designer David Chierichetti with his name blue ink to the front wrapper and his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Two telekinetic children avenge their death of their father a professor of the occult who was killed by a gang of renegade bikers. Director Patrick Regan cast his own children for the leading roles. <br/><br/>Set in California. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present rubber stamped copy No. 024 with credits for screenwriters Alain Silver Patrick Regan Ron Abrams and Mary Stewart. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication first generation copy with no copied punch holes on yellow stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pendragon Film unknown books
2013299946Paris: Flammarion 2013. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Profusely illustrated in color small thick folio gold boards dust wrapper. Paris: Flammarion 2013. A very near fine copy of this rather scarce book.<br/><br/> Extraordinary interiors of the Chateau he restored.<br/><br/> Flammarion unknown books
188144670London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1881. Edition limited to 100 copies on laid paper this is copy no. 40 printed at the Ballantyne Press with proof etchings on Whatman paper; 3 vols. 8vo contemporary half brown morocco gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered in 2 t.e.g. the others uncut; very minor rubbing else fine and bright. <br/><br/> J. C. Nimmo and Bain unknown books
1966152350N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs of director Mark Robson and various cast and crew members on the set of the 1966 film including two bordered and six borderless. <br/><br/>Based on Jean Larteguy's 1960 novel "The Centurions." A French Army Colonel leads his platoon in the battles against Viet Minh communists and Algerian guerrilla fighters in Indonesia and Algeria. The Algerian War is particularly philosophically unsettling to his men who begin to question the motives of France and the legitimacy of its claims to the region. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Spain. <br/><br/>Photographs varying sizes generally Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1951140933Italy: Excelsa Film 1951. Vintage double weight press photograph of writer Curzio Malaparte sitting in the director's chair during the filming of his sole cinematic effort "The Forbidden Christ." With holograph pencil annotations regarding layout on both the recto and verso and the stamp of photographer Osvaldo Civirani and a mimeo snipe on the verso. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. <br/><br/>A journalist and diplomat Malaparte is best known for his two autobiographical novels about his experiences during and immediately after WWII "Kaputt" 1944 and "La Pelle" 1949 the later of which was filmed in 1981. He was nominated for the Grand Prize at Cannes for this original film about a prisoner of war who returns to his village in Italy after the war seeking the identity of the person who betrayed his brother to the Nazis. <br/><br/>Photographer Osvaldo Civirani would go on to a career as a film director helming over 20 pictures beginning with the sword and sandal classic "Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun" in 1964. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Excelsa Film unknown books
1886257866Edinburgh: William Paterson 1886. No. 26 of 75 copies on Whatman's paper with proofs of the plates in two states. Frontispiece to each volume and 18 etched plates by Lalauze each on INDIA PAPER in two states. 3 vols. 4to. Contemporary full brown morocco gilt. t.e.g. Fine. No. 26 of 75 copies on Whatman's paper with proofs of the plates in two states. Frontispiece to each volume and 18 etched plates by Lalauze each on INDIA PAPER in two states. 3 vols. 4to. William Paterson unknown books
176658832London: Printed for T. Osborne and others 1766. Third edition of the Smollett translation first published in 1749. 12mo. 4 volumes: xii 312; iv 263; vii 292; viii 276 pp. Illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece to each volume and 29 other copper-engraved plates. For his own fiction Smollett "preferred to adapt to his purpose the 'picaresque' method of Le Sage . Smollett's hero like 'Gil Blas' recounts a life of varied adventures which he experiences in the company of a servant" DNB from a long entry. CBEL II p. 525. Lowndes Vol. II p. 1343: "A translation of great merit . the English author is true to the sense manner and spirit of the original and is often extremely happy in the interchange of particular idioms" quoted from Tytler. A little foxing but a very good copy. Later tan polished calf rubbed especially joints and spine ends gilt marbled endpapers leather labels and gilt rules and ornaments between raised bands on spine aall edges gilt by Zaehnsdorf. #5970. <br/><br/> Printed for T. Osborne [and others] hardcover books
1966133696Montpellier France: La Murene 1966. cloth accordian fold. Artists' Book. oblong 8vo. cloth accordian fold. unpaginated. Limited to 50 numbered copies signed by both Temple & Clément. This collaborative artists' book sets F.J. Temple's poem L'Hiver Winter against striking gravures by French painter and printmaker Alain Clémént. A livre accordeon with eight oblong accordion-fold panels 7" x 5 3/8". An exquisite production. <br /> <br /> Fine condition. OCLC locates a single copy at the Mediatheque du Montpellier. La Murene unknown books
