Search results for: 'the works'
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MOORE, Henry (illus.); GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von, & André Gide (trans.) Prométhée.Paris : 1950-51
First and limited edition of Moore's first lithographic portfolio, this copy marked "H.C." (hors de commerce) and initialled by the publisher P. A. Nicaise, perhaps one of the copies réservées à des collaborateurs (reserved for collaborators); the edition was limited to 183 copies on vélin de chiffon à la forme des Papeteries du Marais.
"During... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 135517
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![Henry Moore. Catalogue of Graphic Work. [Together with signed lithograph].](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/0/100475comp.jpg)
MOORE, Henry (illus.); CRAMER, Gérald; Alistair Grant; David Mitchinson. Henry Moore. Catalogue of Graphic Work. [Together with signed lithograph].Geneva : 1973
Signed limited edition, number 110 of 200 copies signed by Henry Moore. Loosely inserted as issued is a signed lithograph of "Seated Mother and Child" (1973), which is printed on Barcham Green, numbered 35/100 and housed in its original card chemise. This deluxe edition of the catalogue raisonné of the artist's work in the print medium from 1931 to... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 100475
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![Anthropologie structurale; [together with] Anthropologie structurale deux.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/1/118218.jpg)
LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Anthropologie structurale; [together with] Anthropologie structurale deux.[Paris] : 1958 & 1973
Scarce first edition, first impression, presentation copies, inscribed by the author to fellow social anthropologist and ethnologist Sir Raymond Firth on the half-titles, "A Raymond Firth, avec l'amitié de Claude Lévi Strauss" and "To Raymond Firth, with warmest regards, Claude Lévi Strauss". Anthropologie structurale and Anthropologie structurale... Learn More£6,250.00Stock Code: 118218
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CAILLARD, Antoine Bernard. Catalogue des livres rares et précieux de la bibliothéque.Paris : 1810
First edition, second issue, presentation copy from a member of Caillard's family, inscribed "Donné à Monsieur Grutter, par son ami S. C. Caillard" on the half-title, with the rare four page sale schedule. First published by Debure in 1808, the catalogue was printed again, with the additional schedule inserted, for the posthumous auction of the library... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 122638
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ROBBE-GRILLET, Alain. Dans le labyrinthe.Paris : 1959
First edition, out-of-series for presentation from an edition of 70 plus 7 numbered hors-commerce copes, inscribed from the author to the distinguished editor and journalist François Erval on the front free endpaper, "A François Erval, qui a deja fait tant pour faire connaitre ces recherches, avec tout l'amitié de Robbe Grillet, 30 Sept. 59. Journ... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 119590
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GOLL, Yvan; BRAUNER, Victor (illus.) Le Char triomphal de l'antimoine.Paris : 1949
First and limited edition, pre-publication presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title, "à Adolphe de Milly avec mon trés amical souvenir, Yvan Goll, Paris 11 avril 1949"; number 90 of 300 copies on Rives (from a total edition of 333). The colophon notes that "cet ouvrage a été achevé d'imprimeur le 15 Mai 1949". The recipient was a French-born... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 122170
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MARX, Karl. Autograph letter signed to Lucien-Léopold Jottrand.Brussels : [1847]
An unpublished autograph letter signed in French, Marx's earliest known missive to the Belgian radical journalist and politician Lucien-Léopold Jottrand, president of the Democratic Association in Brussels, of which Marx became vice president. Under the influence of Marx and Engels, the Democratic Association would become one of the principal hubs... Learn More£130,000.00Stock Code: 132140
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ROBBINS, Lionel - WALRAS, Léon. Abrégé des éléments d'économie politique pure.Paris & Lausanne, : 1938
First abridged edition, presentation copy from the editor to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed by Leduc on the half-title: "Au prof. Robbins Hommage respectueux signature". A nice association: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London School of Economics, he "dominated the... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 140621
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MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel, comte de. Considérations sur l'Ordre de Cincinnatus ou imitation d'un pamphlét Anglo-Americain...London : 1784
