Poetry

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper vellum, the only deluxe copies ("grands papiers") after 8 Holland paper.
Beautiful and rare copy.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, the only deluxe copies (grand papier) after 10 Montval.

Beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Beautiful copy.

New edition. An allegorical frontispiece engraved by Brunet and 16 figures illustrating country life.

Contemporary full glazed and marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Upper headcap worn. Upper joint cracked with lacks. Corners slightly bumped. Frontispiece browned in margins.

Didactic poem by Father Vanier (1664-1739), Jesuit, on country life. This is based on his illustrious model: Virgil.


 

First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Nice copy.

New collected edition of the works of Théophile. The third part contains the pieces written during his imprisonment until his death. Text in italics.

Contemporary full red morocco binding. Raised spine richly decorated. Red morocco title label. Edges gilt. Owner's initials in the tail compartment: BD (these letters are found handwritten on the title leaf with the number 68). Joint widely cracked along the tail compartment, without damage to the headcap. A hole of one cm in diameter on leaf 83 of the second part, with the loss of one word over three lines. Leaf 115 with three restorations resulting in the loss of two letters. Foxing, sometimes heavy.
These Works are divided into three parts, after Scudery's preface: The treatise on the immortality of the soul and the poetic work, the tragedies and the last pieces, his poetry written during his imprisonment.

Complete works of Goethe comprising his poetry, theater, novels, critical essays and correspondence. Gothic printing in 2 columns. 5 superb steel engravings on thick paper under yellow tissue guards in volume 2 by Kaulbach and Felner in Gothic or classical style and engraved by English engravers, 2 engravings in volume 3. One of the first complete works of the author who died in 1833. The same publisher had issued this edition in 55 thin volumes in 1833, here delivering a more compact and manageable version.
German contemporary full green shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with rococo tools connected by long fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Double fillet frame on boards. Top edge gilt and marbled edges. Beautiful black and orange marbled endpapers. Laid paper of superb freshness, completely free of foxing. Spine lightly faded. Traces of rubbing at headcaps, small dark stains on spine of volume 2 and on volume 3.

Magnificent copy.

First edition of Cendrars's second book, printed in 150 copies on handmade Hollande paper and offered to subscribers.

According to Sonia Delaunay, Séquences, Pâques à New York and theTranssibérien were published at the author's expense, thanks to a small inheritance. The address given - Éditions Hommes nouveaux - 4, rue de Savoie, was in fact the small attic room that Blaise Cendrars occupied at that time.

A precious copy of Blaise Cendrars's early poems, exceptionally rare and in remarkable condition.