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1850128963Paris possibly other locations: B. G. Barba and others not identified 1850. Hardcover. VG- corners and hinges show wear small tear to paper edge of back cover. Text block and some pages show foxing. All pages crisp. Marbled paper boards with leather spine with narrow raised bands and corners; gilt lines on cover spine lettering text block; 287 pp illustrated with charming engravings. In French. An assemblage of several popular illustrated novels of the mid- to late 1800s with no title page or publishing information for the book as a whole. Each novel has delightful engraved illustrations and typeface size varies. Several were published by Barba with a common masthead on the first page with the title "Romans Populaires Illustres." Others have no identifying publishing information. Included novels: "Les sept peches capitaux L'Avarice" by Eugene Sue 45 pp - "Seraphita" by Balzac 32 pp - "Le careme de ma tante" by Auguste Ricard 32 pp - "Le carnaval de mon pere" by Auguste Ricard 18 pp - "Le bal de sceaux" by Balzac 16 pp - "Honorine" by Balzac 48 pp - "L'Ecumeur de mer" by Fenimore Cooper - "Pierre Simple" by Le Capitaine Marryat 64 pp. B. G. Barba, and others not identified hardcover books
199538180New York: Viking 1995. Hardcover. xx 585p. very good first edition in cloth-backed boards and unclipped dj. Massive cimpendium of classic works and excerpts by gay and homophile writers from Plato to Arenas. Viking hardcover books
04605Paris: H. Delloye & Victor Lecou Éditeurs 1838. An Incredible Early Twentieth Century 'Portrait' Binding by René Kieffer<br/>Specially Bound for Gérard de Berny in Memory of his Father Gabriel de Berny<br/>First Illustrated Edition with an additional set of Proof Illustrations on 'Large Thick Paper'<br/><br/>BALZAC Honoré de. KIEFFER René binder. La Peau de Chagrin. Études Sociales. Paris: H. Delloye & Victor Lecou Éditeurs 1838. <br/><br/>First Illustrated Edition First Printing of the Vignette Illustrations. <br/><br/>Specially bound by René Kieffer for Gérard de Berny in memory of his Parents.<br/><br/>'Thick Paper' copy with an additional 'proof' set of the illustrations.<br/><br/>Large octavo 11 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 281 x 191 mm. iv 402 1 Table des Matières 1 blank. One hundred and one decorative engraved vignettes in the text by Baron Janet-Lange Gavarni French and Marckl plus one on the title engraved on steel by Brunellière Nargeot Langlois etc. Additional engraved portrait on India paper of "Pauline" after Janet-Lange engraved by Félicie Fournier née Monsaldy as appearing on pp. 149. Some foxing throughout mainly marginal otherwise fine.<br/><br/>An incredible early twentieth-century 'Portrait' binding by René Kieffer stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in and with his printed label on verso of front endpaper. Full brown morocco covers triple-bordered in gilt enclosing a highly elaborate symmetrical gilt diamond design with gilt stars. The front cover inlaid with a large oval nineteenth century 'medallion' portrait in oil of Honoré de Balzac and four smaller circular nineteenth century 'medallion' oil paintings titled "Enfance" childhood "Etude" study "Amour" love and "Plaisir" pleasure. The rear cover similarly inlaid with a large oval nineteenth century 'medallion' portrait in oil of Madame Louise Antoinette Laure de Berny Balzac's first love "La Dilecta" and four smaller circular nineteenth century 'medallion' oil paintings titled "Ambition" Misère misery "Desespoir" despair and "Suicide". Spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments. Double-ruled gilt board-edges and multi-gilt ruled turn-ins surrounding an orange morocco liner elaborately decorated in gilt in a symmetrical design olive green watered silk endleaves blue-gray marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Original brown morocco over blue marbled boards chemise housed in the original brown morocco edged blue marbled boards slipcase. Spine of chemise sunned slipcase a little worn at extremities. The binding itself is near fine with just a few fragments missing from the edges of the 'medallions'. Original printed tan wrappers and spine bound in. Small square engraved bookplate of renowned collector Gérard de Berny on front endpaper. <br/><br/>A stunning example reflecting the love affair between Honoré de Balzac and Gérard de Berny's mother Laure de Berny. The nineteenth century 'Medallion' oil paintings are most certainly from the collection of Gabriel de Berny.