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1899131587Chicago: Stone & Kimball 1899. First edition of this landmark work. Octavo original green cloth stamped in dark green and red. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are rare especially in this condition. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. The novel's blend of realistic narrative incisive social commentary and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern works of Faulkner Flannery O'Connor Eudora Welty Katherine Anne Porter and Tennessee Williams. Stone & Kimball hardcover
1899364153Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The uncommon first edition of this enduring Southern novel about a woman who is awakened to the possibilities of life when she falls in love for the first time with a man who is not her husband. Chopin was born in St. Louis but spent many years in Louisiana where most of her writing was set including this novel which was written after she and her family returned to Missouri.<br /> <br /> While the book generated controversy for its "immoral" premise the Mercantile Library of St. Louis initially purchased a copy and then removed it from circulation a number of early readers recognized it for its groundbreaking portrayal of a woman unwilling to be hemmed in by traditional expectations. The unnamed writer of the "Book Ways and Worldly Ways" column in the Delaware Gazette and State Journal July 13 1899 for example wrote "The topmost book on the table today recommended for summer reading is Kate Chopin's The Awakening.She writes things we women used only whisper in our boudoirs. But we women are getting on aren't we"<br /> <br /> The Newest Books column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch quoted appreciative letters from readers in England and then concluded "Perhaps when the London critics have thoroughly explained the merits of The Awakening American critics who have shown a disposition to look askance at its frank treatment of the commonest of human experiences will discover its value as a work of art."<br /> <br /> Chopin 1850–1904 bore six children between 1871 and 1879. Her husband died in 1882 leaving her in considerable debt. As a widow she had an affair with a married man which may have inspired The Awakening. Chopin and her children soon moved back to Saint Louis where Chopin took up writing. She died in 1904 from a brain hemorrhage following a visit to the World's Fair although the two events may have been entirely coincidental. <br /> <br /> See the Salem Weekly Oregon Statesman September 16 1902. First edition first and only printing. A very good copy and far superior to most copies at auction or in the trade. This copy has a narrow tide mark on the outer page edges particularly in the first half of the book. The back cover has some ink loss probably due to an old encounter with water. However the spine retains most of its green color; the hinges are tight; and the pages have very little foxing. According to the book auction records a lesser copy made $10000 at auction in 2021.<br /> <br /> This copy has the ownership signature of Cara L. Broughton dated August 1899 about a month after the book was published. This Cara Broughton was likely the daughter of Henry Huttleston Rogers who married a British civil engineer Urban Broughton and was made Lady Fairhaven by King George. There is a label of the bookstore W. B. Clarke Co. in Boston which is probably where Broughton purchased it. It also has a penciled price of 40 pence suggesting she took the book with her to England. <br /> <br /> This copy came from the library of one-time New Yorker editor Robert Gottlieb. In addition to the better-than-usual condition this copy is attractive for its history from the bookstore to the original woman who owned it to one of the best-known literary editors of the late 20th century. Herbert S. Stone & Co hardcover
18412301Leipzig: Kistner / Paris: Schlesinger PN 996 1841. Possessor’s inscription on title page Anton Khayll. Title page dusted tanned. Chipped edges and light foxing throughout. Spine artistically restored. Otherwise in very good condition. Folio. 5 leaves: p. 1 lith ITP pp. 2–9 engr text p. 10 blank. Title lithographed music engraved. <p>Reprint of the second German edition only difference is the title page price in gGr added. <br /> <p><br /> An early edition of Chopin’s Opus 6.<br /> <p><br /> Provenance: Anton Khayll’s 1819 – after 1841; Viennese pianist possessor’s inscription on the title page. <br /> Grabowski-Rink 6–2a-KI. unknown
