René Kieffer

First edition illustrated with drawings in and out of text by the author.
Half black morocco binding with bands, smooth spine decorated with gilt animal motif, light scratches of no consequence to spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.

First edition under this title, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper containing a state of the etchings.
Full old rose morocco binding, spine with four wide false raised bands decorated with fillets and compartments with cherry branch designs stamped in blind, boards decorated with a large plate framed with fillets representing a war helmet abandoned in a landscape of ruins surmounted by a cherry branch, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Kieffer.
Work illustrated with etchings and wood engravings by Paul Baudier.
Large manuscript signature of Georges Duhamel on the half-title page.
Handsome copy well established in a binding with decoration characteristic of René Kieffer's work.

First edition illustrated with woodcuts by Raphaël Drouart. Copy no. 728 (66 to 1050 on Vélin d'Arches). 18 full-page color plates printed in different tones: sepia, grey, blue, gold, green...), 7 black and white vignettes at chapter beginnings, 3 at chapter ends and one at text end.
Contemporary signed full brown marbled calf binding by René Kieffer, with his label at top of first endpaper. Raised band spine decorated with 2 diamond shapes with stylized foliage panel in blind. Boards decorated with 2 large panels with alternating foliage in blind, one darker brown, the other lighter. The spine and edges are lighter, only the panels and tools are dark brown. Minor rubbing. Some occasional foxing on an otherwise fresh set.
Superb Art Deco binding by Kieffer. This binding has already been used on several copies of this edition (generally on first paper copies), so it is likely a publisher's commission for this work.

Edition illustrated by Auguste Leroux, one of 25 numbered copies on Grand Japon, containing four states of the illustrations including one state with some tints and a large original signed watercolor by Auguste Leroux, deluxe copy.
Work decorated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece etched by Decisy and 46 compositions drawn by Auguste Leroux and H. Bouché-Leclercq and colored with pochoir, including a title vignette (repeated on the half-title), 15 plates, 15 headpieces and 15 tailpieces). The different states of the illustrations have been bound at the end of the volume.
Full navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with roulettes, stippling and a large octagonal antique-style tool stamped in gold repeated twice, large octagonal tool with floral motif at the center of the covers and pentagonal tool of the same inspiration at the corners, navy blue morocco decorated with stippling and gilt octagonal tools framing the pastedowns, marbled endpapers, covers and spine preserved, blind fillet on the leading edges, gauffered headcaps, top edge gilt over deckled edges. Contemporary binding signed by Kieffer.
Five leaves, including the back cover, have been cut at the upper corner certainly to allow better access to the duplicate leaves.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of the rare copies on laid paper of which no mention is made.
Full black morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, place and date gilt at foot, cold-stamped roulettes on headcaps, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, frame of double gilt fillets and gilt fleurons in corners of pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, small tear on second cover, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Preface by Edmond Frank, work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece drawn and engraved by H. Danger.
Our copy is enriched with a double portrait of Paul Marrot as frontispiece and bears an autograph inscription signed by H. Danger to the preface writer of the work, Edmond Frank.
Fine and rare deluxe copy established in a full morocco binding signed René Kieffer.

Definitive edition illustrated with 24 original etchings by Edouard Chimot, one of 355 numbered copies on Arches vellum.
Full black morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with horizontal palladium bands heightened with horizontal lines of red and brown mosaic morocco, cold-stamped roulettes on headcaps, traces of rubbing on one weakened joint, covers decorated with a large interlacing design in palladium set with pieces of red and green mosaic morocco, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, frame of palladium fillet and palladium fleurons in corner-pieces of pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, cold fillet on edges, top edge gilt, slipcase bordered with black morocco, marbled paper boards, beige felt interior, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Handsome copy in a spectacular Art Deco binding in full mosaic morocco signed René Kieffer.