<br/><br/>Roger Louis Gérard de Berny 1880-1957 was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He was born in Amiens France. He was elected senator for the Somme in January 1936 and was one of those who voted to give full power to Marshal Pétain on 10 July 1940. de Berny did not return to government after the Second World War. He died in his Hôtel on Rue Victor Hugo in Amiens now the Hôtel de Berny Museum. The Musée d'art local et d'histoire régionale or Musée de l'Hôtel de Berny is a local history museum for the region of Picardy. The Hôtel de Berny Museum includes 18th century tapestries and wood carvings such as those from the La Fayette salon in the château de La Grange-Bléneau and those by the Huet brothers Nicolas François and Jean-Baptiste the Younger the three sons of Jean-Baptiste Huet and Adrien Choquet a painter from Abbeville from the Salon du Zodiaque in the Long château as well as Art nouveau and Art déco ceramics by Montières French Revolution-era faïence paintings by Louis Jean François Lagrenée and Isabey a 1612 harpsichord pastels by Choderlos de Laclos and 16th-20th century ironwork and clocks. It also contains objects relating to figures from local and national history such as Gresset Choderlos de Laclos Jules Verne Édouard Branly and Maréchal Leclerc.<br/><br/>Gérard de Berny's father Charles Philippe Gabriel de Berny 1825-1884 was married to Laure de Berny née Louise Antoinette Laure Hinner 1777-1836. "In 1793 aged only fifteen Laure married Gabriel de Berny but their union was unhappy. He was 20 years old quite reserved and cold whereas his young wife was very sensitive warm-hearted and caring. Despite their differences they still managed to have nine children although five died in infancy and only two survived their mother. In 1815 the family bought a house in Villeparisis in northern France where they spent the summers. It was here that Laure first met Honore De Balzac. Laure was 42 at the time and already a grandmother but this didn't stop the young Balzac he was only 22 from falling in love with her. At first she resisted him but Balzac wouldn't give up. He courted her for months and in the end she gave in. The two become lovers. Of course nothing could remain secret for long in a small town. When Balzac's parents learned of it they tried to break off their scandalous relationship but to no avail. Laure wasn't just Balzac's lover. She was his confidante his muse and his benefactress. She gave him the love security and confidence he hadn't received from his parents as a child she supported his literary career she inspired the characters of Madame de Mortsauf in The Lily In The Valley and Pauline in Louis Lambert and helped him out financially when he needed it. She assisted him in his business ventures which always failed and helped him pay his debts. "La Dilecta" as Balzac called her also told him many stories about the ancient regime and of how some of her aristocratic friends and acquaintances managed to escape death during the Revolution while others weren't so lucky. His royalist principles would be strongly confirmed by Laure's influence and it's from her he also acquired his aristocratic longings. Thanks to her help he also managed to meet several influential people and would sometimes make an appearance in high society. Balzac would also talk to her about his relationship with other women such as Madame de Hanska who he would end up marrying a few months before his death. Laure De Berny died on 27th July 1836 at La Bouleaunière her country house at Grez-sur-Loing. Balzac was in Italy at the time but when he returned he visited her grave." historyandotherthoughts.blogspot.com.