93 résultats
196135477NY: Pantheon 1961. Second edn. 8vo. pp. 193. In French and English. Translation from the French by Hugh Chisholm. Bollingen series XXXIV. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Covers slightly soiled and scuffed o/w a nice tight copy. A long poem. Pantheon unknown books
194946749NY: Pantheon 1949. Bilingual edition. 4to pp. 166. Bibliography. Translated from the French by Denis Devlin. In English and French. With notes by Archibald MacLeish Roger Caillois and Alain Bosquet. Bollingen series XV. Black cloth printed in white and gilt. A very small spot on one page edges of cover slightly scuffed o/w a nice copy. Pantheon unknown books
1966WRCLIT52112New York: Pantheon/Bollingen 1966. Oblong quarto. Cloth. First edition thus. Bollingen Series LXXXII. Fine in price- clipped dust jacket and faintly worn slipcase. A beautiful book. Pantheon/Bollingen hardcover books
1966WRCLIT21601New York: Pantheon/Bollingen 1966. Oblong quarto. Cloth. First edition thus. Bollingen Series LXXXII. Fine in dust jacket and somewhat worn and bumped slipcase. A beautiful book. Pantheon/Bollingen hardcover books
1966WRCLIT48751New York: Pantheon/Bollingen 1966. Oblong quarto. Cloth. First edition thus. Bollingen Series LXXXII. Fine in dust jacket; the rear panel of the slipcase is partly detached. Pantheon/Bollingen hardcover books
1944WRCLIT40528New York: Norton 1944. Cloth and boards. First U.S. edition. Translated by Louise Varese with an Introduction by Archibald MacLeish. Poet/publisher James Laughlin's copy with his bookplate on the pastedown. Small dampstain to lower left corner of pastedown and facing leaf light foxing to endsheets top edge dusty otherwise a good or better copy in a foxed dust jacket rather heavily on the verso with several small chips nicks and closed tears. Norton hardcover books
1961UPERCHR00JRABollingen Foundation 1961. Very Good. Perse St. John . Chronique: Bollingen Series LXIX Bilingual Edition. Fitzgerald Robert translator . New York: Bollingen Foundation 1961. 1st edition. 60pp. 4to. Cloth. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Bollingen Foundation hardcover books
194463309NY:: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. French text with English translation by Louise Varese. Introduction by Archibald MacLeish. First edition thus. Very good in a good edge worn with several short edge tears and small chips price clipped dust jacket. . W. W. Norton & Company, hardcover books
1960WRCLIT71346Rodez: Editions Subverie 1960. Printed wrappers. Fine largely unopened in glassine wrapper. First edition. Copy #11 of one hundred numbered copies on Alfa Mousse. With the author's 1961 presentation inscription to Saint-John Perse A. Leger. Editions Subverie unknown books
1945WRCLIT76249Sewanee: The Sewanee Review 1945. Large octavo. Printed cream wrappers. Lower fore-tip bumped otherwise very good to fine. First edition trade issue of this modestly early separate publication by Devlin issued as a supplement to the April 1945 issue of the SEWANEE REVIEW with the French text printed parallel with the translation. The Sewanee Review unknown books
1949WRCLIT68220New York: Pantheon/Bollingen 1949. Quarto. Decorated cloth. A trace dusty at edges else about fine in lightly edgeworn dust jacket with one short internally mended tear at top edge of rear panel. Translations by Denis Devlin printed in parallel with French text. First edition in this format published as Bollingen Series XV. Includes essays on Perse by MacLeish Bosquet and Callois. Jacket and binding design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Pantheon/Bollingen hardcover books
1950WRCLIT20144Paris: Gallimard 1950. Small quarto. Decorated blue wrappers. A trace sunned at edges else near fine unopened. First edition. One of 2500 numbered copies of 2870. A special issue in tribute to Perse with original contributions by him and by Gide Eliot Char Breton Devlin Spender Tate and many others. GALLUP C552. Gallimard unknown books
196079606NY:: Pantheon Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. B000HJ6ZTE . Bollingen Series LV. Bilingual edition: French and English. Translated from the French by Louise Varese. First edition thus. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . Pantheon Books, hardcover books
196058246NY:: Pantheon Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. B000HJ6ZTE . Bollingen Series LV. Bilingual edition: French and English. Translated from the French by Louise Varese. First edition thus. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else very good in a very good minor shelf wear and age toning dust jacket. . Pantheon Books, hardcover books
196179605NY:: Pantheon Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. B0020L56L0 . Bollingen Series XXXIV. Bilingual edition: French and English. Translated by Hugh Chisholm. First printing of this second edition. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Pantheon Books, hardcover books
19537733New York: Pantheon Books 1953. Folio. 252 4 blank pp. <br><br>Bilingual edition. #34 in the Bolingen Series. In French and English. The English translation is by Hugh Chisholm. With commentary by Paul Claudel Gaëtan Pincon Albert Béguin and Gabriel Bounoure. Publisher's cloth without the dust jacket. Boards a little soiled. Some offsetting to front pastedown and front free endpaper from old newspaper articles reviews of the works of St.-John Perse laid in between both pages. Near fine. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1949JC9387New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1949. Revised and corrected edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 109. Spine tips lightly rubbed otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket a little chipped and torn along the edges; rear panel a bit dust-soiled. <br/><br/> Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1965WRCLIT28989Paris: Gallimard 1965. Quarto. printed wrappers. First edition trade issue after 160 on vélin. Poet/translator Cid Corman's copy with his ownership inscription and scattered annotations attending his making a translation into English. Gallimard unknown books
