Search Results: Books (first editions, illustrated, private press) from Capricedardour

La Haye, A.A.M. Stols Editeur, 1942 [= 1941], 8vo, pp. xix, 155 (6); tranches de tête dorées; reliure toile d'éditeur (green buckram), et reliée avec une couverture en papier gris (deux plats + dos), à la Stols. - Tiré à 125 exemplaires seulement, numérotés, tous sur vélin de Hollande G.H. Bührmann. - Cette édition du roman psychologique de Constant, sobre certes, imprimée clandestinement pendant la guerre sous l'occupation allemande, est une merveille, montrant bien le panache de l'éditeur Stols. Le volume contient les préfaces de la deuxième (1816) et la troisième (1824) édition du roman (ici pour la première fois selon Stols), ainsi qu'une notice bibliographique d'Alexandre Stols lui-même, assez intéressante et importante. A la fin il a encore ajouté une 'justification de la typographie'. - Très belle typographie d'ailleurs, en caractères 'Romanée' (dessiné par Jan Van Krimpen), et composée à la main, pour une grande partie, par le bibliophile/typophile Emile van der… Read More

Traduction de la Baronne J. Seillière et Bernard Faÿ. Préface de Bernard Faÿ. Paris, Libr. Stock (Cabinet Cosmopolite), 1933, 8vo, pp. 260 (4); broché. - Edition orig. de la traduction française, limitée à 2250 exemplaires numérotés sur alfa satiné [aussi 200 ex. SP sur papier ordinaire]. - Quelques minimes imperfections à la couverture (faibles petites rousseurs en bas; le dos légèrement bruni), mais très bon état, exemplaire non lu, 'in collector's condition'. -------------
This edition (a major book from Stein), edited and shortened by Stein's close friend Bernard Faÿ (1893-1978), who also contributes the preface. Faÿ and Stein were lifelong friends. He was the primary translator of Stein's works into French, and despite his anti-Semitism, he protected her and Alice B. Toklas during the Nazi occupation of France; later Stein wrote a letter on Faÿs behalf when he was tried as a Nazi collaborator, and afterwards contributed financially to his escape from prison. - After this French… Read More

... zonder toestemming uitgegeven in de jaren 1942-1945, door A.A. Balkema te Amsterdam. [A'dam, A.A. Balkema], June 1945, 19 x 11cm, pp. 15; sewn with thread in beige wrappers. With introductory text by Balkema and the catalogue of the books. Printed on Ossekop paper; designed by Jan Van Krimpen. A very good copy. - After studying French literature, August Aimé Balkema (1906-1996) opened 1936 a bookstore in Amsterdam in the "Huis aan de Drie Grachten" (Oudezijds Voorburgwal 249). During the second world war, between 1942-45, while Holland was occupied by the nazis, he also published clandestinely some 50 books (bibliophile, limited editions varying mostly between 50 to 400 copies, which were sold without financial profit), and many of them were typographically designed by his friend, the prominent typographer Jan Van Krimpen. Shortly after the war Balkema sold his bookshop in Amsterdam, left Holland and settled in Cape Town, South Africa, where he became a reknowned publisher of scientific books. -… Read More

A bookseller's catalogue issued from Culham, near Oxford, January 1971, 8vo, pp. 72 with some illustrations, plus 12 plates; printed card wrappers. - 127 items described with much scholarship evidently, but to the point, and entertaining; priced in sterling and dollars. - A very good copy, inscribed and signed in ink by Franklin on the cover.

London, privately printed at the Bedford Press for members of the Sette of Odd Volumes [Book club founded by the legendary German-born British bookseller and collector Bernard Quaritch], 1911, 12mo, pp. 49 (1); printed wrappers. "Privately Printed Opuscula" No. LXIV. - Frontispiece portrait specially drawn for this volume by John Hassall. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies, signed in ink on the limitation leaf by the author. A very fine copy. - [Shipping cost reduced for this light-weight item].

