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1894256986London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street 1894. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Original buckram gilt. Spine and extremities darkened endleaves with some paste darkening else fine in a custom purple half-morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Large Paper Copy One of 50. An attractive large paper copy. Wilde's witty and urbane satire of the English upper class. This was written and produced in 1893 near the height of Wilde's career between Salome 1891 and his masterpiece The Importance of Being Ernest 1895. Mason 365. Provenance: Arthur Chester Rhodes John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street unknown books
189422666ELondon: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. First English Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Near fine only slightly handled copy with the gilt-stamping to the boards bright. From the library of Harpo Marx the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARXâ€. Elkin Mathews & John Lane hardcover books
189422666ELondon: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. First English Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Near fine only slightly handled copy with the gilt-stamping to the boards bright. From the library of Harpo Marx the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARXâ€. Elkin Mathews & John Lane hardcover
1907104968London: Keller-Farmer Co 1907. The Astral edition of Wilde's works one of 52 sets this is number one. Octavo 15 volumes. Bound in full morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine floriated corner devices in gilt red and green raised bands moire silk endpapers top edge gilt. With photogravures in two states from paintings photographs and drawings 4 of which are by Aubrey Beardsley. In near fine condition. An exceptional set. Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright novelist essayist and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray his plays as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Keller-Farmer Co hardcover books
1894001874London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 1894. FIRST EDITION. 1 vol. 8-1/2" x 7" illustrated by Charles Rickets limited to 200 copies printed in 3 colors bound in original art nouveau gilt decorated vellum covers straight often found quite bowed inner and outer hinges fine head and foot of spine fine foxing to one side of the first 8 leaves typical previous owners bookplate to front pastedown housed in a 1/2 red morocco clamshell slipcase raised bands gilt decorated spine overall still a VERY GOOD copy. Charles Ricketts's art nouveau illustrations were described by W. E. Henley Wilde's harshest critic as "about as fin-de-Siecle a business as you ever saw" Frankel p. 155. Ricketts considered the designs for the illustrations and for the original vellum binding amongst his best work. While predominantly working with book illustration and design Ricketts was also famed for his theater designs and costumes and he contributed to the first English production of Wilde's Salome in 1906. London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894 hardcover
190561982London: Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street Strand 1905. First edition 1/200 copies on English hand-made paper. Tall 8vo. 151 pp. The fine John Quinn copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. De Profundis is an extended letter written by Wilde during his incarceration in Reading Gaol to Lord Alfred Douglas. After his release Wilde gave the manuscript to journalist Robert Ross another former lover who edited portions for a first publication in 1905 the complete version remained unpublished until the 1960s. The letter recounts Wilde's years with Douglas and elements of their relationship and traces his spiritual growth. Ross's preface to this work quotes Wilde's summation of "De Profundis": "I don't defend my conduct. I explain it . I know that on the day of my release I will merely be moving from one prison to another and there are times when the whole world seems to be no larger than my cell and as full of terror for me. Still at the beginning I believe that God made a world for each separate man and within that world which is within us one should seek to live." Mason 389. Spine of the slipcase sunned to a rich brown a little rubbed but a fine copy of the limited issue of the first edition of Wilde's important statement. Original gilt-stamped decorated white buckram top edge gilt others untrimmed. Housed in a custom purple quarter-crushed morocco and cloth slipcase with chemise gilt spine title. 9771. <br/><br/> Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street, Strand hardcover books
189923048ELondon: Leonard Smithers & Co 1899. First Edition. Number 298 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Square quarto. Bound in original lavender cloth with gilt lettering at the spine and gilt decorative designs by Charles Shannon at the outer edges of the boards and the spine. A lovely copy with a trace of foxing a minor bump to the top corner of the front board some slight browning to the endpapers and very minor edgewear. From the library of Harpo Marx the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARX.†Leonard Smithers & Co hardcover books