<br/><br/>René Kieffer 1875-1964 worked for ten years at the famed Chambolle-Duru bindery in Paris specializing in gilding before establishing his own workshop in 1903. He debuted at the 1903 Salon des Artistes Françcais and evolving toward to more modern approach became a disciple of the great Marius-Michel. At the time of this binding's creation he had begun to incorporate a transitional mix of flowers vines and colorful onlays in rather formal compositions their Art Nouveau motifs retained within symmetrical borders that revealed his classical roots. By the end of World War I he had emerged as one of Paris's leading binders his work sought after by collectors his fine workmanship matched by a wide range of progressive designs. <br/><br/>Before La Peau de Chagrin first published in 1831 was completed Balzac created excitement about it by publishing a series of articles and story fragments in several Parisian journals. Although he was five months late in delivering the manuscript he succeeded in generating sufficient interest that the novel sold out instantly upon its publication. A second edition which included a series of twelve other "philosophical tales" was released one month later. Although the novel uses fantastic elements its main focus is a realistic portrayal of the excesses of nineteenth century Parisian bourgeois materialism. Balzac's renowned attention to detail is used to describe a gambling house an antique shop a royal banquet and other locales. He also includes details from his own life as a struggling writer placing the main character in a home similar to the one he occupied at the start of his literary career. The central theme of La Peau de Chagrin is the conflict between desire and longevity. The magic skin represents the owner's life-force which is depleted through every expression of will especially when it is employed for the acquisition of power. Ignoring a caution from the shopkeeper who offers him the skin the protagonist greedily surrounds himself with wealth only to find himself miserable and decrepit at the story's end. La Peau de Chagrin firmly established Balzac as a writer of significance in France. His social circle widened significantly and he was sought eagerly by publishers for future projects. The book served as the catalyst for a series of letters he exchanged with a Polish baroness named Ewelina Ha ska who later became his wife. It also inspired Giselher Klebe's opera Die tödlichen Wünsche.<br/><br/>Carteret Volume III p. 41. Paris: H. Delloye [&] Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, 1838 unknown books
1991145836Paris: Pierre Grise Productions 1991. Collection of 5 vintage borderless photographs from the 1991 film including one of Jacques Rivette and Emmanuelle Beart on the set. <br/><br/>Inspired by Balzac's novella "Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu" Jacques Rivette's "La Belle Noiseuse" "The Beautiful Troublemaker" is a masterful 4 hour study of the creative process and the emotional tolls taken on artist model and family. <br/><br/>A once famous now reclusive painter Frenhofer Piccoli and his wife Liz Jane Birkin are visited by a young artist Nicolas David Bursztein and his girlfriend Marianne Beart. Frenhofer is inspired to take up work on a painting "La Belle Noiseuse" he abandoned a decade earlier with Marianne replacing the former model Liz. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Assas Herault France. <br/><br/>One photograph 5 x 7 inches remaining four photographs 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine very light edgewear. <br/><br/>Cannes Palme d'Or Nominee 1991. Cannes Grand Prix 1991. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert III. Pierre Grise Productions unknown books
190032685Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. The Memorial Edition of which there have been printed 100 Copies; Lettered A to Z and 1 to 74. Issued in the Interest of La Société des Gens de Lettres for the Prix Barrie-Balzac No. 33. PRINTED THROUGHOUT ON JAPANESE VELLUM. Over 400 Plates in 2 States Frontispieces COLORED and UNCOLORED Plates in text in 2 states as well Remarqued on Japanese vellum and Unremarqued on tissue tipped onto Japanese vellum Etchings after Paintings by Adrien Moreau Louis-Eduard Fournier etc. 51 vols. 8vo. Bound in original gray cloth with paper title labels identifying this as the "Definitive Edition" minor wear. Lacking Parisian Life vol. 6 vol. 6 of 53 and Philosophical Studies vol. 1 vol. 42 of 53. The Memorial Edition of which there have been printed 100 Copies; Lettered A to Z and 1 to 74. Issued in the Interest of La Société des Gens de Lettres for the Prix Barrie-Balzac No. 33. PRINTED THROUGHOUT ON JAPANESE VELLUM. Over 400 Plates in 2 States Frontispieces COLORED and UNCOLORED Plates in text in 2 states as well Remarqued on Japanese vellum and Unremarqued on tissue tipped onto Japanese vellum Etchings after Paintings by Adrien Moreau Louis-Eduard Fournier etc. 51 vols. 8vo. George Barrie & Son unknown books
