MIOMANDRE, Francis de: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

Francis de MIOMANDRE
"Encore une conquête du beau langage français. Après Viélé-Griffin, après Stuart Merrill, après Moréas, après Milosz, voici un homme qui a choisi, au lieu de son idiome natal, le nôtre."Corrected autograph manuscript entitled Armand Godoy
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1927]|14 x 22.50 cm|4 pages
Complete autograph manuscript unsigned by Francis de Miomandre entitled "Armand Godoy", 4 numbered leaves written in black ink.
Biographical manuscript with corrections and additions concerning his friend the Cuban poet of French expression Armand Godoy and notably about his latest work "Triste et tendre" published by Emile-Paul.
"Yet another conquest of beautiful French language. After Viélé-Griffin, after Stuart Merrill, after Moréas, after Milosz, here is a man who has chosen ours instead of his native idiom."
The friends Francis de Miomandre and Armand Godoy collaborated on several poetry reviews and even wrote together.
For Armand G
€300
(Max JACOB) Francis de MIOMANDRE
La naufragée - Exemplaire de Max Jacob
J. Ferenczi & fils|Paris 1922|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of edition.
Spine slightly warped with two small tears reattached at head and foot, light marginal foxing on some pages.
Precious autograph inscription signed by the author to Max Jacob: "...au plus ingénieux des poètes / au délicieux Max Jacob / ce livre qu'il eut la bonté de désirer lire..." ["...to the most ingenious of poets / to delightful Max Jacob / this book which he was kind enough to wish to read..."]
€300
"Akademos will remain an ephemeral nonetheless high-quality creation, a groundbreaking gesture that will be an important milestone both in the history of the homosexual movement and the beginning of the 20th century"
"Akademos will remain an ephemeral nonetheless high-quality creation, a groundbreaking gesture that will be an important milestone both in the history of the homosexual movement and the beginning of the 20th century"
Jacques d' ADELSWÄRD-FERSEN (ed.) Tristan DERÈME
Akademos, Revue mensuelle d'art libre et de critique[Akademos, Monthly Review of Free Art and Criticism – Complete Set of the Twelve Deluxe Issues]
Albert Messein|Paris 15 janvier 1909-15 décembre 1909|22 x 25 cm|12 livraisons reliées en quatre volumes
First edition, complete with all 12 issues of this luxurious and short-lived review founded and directed by Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, one of the exceedingly rare copies on japon, the only deluxe paper, with four states of the colour engravings.
Bound in half sand-coloured cloth, morocco lettering pieces, marbled paper boards, spines and wrappers preserved for each issue, a fine copy with wide margins.
Our copy indeed contains the four colour states reserved for the deluxe issue, printed on various papers, of each of the 23 photogravures in Arts & Crafts, Symbolist, Renaissance, Art Nouveau, and Classical styles, after Maxwell Armfield, Henri
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Francis de MIOMANDRE
Ecrit sur de l'eau
Edition du feu • H. Falque|Paris s. d. [1910]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
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Francis de MIOMANDRE, Henri CAZAN
Dancing
Flammarion|Paris 1932|19.50 x 27 cm|broché
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Francis de MIOMANDRE
Ecrit sur de l'eau
Editions de la revue 'Le feu'|Paris s. d. [ca 1910]|13 x 20 cm|broché
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Francis de MIOMANDRE
Ecrit sur de l'eau
Edition du feu • H. Falque|Paris 1908|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
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(Jules TELLIER) G. JEAN-AUBRY
Essai sur Jules Tellier
Sansot & Cie|Paris 1904|14 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, only 10 copies were printed on Holland paper in deluxe format.
Preface by Francis de Miomandre. Light worming to boards.
€50