Albert Messein

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Albert Messein
  1. La morale des lignes
    Mécislas GOLBERG, André ROUVEYRE

    La morale des lignes

    Albert Messein|Paris 1908|15 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the copies on tinted Arches paper.
    Work illustrated with reproductions of drawings by André Rouveyre and a portrait, on a loose sheet, of Mecislas Golberg by Antonio de La Gandara.
    Handsome copy.
    €100
  2. Thélème
    Albert ROBIDA, Maurice CHEVAIS

    Thélème

    Albert Messein|Paris 1920|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 600 numbered copies justified by the publisher on bouffant paper.
    Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
    Handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with 60 illustrations by Albert Robida.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Maurice Chevais to Claude Colombet.
    €150
  3. Tristan Corbière
    Charles MORICE

    Tristan Corbière

    Albert Messein|Paris 1912|16.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed for the benefit of the monument dedicated to Tristan Corbière, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
    Some interior foxing, a full-margined copy.
    Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a photographic portrait of Tristan Corbière.
    €100
  4. La négresse blonde
    Georges FOUREST, [Henry GAUTHIER-VILLARS] WILLY (Trad.)

    La négresse blonde

    Albert Messein|Paris 1909|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper printed in 505 copies, with only 1 Japan and 4 Holland deluxe copies.
    Preface by Willy.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €450
  5. Les stupra
    Arthur RIMBAUD

    Les stupra

    Imprimerie particulière • [ Albert Messein]|Paris 1871 (1923)|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the 150 numbered copies, the only printing with 25 Japon.
    Rare and nice copy.
    €2,000
  6. Eurythmies
    Jean ROYERE

    Eurythmies

    Albert Messein|Paris 1904|15 x 21 cm|relié
    first edition on current paper.
    Binding in half brown heartache, back with five nerves slightly cleared up and with small traces of friction, golden date in tail, boards, guards and counterplates of marbled paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, binding signed Canape & Corriez.
    Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Jean Royère: "To the poet Armand Godoy / I offer these first beginnings / which were mine / as a testimony of aesthetic communion."
    €100
  7. Clartés sur la poésie
    Jean ROYÈRE

    Clartés sur la poésie

    A. Messein|Paris 1925|13 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vellum, single print with 10 Chinese and 15 rod of Arches paper.
    Binding in half shagreen red leather, back with five nerves, date in tail, preserved covers, golden head.
    Beautiful autograph dedication of the author from Jean Royère to A. Godoy evoking Charles Baudelaire, beautiful copy.
    €60
  8. Notes sur Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
    (Auguste de VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM) [Louis THOMAS as] Georges PIERREDON

    Notes sur Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

    Albert Messein|Paris 1919|12.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 490 numbered copies on laid paper, only print with 10 Japan.
    Tiny head and foot tears on the back.
    Autograph autograph shipment signed by Louis Thomas to Louis Vauxcelles.
    €70
  9. Autour des églises de village
    Maurice BARRÈS

    Autour des églises de village

    Albert Messein|Paris 1913|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe issue.
    Endpapers lightly offset, rare and handsome full-margined copy.
    €200
  10. Etudes italiennes
    Alfred MORTIER

    Etudes italiennes

    Albert Messein|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    A tear in the foot of the first board.
    Autograph signed by Alfred Mortier to Madame Alfred de Tarde.
    €40
  11. Léon Bocquet écrivain lyrique
    M.-N. SECRET

    Léon Bocquet écrivain lyrique

    Albert Messein|Paris 1933|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Signed autograph MN Secret to the painter Fernand Pinal illustrating works of Leon Bocquet.
    Small bites on the margins of the boards.
    €40
  12. Jusqu'à la fin du monde
    Adolphe RETTÉ

    Jusqu'à la fin du monde

    Messein|Paris 1926|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper, punch press service on the sidelines of the second board.
    Beautiful autograph signed by Adolphe Retté: "Willy, this book to read when he will be bored with so much fun, his old comrade".
    Back glued to the head, small marginal tears on the boards.
    €70
  13. Les branches lourdes
    Léon BOCQUET, Fernand PINAL