1575575041575. Paris 1575. 1st ed. Paris 1575. 1st ed. The First Modern Treatise on Rural Rights: Rene Choppin's Landmark 1575 Agrarian Law Choppin Rene 1537-1606. De Privilegiis Rusticorum: Lib. III. O Fortunatos Nimium Sua Si Bona Norint Agricolas Gnauosque Senes Extrema per Illos Iustitia Excedens Terris Vestigia Fecit. Paris: Apud Nicolaum Chesneau 1575 colophon: 29 November 1574. xvi 248 24 pp. Quarto 9" x 6-1/2"; 22.86 x 16.51 cm. Contemporary limp vellum early calligraphic title to spine ties lacking. Negligible light shelfwear text block partially detached from binding. Woodcut printer device to title page woodcut decorated initials. Some toning light dampspotting and early annotations to a few leaves. A very good unsophisticated copy in its original binding. $1500. First Edition of this pioneering and rare treatise on the legal rights and social standing of the rural peasantry. Choppin a distinguished avocat of the Parlement of Paris was a key figure in the "Gallican" school of law. Alongside Jean Bodin and Jean Bacquet he sought to unify French law under royal authority by synthesizing Roman principles with local custom. De Privilegiis Rusticorum is a landmark work that defines the "privileges" of farmers-not as aristocratic perks but as specific legal protections regarding land access taxation and debt. The work famously invokes Virgil's Georgics in its title reflecting the Humanist effort to reconcile classical agrarian ideals with 16th-century legal practice. The Biographie Universelle notes it "deserves notice for the singularity of its subject" and its "profound research" 8:499. Rare in commerce and in institutional collections. OCLC locates only three North American copies Columbia GWU Harvard. Camus Profession d'Avocat 1477. unknown
1892432439Boston: Two Tales Publishing Company 1892. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 20pp. paginated 145-164. Stapled wrappers printed in red and black. Wrappers repaired with rice paper especially on the rear wrap which has a few words lacking and a little overall soiling else very good. One of the earliest appearances in print by Kate Chopin "At the 'Cadian Ball" was one of her famous Bayou stories which later appeared in her collection Bayou Folks. It appears here in the magazine Two Tales which began publishing in 1891 and which not surprisingly published two stories in each issue the other story here is by Ella Sterling Cummins. Fragile and rare. OCLC locates four copies with BAL referencing two additional copies. Two Tales Publishing Company unknown
195821235121958. Paris: Editions Hautefeuille Caracteres. 1958. 8vo. Light blue soft covers lettered in black to covers; pp. 81 7; warping to spine toning to covers creasing to front cover and wearing to edges toning to text block; very good. Inscribed copy of one of Chopin's earliest poetry books.These early poems which are focused on the body and introduce the poetic element or ""protagonist"" of the tape recorder were written by Chopin between 1951 and 1957. This collection is one of Chopin's first poetry books. This copy has been inscribed without mentioning his name to the typographer Robert Massin. At the time Chopin was working as a typographic proofreader like many others in the lettrist movement such as Altagor. paperback
19902090202120415672Greenpeace Publishing Association 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Greenpeace Publishing Association paperback
1856B2302Paris: Firmin Didot Freres c. 1856. A very good copy. Edition: First edition. Binding: Contemporary ¼ morocco with blue cloth boards spine in five compartments of raised bands gilt text on two edges speckled blue. Notes: This book describes the customs and history of the people in the region and the climate and topography of the land. Size: 8vo Illustration: With 35 steel-engraved plates relating to the countries mentioned in the title and 3 folding maps. Volume: Two parts in one. Pages: P. title blank 1-494; 1-226. Category: Book Europe Balkans Firmin Didot Freres hardcover
