Lucien DESCAVES

Lucien DESCAVES

Born18 mars 1861
Died6 septembre 1949
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrance
Journaliste et auteur dramatique
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DESCAVES, Lucien
  1. "Si j'aime Daumier et ses amis ?... Vous verrez cela ! "
    Lucien DESCAVES

    "Si j'aime Daumier et ses amis ?... Vous verrez cela ! "Signed autograph letter addressed to a writer who recently wrote a biography of Honoré Daumier

    Paris 20 avril 1934|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed, on letterhead of the periodical "Le journal", by Lucien Descaves, 15 lines in blue ink, probably addressed to Raymond Escholier who published at Floury, in 1934, a biography of Honoré Daumier.
    Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion.
    "20 avril 34
    Cher ami.
    Je suis désolé de vous avoir, oh !, bien involontairement contrarié, mais je rendais compte de votre livre, comme je parlerai de celui que vous allez m'envoyer et que j'attends avec impatience. Alors, je dirai ce que Daumier vous doit et ne doit pas à Suarès. Si j'aime Daumier et ses amis ?... Vous verrez cela ! A bientôt, cher ami, le plaisir de dîner ensemble, et...
    €100
  2. Philémon vieux de la vieille
    Lucien DESCAVES, Pierre-Eugène VIBERT

    Philémon vieux de la vieille

    Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1922|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    New edition, one of the copies on laid paper.
    Spine slightly sunned at head and foot with two small lacks.
    Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a portrait of the author by Pierre-Eugène Vibert.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Lucien Descaves to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob.
    €60
  3. Among the most handsome achievements of "Fin de Siècle" art publishing
    L'Image : revue artistique et littéraire ornée de figures sur bois
    Jules RAIS, Léon RUFFE

    L'Image : revue artistique et littéraire ornée de figures sur bois

    Floury|décembre 1896-décembre 1897 (le mois de novembre n'est pas paru)|23 x 31 cm|13 numéros en feuilles sous couvertures le tout sous une chemise

    One of 100 copies of the magazine printed on China paper for issues 1 to 11. The specimen issue and no. 12 are on laid paper. Our copy is complete with the spine and covers of the general binding, and the twelve illustrated covers.
    First edition of the complete collection of L'image, published between 1896 and 1897.
    All issues of the magazine are bound together under a half sheep binding with corners, spine with five raised bands titled in gilt, marbled paper boards. Some rubbing.
    Scattered foxing and marginal tears.
    Complete copy of this magazine founded by the young French corporation of wood engravers, and published by the publisher of...

    €2,300
  4. Barabbas
    Lucien DESCAVES, Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN

    Barabbas

    E. Rey|Paris 1914|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Spine lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with 174 drawings by Steinlen.
    Rare signed autograph inscription by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.
    €300
  5. Moeurs des diurnales
    [Marcel SCHWOB as] LOYSON-BRIDET (inscribed to Lucien DESCAVES)

    Moeurs des diurnales[Manners of the Diurnals]

    Mercure de France|Paris 1903|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition published under the pseudonym Loyson-Bridet, one of the first issue copies.
    Binding in brown half morocco, back with five nerves set with black threads, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, Contemporary binding signed Moens .
    Three press clippings and a bookstore description label pasted at the top of the volume on the White Guards.
    Precious autograph dedication signed by Marcel Schwob, under his pseudonym of Loyson-Bridet, to Lucien Descaves.
    €600
  6. Barabbas. Paroles dans la vallée
    Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN, Lucien DESCAVES

    Barabbas. Paroles dans la valléeBarabbas. Words in the Valley

    Eugène Rey|Paris 1914|16 x 20.50 cm|relié
    DESCAVES Lucien
    illustrated by STEINLEN Théophile Alexandre
    Barabbas. Paroles dans la vallée [Barabbas. Words in the Valley]
    Eugène Rey, Paris 1914, 16 x 20,5 cm, dark brown morocco and custom slipcase
    First edition, one of a 100 numbered copies on Japan paper, enriched with a suite of illustrations printed on China paper, the tirage de tête.
    Dark brown morocco by Gruel, spine in five compartments (very slightly faded), pastedowns lined with a dark brown morocco frame and five gilt fillets, moiré cloth endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillet to edges of covers, gilt roulettes to head of spine, wrappers and spine...
    €1,500
  7. Trois primitifs
    Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (inscribed to Lucien DESCAVES)