First edition, second issue, including the translation of Price's work for the first time. In the present work Mirabeau agreed with the argument put forward by Burke: the Order of Cincinnati was detrimental to the ideals of the new American republic. Based on an anonymous American pamphlet which had criticised the proposed Order of Cincinnati (Considerations... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 115180
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PELLARIN, Charles. Lettre de Fourier au grand juge (4 Nivôse an XII).Paris : 1874
First edition of one of Charles Fourier's important early writings, inscribed by the editor of the work and one of his most enthusiastic disciples, Charles Pellarin, "A madam Miyneros ?, Hommage de son dévoué condisciple Ch. Pellarin", on the half-title. François Marie Charles Fourier (1722-1837) is considered one of the founders of utopian socialism;... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 126495
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BAUDELAIRE, Charles; Féli Gautier (ed.) Carnet de Charles Baudelaire.Paris : 1911
First edition, one of 100 copies printed. This copy unnumbered but inscribed on the limitation page by the publisher to the Parisian bookseller and publisher Edouard Champion (1882-1938): "A Monsieur Edouard Champion en remerciement de son amabilité, J. Chevrel." With two loosely inserted autograph letters written by the author of the introduction,... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 95783
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VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM, August, Comte de. L'Ève future.Paris : 1886
First edition, inscribed on the half-title "A Edmond de Goncourt. Hommage de son admirateur, Villiers de l'Isle Adam". This is a superb association copy, with a distinguished provenance, of this very scarce and highly unusual symbolist science fiction novel, which popularised the word and concept of the "android".
The recipient was the man of... Learn More£9,500.00Stock Code: 147107
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HAUTEFEUILLE, Jean de. Recueil des ouvrages de M. de Haute-Feuille. Contenant plusieurs Decouvertes & Inventions nouvelles dans la Physique & dans les Mechaniques.Paris : 1694
First collected edition of Hautefeuille's works, with some additional pamphlets bound in. The note at the front of the book reads as follows: "Mr Jean de Hautefeuille auteur de ce Recueil, ecclesiastique du Diocese d'Orleans, de l'Academie des Sciences, Belles Lettres, et arts de Bordeaux, Pensionnaire du Roy Louis XIV et Louis XV est mort le mercredi... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 133476
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DUPUIT, A. J. Etienne-Juvenal. De la mesure de l'utilité des travaux publics;Paris : 1844 & 1849
First edition of Dupuit's two articles, printed in numbers 116 and 207 of the Annales des ponts et chaussées. The copy of the economist Henry Ludwell Moore, with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper and his extensive pencilled annotations to the articles, mostly in English with some French. The annotations mostly take the form of summaries... Learn More£3,250.00Stock Code: 127699
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MARCEAU, Marcel. Les rêveries de Bip.Paris : 1978
First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title "A Hubert Juin, de tout coeur, Bip flower, Marcel Marceau 1978". Marcel Marceau (1923-2007) was a French actor and mime artist most famous for his stage persona as "Bip the Clown". The recipient, in fact Hubert Loescher (1926-1987), was a Belgian poet, novelist,... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 140934
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BARBUSSE, Henri. Le Feu. (Journal d'une Escouade).Paris : 1916
First edition, number I of XX special copies printed on papier vélin de cuve des Usine d'Arches in large paper format and signed by Barbusse for the bibliophiles of Les XX, this copy presented to the society's president Henri Lenseigne, with an autograph letter from Barbusse dated 6 October 1917, and the hand-addressed envelope, here bound in. In the... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 124386
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ROBBINS, Lionel - WALRAS, Léon. Études d'économie politique appliquée.Lausanne & Paris : 1936
First Leduc edition, inscribed by the editor to the British economist Lionel Robbins on the half-title: "A monsieur le professeur Lionel Robbins Hommage respectueux signature Prof. G. Leduc". A nice association: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London School of Economics, he "dominated... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 140622
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ARAGO, François. Annuaire pour l'an 1842,Paris : 1842
Second edition, the only procurable one, presentation copy inscribed by Arago on the title page to "James Watt, de la part de son ami F. Arago". The recipient is James Watt (17691848), son of the renowned Scottish inventor of the same name for whom Arago wrote his Historical Eloge, which was read at the Academy of Sciences in 1834.