184340969Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 6925 1843. Octavo. Full 19th century dark green textured cloth with ruled border gilt "C.C.P" gilt to upper decorative device blindstamped to lower. 1f. recto title verso blank 63 "Compositionen ohne Ausgabe einer Opuszahl" i blank 65-83 i "Dedicationen der Werke Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's" pp. Title lithographed catalogue engraved. Small publisher's oval handstamp to foot of title. Occasional annotations in pencil. Scattered staining mostly minor; small tear to upper blank margin of p. 63 repaired with archival tape to verso. OCLC 1477534799. <br /> <br /> Together with:<br /> Zweite Abtheilung. Unbound. 1f recto title verso "Bemerkung." pp. 39 i blank. 41-44. Title worn and slightly foxed and stained with tear repaired with archival tape to verso; small tears to edges. Not in OCLC.<br /> <br /> First Edition.<br /> <br /> Bound with: <br /> CHOPIN<br /> Thematisches Verzeichnis der im Druck erschienen Compositionen von Friedrich Chopin. Leipzig . Paris . London: Breitkopf & Härtel . Brandus & Co. . Wessel & Co. PN 8497 ca. 1853. 1f. recto title verso blank i-iii "Inhalt. I. Werke mit Opuszahl. II. Werke ohne Opuszhal. III. Portraits. IV. Über Chopin" iv "Dedicationen" 31 i blank 33-35 i blank pp. A few "x" marks in contemporary manuscript. Occasional minor staining and foxing. <br /> <br /> First Edition. OCLC 29298462.<br /> <br /> Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; spine lacking with inner edges of boards reinforced with black tape. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 6925] unknown
54627Paris: self-published 1971. Quarto 27 × 26 cm. Original printed folder; four graphically designed single leaves with texts and designs by Marcelle Cahn Richard Orton Marcel Mariën and Raoul Hausmann among others as well as five folded posters with texts and images inter alia by William S. Burroughs Jefim Golyscheff and Marcel Janco mainly typographically designed and manufactured using printmaking techniques; and one vinyl record with recordings by Henri Chopin Bengt Emil Johnson Sten Hanson and Jacques Bekaert. Folder with signs of use; else good or better. Single issue of the rare avant-garde journal which Henri Chopin edited published and partly produced in his own home. Influenced by the Dadaists Chopin unlike the Lettrists was not only interested in pictorial poetry but above all in tonal poetry. Lettrism did not go far enough for him in terms of the dissolution of linguistic conventions and the use of new media. In 1958 he took over the editorship of the conventional poetry magazine "Cinquième Saison" in which he published early reflections on phonetic poetry. The last issue under this title contained a record and among other things the poet René Ghil's prophecy: "In 50 years the poet will be operating phonetic machines." Number 20/21 was then published under the new title "OU". This underlined the radical change in the journal which from then on resembled "multimedia compendia" or "poetic wonder bags" Marc Matter filled with loose leaves screen prints posters fanfolds relief images typographic collages sometimes even three-dimensional objects and regularly a record. In this way Dadaism Futurism Ultra-Lettrism Fluxus Concrete Poetry etc. were mixed together. Chopin consistently self-published the elaborate journal for ten years. He and his wife worked endlessly at home to put together the individual issues and sent them out all over the world. Cf. Marc Matter Revue OU Disque in: Fabrikzeitung no. 298 2014.<br /> <br /> One of 475 numbered copies; besides these 25 copies were published in three different deluxe versions.<br /> <br /> Cf. Archiv Sohm 256. unknown
54622Paris: self-published 1966. Square quarto 27 × 26 cm. Thread-stitched sections in original printed folder; 72 pp. With numerous mounted and separately laid-in multiples and graphics: one original graphic two folded graphically designed plates four enclosed plates of concrete poetry eight enclosed typographically designed pages unopened section two mounted envelopes with ten printed small cards each by Ben Vautier and one vinyl record with recordings by Raul Hausmann poèmes phonétiques 1918 Bernard Heidsieck and Henri Chopin. Folder with signs of use; edges of the folder slightly damaged; else good or better. Single issue of the rare avant-garde journal which Henri Chopin edited published and partly produced in