189469042London: Elkin Matthews and John Lane at the sign of the Bodley Head 1894. RICKETTS Charles. . The Sphinx. With decorations by Charles Ricketts. London: Elkin Matthews and John Lane at the sign of the Bodley Head 1894.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> WILDE Oscar. The Sphinx. With decorations by Charles Ricketts. London: Elkin Matthews and John Lane at the sign of the Bodley Head 1894.<br> <br> First edition. One of 200 copies for Great Britain printed on handmade paper. Small quarto 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches; 218 x 172 mm. 4 blank 6 27 1 blank 1 imprint 5 blank pp. Title-page printed in black red and green. Ten illustrations by Ricketts in the text including title-page of which eight are full-page all printed in red. Initial letters one large and twelve medium and guide words printed in green.<br> <br> Original vellum decoratively paneled and pictorially stamped in gilt after designs by Ricketts whose monogram appears in the lower left-hand corners. Gilt is bright and vellum generally clean. Vellum very slightly bowed as usual. Some foxing throughout as usual. Overall about fine.<br> <br> "The Sphinx is his Rickett's best book. The result is a perfect whole as harmonious as it is dazzling." Ray.<br> <br> Mason 361. Ray Illustrator and the Book 262.<br> <br> HBS 69042.<br> <br> $8500. Elkin Matthews and John Lane, at the sign of the Bodley Head unknown
195253361Paris: Falaize 1952. Fine. Falaize Paris 1952 11.50 x 17.50 cm broché La Ballade de la geôle de Reading. L'Artiste en prison The Ballad of Reading GaolFalaize Paris 1952 11.5 x 17.5 cm original wrappers New edition of the French translation by Jacques Bour and the first edition of Albert Camus' famous preface. One of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper tirage de tête. A fine autograph inscription from Albert Camus: à Michel Simon grand artiste avec les voeux chaleureux d'un de ses vieux admirateurs For Michel Simon a great artist with warmest wishes from an old fan and an autograph inscription from the translator Jacques Bour: à Michel Simon qui ferait crouler tous les murs! For Michel Simon who raised all the roofs! A rare and very good copy. Falaize unknown
1908188701London: Methuen and Co. except Dorian Gray: Charles Carrington Paris 1908-22. The first collection of his oeuvre with unpublished plays First collected edition one of 1000 sets on handmade paper edited by Wilde's most constant friend and literary executor Robert Ross 1869-1918. It prints previously unpublished material including the uncompleted play A Florentine Tragedy a fragment of another La Sainte Courtisane and various lectures. An additional 80 copies were issued on Japanese vellum. 14 vols octavo 210 x 148 mm. Recent green half calf red morocco labels gilt foliate frames to compartments marbled sides top edges gilt fore and bottom edges uncut. Calf a touch rubbed the odd spot to contents. A near-fine set. Mason 420 423 425 427 429 431 433 435 437 439 441 443 445 447. hardcover
190666710Paris: Charles Carrington 1906. Fine. Charles Carrington Paris 1906 14.50 x 23 cm relié sous chemise et étui First edition of the French translation by Hugues Rebell one of 30 numbered copies on Japon the tirage de tête. Full morocco cover and spine preserved all edges gilt chemise in half morocco slipcase lined with morocco elegant contemporary binding signed Huser. Illustrated as frontispiece with a photographic portrait of Oscar Wilde. Provenance : from the library of Henri Thuile with his ex-libris pasted to head of a pastedown. A very nice copy elegantly bound by Huser in lined morocco. Charles Carrington unknown
1894OW018London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 First edition one of 50 large-paper copies printed on handmade paper. Original publisher's yellow buckram boards with gilt decorations by Charles Shannon to covers and spine spine lettered in gilt. Covers toned along outer margin spine toned only the slightest trace of rubbing to the extremities former owner bookplate to front pastedown and light offsetting to endpapers. A very good tight and clean copy. An extremely scarce book in the large-paper format. Mason 365. A Woman of No Importance was published simultaneously in two formats: small octavo the standard edition of 500 copies and quarto the "Large Paper" issue of 50 copies. While both constitute the first edition of A Woman of No Importance the large paper copies are decidedly rarer than the octavos; intended to be more exclusive and deluxe publications large paper formats were typically produced using higher quality materials lacked the publisher's advertisements and were printed in small print runs. Because they were intended as collectibles from publication large paper copies of Wilde's plays are exceedingly scarce. A Woman of No Importance is a four-act play that was first produced in London at the Haymarket Theatre on April 19 1893. Like many of Wilde's plays it satirizes the English upper-class and criticizes Victorian society. The title "a woman of no importance" refers to the character Mrs. Arbuthnot who bears the illegitimate son of Lord Illingworth. Although societal conventions deem her a sinful woman Wilde proves Arbuthnot a respectable widow who is rewarded with a son who treats women respectfully. In contrast Illingworth one of Wilde's archetypal dandy figures is rejected by his son and may of the women in the play making him a "man of no importance.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Shannon Charles. London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head hardcover books
