Gino SEVERINI

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of sixth edition, no deluxe copies were printed.
Illustrated, handsome copy complete with its wraparound band.

First edition out of trade, one of 300 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours printed specially for Jean Comte, only draw with 30 Japan.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of a frontispiece and a cul-de-lamp of Gino Severini.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Paul Fort to Jean Comte: "This book, or rather this shipwrecked shipwrecked boat under the rainbow of hope ... with the affectionate memory of an old finder of our France ".

First edition hors commerce, one of 300 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing with 30 on Japan paper.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Fort to Léon Gaudin: "Ce naufrage de poète sous le faible symbole d'espérance que peut être un arc-en-ciel... avec le bien cordial souvenir d'un vieux trouvère de notre France" ["This shipwreck of a poet under the feeble symbol of hope that a rainbow can be... with the most cordial remembrance of an old troubadour of our France"].
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and tailpiece by Gino Severini.
Handsome copy.

SEVERINI Gino & BOCCIONI Umberto
Les Peintres futuristes italiens
[The Italian Futurist Painters]
Bernheim jeune, Paris 1912, 12 x 16 cm, stapled
First edition, for which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, of the catalogue of the first and most important foreign futurist exposition.
Two tiny marginal spots, not serious, to upper cover, otherwise a good copy.
$ 500

Rare catalog of the exhibition entitled "Eloquence of the line" organized at the gallery of Two Islands from 24 October to 12 November 1949 and presenting works by Severini, Picabia, Schoeffer, Warb, Sophie Taeuber, Fleischmann, Hartung, Soulages, Schneider , Villeri, Lirman, Goebel, Seuphor.
A rusty trombone discharge at the top of the first board.
Text by Michel Seuphor.
Rare.

First edition out of commerce, one of 300 copies numbered and initialed by Paul Fort on Arches paper, ours printed especially for Jean Comte, only draw with 45 Japan.
Back slightly insolated as usual and which also has a small lack in mind, a slight tear in the head of the first board.
Illustrated book of a frontispiece, a cul-de-lamp and bands of Gino Severini.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Paul Fort to Jean Comte: "... these fairy tales and French walks on seven monarchs of sweet France" enriched, below, this handwritten thought: "Light is the life of all my thoughts . "

First Edition, one of 185 copies numbered and justified by Paul Fort on laid Arches paper and reserved for his friends.
Binding half morbid taupe morocco corners, smooth back adorned with double golden nets, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, gilded head, ex-libris Georges Rouma pasted on a contreplat.
Illustrated book of a frontispiece, vignettes and banners of Gino Severini
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Paul Fort to his friend Georges Rouma as a quatrain.
It was pasted, next to the guard on which appears autograph described above, a signed autograph letter dated 1931, two pages, from Paul Fort addressed to Georges Rouma about the publication of this book .
Finally, was pasted on the next page of the mailing, a moving autograph letter dated and signed four pages of Germaine Fort, the poet's daughter, about the poor state of health of Paul Fort and the pecuniary annoyances generated by his inactivity forced her even to ask Georges Rouma for financial help.