Paris

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine lightly sunned.
Autograph inscription by Marcel Duhamel to a couple of friends: "... ces souvenirs des jours heureux..." ["... these memories of happy days..."]

Les Ballades [The Ballads]Edition illustrated with drawings by Auguste Gérardin engraved by Jean Tinayre printed with 350 copies, ours is one of the 25 copies on vieux japon paper, reimposed 4to, enriched with a signed original watercolour, with a double suite of signed artist's proofs, on japon mince and on chine paper.

Bound in full brown morocco, spine in four mosaic compartments with black morocco frames and plant motifs in pine green, light green and brown morocco, boards richly mosaiced with strips of morocco in the same tones, pastedown...

First edition in French.
Half black shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, speckled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, illustrated covers preserved, corners slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by Adolfo de Carolis.
Gift inscription in ink by a former owner on the title page.

Edition illustrated with 27 in-text monochrome decorations by Eugène Courboin and a double frontispiece, including one of Daniel Vierge interpreted as an etching by Frédéric Massé, one of 660 numbered copies on satin velin from Scotland, only print with 40 royal Japan.
Binding in half pale blue morocco, spine decorated with typographic motifs with a piece of black and flesh coloured mosaic morocco in the centre representing a faun playing the flute, title piece in navy blue morocco, frame of gilt fillets on the marbled paper boards, caillouté marbled endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Randeynes.
Small traces of foxing on the first...

Cover of L'Estampe Moderne n°23 Mars 1899

L'Estampe Moderne, Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson & H.Piazza, Paris March 1899, 41 x 56 cm, one leaf

Original large margin print in black and white serving as the cover of the famous monthly publication Estampe Moderne. Entirely printed in black and white, our print is the cover of the rare collection in a large-margin luxury print of the first year of publication. Artist's signature on the board and number of the luxury print added in pencil.
A magnificent monthly French publication published between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne comprised unpublished chromolithographs which, unlike...

Rare original color lithograph, executed by Edmond Pilon for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 24 published in April 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on verso; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, the title, and a text, slight shadow corresponding to the engraving.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from La maison d'exil by Guillaume Pilon, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897...

Rare original colour lithograph, executed by Marguerite Delorme for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 24 published in April 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on verso; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and text, trace of angular fold.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Mes poupées by Julia Daudet, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe...

Edition illustrated with 41 drawings and a map by Montaut and 44 drawings by Emile Bayard and de Neuville.
Hetzel publisher's boards “with a fan and an elephant” in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre, first polychrome board signed Engel, second board type “i” as indicated by Jauzac, spine with a lighthouse, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally shaded as is usual, turn-ins of the second board completely split, those of the first board are split at the top. A very small trace of pen on the second board. Top spine-end slightly rubbed.
De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes is a novel of anticipation. It relates how, after...

Edition illustrated with 68 illustrations by George Roux including 20 large chromotypography engravings and a card.
Catalogue Y in-fine.
Hetzel publisher's board signed Engel also known as a type 4 “au globe”, spine with a lighthouse, Engel type “i” second board according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
First plate a little rubbed, as well as the spine. Volume a little warped.
Le Sphinx des glaces is a fantasy novel, which is intended as a sequel to the novel by Edgar Poe - to whom it is dedicated -, Les Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym, published in 1838.
Copy not reported by Jauzac.

Original black and white lithograph, second state, for La Gazette des Enfans, printed on heavy paper. Signed on the plate.
Delteil, 3839
Monogrammed stamp "AB" from Dr. Albert Bloch's collection on the reverse of the plate.
Foxing to the margins around the image, pronounced on the lower margin and verso.

Rare original lithograph heightened in colors, first state, printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 217. Rare.
Some pale foxing and slight tears (less than one cm) to left margin.

New edition illustrated by Riou and Montaut. Catalogue CH in fine for 1885.
Board with “Two elephants” of type 3, published between 1884 and 1889. Lenègre type “e” second board, with a blind tooling central badge on a black background.
Beautiful first plate, corners very lightly folded including a little rubbing. Very good spine with clear golds, the spine-ends a little sagging with a small tear the length of the joint. Second board in beautiful condition with 2 marks. A trace of a very pale water stain in the margin of the first 10 leaves fading away. Overall, rather clean but some leaves with scattered browning.
A beautiful copy.
Collector's edition of these two...