First printing of the 109 colored wood miniatures by Henry Lemarié, one of the numbered copies on Rives laid paper for each of the volumes.
Small tear at foot of spine of the Bluebeard slipcase, very light rubbing without significance to the slipcases, two small tears at foot of second board of the silent wrapper encasing Cinderella.
We include the illustrated catalogue of Jean Porson editions as well as the catalogue, printed on Rives, announcing the collection of Charles Perrault tales illustrated by Henry Lemarié. This descriptive catalogue is decorated with the frontispiece of Sleeping Beauty in black, two vignettes and two in-text illustrations by Henry Lemarié.
Each slipcase features an illustration by Henry Lemarié on the first board.
Pleasant and rare set, complete with its illustrated slipcases, which was originally intended to comprise six tales but of which only three were published.
First edition.
Former owner's name on upper left corner of title page, spine wrinkled.
Our copy exceptionally contains signatures of several members of the editorial committee of the Association des déportées et internées de la Résistance or former deportees to the Ravensbrück camp, including: Renée Mirande-Laval, Jacqueline Souchère-Richet, Hélène Renal, Rose Guérin, Jacqueline Rigault, Simone Gournay, Marie-Antoinette Allemandi-Clastres, some of whom have added their deportee registration number below their signatures.
« En ces jours périlleux "d'équilibre par la terreur", de massacres et de calculs savants sur le nombre d'humains qui survivront à un holocauste nucléaire, il n'est que trop naturel que mes pensées se tournent vers vous.
À mes yeux, monsieur et cher éléphant, vous représentez à la perfection tout ce qui est aujourd'hui menacé d'extinction au nom du progrès, de l'efficacité, du matérialisme intégral, d'une idéologie ou même de la raison car un certain usage abstrait et inhumain de la raison et de la logique se fait de plus en plus le complice de notre folie meurtrière.
Il semble évident aujourd'hui que nous nous sommes comportés tout simplement envers d'autres espèces, et la vôtre en particulier, comme nous sommes sur le point de le faire envers nous-mêmes. »
First edition, one of 8 numbered copies on Chinese paper, the deluxe issue.
Bound in full red morocco, smooth spine, spine and boards decorated with a geometric design of black and gilt fillets representing interlaced mountain peaks in zigzag pattern, endpapers and pastedowns illustrated with an original lithograph signed in pencil by Germaine de Coster, following endpapers of red paper, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt; a very elegant contemporary binding signed by Hélène Dumas and Germaine de Coster.
This copy is further enriched with an original charcoal portrait of Jean Giono, signed by Robert Joël and mounted on a stub after the front wrapper.
A copy of the deluxe issue, magnificently bound in full morocco with a geometric design by Hélène Dumas, and with lithographed endpapers by Germaine de Coster.
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours being one of 15 hors commerce copies lettered under Ingres covers, deluxe copies after 2 reimposed on pure thread laid paper hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 holland paper copies.
Minor marginal tears of no consequence to the covers.
Handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les mains sales".
First edition, one of 48 copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Work decorated with illustrations by Jean Hugo.
Light rubbing to extremities of the slipcase.
Superb binding in dark exotic wood marquetry signed Pierre-Lucien Martin, dated 1962.
Binding in chocolate brown box leather with bands, smooth spine, gilt title lengthwise, first cover formed of a mosaic arrangement of dark wood pieces, with grain arranged in opposite directions, bearing the title engraved vertically and the author's name revealed in acrostic, second cover formed of a large panel of the same wood with unfolded grain bordered in chocolate box leather, endpapers and pastedowns of chocolate paper, top edge gilt over deckled edges, covers and spine preserved, slipcase of chocolate paper bordered in chocolate box leather, interior lined with brown felt, elegant ensemble signed Pierre-Lucien Martin and dated on the rear pastedown 1962.
First edition, no limited issue printed, of this exhibition catalog. This solo exhibition of Perrriand's works was held at the Musée des arts décoratifs from February 5 to April 1, 1985.
Scuffing on lower right-hand corner of second cover faded.
With a lot of illustrations, a nice copy.
Signed and dated inscribed copy by Charlotte Perriand to Michel Troche: "... que d'efforts conjugués...Vive l'amité. Charlotte" (...what a combined effort... Long live friendship. Charlotte).
First edition in French, one of 15 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