The French... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 141018
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GOLL, Ivan. Lucifer Vieillissant.Paris : 1934
First edition in French, first printing, presentation copy inscribed on the half-title to the Amazon of Paris, Natalie Clifford Barney, "à Miss Barney ce testament d'un 'individu' en grande admiration. Ivan Goll". This is a press review copy, with "S.P." (service de presse) on the spine. Lucifer Vieillissant was first published in German as Die Eurokokke... Learn More£675.00Stock Code: 146077
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LORCA, Federico García. Ode à Salvador Dali.Paris : 1938
First edition, first printing, inscribed by both translators on the front free endpaper, "à Francis Poulenc, hommage des traducteurs, Paul Éluard, Louis Parrot", one of the few hors commerce copies, unnumbered as issued, from a total edition of 515 copies.
This copy brings together a nexus of Franco-Spanish network of friendships and affairs... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 132463
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RIMBAUD, Arthur; VIEILLARD, Roger (illus.) Hommage A Rimbaud.Paris : 1945
First edition, first printing, inscribed in pencil "à Ralph Kirkpatrick pour 'les possibilités harmoniques' Roger Vieillard amicalement" inside the first blank, including two musical drawings, further drawings on the title page with the caption "pour Ralph Kirkparick" signed with Vieillard's "RV" monogram and dated "1942-1971-1982". This copy number... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 135463
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BIDERMANAS, Izis (illus.); CHARLET, Gaston. G. Les Yeux de L'Ame.Paris : [1950]
First and limited edition, number 289 of 300 copies issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer on the front cover of the title bifolium, "a Jeanine et Pierre, ces images de Paris et da Limousin, cordialement I. Bidermanas, 24-XII-1950". Les Yeux de L'Ame is Bidermanas's first published work. His popular Paris des rêves, which followed... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 123836
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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus - GOUNOD, Charles. Le Don Juan de Mozart.Paris : 1890
First edition, an exceptional presentation copy to the proprietor of the famed Montmartre cabaret Le Chat Noir, inscribed on the half-title "À Monsieur Rodolphe. Salis, Hommage de l'auteur Ch. Gounod". The book is a study of Mozart's Don Juan that reveals its particular importance to Gounod, and its continuing influence on his life and work: "The score...... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 142346
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TANSKI, Joseph. Tableau statistique, politique et moral de système militaire de la Russie.Paris : 1833
First edition, a presentation copy inscribed by the author, exiled Polish soldier, patriot, and poet Jozef Tanski (1805-88), " à Monsieur le Général Langermann hommage de l'auteur"; autograph letter signed tipped in before the title in which Tanski presents this work on our "shared enemy, which by its subject cannot fail to be of interest to a military... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 88287
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CHIMOT, Édouard (illus.); VERLAINE, Paul. Parallèlement.Paris : 1931
First edition thus, artist's copy number G of 15 copies on different types of paper reserved to the collaborators and signed by Chimot on the justification page.
Édouard Chimot (1880-1959) was a French artist, illustrator and editor whose career reached its peak in the 1920s in Paris, through the publication of fine quality art-printed books.... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 132689
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FERRERO, Roger (illus.); VERLAINE, Paul. Romances et la Bonne Chanson.Zurich : [1944]
First edition illustrated by Roger Ferrero, number 15 of 35 on papier Guarro à la main, from an edition limited to 180 copies, with an original drawing signed, and a suite of illustrations on Japon, signed "Grosclaude" and "RFerrero" on the limitation page, the present work with an extra 3 original drawings by Ferrero.
This luxury edition was... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 132195
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VERLAINE, Paul. Invectives.Paris : 1896
First edition, rare large paper issue, number six of an unspecified limitation on Van Geldes paper, numbered and initialled by the publisher. The limitation page notes a further limited run of 71 copies on Hollande paper each with an autograph poem by the author.
Associated with the Symbolist and the Decadent movements Verlaine's work was recognised... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 130340
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ROBBINS, Lionel - RUEFF, Jacques. L'Age de l'inflation.Paris : 1963
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed by the author on the half-title "à Lionel Robbins, ton amis Jacques Rueff".
