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191131658New York: Charles Frohman 1911. First Edition. Oblong folio 28x34.75cm.; original photo-illustrated string-bound card wrappers yapp edges; unpaged; photographic illus. throughout. Some shallow chips and tiny losses to wrapper extremities none affecting text or illustrations spine nearly split some foxing to contents else About Very Good. Deluxe souvenir brochure issued in conjunction with one of Adams's last Broadway appearances. The actress who achieved fame in 1905 playing the lead role in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" would retire in 1916. "Chantecler" which criticised the modernist movement and promoted idealism was considered rather unusual for being set in a barnyard the protagonist played by Adams a rooster. The present item is illustrated with dozens of stills from the original Broadway production showcasing the exquisitely realistic costumes and set design. Charles Frohman unknown books
1910297632Paris: Pierre Lafitte 1910. hardcover. very good. Portfolio 12" x 18" of 43 loose sheets mainly in color on heavy paper deckled edges and each with lettered tissue guards one tissue guard is torn with no loss of paper or text The plates are of famous people documents speeches autographs etc. Paris: Lafitte 1910. Limited Edition. Internally fine in a worn and soiled cloth-backed portfolio lacking cloth ties.<br/><br/> Number 128 of 500 copies.<br/><br/> Pierre Lafitte unknown books
1929011111329Paris: Fasquelle 1929. Cover wear. 40 pp. 4to. Paper wrapper. With four 4 pages of costume and design by Erte. . A piece in four acts. Clean copy. Light cover wear. <br/><br/> Fasquelle unknown books
191323834NY: Frank v. Strauss 1913. 8vo pp. 36. Paper wraps. Note at top of title by playgoer. Little stained or soiled on a few pages o/w VG. Frank v. Strauss unknown books
19132294727Frederick A. Stokes Company 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Shepherd J. A. First edition. No jacket. Bookplate removed from front paste-down endpaper. 1913 Hard Cover. vii 144 pp. Brown boards with a rooster illustration on the front board. A fable of the Chanticleer--a proud and fierce rooster who dominates the barnyard. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
1938728Paris: Edins Pierre Lafitte 1938. One of 1800 copies on velin from a total edition of 2575. 8vo. Bound by LePretre: 3/4 red morocco and paste-paper boards with gilt and blind-stamped sunburst radiating over upper and lower covers spine smooth title gilt top edge gilt stamped on front blank Lepretre. Original covers bound in near fine. Illustrated with fourteen plates hors-texte by Mariette Lydis 1890-1970 with bandeaux and culs-de-lampe by Sylvain Sauvage1888-1948 who in the mid-twenties became his own publisher and made a name for himself as an illustrator and decorator of considerable style. Chantecler Rostand's play in four acts in verse was performed for the first time in the Theatre de la Port Saint-Martin on February 7 1910. Edins Pierre Lafitte unknown books
1904000790Paris: Adrien Sporck 1904. First Editiion. Hardcover. Very Good. Delaw George. Oblong 10.5 by 9 Inches. 47 pp. Songs presented with musical notation with color illustrations ornamenting in various formats. Songs included are Frere Jacques Nous n'irons plus au bois Trois P'tits Bonhommes Cadet Rousselle Ah! mon beau chateau Il etait une bergere etc. a total of 22 songs. Style of illustrations is naive and simple with a picturesque sensibility invariably coming through. Front illustrated board has soilage and shelfwear most pronounced in corners. Boards are bowed. Pages toned but clean. <br/><br/> Adrien Sporck hardcover books
197142556Paris:: Editions Jacques Frapier. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. B0012OP1G6 . Text is in French. Foreword by Louis Pauwels. Illustrated with 35 monotypes and 113 gravures. First edition. INSCRIBED by Tremois to the legendary bookseller H. P. Kraus. Also laid in is a four page letter in French two pages typed and two pages written by hand dated 1973 SIGNED twice from Tremois to Kraus and the artist's card with a phone number written on it by hand. Near fine in a very good age toning dust jacket. . Editions Jacques Frapier, hardcover books
1973112439New York: Delacorte 1973. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1975 Sam Peckinpah film starring Robert Duvall and James Caan. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Very slight lean top page edges slightly dusty. Jacket is lightly worn at the spine ends with some creasing to both the front and rear flap. An uncommon title. Delacorte unknown books
191025425Paris: Pierre Lafitte 1910. First Edition thus. 4to. pp. 340. This is the Illustrated Edition with over 100 drawings in text & colored plates by Cormon Laurens Gaston LatucheGuillonnet. In the French. Worn morocco spine gouge. Internally very good. Pierre Lafitte unknown books
1910WB16885Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo; 244 pp. One of one thousand copies - "exemplaire sur papier imperial du Japon." In a custom full leather navy blue and burgundy pictorial binding - reproducing the publisher's design. Housed in a clamshell box. A superb copy. <br/><br/> Charpentier et Fasquelle hardcover books
1910WRCLIT31139New York: Duffield 1910. Green cloth spine gilt with a pictorial onlay of a crowing rooster. First U.S. edition in English. A very nice bright copy. Duffield hardcover books