19253828New York: Gabriel Wells 1925. Limited to 575 numbered copies this set being number 179. Twelve octavo volumes 221 x 143 mm. Handsomely bound by Stikeman & Co. N.Y. ca. 1925 stamp-signed in black on front endpapers. Full dark green crushed morocco covers decoratively bordered and tooled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Red and green liners elaborately bordered and lettered in gilt red moire silk end- leaves top edge gilt others uncut. Spines uniformly faded to olive green small circular stain on front board of volume one. Title pages printed in pale blue and black each carrying a profile portrait of Wilde in pale blue. A Near Fine set.<br/><br/>The handsomely produced Large Paper Edition was put out by the celebrated New York bookseller Gabriel Wells who during the 1920s competed in the sale rooms with the great A.S.W. Rosenbach 1876-1952. It includes introductory material by several literary luminaries including W. B. Yeats The Happy Prince Padraic Colum Criticisms and Reviews John Drinkwater The Importance of Being Ernest/An Ideal Husband Arthur Symons Salome and Wilde's one-time lover Richard Le Gallienne Poems. Gabriel Wells unknown books
1894OW056London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 First edition limited large paper copy with "Of this edition 50 copies have been printed" statement on the verso of the fourth preliminary page and no publisher's catalogue at the back of the book. Publisher's yellow buckram boards with gilt decorations by Charles Shannon to covers and spine spine lettered in gilt. Near fine with some toning to spine and board edges light wear to spine ends with a very shallow chip to cloth at foot of spine bottom right corner of front board worn to boards and heavy offsetting to endpapers. Overall a beautiful copy of one of Wilde's four celebrated drawing-room plays. Mason 365. A Woman of No Importance is a four-act play that was first produced in London at the Haymarket Theatre on April 19 1893. Like many of Wilde's plays it satirizes the English upper-class and criticizes Victorian society. The title "a woman of no importance" refers to the character Mrs. Arbuthnot who bears the illegitimate son of Lord Illingworth. Although societal conventions deem her a sinful woman Wilde proves Arbuthnot a respectable widow who is rewarded with a son who treats women respectfully. In contrast Illingworth one of Wilde's archetypal dandy figures is rejected by his son and many of the women in the play making him a "man of no importance." A Woman of No Importance was published simultaneously in two formats: small octavo the standard edition of 500 copies and quarto the "Large Paper" issue of 50 copies. While both constitute the first edition of A Woman of No Importance the large paper copies are decidedly rarer than the octavos; intended to be more exclusive and deluxe publications large paper formats were typically produced using higher quality materials lacked the publisher's advertisements and were printed in small print runs. Because they were intended as collectibles from publication large paper copies of Wilde's plays are exceedingly scarce. First Edition Limited Large Paper Copy. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head hardcover
1899140949181London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. One of 1000 copies unnumbered. xvi 152 pp. printed on laid paper. Bound in publisher's lavender cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations by Charles Shannon. Near Fine with sunning to spine and extremities and fading to spine gilt light soiling and scattered foxing to cloth light rubbing to extremities and slight bumping to lower corners. Binding starting at p. 105 offsetting to front endsheet bookplate to front pastedown. A very nice copy from the library of the American naval officer and book collector Charles John Muto. Mason 381.<br /> <br /> <p>The first edition of the most delightful play in the English language. Wilde's last play opened on Valentine's Day 1895 to almost unanimous praise. Two weeks later he received a card at his club accusing him of sodomy to which he responded with an ill-judged libel lawsuit that led to his downfall and imprisonment. By the time this book was published by Leonard Smithers one of his few remaining friends Wilde was dying in Paris his health broken by Reading Gaol. There are now statues to him in London and Dublin. Leonard Smithers and Co unknown
192659831Sous couverture rempliée, légèrement brunie. Le livre est rangé dans une chemise à dos de percaline bleue, étui à coulisse de maroquin fauve et havane de G. Cretté. Édition du Prince heureux et du Rossignol et la rose, 2 contes d'Oscar Wilde dans la traduction d'Albert Savine.Édition illustrée de compositions en couleurs de François-Louis Schmied qui les a gravées et imprimées sur ses presses à bras. Collaborateurs : Pierre Bouchet et Théo Schmied fils, graveurs- pressiers. Mis à part l'illustration de la couverture et les 5 bois hors texte, l'édition est illustrée par 27 minces bandeaux verticaux dans le premier conte et 23 horizontaux dans le second, plus une lettrine de départ pour chaque conte et des bouts de lignes monochromes. Ces bandeaux, abstraits, loin d'être considérés par Schmied comme décoratifs, sont pour lui une véritable illustration dont il donne la table et la légende à la fin de chaque partie. L'illustration comporte également 2 petits bois et 4 bois verticaux pour les tables, et un petit bandeau en couleurs pour l'achevé d'imprimer.