    Les branches lourdes

    Albert Messein|Paris 1929|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    Third edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches paper, only leading copies.
    Illustrated book of an original engraved wood of Fernand Pinal.
    Autograph signed by Léon Bocquet to the painter Fernand Pinal: "ordinary painter of the poet, admiring friendship ..."
    Our copy is enriched with an autograph postcard signed Leon Bocquet on the back of which he wrote a few words to Fernand Pinal about prisoners of the Great War recently released.
    Some stings mainly affecting the boards.
    €100
  14. Le fleuve intérieur
    Raphaëlle MARTINON

    Le fleuve intérieur

    Albert Messein|Paris 1934|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
    Beautiful autograph autograph dedication of the author signed to the full page of Raphaëlle Martinon to Henri Béraud.
    Back and marginally discolored boards, bites and small spots on boards.
    €50
  15. Tu es fort
    AUREL

    Tu es fort

    Albert Messein|Paris 1938|12 x 19 cm|broché
    first edition on plain paper.
    A beautiful autograph signed by Aurel to Henri Béraud: "... because of the polemic force of this great wrestler, this book adds something, because he also wrote to me (illegible word) on my dear great poet Alfred Mortier.
    Back insulated, stings on the boards.
    €60
  16. Les branches lourdes
    Léon BOCQUET

    Les branches lourdes

    Albert Messein|Paris 1929|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    first edition, third edition mention, press service punch on the second board.
    Autographed autograph dedication of the author from Léon Bocquet to Henri Béraud.
    An illustrated work, on the frontispiece, of a portrait of Leon Bocquet engraved on wood by F. Pinal.
    Two small misses in the head and foot of the back, some small foxinges.
    €50
  17. Les stupra
    Arthur RIMBAUD

    Les stupra

    Imprimerie particulière • [ Albert Messein]|Paris 1871 (1923)|16.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Edition largely original, one of 150 numbered copies on vergé, the only printing with 25 Japon.
    Bradel binding in half morocco, covers preserved.
    Ex-libris pasted on a pastedown.
    Endpapers very slightly with small stains, otherwise very rare and nice copy.
    €2,000
  21. Des brises qui venaient de Paros...
    [Roger de NÉRÉŸS] Marie Antoinette de HELLE

    Des brises qui venaient de Paros...

    Albert Messein|Paris 1920|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 475 numbered copies Alfa paper bulk, only large paper after 2 Japan and Holland paper 10.
    Signed autograph of Roger Nereÿs Felix Goyon.
    Book ornate frontispiece, a portrait of the author.
    An illustrated and laminated label on upper cover is lacking in our copy.
    €150
  22. Le dieu Jésus
    Édouard DUJARDIN

    Le dieu Jésus

    Albert Messein|Paris 1927|14 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Autograph inscription from Edouard Dujardin to Henry Charpentier.
    Spine slightly sunned.
    €100
  23. Poèmes décadents 1883-1895
    Paterne BERRICHON, Maximilien LUCE

    Poèmes décadents 1883-1895

    A. Messein|Paris 1910|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 12 copies numbered and justified by the author on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.
    With a frontispiece portrait of Paterne Berrichon by Maximilien Luce.
    Some edges slightly and marginally faded, not serious.
    A rare and good copy with good margins.
    €750
  24. Trois primitifs
    Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (inscribed to Lucien DESCAVES)

    Trois primitifs[Three Primitives]

    Albert Messein|Paris 1905|16.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper; only 17 copies were printed on deluxe Japanese paper.
    Bradel binding in full boards covered with glazed marbled paper, smooth spine, navy Russian morocco lettering piece, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge; an elegant signed pastiche binding by T. Boichot.
    Illustrated with 6 plates hors texte.
    A fine copy, handsomely presented in a pastiche binding.
    With a precious signed autograph inscription by Joris-Karl Huysmans to his friend and literary executor Lucien Descaves.
    Lucien Descaves, a naturalist writer, Communard, libertarian and anti-militarist, founded the Joris-Karl Huysmans Society in 1927.
    From 1887 onward he frequented Edmond de Goncourt’s...
    €1,500
  25. La farce de la marmite
    Laurent TAILHADE, PLAUTE

    La farce de la marmite

    Messein|Paris 1909|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the translation by L. Tailhade, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Laurent Tailhade to his morphine-addicted friend Dominique Bonnaud.
    Frontispiece by E. Gabard, charming head- and tailpieces in Art Nouveau style.
    Spine sunned, some stains on the covers.
    €100
  26. Historiettes réunies par Suzy Leparc
    Denis DIDEROT

    Historiettes réunies par Suzy Leparc

    A. Messein|Paris 1920|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First collected edition of this selction of text choosen by Suzy Leparc, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, the tirage de tête.
    A very good copy.
    €90
  27. Valentines et autres vers
    Germain NOUVEAU

    Valentines et autres vers

    A. Messein|Paris 1922|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 480 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 20 on Chine.
    With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
    A handsome full-margined copy.
    €120
  28. "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, Revue mensuelle d'art libre et de critique
    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 Saulnier Ciolkowski, Léonard Sarluis, Bernardino...

