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New York: The Stinehour press (Lunenburg, Vermont), for The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 1998 ¶ ONLY EDITION, one of 800 copies (of the whole edition of 1,000 copies); comprising facsimiles and transcripts of a manuscript order signed by President Van Buren and an autograph letter signed by John Quincy Adams, both relating to the Amistad affair and both previously unpublished; together with a long introduction by David Brion Davis of Yale. An elegant production, designed by Jerry Kelly and printed at the Stinehour Press. ||| Collation: In 8 (229 x 152 mm): 8 leaves, paginated [1-4] 5-15 [16]. Three facsimiles. Binding: Printed gray wrappers, illustration mounted on the upper wrapper as issued. Condition: As new. .

Paris: Georges Crès et Cie, 1914     ¶ FIRST EDITION thus, one of 1149 numbered copies, edited by Verlaine's bibliographer Adolphe van Bever; including facsimiles of autograph manuscripts 1873-74 (coll. Saffrey) exhibiting "appréciables variantes au texte définitif du présent ouvrage". The present copy is numbered "1106".   ||| Series: Les maîtres du livre, no. 37.  Collation: In 6s (188 x 129 mm untrimmed): 102 leaves, paginated [i-iv], [1-3] 4-193 [194-200]. Title printed in red & black.  Illustration: Wood-engraved frontispiece (bust of Verlaine, with revelers) by Pierre Eugène Vibert (1875-1937), printed in yellow and green; four folding plates (facsimiles).  Binding: Three-quarter blue morocco gilt, blue-cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top-edges gilt, others untrimmed, preserving the original printed wrappers (priced 7.50 F) bound in, by The Atelier… Read More

Paris: Georges Crès et Cie, 1921     ¶ FIRST VARIORUM EDITION, edited by Verlaine's bibliographer Adolphe Van Bever (1871-1925); including some twenty-four poems dedicated to the memory of Lucien Letinois (d. 1883), who was Rimbaud's successor in Verlaine's affections.This is ONE OF 1875 NUMBERED COPIES on Rives wove paper (of the whole edition of 1990): The present copy is numbered '1001'. (Series: Les maitres du livre, no. 84.)   ||| Collation: In 8s (185 x 128 mm): 90 leaves, paginated [i-viii], [1] 2-168 [169-172], including the genuine final blank leaf 11/6 (pages [171-172]).  Illustratrion: Integral woodcut frontispiece by Baudier printed in black with sepia and green, the titlepage printed in red and black, publisher's device in green, wood-engaved plate (portrait) after Pearon by Aubert printed in black on green; two headpiece vignettes, numerous decorative head- and tailpieces by P. E. Vibert.  Binding: Half brown morocco gilt… Read More

Paris: Rombaldi, Éditeur, 1936     ¶ FIRST EDITION thus, one of 3,000 numbered copies on vergé de Voiron. The present copy is numbered "329".   ||| Series: Collection Baldi "Les contemporaines", no. 6.  Collation: In 8s (196 x 146 mm): 66 leaves, paginated [1-6] 7-130 [131-132]. Title printed in red and black, page [132] blank as issued.  Illustration: Engraved frontispiece and four engraved plates all handcolored au pochoir, also one halftone illustration, after Auguste Brouet (1872-1941).  Binding: Three-quarter blue morocco lettered in gilt, mottled boards, marbled endpapers, top-edges gilt, preserving the original printed wrappers bound in.  Condition: Near fine, extremities barely rubbed.  Provenance: Beatrice Reiter Leval (1911-2004), of New York, picture-collector.   ||| For further details please contact Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, as… Read More

Paris: Librairie Vanier, 1885   ¶ FIRST EDITION of Verlaine's autobiographical sketch for Léon Vanier's series Les hommes d'aujourd'hui (1876-99), which was sort of the Biography Channel of its day. The text is greatly enriched here by Cohl's full-page caricature of Verlaine as a scowling imp, crouching and strumming a lyre while his left hand grasps an arrow shot through a heart: The Greek word anágke ("need", "anguish", "distress") is inscribed on his forehead, and his tail--which seems a bit too low--is labelled "DÉCADENCE". His books are stacked up behind him. (Series: Les hommes d'aujourd'hui, no. 244.)   ||| Collation: 290 x 199 mm: Two leaves, paginated [1-4] (ie, not paginated).  Illustration: Wood-engraved caricature 202 x 172 mm after "Émile Cohl" (ie, Émile Courtet, 1857-1938) by Ch. Decaux, signed in the block lower right and by Decaux lower left,… Read More