1771007867Paris: Ch. Antoine Jombert Pere Librairie Du Roi 1771. With engraved frontispiece by Cochin stain lower edge to margin only . Original mottled calf back stamped in floral gilt wonderful marbled end papers edges stained in red ribbon marker. xxvii 1 224 2 pp. Very Good calf darkened with age corners rubbed spine title gilt rubbed interior pages clean and bright. . First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ch. Antoine Jombert Pere, Librairie Du Roi Hardcover books
14563Collection of 2 Vintage Optical Lantern images of Iran circa 1900. 3-1/4"x 4." The first photo captures a daily scene in a caravan square of an Iranian village. A crowd of villagers is immersed in the daily business and social routine. Sacks of grain are stacked beside a mud village wall and people stop to speak to each other. In the background a wind tower typical of Yazd region and Southern Iran rises over the village. In the second image a caravan of camels rests wearing saddles and bridles having completed the day's journey. The camels rest in the courtyard of an Iranian village with a group of villagers gathered in the background. Scarce and in very good condition. unknown books
17100Vintage Optical Lantern images of school students in Iran circa late 19 cent glass size is about 4" x 3.25" . One image hand-labeled "Persian School" in ink and "Teheran" in pencil show around 40 students and their teachers in traditional Persian Qajar era outfit and hat. Many are seated on a carpet and some standing in behind them all are in front of their schoolhouse. In the front we see the typical water basin "hose" that would be found at the center of most courtyards of that period. The studentsrange in age from children to young men the older ones are probably the teachers. in very good condition. Original images of the Qajar period are scarce. unknown books
14368Large Original Engraving of the ancient Persian necropolis Naqsh-e Rostam. Printed in 1720. Titled "Description des Tombeaux Autres Monumens Anciens que l'on trouve non loin de Persepolis dans une Montage de Roche Appelle La Montagne des Sepulchres." One large image of the Naqsh-e Rostam tombs. Two large detailed images of royal tombs with the header "Tombeau des Anciens Rois de Perse." French calligraphic text in the middle describing the tombs. The incredible series of ancient tombs known as Naqsh-e Rostam are located in central Iran outside of the city of Shiraz and were constructed over three thousand years ago. Naqsh-e Rostam consists of five different tombs belonging to the Achaemenian Kings Darius 1 2 and 3 as well as King Artaxerxes and King Xerxes. The tombs are known locally as the 'Persian crosses' because of the shape of the facades. The entrance to the tombs is at the center of each cross which opens onto to a small chamber where the king lay in a sarcophagus. There are seven enormous relief's chiselled into the mountain depicting scenes of victorious battles and royal life. 17" x 21.5." Several small tears on blank margin not affecting image area or text. Two original folds. Overall in verygood condition. unknown books
14586Two original antique steel costume engravings of a Persian Iran Royal Officer and Noble woman printed in 1864. Overall size: 9" x 12.5." The plate illustrations are brightly colored and intricately detailed characterization of the traditional costumes of a Persian Royal Officer and Noble woman. In the engraving of the Royal Officer titled "Khatchadour D'hohannes: Officier du Prince Royal de Perse" his attire entails a vibrant green coat with gold trimmings which covers a gold-colored ensemble with a purple sash that stores his dagger. In the engraving of the Persian Woman titled "Dame Persane" she is depicted in traditional costume as imagined by Europeans in the 1800's. The woman is shown leaning against a banister wearing an embroidered white satin gown with a pink silk and fur trimmed coat and a feathered headdress. General age related toning. Overall both prints are in very good condition. unknown books
14408Beautiful original engraving with five scenes of Persian Iran cultural and historical importance. Page is 11.75" by 9.5." Image size is 10" by 8." Engraving by Henry Winkles. Published in 1851 in New York and Germany. An intricate image depicting unique and dramatic aspects of Persian life in the 18th and 19th century presented in five panels on one lage page. The first image depicts a veiled bride riding a horse to meet her betrothed. The second image depicts a Persian woman traveling in a caravan supported by two horses. The third image shows a group of musicians playing wind and percussive intruments in a courtyard. The fourth image is of six men feasting on a decorative carpet. The fifth image depicts a war scene; one horseman aims his rifle at an awother warrier with a raised spear. The other half of the fith image shows a man who is beeing punished for his deeds with blows to his feet. Beautifully engraved with a rich contrast between light and dark. In very good condition. Scarce. unknown books
14421OLD PRINT VINTAGE ORIGINAL FRENCH MAGAZINE "LE MONDE ILLUSTRE" NUMERO OF THE YEAR 1909. PHOTOS WITH ARTICLE "SHAH OF PERSIA AHMED MIRZATHE REVOLUTION OF PERSIA".has images of a yong Prince and a Shah with his huge crown. COMPLETE MAGAZINE 16 PAGES.SIZE:29X385CM. INSIDE has aother ENGRAVINGSand PHOTOS and ARTICLES . Dates from Iran's Constitutional revolution of 1909 that divided the power between the Shah and the new Parlemant majles Meli. unknown books