his own home. Influenced by the Dadaists Chopin unlike the Lettrists was not only interested in pictorial poetry but above all in tonal poetry. Lettrism did not go far enough for him in terms of the dissolution of linguistic conventions and the use of new media. In 1958 he took over the editorship of the conventional poetry magazine "Cinquième Saison" in which he published early reflections on phonetic poetry. The last issue under this title contained a record and among other things the poet René Ghil's prophecy: "In 50 years the poet will be operating phonetic machines." Number 20/21 was then published under the new title "OU". This underlined the radical change in the journal which from then on resembled "multimedia compendia" or "poetic wonder bags" Marc Matter filled with loose leaves screen prints posters fanfolds relief images typographic collages sometimes even three-dimensional objects and regularly a record. In this way Dadaism Futurism Ultra-Lettrism Fluxus Concrete Poetry etc. were mixed together. Chopin consistently self-published the elaborate journal for ten years. He and his wife worked endlessly at home to put together the individual issues and sent them out all over the world. Cf. Marc Matter Revue OU Disque in: Fabrikzeitung no. 298 2014.<br /> <br /> Contributions by: Edmund Alleyn Roberto Altmann Noel Arnaud Serge Béguier Gianni Bertini Jan Burka Henri Chopin John Furnival Ilse and Pierre Garnier Bohumila Grögerova Josef Hirsal Jiří Kolář Kosice Hansjörg Mayer Rancillac Carl Frederik Reutersward Mimmo Rotella and Ben Vautier. Record with contributions by Henri Chopin Raoul Hausmann and Bernard Heidsieck.<br /> <br /> One of 500 numbered copies; besides these 25 copies were published in three different deluxe versions.<br /> <br /> Cf. Archiv Sohm 256. unknown
197921235441979. Paris: Jean-Michel Place. 1979. 8vo. Publisher's soft typographic covers titled in black to spine; pp. 308 illustrations and photographs throughout 5; wearing to edges of covers. An anthology of poesie sonore sound poetry that gathers together a variety of poets theoreticians and artists. Poesie Sonore Internationale serves as a reflection of Henri Chopin's role not only as a creator of sound poetry but also a curator. This copy has been signed by Chopin in pencil to page five unknown
1894157381894. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1894. 2 pp undated ads. Original olive green cloth decorated in gilt.<br/> <br/> First Edition of Kate Chopin's second but first obtainable book a collection of 23 stories and anecdotes of Louisiana local color. A native of St. Louis Katherine O'Flaherty 1850-1904 married a successful Louisiana Creole named Oscar Chopin and lived in New Orleans and on a nearby cotton plantation until his death of swamp fever in 1882 when she was 31; after two years of trying to manage the indebted plantation herself she returned with her children to St. Louis where suffering from depression she was encouraged to write as a form of therapy. Her writing career began with the now-exceedingly-rare AT FAULT St. Louis 1890 in wrappers -- and it ended due to the public shock over her fourth book THE AWAKENING 1899. She died at age 54 of a brain hemorrhage suffered at the St. Louis World's Fair. As an example of the BAYOU FOLK tales "Désirée's Baby" just twelve pages long tells of Armand an antebellum Louisiana aristocrat who over the objections of friends and family marries an adopted girl of unknown ancestry. Their newborn baby boy is definitely "dark" -- so Armand turns Désirée and the child out of his house. She did not take the broad beaten road to the far-off plantation of Valmondé. She walked across a deserted field where the stubble bruised her tender feet so delicately shod and tore her thin gown to shreds. She disappeared among the reeds and willows that grow thick along the banks of the deep sluggish bayou; and she did not come back again. Some weeks later burning old letters Armand discovers one from his mother to his father; the story ends with this quote from that letter: "I thank the good God for having arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother who adores him belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery." This copy is very good-plus perhaps near-fine: there is scarcely any wear other than a cracked rear endpaper though as always with this olive-green cloth the spine has aged to a honey-brown. Blanck 3244. unknown