Paris, 1931, small 4to, pp. 236 (3); orig. cloth; as published in card slipcase, printed label to one side. Book designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed in Paris in the Didot types by Ducros and Colas; the illustrations done in collotype by Jacomet. One of 660 numbered copies on Montgolfier vellum, after 35 on Maillol and 5 on japan vellum. - A quite good copy; light wear (fading) at head and foot of spine, a faint splash mark at top edge of rear board; tissue guards to illustrations all present. Some normal shelf-wear at the slipcase, without any real damage; printed label browned. - This copy became William S. Cockrell's, when it was given and inscribed to him in June 1963, by the writer Glenway Wescott, who was Wheeler's close friend, lover, and long time companion, and brother-in-law to Barbara Harrison. An impressive book production - Wescott's idea - from this expatriate, Parisian press, of Byron's long narrative poem, containing over twenty painterly illustrations by Sir Francis Cyril Rose… Read More

Catalogue of the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to literary symbolism; held in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1936, 8vo, pp. xix, 253 (2) & several plates; printed wrappers. - 1265-item catalogue; important, quite scarce reference work. - Spine a bit defective at foot and top; front-cover slightly dust-soiled.

Maestricht, Paris, Bruxelles, A l'enseigne de l'Alcyon, A.A.M. Stols, 1934, grand in-8, pp. 72 (4); broché, couverture avec dessin en rouge au premier plat. Important volume de poésie de l'auteur, publié et imprimé par Alexandre Stols. Tiré à 510 exemplaires numérotés; un des 500 sur papier Savoy. Les grandes initiales en rouge sont d'Alphonse Stols, frère du typographe-éditeur. - La couverture a des petites taches à coté du bord droit, sinon très bon état. - Van Dijk 333. - L'édition orig. parut aux Editions de la Revue de l'Amérique Latine, en 1922, avec une typograpie médiocre.

Calcutta, Bombay and London, Thacker, Spink and Co, 1891, 8vo, pp. vi, 125, 24 (publisher's catalogue in the rear); orig. maroon cloth gilt, drab floral end-papers. Sixth edition. - A very nice copy of this early, Indian edition of Kipling's satirical verses, always regarded by him as "my first book" (1886; see Stewart-Yeats, page 19). The fifth edition by Thacker, and the first to contain a glossary for (non-colonial) English readers. - Stewart-Yeats 12; Livingston 17. - Noteworthy is the following: the first edition of "Departmental Ditties", not published by Thacker, contained 26 poems. The second, now by Thacker, had 31 poems, and the third had 41 poems. The subsequent fourth edition (1890), like the fifth and sixth, contained 50 poems. - Very light rubbing at top and foot of spine and the sharp ringht-hand corners; name and 1891 date in ink at top of half-title page, but in fact, a very nice, bright copy of the book. - [Extra shipping cost for all destinations out with Europe]

Two bookseller catalogues from Elysium Books, North Pomfret VT, 2006, octavo, no pagination; limp card wrappers. 268 and 312 items; both illustrated in colour and b/w. - Most books are in English language, but also books in French, German and Italian. Very good condition, near new.

London, Macmillan, January 1940, 8vo, pp. xv, 339 & 16 plates; orig. green cloth + dustwrapper. A copy of the third, similar printing (first was November 1939). - The book is significantly inscribed by the author to the baronet, Sir Robert Henry Edward Abdy (simply 'Bertie' for O.S.), and dated Oct. 1941. - Top edge a bit spotted and a few mild foxing spots in the first pages; binding intact and very bright. Dustwrapper: spotted, most visible at the blank verso and the back side, otherwise quite good, with almost no loss of paper, only brittle at top and foot of spine; price not clipped away. - [Extra shipping costs for destinations outside Europe]

Catalogue of the exhibition in London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1932, 8vo, pp. 55, not illustrated; stapled in wrappers, printed label on front. Introduction by E.V. Lucas and 675 items described or listed (c. 1550 to 1920). - In 1933 The Studio published a special autumn number devoted to old children's books which was partly based on this exhibition. - A few annotations in pencil by a collector, on the last blank page. The overhanging wrappers with some nicks at the edges, otherwise good, and quite scarce.

Catalogue of an exhibition (compiled by Klaus Wagenbach and arranged by the Goethe-Institut), in Berlin, Akademie der Künste, 1968, square 8vo, pp. 110 (2), fully illustrated; sewn in limp wrappers with a folding jacket. - With an extensive bibliography and a very impressive iconography. English text. - Dustjacket browned and spotted, mostly at the white edges. - [Iconographie impressionnante; la jaquette brunie, surtout aux bords].