1878008010London: Richard Bentley and Son 1878. SCARCE in fine binding and such lovely condition. Both volumes stamped "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London England for Gelber Lilienthal Inc.". Handsomely bound in half polished blue calf ruled in gilt over marbled boards the backs with two calf labels lettered in gilt and four gilt stamped fleurs-de-lys in gilt ruled boxes top edges gilt marbled end papers. Near Fine light toning at pages nearest frontispiece engraving Vol. I and facsimile letter Vol. II light rubbing to boards at edges. Interior pages quite clean. . First Edition. Half Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Richard Bentley and Son Hardcover books
1901008011London: Downey & Co. Limited 1901. SCARCE in fine binding and such lovely condition. Both volumes stamped "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London England for Gelber Lilienthal Inc.". Handsomely bound in half polished blue calf ruled in gilt over marbled boards the backs with two calf labels lettered in gilt and four gilt stamped fleurs-de-lys in gilt ruled boxes top edges gilt marbled end papers. Near Fine light rubbing to boards at edges. Interior pages quite clean. . First Edition. Half Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Downey & Co., Limited Hardcover books
192725744Paris: Duchartre & Van Buggenhoudt 1927. 45 p. .39 cm.; Illustrations produced by the pochoir stencil and hand-coloring method. "Il a été tiré . des exemplaires sur papier à dessin Olin. Ex. no. 3481." Extract from chapter 3 of the author's Le médecin de campagne. Illustrated boards with discoloration and wear along edges. <br/><br/> Duchartre & Van Buggenhoudt hardcover books
190192437London:: William Mitchell & Company. Very Good. 1901. Hardcover. B000J5YK70 . Translated from the French complete and unabridged. No indication of printing. Octavo bound in red cloth with elaborate gilt and black lettering and design top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear and aging short closed tear to the fore edge of the last page else very good. No dust jacket.; 490 pages . William Mitchell & Company, hardcover books
18421672321842. GRANDVILLE J.J. Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. Two volumes. 8 386 6; 4 390 6 pp. With 201 engraved plates and 120 vignettes illustrating the text. Large 8vo. 261 x 180 mm uniformly bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt vingettes of Grandville designs on the covers and spine. Paris: Hetzel et Paulin: 1842. First Edition of a Grandville masterpiece bound in the publisher's gilt-stamped cloth. A fantastic example of anthropomorphic illustration and an important precursor of surrealism. These illustrations represent some of Grandville's most memorable creations. Many of the plates are of single figures but there are also satirical scenes of everyday life monsters animals looking at politicians caged at the zoo etc. The texts contained herein were written by such notable authors as Balzac Charles Nodier George Sand Louis Viardot and even J. Hetzel the publisher under the pseudonym of P.-J. Stahl. Hetzel was the motivating force behind this work which he undertook in order to "give words to Grandville's marvellous animals and to join our pen with his pencil thereby coming to his assistance in criticizing the aberrations of our epoch and by preference among these aberrations those which are of every period and every country." Gordon N. Ray writes: "Through Grandville's animals Hetzel and his colleagues offered a witty and telling commentary on contemporary politics and personalities." Some minor rubbing rear hinge of volume 2 with professional repair overall clean near fine. Ray 194. Carteret III 552-59. Rebeyrat Catalogue bibliographique et bibliophilique in: J.-J. Grandville 1985 pp. 289-90. hardcover books
