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Éditions du Sagittaire

Éditions du Sagittaire

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  3. La Clé des Champs
    André BRETON, Joan MIRÓ
    La Clé des Champs
    [The Key to the Fields]
    Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1953|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Illustrated dust jacket featuring a drawing by Joan Miró.
    Half black box binding, smooth spine, ebony-patterned paper boards, covers and spine preserved, illustrated dust jacket by Joan Miró retained, gilt top edge.
    Minor rubbing to the foot of the front board and near the center of the rear board.
    Signed autograph inscription from André Breton to Doctor Gornouec on the half-title page.
    Press clippings about the work, written by Gaëtan Picon, have been mounted on leaves bound at the beginning of the volume, just after the dust jacket illustrated by Joan Miró and the front cover; at the head of the first of these, André Breton has added a second signed autograph inscription to Doctor Gornouec.
    €1,500
  4. Souvenirs de ma Vie littéraire
    Maxime GORKI
    Souvenirs de ma Vie littéraire
    [Memories of My Literary Life]
    Simon Kra|Paris 1923|13.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author.
    Full chocolate-brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands framed by blind fillets, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, gilt-stamped allegorical figure as ex-libris on the covers, double gilt fillets along the edges, marbled paper endpapers and doublures, gilt sextuple fillet border on the doublures, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, an immaculate contemporary binding signed Canape.
    Spine very slightly faded, without significance.
    A fine and rare copy, entirely uncut, handsomely bound in full morocco bearing the gilt arms of the distinguished Spanish bibliophile Isidoro Fernandez, with his bookplate pasted on a doublure.
    €1,200
  8. Choléra - Exemplaire de Jacques Rigaut
    Joseph DELTEIL (inscribed to Jacques RIGAUT)
    Choléra - Exemplaire de Jacques Rigaut
    Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1923|13 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the review copies service.
    Back slightly insolated as generally.
    Precious and very rare autograph signed by Joseph Delteil to Jacques Rigaut: "... to MJ Rigaut / cordial tribute / J. Delteil".
    Superb dedication, at the crossroads of "isms": while Delteil is just enthralled surreal by the "pope" André Breton in his Manifesto that ranks among those who have made "act of absolute surrealism", Rigaut, for his part is definitely moving away from Dadaism following his friend Tzara.
    An emblematic figure of the literary genius consumed by drugs and despair, Jacques Rigaut did not publish anything during his lifetime (except contributions to literary journals). However, he fascinated his contemporaries, including Desnos, Soupault, Tzara, Breton and of course his friend Drieu La Rochelle, to whom he inspired several writings including The Empty Suitcase and The Wild Fire which recounts the last days of a convicted suicide.
    In his Dictionary of Dadaism, Georges Hugnet will draw a very beautiful portrait of the poet:
    " French writer. At the extreme edge of the mind, this rare writer, modern by obligation and essentially ageless, embodies both the evil of the century and the torment of well-born hearts. Seduced by the reversal of values proposed by Dada, he engages in movement with the warmth and disdain that characterizes disinterestedness. From 1920 to 1922, we find his name in Literature (...). His various writings, considerations of a general nature, or simple reflections of current events, contribute to a deep uneasiness in which the vices of time, the moral sense, and the attraction of death intermingle. A character is born, Lord Patchogue. He goes to the United States, comes back, writes, and publishes nothing. His irony, even to his cynicism, his nonchalance, conceals a despair that leads him to suicide in 1929. Some friends collect, after his death, some autobiographical pages unpublished under the title Posthumous Papers published in 1934 ".

    Exceptional testimony to the artistic and literary effervescence of the inter-war contemporary and one of the rare vestiges of the library of the mythical writer Jacques Rigaut: "Try if you can, to stop a man who travels with the suicide in his buttonhole. "
    €2,500
  9. De nos oiseaux
    Tristan TZARA, Hans ARP
    De nos oiseaux
    Of Our Birds
    Kra|Paris 1929|13 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition on ordinary paper, issued after the destruction of the 1923 printing following a dispute between Tzara and the publisher.
    Double autograph inscription, signed and dated by Tristan Tzara, first to Paul Éluard – « à Paul Éluard. Tristan Tzara. Juillet 1929 » – then, after striking through this initial dedication, to René Char in September 1934: « à René Char avec toute l'amitié grande de Tristan Tzara ». This second inscription is further embellished with a small drawing by Tzara, a hand pointing with its index finger to Char’s name.

    €7,500
  15. Histoire Contemporaine : L'Anneau d'Améthyste. M. Bergeret à Paris. Le Mannequin d'Osier. L'Orme du mail
    Anatole FRANCE
    Histoire Contemporaine : L'Anneau d'Améthyste. M. Bergeret à Paris. Le Mannequin d'Osier. L'Orme du mail
    Chez Simon Kra, Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1921 - 1924|20 x 25 cm|4 volumes reliés

    First edition of the 4 novels of this 'Histoire contemporaine' tetralogy. First illustrated edition for each. Copy no. 87, one of 100 on japon impérial, including an additional suite of drawings on chine, facing each watercolor illustration. Total run of 1000 copies, with 93 full-page illustrations, head-bands and decorations for each chapter, all in colour ; illustrations after the watercolors of Serge Beaune, made by the workshop of de D. Jacomet & Cie.


    Handsomely and uniformly bound copy in red morocco.