22196Paris: Pierre Lafitte n.d. Later printing. Half brown morocco over marbled boards. Fair only boards detached backstrip missing leaves clean with very minor browning at the extremities and still bound in original wrappers sans backstrip. Should be rebound. 260 pp. Color and b/w illus. 4to. Original paper wrapper bound in. Pierre Lafitte hardcover books
192414433PARIS FASQUELLE 1924 1924. SIGNED BY ALEX TIERS VERY GOOD. Signed by Authors. PARIS, FASQUELLE, 1924 unknown books
19268390Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1926. 244 pages; French text; original wraps bound in a 1/2 bright red morocco leather marbled paper covered boards spine with three small black geometric tools outlined in gilt and four small rosette tools; gilt titles top edge gilt; light wear; pages browning; very good condition and a nice example of decorative French binding of this period. Hard Cover. Very Good. Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle Hardcover books
1899215118New York: Henry Holt 1899. Hardcover. Good. Good. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and bumped corners spine and pages lightly browned front hinge beginning to crack in French. Henry Holt hardcover books
1898RROSCYR00CCWR.H. Russell 1898. Good. Rostand Edmond. Cyrano De Bergerac. New York: R.H. Russell 1898. 294pp. 12mo. Book condition: Fair. Stained and browned with rubbed and bumped edges. Front hinge cracking but holding. R.H. Russell unknown books
192694935Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1926. half leather marbled paper-covered boards gilt and blind-stamped title and decorations on spine top edge gilt marbled endpapers. 8vo. half leather marbled paper-covered boards gilt and blind-stamped title and decorations on spine top edge gilt marbled endpapers. viii 2151 pages. Comédie Héroïque En Cinq Actes En Vers. Text in French. This book is the most famous work by nineteenth-century poet Edmond Rostand originally presented at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin on December 28 1897. Set in the seventeenth century the play is based on the life and works of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. The text includes a list of the actors in the first performance and in the reprise in 1913. Rebound with original wrappers bound in. Edges lightly worn boards and spine soiled and scuffed in places corners slightly bumped. Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle unknown books
198472024Norwalk: The Easton Press. Very Good. 1984. Hardcover. Rostand Edmond. CYRANO DE BERGERAC In A New Version by Louis Untermeyer with Illustrations by Pierre Brissaud. Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1984. Beautiful fresh and bright condition. . The Easton Press hardcover books
19542032New York: The Heritage Press 1954 A heroic comedy in 5 acts in a new English version by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrations drawn by Pierre Brissaud. Printed red boards lettered in gilt. Spine faded and slightly rubbed. A fine copy in slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Illus. by Brissaud Pierre. The Heritage Press hardcover books
1982224844Norwalk: Easton 1982. hardcover. fine. Translated and introduced by Louis Untermeyer with color illustrations by Pierre Brissaud. 210pp. short 4to gilt-stamped green leather a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press 1982. Fine.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
1984TB24885Norwalk Conn.: The Easton Press 1984. Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark green leather covered boards with two raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the compartments and with gilt text and an outline of Cyrano on the front board and with a gilt outline of Cyrano's back on the rear board. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 6 3/4". Laid-in is the publisher's four page "Notes From the Archives". 210 pages of text. A new "English version by Louis Untermeyer with illustrations by Pierre Brissanud. One of the volumes in the Easton Press' collection of Library of Famous Editions. The Easton Press hardcover books
1898430001898. ROSTAND Edmond. CYRANO DE BERGERAC: A Play In Five Acts. Translated from the French by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard. London: William Heinemann 1898. 12mo. two-toned green cloth. First English Edition. Boldly signed by American actor Otis Skinner in pencil on the front endpaper and dated 1898. Skinner 1858-1942 was a leading actor of his day and although he played roles in various French dramas he never played Cyrano. An uncommon book and the basis for two movies: the 1950 version starring Jose Ferrer and the 1990 version starring Gerard Depardieu. Ferrer won an Academy award for his portrayal of Cyrano and the 1990 movie received five nominations including ones for Depardieu and for Best Foreign Film. Very Good spine darkened. $875.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1931316514New York: Three Sirens Press 1931. Illustrated by Nino Carbe. 184 2pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarter green morocco and green cloth sides t.e.g. John Friel bookplates. Fine. Illustrated by Nino Carbe. 184 2pp. 8vo. Three Sirens Press unknown books
190026155NY: Russell 1900. First American edn. 8vo pp. 262. Adapted into English by Louis N. Parker. The play was presented at the Knickerbocker Theatre NY October 1900 by Maude Adams who played the leading role. Gold decorated cover. VG. Russell unknown books