195253361Falaize | Paris 1952 | 11.50 x 17.50 cm | broché
1968305092London: Petersburg Press 1968. Edition C with six loose lithographs signed duplicates of those bound in the book and four signed etchings this copy 100 of 100 lacking two of the prints. Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio 18.1 x 13 inches. Snakeskin print leather binding near fine on text volume and portfolio volume matching box and heart cover with some fading otherwise near fine. Dine Jim. Edition C with six loose lithographs signed duplicates of those bound in the book and four signed etchings this copy 100 of 100 lacking two of the prints. Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio 18.1 x 13 inches. Three editions of this work were published with an extra suite of prints:<br /> A Edition of 200 plus 25 artists' proofs bound in red velvet with the title in silver with six signed lithographs duplicates of the plates in the text signed by Dine<br /> B Edition of 200 plus 25 artists' proofs bound in green velvet with the title in silver with four etchings signed by Dine<br /> C Edition of 100 plus 15 artists' proofs in a snakeskin-patterned leather binding stamped in black with a matching box with "heart built up on the cover" also signed by Dine containing all of the prints of the two other editions 10 total signed by Dine. THIS COPY LACKING TWO PRINTS: "Sybil in her Dressing Room" and "Basil in Black Leather Suit"<br /> <br /> Jim Dine worked on a stage version of Wilde's novel with English director Robert Kidd for the Bath Academie of Art at Corsham moving the setting to London during the 1967 Summer of Love. The play was never finished as the scheduled lead actor James Fox objected to Dine's "obscene" costumes derailing the whole production. Petersburg Press stepped in and offered to print Dine's drafts for the adapation. Mikro 47 Petersburg Press unknown
18931064London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press 1893. Limited First Edition. limp vellum. Very Good. Large 4to: 11 1/2" x 8 3/8" x 2" 29.2 x 21.3 x 5.1 cm. <p> <p>First Printing. Printed by William Morris. Bound in publisher's original by J. & J. Leighton with silk ties supplied by Morris & Co. with gilt titles to spine. One of 300 at four guineas paper copies plus 10 at twenty guineas on vellum. Printed on fine hand-made Batchelor with the first versions of the Primrose watermark paper with yapped edges. Uncut deckled edges. Colophon and the large floral printer's device designed by Morris no. 2. i-ii iii-xiv 1 2-455 456 pp. <p>Printed in black and red throughout with the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title speakers' names and shoulder- and footnotes in red. One full-page and two three-quarter-page woodcut borders 8 and 8a along with numerous 10- 6- and 3-line initials all designed by Morris engraved by William Harcourt Hooper.<p>Tells the tale of Sidonia von Borcke the Pomeranian noblewoman who was tried and executed for witchcraft in 1620. Lady Wilde's translation was 1st published in 1849. Morris wrote that "Sidonia was based more or less on fact concerning the Witch Fever that afflicted Northern Europe during the latter half of the 15th and 1st half of the 16th centuries and was a great favorite with the more literary part of the pre-Raphaelite artists who include William Morris and Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones . D.G. Rossetti in particular was an enthusiastic admirer." In early 1892 Aubrey Beardsley produced a frontispiece drawing of Sidonia. Morris's rejection of the illustration caused great indignation in Beardsley. Forman pp. 168 & 220. Peterson A19 & 51. <p>Most copies were bound in original limp vellum with silk ties but according to Peterson: "Cockerell instructed Leighton to bind thirty copies in 'half Holland uniform with THE GOLDEN LEGEND' and these were later donated to British and American libraries." <p>Covers somewhat marked and warped. Silk ties mostly perished remains laid in. Condition overall: Very Good. Kelmscott Press hardcover
1894835081894. WILDE Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. Orig. tan buckram gilt stamped decorations on boards and spine. London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1894. Mason 365. Richard Ellmann Oscar Wilde 1988; Joel Kaplan "Wilde on the Stage" The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde ed. by Peter Raby 1997. First edition. Large paper copy one of 50 copies. Previous owner's signature on limitation page. Boards toned browning to pastedowns and first free endpapers. Overall a near fine copy housed in a custom purple cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slipcase. unknown
190666710Charles Carrington | Paris 1906 | 14.50 x 23 cm | relié sous chemise et étui