    A satirical novel about the clergy, the army and civil society in the Third Republic, published from 1897 to 1901, and a portrait of France during the Dreyfus Affair.


    Bookplate of J.L and C Pierron.

    €1,500
  19. Naissance de l'Odyssée
    Jean GIONO
    Naissance de l'Odyssée
    Editions Kra|Paris 1930|13 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on hollande paper, ours unnumbered but properly justified on hollande paper, deluxe issue after 10 copies on japon paper.
    Bound in half orange morocco-grained shagreen with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche ornamented with gilt typographic motifs, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding signed Yseux.
    Handsome full-margined copy beautifully bound.
    €300
  21. The landmark work of the "Harlem Renaissance" in a deluxe edition
    Le paradis des nègres
    Carl VAN VECHTEN, Paul MORAND (pref.)
    Le paradis des nègres
    [Nigger Heaven]
    Editions Kra|Paris 1927|20 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 10 numbered copies on Lafuma wove paper, ours unnumbered, printed on deluxe paper.
    A rare and handsome copy, uncut, of one of the landmark works of the literary and poetic movement "Harlem Renaissance," which strove for the recognition of African-American culture.
    Controversial since its publication owing to its title, the novel recounts the adventures of a young couple from Harlem, in the cabarets and soirées of the New York neighborhood. Van Vechten tirelessly supported African-American artists and writers, even after the decline of the movement that had drawn so many white intellectuals to Harlem.
    €1,800
  22. Le livret de l'imagier
    Remy de GOURMONT, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS
    Le livret de l'imagier
    Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1920|16 x 16.50 cm|en feuilles
    First edition established by André Malraux, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe printing.
    Preface by Gabriel-Albert Aurier.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 6 headpieces as well as 3 tailpieces engraved on wood by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès.
    Fine full-margined copy complete, as stipulated in the print run justification, with the suite of woodcuts on China paper.
    €450
  29. Bubu de Montparnasse
    CHAS LABORDE, Charles-Louis PHILIPPE
    Bubu de Montparnasse
    Aux éditions du sagittaire|Paris 1924|19 x 25 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with 15 original watercolors by Chas Laborde, one of 450 numbered copies on vellum.
    Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine very lightly darkened with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with quadruple gilt compartments and a fifth compartment enhanced with a red mosaicked morocco fillet, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on the moiré-effect paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of the same paper, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved, binding signed Paul Saschel
    Handsome copy beautifully bound in a mosaicked binding.
    €300
  41. Semaine sainte
    Valery LARBAUD (trans.) Gabriel MIRÓ
    Semaine sainte
    Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1925|11.50 x 16 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation by Valery Larbaud and Noémi Larthe.
    Binding in black half box, smooth back, golden date in tail, wooden paper plates, guards and contreplats paper wood way, covers and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed by Daniel-Henri Mercher.
    Nice copy pleasantly established.
    Signed autograph signed Valéry Larbaud Jules Romains enriched by the signature of Noémi Larthe.
    €580
  64. L'homme de chair et l'homme reflet
    Max JACOB
    L'homme de chair et l'homme reflet
    Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1924|12 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Bradel binding in full grey paper with geometric decoration of black wavy lines, smooth spine, black morocco title-label, original wrappers preserved, elegant binding signed by Goy & Vilaine.
    Autograph inscription signed by Max Jacob: "A André Warnod bon souvenir d'un vieil ami très fidèle." ["To André Warnod fond memories from a very faithful old friend."]
    Some light foxing affecting mainly the edges of certain leaves.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €750
  67. Mon corps et moi
    René CREVEL
    Mon corps et moi
    Simon Kra|Paris 1926|12.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper, falsely stated the fifth.
    Half navy blue morocco over moiré-effect marbled paper boards by Goy & Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, navy blue endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt (covers and spine (faded) preserved.
    Handsome autograph inscription from the author to the photographer and director Marc Allégret : "Pour Marc Allegret en marque d'allégresse à cause de son Tchad et avec toute l'affection de René Crevel [For Marc Allegret as a token of my pleasure at his Chad, and with all good wishes from René Crevel]".
    A very good copy nicely bound.
    €1,200
  69. Lettres inédites publiées avec une introduction et des commentaires de Louis Gillet
    Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE, Alfred de VIGNY
    Lettres inédites publiées avec une introduction et des commentaires de Louis Gillet
    Kra|Paris 1929|15 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
    Fine signed autograph inscription from Louis Gillet to the poet Armand Godoy mentioning Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe
    As frontispiece, a facsimile of an autograph letter from Sainte-Beuve to Vigny.
    Spine and boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  90. Les mémoires de Joséphine Baker recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage
    Joséphine BAKER, Marcel SAUVAGE
    Les mémoires de Joséphine Baker recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage
    Kra|Paris 1927|20 x 21 cm|broché
    Les mémoires de Joséphine Baker recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage
    Kra, Paris 1927, 20x21cm, half morocco
    First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on pur fil, only grand papier (deluxe copies).
    Handsome copy, uncut.
    Brown half brown morocco, gilt date at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, orange paper pastedown and endpapers, original wrappers preserved, gilt over untrimmed edges, binding signed T. Boichot.
    Illustrated with 30 drawings by Paul Colin.
    Signed and dated inscription by Joséphine Baker.
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