18421675771842. GRANDVILLE J.J. Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. Two volumes. 8 386 6; 4 390 6 pp. With 201 engraved plates and 120 vignettes illustrating the text. Large 8vo. 261 x 180 mm uniformly bound in publisher's full decorated cloth binding with gilt vignettes of Grandville designs on the covers and spine. Paris: Hetzel et Paulin: 1842. First Edition of a Grandville masterpiece bound in the publisher's elaborate polychrome decorated binding. A fantastic example of anthropomorphic illustration and an important precursor of surrealism. These illustrations represent some of Grandville's most memorable creations. Many of the plates are of single figures but there are also satirical scenes of everyday life monsters animals looking at politicians caged at the zoo etc. The texts contained herein were written by such notable authors as Balzac Charles Nodier George Sand Louis Viardot and even J. Hetzel the publisher under the pseudonym of P.-J. Stahl. Hetzel was the motivating force behind this work which he undertook in order to "give words to Grandville's marvellous animals and to join our pen with his pencil thereby coming to his assistance in criticizing the aberrations of our epoch and by preference among these aberrations those which are of every period and every country." Gordon N. Ray writes: "Through Grandville's animals Hetzel and his colleagues offered a witty and telling commentary on contemporary politics and personalities." A fine set rare in the publisher's decorated bindings and internally pristine. Ray 194. Carteret III 552-59. Rebeyrat Catalogue bibliographique et bibliophilique in: J.-J. Grandville 1985 pp. 289-90. hardcover books
1845WRCLIT29295Paris: Publie par J. Hetzel 1845. Two volumes. Thick quarto. 19th century three quarter crimson morocco raised bands spines gilt extra t.e.g. Profusely illustrated with plates and vignettes in text the large majority being after drawings by Gavarni. Very shallow snag at crown of one spine light occasional rubbing at edges otherwise a large generally clean largely untrimmed set. First editions of this ambitious undertaking featuring contributions by Balzac Sue Sand Stendahl Musset Nodier Gautier Nerval and many others preceded by a general history of the city by Theophile Lavallee. The over two hundred wood-engraved plates are based on Gavarni's drawings and Ray lauds them as being "of even greater interest than the 320 wood engravings of his OEUVRES CHOISIES.The engraving is superior for the most part and they are new conceptions not versions of his lithographs.His designs make LE DIABLE A PARIS the culmination of the Romantic tradition of DIABLERIE which began with the lithographic albums of the 1820s. It is also the last of the big books of collaborative illustration." RAY 236. CARTERET III:203-7. Publie par J. Hetzel hardcover books
306282Paris Garnier Freres ca. 1860. Sixth edition. Thick 8vo. Illustrated with 425 designs by Gustave Dore. Original gilt stamped red cloth covers detached; spine chipped. Good. A clean copy. Bookplate of George Cukor. Part of the book collection Cukor inherited from George Hoyningen-Huene. 615 pages. From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front pastedown. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Good. Paris, Garnier Freres, ca. 1860. hardcover books
1857183017Paris.: Michel Levy Freres. 1857. Contemporary green stippled cloth over green marbled boards gilt spine title. . A very good tight copy with foxing throughout. . 12mo. 17.5x11.5 cm. French text. Paris stories by prominent French authors. Michel Levy Freres. hardcover books
1974UDEBHIS00JMJPenguin 1974. Very Good. de Balzac Honore. History of the Thirteen. Hunt Herbert J. London: Penguin 1974. 390pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with slight shelf wear. Penguin paperback books
19742296430Penguin Books 1974. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Light sticker adhesive and crease on rear wrapper pages very lightly toned. 1974 Trade Paperback. 390 pp. "Passionate and perceptive the three short novels that make up Balzac's History of the Thirteen are concerned in part with the activities of a rich powerful sinister and unscrupulous secret society in nineteenth-century France. While the deeds of 'The Thirteen' remain frequently in the background however the individual novels are concerned with exploring various forms of desire. A tragic love story Ferragus depicts a marriage destroyed by suspicion revelation and misunderstanding. The Duchess de Langeais explores the anguish that results when a society coquette tries to seduce a heroic ex-soldier while The Girl with the Golden Eyes offers a frank consideration of desire and sexuality. Together these works provide a firm and fascinating foundation for Balzac's many later portrayals of Parisian life in his great novel-cycle The Human Comedy. Penguin Books paperback books