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  29. Amour
    Paul VERLAINE, Theodor HUMMEL

    Amour

    Librairie Albert Messein|Paris 1922|16 x 25.30 cm|relié
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  30. Liturgies intimes
    Gustave ASSIRE, Paul VERLAINE

    Liturgies intimes

    Albert Messein|Paris 1923|16 x 25.50 cm|relié
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  32. Funiculaire
    Léon-Paul FARGUE (pref.) René GUILLERE

    Funiculaire

    Albert Messein|Paris 1933|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vellum baggy.
    Insolated back with a tear in the head, first flat detached.
    Preface by Léon-Paul Fargue.
    Signed autograph of Léon-Paul Fargue to Jeanne Billard: "... homage of the speaker ..."
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  33. Images
    Jean FRANCIS-BOEUF

    Images

    Albert Messein|Paris 1932|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, punch service press on the second board, one of 1500 numbered copies on vellum baggy.
    Nice copy.
    Signed autograph of Jean Francis-Boeuf to the poet Armand Godoy: "... knight ... Brotherly and joyful tribute to his old broussard ..."
    Unavailable
  34. De l'aube au crépuscule
    René VILLARD, Jean FRÉLAUT

    De l'aube au crépuscule

    Albert Messein|Paris 1939|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only leading copies.
    Our copy, as it is stipulated in the justification of the draw and like the copies of the leading edition, is full of his original etching Jean Frélaut he signed in pencil.
    Nice copy at all margins.
    Autograph dedication signed by René Villard to the painter and engraver Jean Frélaut: "... who fully realized the dream of the poet ..."
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  35. Eurythmies
    Jean ROYÈRE

    Eurythmies

    Albert Messein|Paris 1904|15 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Precious autograph dedication signed by Jean Royère: "To Natalie Clifford Barney, Genie Jean Royère."
    Dirty back, flying boards, nice interior state.
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  36. Le souffleur de bulles
    Alfred MORTIER

    Le souffleur de bulles

    Albert Messein|Paris 1929|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper, punch press service on the sidelines of the second board.
    Autograph signed by Alfred Mortier to Victor-Emile Michelet.
    foxing, two snags and misses in the lead and in the foot of the back.
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  37. Journal d'un conclave
    François René de CHATEAUBRIAND

    Journal d'un conclave

    Albert Messein|Paris 1914|18 x 24.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Chine, the tirage de tête.
    A small tear, not serious, to foot of spine.
    Nice and rare copy with edges preserved.
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  42. Mes amours... (spirituelles)
    Joseph DELTEIL

    Mes amours... (spirituelles)

    A. Messein|Paris 1926|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
    first edition, one of the 1500 numbered copies on vellum, ours not justified, only draw with 10 China and 25 Arches paper.
    Signed autograph signed by Joseph Delteil to Guy Lavaud.
    spine, passed as generally, with a small tear glued to the head, light bites on the margins of the boards.
    Complete copy of his prayer to insert.
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  43. Il y a
    Guillaume APOLLINAIRE

    Il y a

    Albert Messein|Paris 1925|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
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  45. Poèmes
    Alfred DOUGLAS

    Poèmes

    Albert Messein|Paris 1937|14 x 19 cm|broché
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  46. Quelques fantômes de jadis
    Laurent TAILHADE

    Quelques fantômes de jadis

    Albert Messein|Paris 1913|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 500 copies numbered on rod of Arches paper, ours not justified, one draw after 10 Chinese and 20 Japanese.
    autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated by Laurent Tailhade Gaston Bassier.
    About Paul Verlaine, Charles Cros, Alfred de Vigny and Auguste de Rodo Niederhausern.
    Small bites mainly affecting the guards.
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  48. Oeuvres complètes
    Paul VERLAINE

    Oeuvres complètes

    Albert Messein|Paris 1925-1927|13 x 19 cm|7 volumes reliés
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  50. Hombres
    Paul VERLAINE