Illustrated edition with 82 original color compositions by Pierre Vidal, one of 325 numbered copies on Rives laid paper.
Bound in half mouse-grey morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with brown and red mosaicked morocco pieces depicting clusters of fruit and foliage, gilt date at foot, double black fillets on marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant contemporary binding signed by René Kieffer.
Signed and inscribed by Auguste Blaizot to the bibliophile writer Léon Hennique below the justification page.
Provenance: from the library of Léon Hennique with his bookplate designed by Léon Glaize and engraved by Eugène Dété pasted on a pastedown.
Fine copy perfectly executed by René Kieffer in a mosaicked binding.

Edition illustrated with original compositions by Bertrand engraved with burin and etching by Léon Boisson, one of 150 numbered copies on Marais vellum.
Publisher's binding in full red morocconized shagreen, spine slightly faded with two fine raised bands decorated with cold-stamped motifs, covers entirely decorated with cold-stamped tools representing coat of arms surrounded by floral motifs, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved, binding signed by Kieffer.
Occasional light foxing without gravity affecting essentially the endpapers.
Pleasant copy perfectly bound by René Kieffer.

Edition illustrated with color images by Jean-Paul Quint, one of 580 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown morocco-grained shagreen, spine with two raised bands decorated with blind-stamped motifs, covers entirely decorated with blind tooling depicting figures and animals, top edge gilt, uncut, original wrappers preserved, joints slightly cracked at head with minimal lacks, binding signed by Kieffer.
Occasional light foxing at foot of some leaves without consequence.
Handsome copy perfectly bound by René Kieffer.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue after 20 on China paper.
Half grey-blue morocco binding with bands, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cicada, marbled paper boards, moiré endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Kieffer.
Pleasant copy perfectly executed.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies reimposed on Arches laid paper specially printed for the bibliophilic society of the "XX".
Preface by Anatole France.
Full glazed caramel calf binding, spine slightly darkened with four raised bands decorated with stylized floral motifs stamped in blind, floral compositions stamped in blind to upper corners of boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original double wrappers slightly preserved and double spine preserved, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Manuscript signature of Roger Marx below the justification page.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies reimposed on handmade Arches laid paper specially printed for the bibliophilic society of the "XX".
Full glazed caramel calf binding, spine slightly darkened and rubbed with four raised bands decorated with stylized floral motifs stamped in blind, floral compositions stamped in blind to upper corners of boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original triple wrappers slightly preserved and triple spine preserved, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Manuscript signature of Louis Pergaud below the justification page.

Edition published in 150 copies.
Contemporary full dark blue morocco binding, spine slightly darkened with five raised bands decorated with star motifs, joints cracked at head and foot, covers decorated with a frame of gilt stars and a central plaque, fabric endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillet and stars framing the pastedowns, top edge gilt on deckled edges, morocco-edged slipcase, binding signed by Kieffer.
The work is illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Bonfils.
Provenance: from the library of Moïse Lévi (or Lévy) de Benzion, important collector and bibliophile, with his Egyptianizing bookplate engraved on a leaf bound at the beginning of the work.
A handsome copy in a decorative binding by René Kieffer.

Edition illustrated with original illustrations by T. Polat, one of 50 copies on Arches paper, deluxe copies after 30 on Japan paper.
Spine with four raised bands set with black fillets decorated with undulating black fillets representing barbed wire and a poilu helmet enriched with an inlaid piece of brown morocco, boards enhanced with a pattern of black fillets representing barbed wire and poilu helmets in the corners and centers enriched with inlaid pieces of brown morocco, black fillet on the leading edges, frame of red morocco listel and double gilt fillets with gilt poilu helmets in the corners on the pastedowns, endpapers and pastedowns of gray watered silk, following endpapers of handmade paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt; slipcase bordered with the same morocco and covered with handmade paper, brown felt interior, superb contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Work illustrated with 38 etchings, an original frontispiece and an original hors-texte by T. Polat.
Like all copies of the deluxe issue, our copy is complete with its duplicate suite of the frontispiece and hors-texte on China paper.
Manuscript signatures of the author and publisher on the justification page.
Fine copy perfectly executed by René Kieffer.