Description:
Paris: Labitte, 1883. ONE OF ONLY TWO (2) LARGE-PAPER COPIES (this one printed for the author on fine Dutch laid paper, "Hollande") OF THIS EXEMPLARY SINGLE-COLLECTOR AUCTiON CATALOGUE. XI, 190, 2 pp. Interleaved throughout. With the author's manuscript notes, corrections, prices realized, and buyers' names. On the front free endpaper is a note in the author's hand giving the total realized in the auction. This note is SIGNED by the author, Emile Paul. Emile Paul worked as a rare book expert for Labitte before founding his own publishing house, Emile Paul Frères. 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary quarter morocco and decorated boards. Original wraps preserved. Silk ribbon page marker. A bit of light wear to binding, internally FINE AND BRIGHT.
Search Results: Titles starting with C from Cole & Contreras
You searched for:
- Bookseller inventory: Cole & Contreras (titles starting with C)
- Bookseller: Cole & Contreras
Results 1 - 20 of 249
CATALOGUE DES LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES bien conditionnés, composant la Bibliothèque de M. A. BENOÎT, Forézien
by Emile Paul
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$475.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
$475.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
CLAYTON'S COLLEGE. Illustré de 12 lithographies originales en couleurs.
by Connie O'Hara (i.e., José André Lacour)
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$475.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paris: Sous le Signe d'Eros, c. 1955. A stunning edition of this French erotic novel, with 12 EXTREMELY EXPLICIT HORS-TEXTE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. From a total edition of 500 numbered copies, this is one of 472 on fine Rives wove paper. 4to. Loose as issued in the original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Housed in the (slighly worn) original board chemise and slipcase. Dutel 1243.
Item Price
$475.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Caillou et Tili
by Mille, Pierre (Charles Péguy association copy)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$495.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1911. FIRST EDITION of this novel by Pierre Mille. Apparently this copy belonged to Charles Péguy (1873-1914): laid in is a rather mysterious autograph letter signed from Mille to Péguy, complete with the envelope addressed to Péguy at 8 rue de la Sorbonne (the offices of Cahiers de la Quinzaine). This copy is furthermore ONE OF ONLY TEN SPECIAL COPIES PRINTED ON HOLLANDE (number 2), the only large-paper issue. 8vo. Original wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT. The tiniest wisp of wear, else FINE AND BRIGHT.
Item Price
$495.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Cajon de sastre. Anecdotas por Francisco Baldrich.
by Baldrich, Francisco (Francesc)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$275.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Barcelona: (the author), 1913. First and only edition. ONE OF ONLY 8 COPIES PRINTED of this charming compilation of humorous memories and anecdotes from turn-of-the-century Barcelona. Mainly in Spanish, but with some Catalan. Signed by the author. Printed amateurishly, but fortunately the author selected decent paper, which is not at all fragile. 105 + 4 pp. 12mo. Original printed wraps. Minor wear to wraps, else fine. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE BOOK, PERHAPS THE ONLY SURVIVING COPY. Not in Palau.
Item Price
$275.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Calembour
by Leante, Cesar (Carlos Fuentes association copy)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9788496045323 / 8496045323
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$125.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Madrid: Editorial Pliegos, 1988. First edition of this novel set in Cuba from 1959 to 1961. A great association copy, with a long, warm signed inscription from the author to Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes. 8vo, original wraps. Fine.
Item Price
$125.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Calendrier de la Belle Jardiniere, 1898. (calendar with full-page chromolithograph plates by Boutet de Monvel, Lhermitte, Caran d'Ache, Merson, Sabattier, Orange, De Monzaigle, Destez, De Myrbach, Rejchan, Parys, and Kowalski)
by Boutet de Monvel, Lhermitte, Caran d'Ache, Merson, Sabattier, Orange, De Monzaigle, Destez, De Myrbach, Rejchan, Parys, and Kowalski.
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$495.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paris: Imprimerie de Vaugirard for La Belle Jardiniere, 1897-1898. A BELLE EPOQUE CALENDAR WITH FULL-PAGE CHROMOLITHOGRAPH PLATES BY MANY OF THE LEADING ARTISTS OF THE PERIOD, including Henri Boutet de Monvel, Leon Lhermitte, Caran d'Ache, and Luc-Olivier Merson. La Belle Jardiniere was a chain of shops specializing in high-end sportswear for men, women, and children. The plates, appropriately enough, depict elegantly decked out people engaging in activities relevant to the month in question: Boutet de Monvel (January) depicts five impeccably-dressed children singing in the new year; Caran d'Ache (October) shows us a hunting scene; etc. 4to. 12 leaves, printed rectos only, tied together with two fine silk strings. IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION. A little faint marginal spotting to one plate, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Of the greatest rarity.
Item Price
$495.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Calepin d'un amateur d'estampes (guide to monograms in prints)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$275.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Alais (Ales): A. Veirun, 1865. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this EXTREMELY RARE dictionary of monograms found in prints. Hundreds of monograms identified, 8 lithograph plates showing dozens of the more elaborate examples. ONE OF ONLY 60 COPIES PRINTED. According to a note on the free endpaper, part of this tiny edition was destroyed. Printed on fine wove paper. Small 8vo. Original wraps. Wraps somewhat worn, especially at extremities. Internally fine and bright.
Item Price
$275.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
California Local History: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings [with] Supplement
by Rocq, Margaret Miller
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$125.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1970-1976. Two volumes, complete. Second and best edition, with the supplement. About 20,000 items described. 4to, publisher's cloth. Fine. First volume with fine dj, second volume with no dj, as issued.
