Gabriele D'ANNUNZIO

First edition in French, one of 20 numbered copies on Japan paper, the deluxe issue
Half midnight blue morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date in gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, full marbled paper slipcase, lined with combed paper.
A handsome full-margined copy attractively bound.

First edition of the French translation, one of 70 numbered copies on handmade laid paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
Minor lacks at foot of spine at the deckled edges, five small discoloration spots on the first cover.
Rare full-margined copy.

First edition, one of the few numbered copies on Japan, the “tirage de tête”.
Binding in full dark midnight blue morocco, spine in four compartments with discreet recolouring, chocolate brown iridescent endpapers, frame of five gilt fillets and gilt fleurons in the corners of the paste-down endpapers, all edges gilt, preserved illustrated covers, slipcase lined with blue morocco, marbled paper boards, light blue baize interior, superb contemporary binding signed Meunier.
Preface by Gabriele D'Annunzio.
Work decorated with 54 monochrome and colour illustrations.
A very beautiful copy perfectly set in full morocco by Meunier.

Edition of the year of the original.
Binding full carton vellum style, smooth back, title label of brown shagreen, boards struck at their centers of the golden arms of Count Paul Biver, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved, gilded head, binding of l 'time.
Illustrated book of 21 wood and 143 initials of Adolfo de Carolis
Beautiful copy nicely drawn with the golden arms of Paul Biver.
Signed autograph dedication of Gabriele d'Annunzio to Count Paul Biver.

First edition of the French translation, one of 60 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies announced.
Spine slightly faded as usual, small tears without lack to head in the margins of the covers.
Collector printed stamp as ex-libris, nice copy with edges preserved.

First edition of the French translation, on ordinary paper, with statement of ninth edition.
Half dark blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, full marbled paper slipcase, interior lined with combed paper.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

First edition in French.
Half black shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, speckled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, illustrated covers preserved, corners slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by Adolfo de Carolis.
Gift inscription in ink by a former owner on the title page.

First edition of the translation in French, one of the 50 numbered copies on Japon, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Nice copy wide-margined.

First edition.
Binding in full black shagreen, smooth back decorated with pieces of shagreen mosaic brown, red and green representing an owl perched on a branch of tree, listel of red shagreen at the head and tail of the back, golden roulettes on the caps, boards embellished green, red and yellow mosaics depicting a bouquet of flowers in a vase, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, framing of a golden lace on the contreplats, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilt head, golden dots on the cuts, case bordered of black shagreen, interior of beige felt, boards of marbled paper, Contemporary binding signed René Gutmann.
Beautiful copy perfectly established in a mosaic...

Edition on current paper, the French translation.
Binding half brown shagreen, slightly discolored flat spine with a gold cartridge embellished with cold and cold florets, small traces of friction on the joints, marbled paper boards, guards and contreplats paper to the vessel, gilt, ex -libris macabre pasted on the back of the first flat binding, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of the author to G (aston) Pawlowski of solsrice dated summer 1910.
Small foxing on the guards.

New edition.
Binding to indigo percaline bradel in full, smooth back, gilded tail date, title burgundy shagreen piece, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head, contemporary binding.
Rare autograph signed Gabriele d'Annunzio Madame Georges Claretie.
Nice copy.

First edition.
Finely engraved headpieces at the beginning of each volume, index at end of third volume, some pale foxing to covers.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite occasional worming.