1795229570Paris Didot Jeune. An IIIe 1795. 1795. First edition thus. 8vo. Illustrated with 99 engraved plates by Bornet Duplessis-Bertaux Charpentier J.J. Hubert and others. Half titles. 19th century 1/2 blue morocco over marbled boards; marbled edges; marbled endpapers. Fine condition no foxing. 4 volumes complete. Bookplates of Herbert Eberhard; volume I with engraved bookplate of Edouard Saint Paul. Brunet III S 1006. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Paris, Didot Jeune. An IIIe [1795]. hardcover books
1913C0672123 pages with diagrams and indexes. Duodecimo 6 1/4" x 5" bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. A C White's Christmas series with Christmas greetings tipped in. Betts: 35-3 First edition.<br /><br />100 examples of blocks by various composers classified in 4 main sections: Block sub-divided by king key queen key <i>etc</i>. Changed-mate blocks sub-divided by type of key. Added-mate blocks sub-divided by type of key. Block-threats sub-divided by type of key. There is a 10 page introduction by White solutions and an index of composers.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Old book seller's tag to front inner hinge paste down spine ends bumped else a very good copy. Chess Amateur hardcover books
1981144589N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage photograph of William Burroughs and John Giorno at the Fifth International Convention of The Freudian Movement at The Plaza Hotel New York 1981. With a typed description on the verso.<br/><br/>Giorno was an American poet and performance artist best known for his early multimedia poetry experiments and events including "Dial-A-Poem." He was also the subject of Andy Warhol's 5-1/2 hour 1963 film "Sleep."<br/><br/>12 x 8 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1959140805Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Argos Films 1959. Collection of eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1959 film. Four photographs with the stamp of production company Argos Films seven with a sticker noting they are from the collection of film historian collector and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation TCD cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller one with both a sticker and stamp from the collection of film historian Maurice Bessy and all with holograph annotations on the versos. <br/><br/>A series of conversations about memory history and forgetfulness between a departing French actress and the married Japanese architect with whom she had a brief affair the film was a major catalyst for the Rive Gauche film movement. Screenwriter Marguerite Duras was nominated for an Academy Award and Alain Resnais received a Palme d'Or nomination at Cannes. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 196. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as Subversive Art. Argos Films unknown books
1978133164Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1978. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED in blue ink to novelist and film theorist William F. Van Wert: "pour Bill Van Wert/mon amical souvenir/Robbe-Grillet." The star of the Minuit logo on the front panel is hand-colored in the same ink presumably by Robbe-Grillet. Text in French. Van Wert corresponded with Robbe-Grillet during his dissertation "The Theory and Practice of the Cine-Roman" Arno Press 1978."<br/><br/>After the Nouveau Roman movement dissolved its most prominent author and theorist Alain Robbe-Grillet experimented further with the novel's structure incorporating his experience as a filmmaker and by the late 1970s was making intertextual "Collage Novels" integrating works he completed in collaboration with artists such as Rene Magritte Jasper Johns and Irina Ionesco. <br/><br/>"Souvenirs du Triangle d'Or" was later translated by J. A. Underwood and published by Grove Press in 1984 as "Recollections of the Golden Triangle."<br/><br/>Very Good plus in wrappers. Wrappers very lightly soiled light foxing at the spine rear panel scuffed with a single corner crease slight spine lean. <br/><br/>Halfaya.org: John Leo "Alain Robbe-Grillet Bibliography. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
174925274Londres: Jean Nourse 1749. First English edition. 32 engraved plates 8 in each volume. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt spines red leather labels. Heads of two volumes slightly nicked spines and joints a little rubbed else very good. First English edition. 32 engraved plates 8 in each volume. 4 vols. 12mo. First English edition of the French Text. Scarce first printing in England of the French text appearing in the same year as the Smollett translation. NUC gives four locations only. Jean Nourse unknown books
224008First edition thus. Translated by Tobias Smollett M.D. 15 aquatint plates by John Clark. Contemporary 3/4 maroon morocco over marbled boards rubbed. 3 volumes. Enclosed in a 1/2 blue morocco three paneled slipcase; each volume in a separate chemise. Tooley 139. 1st Edition. Hardcover. hardcover books
1967135079Paris: Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution 1967. Vintage black-and-white borderless press photograph of director Luis Bunuel with cinematographer Christian Matras and the cast on the set of the 1967 film. With a European press agency stamp on the verso "Photo exclusive / EUROPANEWS" a date stamp of April 8 1969 and a few other annotations. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine. Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution unknown books