197121235481971. Paris: Atelier de Creation Radiophonique. 1971. 8vo. Stapled with soft white covers lettered in black with acetate covers and tissue hinge; pp. 28 3; rip to base of tissue hinge; very good. Super rare edition produced in-house for Radio France for internal use thus one of only a handful of copies. This is Chopin's play for the theatre which was ultimately realised by Roland Manuel at ACR in 1971 the same historical French programme that would release Antonin Artaud's Pour en nir aver le Jugement de dieu two years later. unknown
1894140948466Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1894. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. 313 2; ads pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth beautifully stamped in gilt; designed by famed book cover designer Sarah Wyman Whitman. Near Fine with lean to binding and fading to spine light wear to cloth. Hinge at front endsheet is tender former ownership to top edge of 1pp. A lovely copy. Chopin's collection of short stories about life in late 19th-century rural Louisiana. Houghton Mifflin and Company unknown
1838167927Paris : Firmin Didot freres 1838. First Edition. Hardback. Minor scattered marginal foxing. Fine copies both bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Series: L'Univers. histoire et description de tous les peuples. Physical desc.: 2 v. : ill maps ; 23cm. Title of t. 2 reads: Russie par M. Chopin . la fin de la Russie d'Europe y compris la Crimee par M. Cesar Famin; et les provinces russes en Asie Circassie et Georgie par M. Cesar Famin. Armenie par M. Bore. Subject: Russia. Armenia. Language: French. Paris : Firmin Didot freres hardcover
189771070Chicago: Way and Williams 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Contemporary and attractive bookplate of Robert Markham on the front pastedown titles on the spine a bit rubbed extremities a little rubbed and worn a nice very good or a bit better copy. The author's second book like her first Bayou Folk a collection of short stories. Very scarce. Way and Williams hardcover
189411451BAYOU FOLK Houghton Mifflin 1894 first edition slight wear to the base of the tanned spine small brown spot to b.p.e.'s never entering the margins of any pages else a tight vg copy with unbroken inner hinges. The authors first book. Houghton Mifflin unknown
1897157681897. Chicago: Way & Williams 1897. Original very dark blue cloth pictorially decorated in green and silver.<br/> <br/> First Edition of the author's third book which like her second book BAYOU FOLK 1894 is a collection of short stories sited in Louisiana bayou country. Katherine O'Flaherty 1850-1904 actually was born and died in St. Louis but she lived in the New Orleans area for the ten or so years she was married to a Louisiana Creole ending with his death in 1882. Her first book the novel AT FAULT St. Louis 1890 went largely unnoticed; her fourth and last book the novel THE AWAKENING 1899 was vilified at the time for its subject matter but has since come to be regarded as a major feminist work. A third collection of stories was cancelled by her publisher perhaps in response to the public outcry over THE AWAKENING and was not published until 1991 as A VOCATION AND A VOICE. Included in this volume is the famous tale "Athénaïse" -- "a short story about a willful young woman who runs away from her husband’s Louisiana plantation and lives secretly in New Orleans" KC Intl Soc -- a topic Chopin would expand upon with THE AWAKENING. This volume is a typically-artistic Way & Williams production with on both covers the same brooding bayou scene the green design is intentionally barely visible against the dark blue background -- only the silver moon and its silver reflection in the water stand out. This copy's condition is very good very minor wear at the corners; the silver pigment is slightly rubbed on the spine but less than is typical. Blanck 3245; Kraus W&W 52. unknown
184523128Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel . Paris: J. Meissonnier . Londres: Wessel & Stapleton: PN 7259 1845. Folio. Disbound. 1f. title 3-7 i blank pp. Title lithographed music engraved. Price: "15 Ngr." With publisher's handstamp to foot of title.<br /> <br /> Slightly worn soiled and creased; title slightly foxed. Second German edition. Grabowski-Rink 57-2-B&H. Chomiński-Turło p. 77. Hoboken 4 425 erroneously identified as "first German edition 1845". [PN] 7259 unknown
