Georges Crès (1875-1935)

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa, only deluxe copies. Some light foxing, mainly on the endpapers.

Rare signed presentation copy in French: “To my friend René Jasinski, in token of gratitude and friendship, these few scenes of Jewish life in New York. T. Twersky”, with a sentence in Hebrew translated by the author in French on a laid-in leaf: “Translation of the Hebrew inscription: sixth day of the week ‘Pekoudè’, year 5692 since the creation of the world, in the holy community of Paris”, (Friday, 4 March 1932 according to our calculation).

French translation by Adolphe Van Bever and illustrated with 40 original wood engravings by Louis Jou, one of the numbered copies on Rives vellum.
Half black morocco binding, spine with two thick raised bands set with gilt fillets, imitation white wood paper boards, small foxing to boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, elegant contemporary binding signed by Creuzevault.
Handsome copy in a beautiful Art Deco binding by Creuzevault.

Edition of Kipling's tales, translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Robert d'Humières. Numbered copy printed on Rives. Minor rubbing to the upper joint and lower corners.

Illustrated with a frontispiece by Paul Colin.

Bound in an elegant navy blue 3/4 morocco binding, spine with five raised bands and floral mosaic morocco inlays in red, green, and yellow, gilt date at foot, decorative abstract paper boards, covers framed in gilt, blue mottled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Grégoire Lévitsky.

With an exceptional signed autograph inscription by Kipling from his poem "France," on the half-title, featuring several unpublished variants. This remarkable ode was composed in celebration of French President Raymond Poincaré’s official visit to London on 24 June 1913 and  became the epitome of the strenghtened bonds between France and the United Kingdom. Kipling even recorded this very stanza on 23 November 1921 during a visit to Paris: