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1918597571918. Paris: S.n. c. 1918. Paris: S.n. c. 1918. Sem's Account of a Notable Treason Trial Trial. Sem Gorsat Goursat Georges 1863-1934. Bolo Paul d. 1918 Defendant. Affaire Bola-Pacha: 68 Croquis d'Audience par Sem. Paris: S.n. c. 1918. 68 lithographic images on 24 sheets and a sheet of captions in a printed wrapper housed in a printed folder. 12-1/2" x 10." From a signed edition of 300 on Arches paper this number 283. Light soiling and edgewear to outer folder a few minor tears along fold lines short minor tear to spine of inner folder light stain to caption sheet plates fine. $1750. The Bolo Pasha affair involved a French traitor Paul Bolo who convinced the Egyptian Khedive Viceroy Abbas Hilmi to sponsor an anti-war movement in France through the press using $2500000 raised from German sources. Granted the title Pasha by the Khedive Bolo renamed himself Bolo Pasha. Convicted of treason he was executed by a firing squad in April 1918. Sem's caricatures portray the judge defendant witnesses and judges at various points in the trial. Gorsat or Goursat was a French caricaturist and illustrator active from the late nineteenth century to 1934. His lasting fame rests on his depictions of French ruling class and French high society during the Belle Epoque. He was a regular contributor to the leading French periodicals produced albums of caricatures depicting current events and social life and designed several path-breaking advertisements. His work is highly esteemed today. unknown books
2011USEMEMP00MELFarrar Straus and Giroux 2011. Fine. Sem-Sandberg Steve. Emperor of Lies. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2011. First American edition. 664pp. Glossary. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with gently bumped spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently bumped edges. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
193027102Paris 1930. Folio. 19 3/4 x 13 inches. 16pp. with illustrations coloured using the pochoir process. Stitched wrappers.<br/> <br/>A fine copy of this work containing two stories: one of creative hair-dressing and the second of a nose-job.<br/> <br/>Georges Goursat moved to Paris in about 1900 and adopted the professional name 'SEM' in honour of the 19th-century illustrator Chaim Amédée de Noé and during his long and very successful working life recorded Paris and the French upper classes during four decades - a speciality was to produce images which are somewhere between straight portraits and outright caricature. He was also capable of more straight-forward illustration satirical work as well as producing a great deal of purely commercial work. unknown books
1914125086Paris: Succes 1914. Hardbound. Condition varies sold as a collection of plates. The front cover with the gold scissors is dampstained and soiled. The first three sheets of mounted ads show moisture offsetting to some degree. The next 35 pages or so 17 sheets are virtually free of defects other than very slight waviness. Following these sheets the progression of moisture damage is rapid through the final four sheets of text and the following sheets of ads. Thus sold as a collection of rare pochoir plates. Large folio mounted in buckram with pochoir plates tipped-in advertisements and additional illustrations throughout. Approx. 66 pp. including 22 pp. narrative text. See condition notes. No statement of limitation is noted as has been described by other booksellers. Stunning and rare a real shame that is is not in better condition. Please contact me for more information. Created by the French artist/caricaturist George Goursat 1863-1934. His work both written and illustrated was full of humor inspired by his observations of European high society. Succes hardcover books
1914256071Paris: Succes 1914. paperback. very good. Illustrations in color & in black & white including mounted photos pictures of cars interior design & fashion along with several advertising pages of french luxury restaurants champagne perfume etc. 28 leaves are unpaginated 2 additional loose pages. Slim folio 46cm x 33cm front wrapper with a large embossed illustration of a golden pair of scissors and the title in black and the rear cover an illustration of a woman sitting side saddle on a horse has been pasted on the covers of a beige portfolio with the corners cut in a diagonal to fit the binding. Covers are rubbed. The interior is very good. Paris: Succes 1914. Very good.<br/><br/> Sem illustrates fashion before the war which he denounced the "ridiculousness" of fake chic. Benezit 518.<br/><br/> Succes unknown books
1914243774Paris: Succes 1914. paperback. very good. Illustrations in color & in black & white including mounted photos pictures of cars interior design & fashion along with several advertising pages of french luxury restaurants champagne perfume etc. 28 leaves unpaginated 2 additional loose pages. Slim folio 46cm x 33cm original printed wrappers with a large embossed illustration of a golden pair of scissors and the title in black. Covers are spotted and dust soiled with the edges chipped. The interior is basically fine. Paris: Succes 1914. Very good .<br/><br/> Sem illustrates fashion before the war which he denounced the "ridiculousness" of fake chic. Benezit 518.<br/><br/> Succes unknown books
191230493Paris 1912. Folio. 18 x 12 inches. 1 leaf of text printed recto and verso and 32 coloured plates printed recto and verso on 16 leaves coloured by H. Saude a pochoir colourist. Some minor edge tears and chips. Original publisher's printed wrappers.<br/> <br/>A splendid series of contemporary caricatures of the characters and doings of a summer at Deauville in 1912.<br/> <br/>Georges Goursat moved to Paris in about 1900 and adopted the professional name 'SEM' in honour of the 19th-century illustrator "Cham" Amédée de Noé and during his long and very successful working life recorded Paris and the French upper classes during four decades - a speciality was to produce images which are somewhere between straight portraits and outright caricature. He was also capable of more straightforward illustration satirical work as well as producing a great deal of purely commercial work. unknown books
26877Paris early 20th century. Folio. 20 pages of illustrations many highlighted in white and other colours. Unbound. The noble emperor in many settings mostly shopping including at the tailor in a Rolls Royce and looking at girls in 1920s costumes.<br/> <br/>Georges Goursat moved to Paris in about 1900 and adopted the professional name 'SEM' in honour of the 19th-century illustrator "Cham" Amédée de Noé and during his long and very successful working life recorded Paris and the French upper classes during four decades - a speciality was to produce images which are somewhere between straight portraits and outright caricature. He was also capable of more straightforward illustration satirical work as well as producing a great deal of purely commercial work. unknown books