A nice provenance: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London School of Economics, he "dominated the economics... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 142269
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ROBBINS, Lionel - RUEFF, Jacques. Le lancinant problème des balances de paiements.Paris : 1965
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed on the half-title: "À Lord Robbins, en témoignage de beaucoup d'idées communes et d'une très ancienne amitié". An excellent economics provenance: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141522
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ROBBINS, Lionel - RUEFF, Jacques. Les Dieux et les Rois.Paris : 1967
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed by the author on the half-title: "Pour Lord Robbins, pour l'économiste, pour l'artiste, pour le philosophe, pour l'ami Jacques Rueff" (translated "For Lord Robbins, for the economist, for the artist, for the philosopher, for the friend").
A nice... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 142274
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PICASSO; HALÁSZ, Gyula; BRASSAÏ. Conversations avec Picasso.[Paris] : 1964
First edition, first impression. Signed by Picasso on the dedication page, and inscribed by Brassai on the half-title: "Pour Maud Leclerc, avec toute son amitié, Brassai. Èze-village, 27 Dec. 1964." Brassaï, who photographed much of Picasso's work in the 1940s, here builds an intimate portrait of Picasso himself, recording each of their meetings... Learn More£4,750.00Stock Code: 99727
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CARACO, Albert. Le Mystère d'Eusèbe.Buenos Aires : 1942
First edition, first printing, very scarce in commerce, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the half-title, "Pour 'Message' Londres. Avec les hommages et les voeux de l'auteur. Albert Caraco. Buenos Aires, le 25.9.42, Calle Pino 3426". The London-based periodical Message: Belgian Review was published during 1941-46 and reviewed Caraco's... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 121460
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WARTENBURG, Maximilian Graf Yorck Von; BÉGOUËN, Marcel-Paul-Henri (trans.) La Pénétration Russe en Asie.Paris : 1900
First edition in French, inscribed by the translator on the half-title "A mon ami de Germon, Terres lointaines descrites de loin mais tant/tres desirés. St Louis 18 juin 1900 Max". The recipient Louis de Germon (1863-1938) co-authored with the translator's brother Count Napoleon-Henri Begouën (1863-1956) the poetry collection Vers de couleur (1886)... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 146454
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ROBBINS, Lionel - ALLAIS, Maurice. Économie & Intérêt;Paris : 1947
First edition, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed by the author on the title page of volume I: "A monsieur le professeur Robbins en bien candid Hommage M Allais". An excellent economics provenance: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London School of Economics,... Learn More£5,000.00Stock Code: 140616
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SVEVO, Italo. Zéno.Paris : 1927
First edition in French (second overall), first printing, presentation copy of the service de presse issue, inscribed by the translator on the front free endpaper "à Giuseppe Ungaretti, ce livre dont il a été l'un des premiers confidents. Avec toute mon amitié, Paul Henri Michel". The recipient Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970) was an Italian poet... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 132462
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CIXOUS, Hélène. Le Prénom de Dieu.Paris : 1967
First trade edition, service de presse copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title "Pour Raymond Federman avec amitîé Hélène Cixous". The recipient was French-American novelist, essayist and Beckett critic Raymond Federman (1928-2009), who edited a number of Cixous's critical essays on Beckett.
At the time of the inscription... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 61763
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KNIGHT, Hilary (illus.); THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise à Paris.Paris : 1962
First edition in French, inscribed by the illustrator "to Elegant, Beautiful, Brilliant Elizabeth Welch from Hilary Knight and ELOISE, April 27th 1972" and with an original drawing of Eloise listening to records and eating sandwiches, captioned "Eloise says The Supreme pleasure is Elizabeth Welch's sliced cucumber sandwiches and recordings - eaten and... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 134525
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CLAXTON, William - LE QUERREC, Guy. Jazz comme une image.Paris : 1993
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author, inscribed warmly on the title page to fellow jazz photographer William Claxton (although not named), thanking him for their improvised, yet long-awaited, encounter: "Avec ma pleine amitié et toute mon admiration. Le souvenir d'une rencontre, improvisée, que j'espérais depuis longtemps.... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 141756
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SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine de. Pilote de guerre.New York : 1942
First edition, first printing, number 10 of 50 large-paper copies on papier Texte, presentation copy from the author to his closest American friend and partial inspiration for The Little Prince, inscribed warmly by the author on the half-title, "Pour Sylvia Hamilton, Avec la profonde et tendre amitié de son vieil ami, Antoine".
Silvia Hamilton... Learn More£35,000.00Stock Code: 139246
