Search Results: French Literature from Charles Agvent

Chicago: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Hardcover. Spine sunned, as nearly always the case with this title. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good or better slipcase. Sylvain Sauvage. Large quarto (9-1/4" x 11-1/2") in full decorated blue linen. Printed by the Lakeside Press. Translated by Wilfrid Jackson with an introduction by Ernest Boyd and a prefatory note by the author. Illustrated with twenty full-page and two smaller-sized water-color reproductions by Sylvain Sauvage. Of 1500 copies, this is marked "Office Copy." SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Chicago: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Hardcover. Spine sunned, as nearly always the case with this title. Would be Near Fine but for the one repaired page in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Sylvain Sauvage. Large quarto (9-1/4" x 11-1/2") in full decorated blue linen. Printed by the Lakeside Press. Translated by Wilfrid Jackson with an introduction by Ernest Boyd and a prefatory note by the author. Illustrated with twenty full-page and two smaller-sized water-color reproductions by Sylvain Sauvage. Copy #246 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Versailles, [@6 October 1908]. Letter. Creases from folding, light edge toning. Near Fine. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Marcel Proust." Four pages of a bifolium, 5" x 8", undated [circa October 6, 1908]. Written on mourning stationary and addressed to Max Daireaux, a man 13 years his junior whom he had met earlier that year in Cabourg, France, the inspiration for the resort town of Balbec in Proust's novel. Though undated, the letter has been identified as being written shortly before writing his magnum opus, REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. An English translation: "I had written you a tender letter, and one which, with a pride to which I am not accustomed, I believed to be witty! And for six days now we have been searching for it around the bed, under the bed, which I cannot rise from (I have been suffering more in the time since I came to Versailles than I have in years - what a life!), and cannot find it. So I resign myself to considering these affectionate secrets, these farcical stories burned, and I… Read More

London: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy in a Fine slipcase. Marie Laurencin. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in full white linen with a gilt decoration on the front board and lettering on the spine. Designed, printed, and bound by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Translated, with an introduction, by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated with 12 watercolors by Marie Laurencin printed in process collotype. Copy #509 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist in pencil on the colophon page.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. A few small adhesive remnants on pastedowns from tape removal. Some soiling to spine. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Marie Laurencin. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in full white linen with a gilt decoration on the front board and lettering on the spine. Designed, printed, and bound by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Translated, with an introduction, by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated with 12 watercolors by Marie Laurencin printed in process collotype. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist in pencil on the colophon page.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. A few small adhesive remnants on pastedowns from tape removal. Some soiling to spine. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Marie Laurencin. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in full white linen with a gilt decoration on the front board and lettering on the spine. Designed, printed, and bound by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Translated, with an introduction, by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated with 12 watercolors by Marie Laurencin printed in process collotype. Copy #1297 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist in pencil on the colophon page.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Spine a little soiled and darkened. Near Fine in a somewhat worn but still Good slipcase. Marie Laurencin. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in full white linen with a gilt decoration on the front board and lettering on the spine. Designed, printed, and bound by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Translated, with an introduction, by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated with 12 watercolors by Marie Laurencin printed in process collotype. Copy #214 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist in pencil on the colophon page.

New York: Hermitage House, 1949. First Edition. Fine in close to Fine slipcase. Sydney Joseph. Decorated boards. Voltaire's classic with mildly erotic illustrations by Sydney Joseph. One of 1500 copies, this copy not numbered as apparently many were not.

Paris: Editions Nilsson, (1930). First Edition. Wraps. Foxing throughout, not affecting the illustrations. The fragile illustrated paper dustwrapper is intact but for small chips on the spine and has neatly detached from the book. Very Good. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/8") in stiff paper binding with a thin brown paper cover with watercolor decorations on front and rear panels, as well as the spine. The French text is accompanied by 6 hand-colored pochoir plates by Robert Polack on the same thin paper tipped in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. May Neama. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in quarter white cowhide leather and scarlet linen with a gilt-lettered white linen diagonal strip on each cover. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by May Neama and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in lightly worn glassine and Fine slipcase with some small white paint specks. May Neama. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in quarter white cowhide leather and scarlet linen with a gilt-lettered white linen diagonal strip on each cover. Copy #1256 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by May Neama and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. May Neama. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in quarter white cowhide leather and scarlet linen with a gilt-lettered white linen diagonal strip on each cover. Illustrated with color plates by May Neama. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.C." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, this copy belonged to Gordon Carroll who was in charge of the club's operations in the 1970s when it operated out of Avon, CT.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bernard Lamotte. Quarto (9-1/8" x 12-1/4") bound in full tapestried burlap with the title stamped in burgundy leaf on the front and spine. Newly translated with an introduction by Jacques Le Clercq. Illustrated with paintings by Bernard Lamotte. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Slight darkening to the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bernard Lamotte. Quarto (9-1/8" x 12-1/4") bound in full tapestried burlap with the title stamped in burgundy leaf on the front and spine. Newly translated with an introduction by Jacques Le Clercq. Illustrated with paintings by Bernard Lamotte. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Mild darkening to the spine. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bernard Lamotte. Quarto (9-1/8" x 12-1/4") bound in full tapestried burlap with the title stamped in burgundy leaf on the front and spine. Newly translated with an introduction by Jacques Le Clercq. Illustrated with paintings by Bernard Lamotte. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Slight sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Bernard Lamotte. Quarto (9-1/8" x 12-1/4") bound in full tapestried burlap with the title stamped in burgundy leaf on the front and spine. Newly translated with an introduction by Jacques Le Clercq. Illustrated with paintings by Bernard Lamotte. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Owner blindstamp on the front free endpape, light adhesive remnant from a bookplate to the front pastedown; sunning to the spine. Very Good in a Good slipcase with wear. Sylvain Sauvage. Quarto (9-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full green linen, stamped in green and gold from design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn with an introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Copy #845 of 1500 illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage with water-colors and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. Close to Fine in like slipcase. Sylvain Sauvage. Quarto (9-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full green linen, stamped in green and gold from design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn with an introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Copy #1205 of 1500 illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage with water-colors and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Windham: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Slight sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase with splitting to bottom edge. Sylvain Sauvage. Small folio (9-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in decorated linen with gilt lettering. The English translation by Brian Hooker with a new introduction by the translator. Illustrated with watercolors by Sylvain Sauvage. Copy #473 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Fine in torn glassine and a Very Good slipcase with a small gouge on the rear panel. Pierre Brissaud. Tall octavo (7-1/8" x 10-1/2") bound in a fine satin French brocade with a gilt-lettered leather spine label; 210 pages. With a new translation by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated with 25 plates by Pierre Brissaud reproduced by gravures and hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Also laid in is a pamphlet (4" x 8-1/4") titled "Cyrano Composes A Ballade," consisting of one sheet folded to make ten pages and including eight versions of the ballade Cyrano composes while duelling with Valvert. An interesting piece assumed to be issued by the Limited Editions Club and not seen previously by us.