190047609Paris: Calmann - Lévy Éditeurs 1900. Later printing. Quarter red calf red marbled boards stamped in gilt to back strip text block speckled marbled eps. green ribbon marker. A G/VG copy. Modest wear edges and corners are rubbed and bumped boards scuffed age toning to leaves couple small pencil markings to preliminary blank gilt bright. 435 pp. Including index. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Single book of a much larger volume. Text in French. Calmann - Lévy, Éditeurs hardcover books
190047607Paris: Calmann - Lévy Éditeurs 1900. Later printing. Quarter red calf red marbled boards stamped in gilt to back strip text block speckled marbled eps. green ribbon marker. A G/VG copy. Modest wear edges and corners are rubbed and bumped boards scuffed age toning to leaves couple small pencil markings to preliminary blank gilt bright. 431 pp. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Single book of a much larger volume. Text in French. Calmann - Lévy, Éditeurs hardcover books
1960Embry 189047The Limited Editions Club 1960. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. Illus. by Rene ben Sussan. Tan cloth. The Limited Editions Club, 1960. One of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. hardcover books
1902Embry 174110The Renaissance Society 1902. The Renaissance Edition number 3 of 6 copies for members only. Spine and edges sunned a shade to soft brown else fine. Seven plates including frontis in two states one state of which is hand colored hand colored title page. Full plum crushed morocco exquisitely and elaborately stamped in gilt with green and cream leather onlays and with hand colored inset to verso of front board withing gilt dentelles. The Renaissance Society, 1902. The Renaissance Edition, number 3 of 6 copies for members only. hardcover books
1948Embry 82934The Limited Editions Club 1948. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Bookplate light white film to front board portion of leather spine else fine in near fine publisher's slipcase with two seams just starting. Illus. by Rene Ben Sussan. Black leather over marbled boards. The Limited Editions Club, 1948. One of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. hardcover books
196033114London: Limited Editions Club 1960. Hardcover. Very good. #219 of 1500cc signed by the illustrator Rene ben Sussan. Couple of small spots to foredge of textblock else very good in publisher's slipcase that is abit sunned on the edges. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1900UDEBHON00CZCPeter Fenelon Collier & Son 1900. Very Good. de Balzac Honore. Honore de Balzac in Twenty-five Volumes: The First Complete Translation into English. New York: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son 1900. Illustrated. 8vo. 3/4 burgundy leather with gilt lettering on spines. Book condition: Very good with small chips and tears in heads of backstrips. Lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Previous owner's name written on front pastedown of Volume XI. Peter Fenelon Collier & Son hardcover books
192919310Paris and London: Le Livre Du Bibliophile Georges Briffaut Editeur 1929. 113 pages some unopened; Limited edition No. 272 "Trois cent quatre-vingt-quinze exemplaires sur Velin d'Arches Contenant L'Etat Definitif des Eaux-Fortes"; title page printed in red and black nice decorative red & black initial ornamentation; Imprime par Coulouma Maitre Imprimeur a Argenteuil H. Bathelemy Etant Directeur; plates printed by Les Ateliers De Leblanc et Trautmann; French text throughout; tissue-guarded frontispiece engraving as are all the illustrations in the text; large format 12 1/4" x 8 1/2" approx. size wide margins; original printed stiff paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear to the wraps soiling chipping to ends of spine; contents in very good condition outstanding illustrations. Very Good. Illus. by Fernand Hertenberger. Le Livre Du Bibliophile Georges Briffaut, Editeur paperback books
1963UDEBLEP00efGarnier Freres 1963. Very Good. de Balzac Honore. Le Pere Goriot. Paris: Garnier Freres 1963. 477pp. Bibliography. 12mo. Blue cloth with mounted illustration. Book condition: Very good with subtly faded spine and lightly rubbed edges. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown and light notes in pencil not affecting text. Garnier Freres hardcover books