1894019975Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight cracking to hinges; spine a bit sunned with some staining. Very Good. Decorated green cloth. BAL 3244. Short story collection of Louisiana life. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin and Company hardcover
197044456Belgium: J. Bultinck/Cyanuur 1970. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Square 8vo. Unpaginated. Front cover creased at the bottom edge with faint circular stains and some light soiling to the rear cover. Top edge of the text-block wants to separate but hasn't binding remains tight and square. Illustrated with numerous visual poems some in colour some folding with a 7 inch 45 vinyl audio poem by Henry Chopin titled "Peche de Nuit." Vinyl is in fine condition and appears it was never taken out of the galssine wrapper. Published in an edition of 1150 copies this is no. 995 and is signed by Henri Chopin. J. Bultinck/Cyanuur unknown
185423127Paris: J. Meissonnier. Londres: Wessel et Cie. Leipzig: Breitkopf et Hartel: PN J.M. 2186 1854. Folio. Disbound. 1f. title 5 i advertisement pp. Title and music engraved by A. Vialon advertisement typeset. Price: "5 f." Publisher's handstamp to foot of title.<br /> <br /> Slightly soiled; some bleeding and offsetting; crudely trimmed. First French edition second issue later state. Not in Grabowski-Rink but see 57-1a-MEIj. Chomiński-Turło p. 77. Not in Hoboken.<br /> <br /> Dated based on the advertisement which lists pedagogical publications seven of which are identified as "approved by the Institute at its meeting of September 2 1854." Three further publications are identified as "adopted by the Paris conservatory at the meeting of July 5 1854. [PN] J.M. 2186 unknown
11664All from Trebic. TLS: 19 May 1973. ACS: 17 April 1973. ALS: 20 March 1974. All three in good condition on lightly-aged paper. The ALS is accompanied by its stamped and postmarked envelope addresed by Novák to 'Mr. Henri Chopin / The gate House / Ingatestone / G. Britain - Essex'. TLS: 1p. folio. He begins 'vraiment c'est nécessaire rectifier les mensonges de Dufrêne!' the Lettriste poet François Dufrêne 1930-1982 He does not know what to do about 'cimetière' and suggests waiting. He wants to see Chopin's book with 'Degottex et Heidsieck aussi le prochain OU Chopin's magazine je veux bien changer contre un alchimage mais je veux Te dire mon vieux ami - - pour moi sont très importantes les information alors aussi les livres vraiment pas nécessaires les livres de luxe'. References to 'Pierre' and 'Adolf' and to 'Edouard et Petithory'. Bold design in blue ink at foot and up left-hand margin somewhat like a melted anthropomorphic letter 'X'. ACS: Postcard with two photographs by Stanislav Kubicek of Novák's design on a rock. Giving details of his plans. 'Je suis fier d'être nommer parmi tes élèves!' ALS: 1p. folio. He thanks Chopin for his record '42-43-44' which has arrived that morning in a sleeve 'completement déchiré'. He is proud to have participated in it and was 'un peu surpris par son chant mais Les Mandibules sont excellentes!!' He has just recorded two sound poems at Prague and now hopes to find 'un nouveau style mais les deux enregistrements sont plus des essais'. He is sending '5 petits photos d'un evente à Brno' not present and is planning 'un voyage au Pologne'. All from Trebic. TLS: 19 May 1973. ACS: 17 April 1973. ALS: 20 March 1974. unknown
1897019222Chicago: Way and Williams 1897. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The author's second book very good in original dark blue cloth with green and silver decorations and lettering on front and rear boards a bayou scene and silver stamping on spine showing title author and publisher. Corners are bumped or turned slightly inward and cloth is rubbed through in small area at top of spine/front gutter. The silver stamping on spine is slightly worn but letters are very legible. A few interior pages have small smudges but for the most part tight and clean with no names or other markings in the book. Top edge of page block is gilt foredges of pages are uncut. A solid square tight copy of this scarce book. <br/> <br/> Way and Williams hardcover