1881ST20886London: David Bogue 1881. FIRST EDITION First Issue. 192 x 126 mm. 7 1/2 x 5". ix 1 236 1 pp. <br/> EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE CRIMSON MOROCCO INTRICATELY GILT BY ZAEHNSDORF stamp-signed and dated 1909 on front turn-in covers framed in gilt with delicate pointillé cornerpieces surrounding inlaid green morocco drawer handles and oblique floral tools raised bands spine panels densely gilt in the pointillé style of Bozerian with stems of flowers radiating from pairs of inlaid green drawer handles turn-ins gilt-ruled red silk endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original slightly soiled gilt limp vellum binding bound in at rear. Mason 304. A few trivial spots internally but A VERY FINE COPY--the leaves fresh clean and wide-margined and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn.<br/> <br/> This is a finely bound copy of the first edition of Wilde's first book of poetry and his first substantial work of any kind. The collection is made up of 61 poems 31 of which appear here for the first time. Many reflect Wilde's delight in his visit to the art towns of Italy; other poems such as the tender "Resquiescat" written in memory of Wilde's sister Isola who had died at the age of eight show a more personal emotional sentiment. According to Mason "the first printing June 1881 consisted of 750 copies of which only 250 copies were used for the first edition the remaining 500 being equally divided between the second and third editions." Wilde himself oversaw the layout and design of the book choosing the handmade Dutch paper on which it is printed and the design of prunus blossoms on the vellum binding here bound in at the rear. The only published books by Wilde to appear before the present work were his student poem "Ravenna" which was named the "Newdigate Prize Poem" at Oxford for 1878 issued in wrappers and his drama "Vera; or the Nihilists" printed in 1880 of which Mason had knowledge of only two copies. Our attractive binding is a fine example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest Hungary Joseph Zaehnsdorf 1816-86 served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman and then settled in London where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33 when the senior Joseph died and the firm flourished under the son's leadership becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders including the Frenchman Louis Genth who was chief finisher from 1859-84 and trained a number of others including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947 the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. David Bogue unknown
134067N.P.: Rolf Lock n.d. gilt-tooled crushed morocco in leather clamshell box with author and title gilt-stamped on spine. Miniature Books. miniature book 9.3 by 6.9 cm. gilt-tooled crushed morocco in leather clamshell box with author and title gilt-stamped on spine. unpaginated. Text in German. Written by hand by Lock on parchment. Calligraphy and illustrations by Rolf Lock. Lock b. 1955 studied lithography 1970-3 and calligraphy 1978-82 and founded his own press in 1991. Bound by Swiss artist Roland Meuter of Weggis Switzerland where he has operated a bindery since 1998. "R MEUTER" stamped on back pastedown. Hand gilt by Samuel Feinstein of Chicago Illinois U.S.A.; "SF-GILDER" stamped and embossed on leather on back pastedown. A German translation of Wilde's prose poem "House of Judgment" first published in Spirit Lamp III:2 February 17 1893 an Oxford magazine edited by Alfred Douglas. See Stuart Mason Bibliography of Oscar Wilde London: T. Werner Laurie 1914 211 Rolf Lock unknown books
19602060London: The Folio Society 1960. Signed by the illustrator. With 6 full-page and several text illustrations. In publisher’s green cloth. Cover somewhat rubbed at edges. Otherwise in fine condition. Signed by the illustrator. With 6 full-page and several text illustrations. In publisher’s green cloth. 78 2 p. <p><br /> Association copy inscribed to the American socialite and fashion icon Mona von Bismarck and her husband Count Albrecht Eduard "Eddie" von Bismarck-Schönhausen.<br /> <p><p><br /> Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton 1904–1980 was an English photographer painter illustrator writer and designer. Besides regularly working as a photographer for Condé Nast publications such as the Vogue he pursued a career as a stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He won three Academy Awards for his art directorial work as well as for his costume designs. <br /> <p><p><br /> Mona von Bismarck 1897–1983 was a long-time friend of Beaton.<br /> <p>. The Folio Society unknown
192837691Paris Le Livre 1928 In-8, maroquin gris orn au centre de chaque plat d'une petite toile mosaque en maroquin havane avec quatre losanges pousss or, donnant naissance des jeux de filets dors et de listels en maroquin crme s'entrecroisant pour former un grand motif qui se prolonge sur les bords suprieurs et infrieurs des plats par des filets droits irradiant pousss or; rappel du dcor sur le dos sans nerfs; encadrements intrieurs orns d'un filet dor et d'un listel de maroquin havane, doublures et gardes de soie moire havane, tranches dores sur brochure, couverture imprime. Chemise, tui (Ren et Roger Mativet).23 burins originaux de J.-E. Laboureur, dont un sur la couverture, 21 en-ttes et un cul-de-lampe. Tirage limit 280 exemplaires numrots. Un des 30 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande van Gelder, comportant une suite part des cuivres en premier tat sur vieux japon. Bel exemplaire reli par les frres Mativet qui exercrent Paris de 1946 1975.