    Hombres

    S. n. • [ Albert Messein]|Nulle part [Fictional Place] • (Paris) s. d. [1903]|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
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  54. Les stupra
    Arthur RIMBAUD

    Les stupra

    Imprimerie particulière • [ Albert Messein]|s. l. • [Paris] 1900 (circa 1940)|16 x 22.50 cm|broché
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  55. Hombres (hommes)
    Paul VERLAINE

    Hombres (hommes)

    S. n. • [ Albert Messein]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1903]|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
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  56. Les stupra
    Arthur RIMBAUD

    Les stupra

    Imprimerie particulière • [ Albert Messein]|Paris 1871 (1923)|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
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  57. Poésies d'Humilis et vers inédits
    Germain NOUVEAU

    Poésies d'Humilis et vers inédits

    A. Messein|Paris 1924|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    Edition first in part, one of 480 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only printing with 20 on China paper.
    A good copy with good margins.
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  59. Quelques maîtres modernes.
    Charles MORICE

    Quelques maîtres modernes.

    Albert Messein|Paris 1914|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 10 Chine and 20 Japan copies.
    On James Whistler, Camille Pissarro, Henri Fantin-Latour, Paul Cézanne...
    A tear at the foot of one joint, endpapers uniformly and lightly shaded without consequence, handsome interior condition.
    €40
  60. Oraisons du silence
    Adolphe RETTÉ

    Oraisons du silence

    Albert Messein|Paris 1930|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Reissue.
    Half brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets, scuffs on the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    €30
  61. Le rythme universel
    Émile VITTA

    Le rythme universel

    Albert Messein|Paris 1932|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Fine inscription from Emile Vitta.
    Handsome copy.
    €50
  62. Autobiographie, lettre à Verlaine
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ

    Autobiographie, lettre à Verlaine

    Albert Messein|Paris 1924|22 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 4 Japan, 15 China and 50 pure linen paper.
    Spine and boards clumsily restored with adhesive pieces, handsome interior condition.
    €40
  63. Poésies
    Pierre CAMO

    Poésies

    Albert Messeins|Paris 1936|Pet. in 8|Un Vol. broché
    First collected edition on wove paper. There were 10 copies on Arches paper.
    In original wrappers.
    Pristine copy, unopened.

    NB: This work is available at the bookstore upon request within 48 hours.
    €90
  64. La vierge involontaire
    AUREL

    La vierge involontaire

    Albert Messein|Paris 1930|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A tear and lack to head of spine. Marginal tears to covers.
    A full-margined copy.
    €60
  65. Quelques fantômes de jadis
    Laurent TAILHADE

    Quelques fantômes de jadis

    Albert Messein|Paris 1913|14.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper, only 15 deluxe copies were printed.
    Bradel binding in burgundy half cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    About Verlaine, Cros, Rodo de Niederhausern and Vigny.
    Bookplate.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  66. Les litanies de la vierge
    Armand GODOY

    Les litanies de la vierge

    A. Messein|Paris 1930|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue with 10 on China paper.
    Handsome autograph inscription from Armand Godoy to Madame E. Joly.
    Handsome full-margined copy.
    €80
  67. Passage sur terre
    Émile VITTA

    Passage sur terre

    A. Messein|Paris 1938|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Autograph inscription from Emile Vitta in the form of a quatrain.
    Additionally, our copy is enhanced with an autograph quatrain by the author addressed to the same dedicatee on a loose slip.
    A fine copy.
    €80
  68. Les femmes et M. de Juriens
    Patrice O'CONNOR

    Les femmes et M. de Juriens

    Messein|Paris 1910|12 x 19 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Some light foxing, rare.
    €70
  69. L'offrande à l'infidèle
    Georges BONNEAU

    L'offrande à l'infidèle

    A. Messein|Paris 1925|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper, only 75 deluxe copies were printed on Holland paper.
    Work illustrated on the first cover with a woodcut by F. Siméon.
    Minor foxing on the boards, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €70
  73. Trois promenades
    Claude FARRÈRE

    Trois promenades

    A. Messein|Paris 1922|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
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  76. Rimbaud
    Ernest DELAHAYE

    Rimbaud

    A. Messein|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
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  77. Mes amours...
    Joseph DELTEIL

    Mes amours...

    A. Messein|Paris 1926|13 x 19 cm|broché
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