Paul CLAUDEL

New edition.
Autograph inscription from Paul Claudel to Lewis Muffat.

New edition on current paper.
Binding half old pink cardboard corners and snake way back with five nerves decorated with stylized lily flowers stamped cold, slightly rubbed joints, paper boards floral, guards and contreplats paper moiré, covers and backs preserved, charming decorative contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Paul Claudel Robert Garric, "... his friend who wants to be his collaborator ..."
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "

first edition on the current paper, false mention of fifth.
Signed autograph of Paul Claudel Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the   founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him   in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench"   "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Back insolated, a small marginal tear on the first guard.

New edition.
Publisher's paper boards with an original design by Paul Bonet.
Tiny foxing, not serious, to first free endpaper.

The genuine first edition printed in a small number of copies on vélin paper.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, endpapers slightly and partly faded.

First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil, tirage de tête.
Ex-libris encollé sur the title page, a very good copy.

First edition, one of 1,000 numbered copies on special so-called “Hôcho” paper, the only printing with 12 grand luxe copies and 6 hors commerce.
With fourteen drawings to text by Audrey Parr, wood engraved by Bonotsu Igami, “in the Japanese way”, as well as a scene in colors by Keisen Tomita (to verso), engraved by Bonkotsu Igami, a facsimile of an autograph poem, and a title page drawn by Noémi Pernessin.
A fine and rare copy with no spotting, the spine of the blue cloth chemise very lightly soiled.

La Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheepskin, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and soft slipcase.
Handsome copy.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.
Handsome copy despite a small lack at the head of the cellophane wrapper at spine level, the slipcase has been restored at foot with an adhesive piece.

First edition, numbered copy on Vélin Crèvecoeur. Several pre-original editions of texts by cited authors.
Publisher's folded cover, printed in yellow and black, corners slightly bumped, spine partially detached without loss.
Numerous collaborations by: P. Claudel, F. Mauriac, F. Jammes, Colette, N. Gogol, A. Gide, Alain, S. Spender.
The work includes a watercolor by Antoine Bourdelle as frontispiece and is complete with the numerous facsimiles of manuscripts such as Chateaubriand, F. Jammes, Louis XIV or drawings by H. Matisse, P. Bonnard, L. - A. Moreau, C. Bérard (in color).
The publishing house La Table ronde, despite its youth (it was created in 1944), brings together some of the greatest contemporary writers.
Handsome copy.

First edition, numbered copy on Rives laid paper.
Publisher's blue folded wrapper printed in red and black, spine sunned.
Contributions by P. Claudel, A. Suarès, G. Rouault, J. Paulhan, J. Tardieu, M. Arland, Guillevic, A. Camus, Dunoyer de Ségonzac, R. Dufy, E. Hemingway, A. Lhotte, P. Léautaud, A. Frenaud, Matisse.
Work illustrated with reproduced and mounted engravings by the aforementioned artists.
Handsome copy.

First edition, numbered copy on Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Publisher's folded blue cover printed in red and black slightly faded, spine faded.
Contributions by P. Valéry, H. Mondor, A. Huxley, M. Pischvine, J. Follain, M. Chagall, Picasso,
Work illustrated with reproduced and mounted engravings by the aforementioned artists.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Substantial issue gathering contributions from: Paul Claudel, Francis Vielé-Griffin, Maurice Barrès, Francis Jammes, Paul Adam, Albert Mockel, Stefan George, Stuart Merrill, Jean Moréas, Saint-Pol-Roux, Mécislas Golberg, André Salmon, Tancrède de Visan, Tristan Klingsor, Henri Ghéon, William Morris, Robert de Souza, Eugenio de Castro, Paul Fort ...
Spine creased with some small tears and slight lacks, traces of pencil annotations on rear cover, otherwise a handsome copy with fine interior.

First edition on ordinary paper, from a limited edition of only 75 copies reprinted on deluxe paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper, the only printing with 21 Holland and 70 pur fil copies.
The work is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of P. Claudel by Jean Charlot and a portrait of Jean Racine by Edelinck.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper for Protée, reprint for La cantate à trois voix, only 20 copies were printed on deluxe Arches laid paper. Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 950 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only printing along with 75 on pure linen.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only printing with 35 Japan copies.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by J. Charlot.
Handsome copy despite shadowing affecting the rear board.

Rare pre-first edition of this text written in China by the author.
Small stains on the covers, a minor corner tear at the head of the first page of text.
Rare.

First edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on wove paper.
Spine sunned with small lack at head, handsome interior condition.