Paris: A l'Enseigne du Pot Cassé, [1925]. First Thus. Limited to 1950 copies on Chesterfield of which this is no. 882. 12mo; publisher's white pictorial card wrappers printed in black and pale grey; [6],201pp.; woodcut illus. throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed with a few tiny chips and closed tears, else..... More
Casablanca [Paris]: [Presses de l'Union Commerciale d'Imprimerie], 1953. First Trade Edition. Slim quarto (27cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers printed in red and black; [68]pp.; chiefly illus. Light wear and brief chipping mid-spine, staples a bit rusty, small, faint soil spot to upper cover bottom margin, else Very Good, internally clean..... More
Liège: Aug. Bénard, 1895. Paperback. Small 8vo, pp. 243, [1]; black and white portrait frontispiece, facsimiles, 32 vignettes printed in tan and orange; original red and tan pictorial wrappers, endpapers a bit toned, fairly expert restoration to top upper cover edge and lower corner, else Very Good. Blue slip signed..... More
![Diaeli. Le livre de la sagesse noire [Limited Edition]. André DEMAISON, Pierre Courtois](/pictures/thumb/008.JPG?v=1610990402)
Paris: L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza, 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Limited to 50 copies on "Japon impérial," of which this is no. 19, small 8vo, pp. 169; original decorations by Pierre Courtois throughout; publisher's white pictorial wrappers. Fine. A lovely, uncut copy. By the noted French novelist who often appropriated African..... More
Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1939. Paperback. Edition limited to 500 copies printed on Rives, of which this is no. 369, 4to, pp. 105; self-portrait frontispiece of Jean Lebedeff [Ivan Lebedev], illustrations by the artist throughout; original white pictorial wrappers printed in black and red, foxing along edges, else a fine, uncut..... More
York, PA: 1932. Small octavo (17cm.); black cloth, upper cover "Diary" lettered in gilt; 206pp., filled to completion. Cloth a bit dusty, the youthful owner's faint pencil ownership initials on upper cover and in ink on textblock fore-edge. Still, given its heavy use, Very Good and sound. Gift inscription from..... More
Paris: Éditions Nilsson, n.d., ca. 1930s. First Thus. Large octavo (23cm.); publisher's white card wrappers, printed color pochoir plate on matching stock mounted to upper cover; [4],186pp.; 12 color aquarelle mounted plates in text. Wrapper extremities and spine a bit toned, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy, attractively..... More
Paris: Éditions de la Sirène, 1920. First Trade Edition. Square quarto (24.5cm.); publisher's pink pictorial wrappers; [76]pp.; eight color plates. External wrapper extremities toned to tan, stock uniformly toned browned and rather brittle due to inferior paper stock; still, Very Good, the contents fine and illustrations bright. Collection of eight..... More
Praha: Nakladatelství Vyšehrad, [1944]. First Edition. Slim quarto (23cm.); publisher's cream color-illustrated wrappers, French flaps; [40]pp.; color illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities slightly rubbed and rather toned, light soil, else Very Good, internally fine. Czech poet Václav Ren 's interpretation in verse of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel,"..... More
Paris: L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, [1920]. First Thus. Quarto (30cm.); publisher's metalic textured card wrappers (blue-green and silver), white label printed in gilt mounted to upper cover; 143pp.; ten mounted plates printed offset in color, captioned tissue guards, decorative title page printed in four colors (blue, silver, gilt, and black)..... More
![Au Jardin des Gemmes [Limited Edition]. Léonard ROSENTHAL, Léon Carré](/pictures/thumb/1341.jpg?v=1608311522)
Paris: L'Édition d'Art H. Piazza, [1924]. First Thus. Limited to 2250 copies of which this is no. DLXXXIX [589], presented in manuscript to Madame J. de Lailhacar. Quarto (30.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial card wrappers embossed in pale green and gilt; 158pp.; 12 mounted plates printed offset in color, captioned tissue..... More
![History of the World in Epitome (for use in Martian infant schools) [Signed by Russell]. Bertrand...](/pictures/thumb/1292.jpg?v=1596730841)
[London]: Gaberbocchus, [1962]. First Edition. 32mo (11.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers printed on gilt-glazed stock; [16]pp.; illus. throughout by Themerson and concluding with a photograph of an exploding nuclear bomb. Faint vertical crease, else Near Fine. Signed by Russell on title page in blue ballpoint pen. "[P]ublished by Gaberbocchus Press on the..... More
[Shelton, CT]: Greenwich Workshop Press, [2001]. First Edition. Oblong quarto (21.5x25cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 112pp.; color illus. throughout. Fine condition. More
