Inscribed Books

First edition.
A shadow left by a piece of postal label on an endpaper and on the facing page where the autograph inscription appears.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth, smooth spine, complete with its photographic dust jacket which has small marginal tears.
Autograph tribute dated and signed by Erika Ostrovsky in French to Nadine Nimier, widow and wife of Roger Nimier who, after the war, rehabilitated Louis-Ferdinand with French publishers: "Avec beaucoup d'amitiés. Erika Ostrovsky. Juin 1967."
We include a promotional bookplate from the "New york university press" enriched with Erika Ostrovky's...

First edition, a first impression copy numbered in the press.

Binding in half brown morocco, spine in five compartments, gilt date at the foot, geometric pattern paper boards and endpapers in the same paper, top edge gilt, wrappers and spine preserved in perfect condition, binding signed by T. Boichot.

Apollinaire's second major poetic work with bold graphic innovations and a portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso as frontispiece.
“Some of the best war poems, all languages combined, are brought together in this collection, alongside experimental works such as Les Fenêtres (close to Cubism) and La Jolie Rousse, which were far ahead of their...

De luxe edition illustrated with a hundred drawings by Pierre Bonnard scattered in the margins of the leaves, one of 200 numbered copies on Arches vellum, one print after 25 Japan.
A beautiful copy.
Binding in half brown calf, spine decorated with double black fillets, gilt date at the foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on the rough.
Handwritten presentation signed by Pierre Bonnard to Xavier Roux: “... à son compatriote dauphinois et ami...” “...to his Dauphiné compatriot and friend...” enriched with a handwritten presentation signed by Octave Mirbeau to the same.