    Trois primitifs[Three Primitives]

    Albert Messein|Paris 1905|16.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper; only 17 copies were printed on deluxe Japanese paper.
    Bradel binding in full boards covered with glazed marbled paper, smooth spine, navy Russian morocco lettering piece, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge; an elegant signed pastiche binding by T. Boichot.
    Illustrated with 6 plates hors texte.
    A fine copy, handsomely presented in a pastiche binding.
    With a precious signed autograph inscription by Joris-Karl Huysmans to his friend and literary executor Lucien Descaves.
    Lucien Descaves, a naturalist writer, Communard, libertarian and anti-militarist, founded the Joris-Karl Huysmans Society in 1927.
    €1,500
  8. Do not think that I have the slightest bitterness against Monsieur Descaves. Those who do not like my books have the same opinion as me.”
    A la recherche du temps perdu
    Marcel PROUST (inscribed to Lucien DESCAVES)

    A la recherche du temps perdu[In Search of Lost Time]

    Grasset • Nrf|Paris 1913-1927|12 x 19 cm|13 volumes brochés

    First edition including all the features of the first issue for Du Côté de chez Swann (Grasset printing error on the title-page, front cover with the date 1913, missing contents table, publisher's catalogue at rear). First edition on ordinary paper, one of the very rare first edition copies without a statement of edition for A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, from an edition of about 500 copies. Following volumes in first numbered editions on pur fil, only deluxe copies after the "réimposés".

    Few small tears along the lower edge and a small crease mark to the upper cover of Du côté de chez Swann, with some foxing to the...

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  9. L'Image : revue artistique et littéraire ornée de figures sur bois
    [Alphonse MUCHA] Alfons MUCHA, Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

    L'Image : revue artistique et littéraire ornée de figures sur bois[L'Image: An Illustrated Artistic and Literary Review with Wood Engravings]

    Floury|décembre 1896-décembre 1897 (le mois de novembre n'est pas paru)|27.50 x 30.60 cm|relié
    Complete collection in volume of the magazine L'image, published between 1896 and 1897. 12 issues published, well complete of its copy number, enriched by an exceptional autograph dedication of the author of the directors of publication Tony Beltrand, Auguste Lepère, Leon Ruffe, Jules Rais , to Monsieur Floury, the publisher of the magazine. Personal copy of the editor of the magazine, Henri Floury (handwritten in pencil repeated several times in the lower margin of the inset "QUOTE THE MENTION").
    Well complete covers illustrated at the end of the volume, made by masters of the time (Toulouse-Lautrec, Alfons Mucha).
    (LUXURY EDITION TAKEN 100 EXAMPLES ON...
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  12. Barabbas
    Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN, Lucien DESCAVES

    Barabbas

    Eugène Rey|Paris 1914|15.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    first edition on the current paper.
    Binding half brown shagreen with corners, back with four nerves decorated with a caramel morocco mosaic piece depicting a stylized owl, small traces of rubbing on the back, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, gilded head, Contemporary binding.
    Signed autograph of Lucien Descaves Charles Léger: "Do not you think, Charles Léger, dear colleague and friend, Gustave Courbet had well illustrated this book if it had appeared during his lifetime ...?"
    Book decorated with illustrations of Steinlen.
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  13. Flingot
    Lucien DESCAVES

    Flingot

    A. Romagnol|Paris 1907|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
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  14. Flingot
    Lucien DESCAVES

    Flingot

    A. Romagnol|Paris 1907|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
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  15. L'as de coeur
    Lucien DESCAVES

    L'as de coeur

    Sté mutuelle d'édition|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|broché
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  16. Oiseaux de passage
    Lucien DESCAVES, Maurice DONNAY

    Oiseaux de passage

    Eugène Fasquelle|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Inscribed by the authors to Marcel Prévost.
    Handsome illustrated cover.
    Spine slightly faded and split at foot.
    €100
  17. Souvenirs d'un ours
    Lucien DESCAVES

    Souvenirs d'un ours

    Les éditions de Paris|Paris 1946|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
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  18. Flingot
    Lucien DESCAVES

    Flingot

    A. Romagnol|Paris 1907|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
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