Portrait [gravé] de l'auteur par Gorvel. Eaux-fortes originales de Laboureur. Paris, aux Editions Lapina, 1930, 8vo, pp. 57 (3); folded printed wrappers, and in the publisher's orig. slipcase. - First edition of this play; etched frontispiece portrait of the author and four 'cubist' etchings by Laboureur who provided two initials as well, both printed in red. - Limited edition of 1162 numbered copies; one of thousand on vergé de Rives. Absolute minimal wear at the slipcase, and otherwise a flawless copy, very close to new. - [Extra shipping cost for destinations out with Europe]

Nonesuch Press, 1929, narrow 8vo, pp. (3) 189 (2); decorated cloth. English, very handsome edition of the semi-autobiographical novel (set in Italy) of Alphonse de Lamartine, France's first romantic poet, which had first appeared in 1849, in "Confidences". - A book designed by Francis Meynell; 1600 numbered copies were printed, all on Arches paper. Eleven of the 30 illustrations were coloured through stencils at the Curwen Press. Ivy Jacquier (or Mrs. Ivy Skinner, 1890 - ?), was a French born painter and book illustrator. For the Nonesuch Press she also illustrated James Thomson's "The Seasons" (1927). - Tape residue marks in the corners of the end-papers (see 2nd picture), but otherwise an excellent copy. - Dreyfus 57. - [Extra shipping cost will be charged for destinations out with Europe].

Paris, Gallimard, 1975, 8vo, pp. 264 & 16 plates; sewn in printed wrappers and published with an extra dust jacket. First edition. - The extra jacket with a tiny nick at the top of its spine, but else in fine condition. - Réflexion sur la personnalité et l'art d'Henry Miller par celui qui fut son ami et partagea la bohème dans le Paris des années 30. - [Extra shipping cost will be asked for all destinations out with Europe]

With Illustrations by George du Maurier. [Vol. vii in The Works of W.M. Thackeray]. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1893, 8vo, pp. xix, 449; full green calf binding (spine gilt decorated in compartments within raised bands, gilt borders on the boards; all edges marbled). - Spine very slightly faded and edges of boards slightly rubbed; a neat ownership stamp at the half title-page, but in fact a very nice copy, very well preserved. - This novel, which was first published 1852 by Smith, Elder as well, is claimed by many as the author's masterpiece. - [Heavy item; extra shipping cost may be asked for all destinations out with France]

Paris, Julliard, 1964, 8vo, pp. 386 (2); printed wrappers. - First edition of the french translation. No large paper copies were printed, and the original polish edition (Dziennik), appeared in Paris as well, by Kultura, 1957. This diary is considered by many as a major Gombrowicz book. - A few minor imperfections at the fragile, thin paper wrappers, but a good copy. - [Extra shipping cost for destinations out with Europe]

Paris, Libr. Plon, 1931, 8vo, pp. 298; blue printed wrappers. - First French edition of Greene's first novel, "The Man within" (1929; adapted into film as "The Smugglers", 1947). His second book, a modest success, and this French translation was also Greene's first book to appear in France. Now quite rare, as it was published in a limited and numbered edition of 1355 copies, of which this is one of 1270 on alfa paper. - Small imperfection at the extreme lower end of the spine; some mild foxing in the first and last leaves and at side edges, but a quite good copy of a fragile book, unread, in collector's condition. - [Extra shipping cost will be charged for destinations out with Europe].

Paris, Ed. de la Sirène, 1920, 12mo, pp. 72 (1); broché, couverture rempliée. Edition orig. de cette adaptation en français moderne. Page de titre ornée d'un bois gravé (woodcut) inédit de Raoul Dufy, repris en couverture. Exemplaire sur alfa vergé. - Légère déchirure en bas au premier plat de la couverture, là où commence le dos, et un pli au deuxième plat de la couv. (voir les photos), mais autrement en très bon état. - Raoul Dufy was a close friend of the author and illustrated several of his books. - [Shipping cost reduced for most destinations]