Item Price
$125.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Campagne. Lithographies de Charles Bouleau.
by Vincent, Raymonde (Charles Bouleau, illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$495.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paris: Stock, 1943. A livre d'artiste illustrated with 27 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Charles Bouleau. From a total edition of 295 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 20 COPIES BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED ON FINE IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE LITHOGRAPHS ON "JAPON PELURE", AN EXTREMELY THIN JAPANESE PAPER. 4to. Attractively bound in half morocco and decorated boards. Minimal traces of wear to binding, some foxing (mainly marginal) to suite on Japon pelure, else FINE AND BRIGHT.
Item Price
$495.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Canal Maritime de la Seine. Rapports de la Commission des Inspecteurs des Ponts-et-Chaussees, sur les plans et projets presentes par les Soumissionaires, en vertu de l'Ordonnance royale du 16 fevrier 1825
by Commission des Inspecteurs des Ponts-et-Chaussees
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$1,975.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1828. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of the MOST IMPORTANT MONOGRAPH ON THE CANAL LINKING PARIS WITH THE SEA, one of the great engineering projects of its time. XI, 221 pp. plus 3 lithographed maps. The book is divided into two sections: Besons (near Paris) to Rouen, and Rouen to Le Havre. Each section is divided into numerous (and very detailed) subsections. Numerous tables throughout. At the end are three large folding lithographed maps, with the course of the Seine colored by hand in blue. Beautifully printed by Didot on fine wove paper, with large margins. From the library of noted engineer Rudolph Glossop (1902-1993), with his bookplate on pastedown. 4to. Attractively bound in half crimson morocco. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. An outstanding copy of an important book.
Item Price
$1,975.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Cant espiritual. Gravats de Borja de Pedro.
by Joan Maragall (etchings by Borja de Pedro)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$475.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Barcelona: the artist, 1986. An utterly captivating livre d'artiste, ENTIRELY ETCHED IN COLOR (both text and images) BY BORJA DE PEDRO. Includes 3 full-page etchings without text, each SIGNED and numbered by the artist. Also 5 etched text pages, with images in the margins. And finally, the etched justification, signed and numbered by the artist. Edition limited to 150 copies printed on fine wove paper. 4to. Loose as issued in original folding paper case, embossed on the front cover. Housed in the original acrylic case. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Rare.
Item Price
$475.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Canti
by Carbonara, Francesco
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$25.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Urbania: Bramante, 1974. First edition of this collection of poems. Frontispiece woodcut portrait of author by Nagy Laszlo Lazar. 8vo, original wraps. Small Harvard Gifts and Exchange stamp on inside of front cover, else near fine.
Item Price
$25.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Cantilena. Avec une lithographie d' Aristide Maillol
by Pons, Josep Sebastia (Joseph Sebastien) (Aristide Maillol)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$975.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Barcelona / Toulouse: (the author), 1937. The EXTREMELY RARE first edition of this collection of poems by Pons (in Catalan, with facing-page French translation). The frontispiece is an ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH BY ARISTIDE MAILLOL (Guerin 319), likely the LAST LITHOGRAPH EXECUTED BY THE ARTIST. The book was printed in Barcelona (and that city figures on the title-page) but--doubtless because of the Spanish Civil War--was issued in Toulouse (as indicated by the front cover). Edition limited to 260 copies, of which this is one of 250 on Torres-Domenech wove paper. 8vo. Original wraps. UNCUT, FINE, AND BRIGHT. Very rare, especially in such pristine condition.
Item Price
$975.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Capitolo del prete da Povigliano. A messer Ieronimo Fracastoro. (illustrated with hand-colored etchings by Renzo Sommaruga)
by Francesco Berni (Renzo Sommaruga, illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$975.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Verona: Giovanni Mardersteig / Officina Bodoni, 1951. A wonderful and rare Officina Bodoni publication, illustrated with SEVEN ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY RENZO SOMMARUGA, ALL HAND-COLORED BY THE ARTIST. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies, all beautifully printed (by Giovanni Mardersteig) with wide margins on fine handmade wove paper. 4to. Bound in the original vellum-backed boards, with gilt lettering on spine. In the original patterned-paper board slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, AS NEW WITH NO DEFECTS. Schmoller 98. A PRISTINE COPY OF A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL BOOK.
Item Price
$975.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Caractères, maximes et pensées de Mir Ali Chir Nevaii (Mir Ali-Shir Nava'i, Nizam-al-Din 'Ali Shïr)
by Mir Ali Chîr Névâïi (Mir Ali-Shir Nava'i, Nizam-al-Din 'Ali Shïr) (M. Belin, editor and translator)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$150.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1866. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this scholarly French translation of Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441-1501), the most important figure in Chagatai literature. Some Arabic types. 3, 58 pp. 8vo. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Pristine. Very rare.
Item Price
$150.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Card by José Janson on one side and by Paulette Dubost on the other. (autographe / autograph)
by José Janson / Paulette Dubost
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$75.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Marseille, 1945 - 1946. A sheet of wove paper (10 x 12 cm) inscribed and SIGNED on one side by singer José Janson (in 1945), and on the other side by actress Paulette Dubost (in Marseille, January 2, 1946). From the exemplary collection of maître d'hôtel Maurice Guérin, who worked from the 1930s to the 1960s at top restaurants in the South of France and aboard the S.S. Normandie. Adhesive remains. In fair condition. Still, A UNIQUE AND FASCINATING ITEM.
Item Price
$75.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Card signed by Fausto Coppi on one side and by Fernand Ledoux on the other. (autographe / autograph)
by Fausto Coppi / Fernand Ledoux
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$75.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
1958 - 1960. A sheet of wove paper (10 x 12 cm) SIGNED on one side by cyclist Fausto Coppi (in 1958), and on the other side inscribed and signed by actor Fernand Ledoux (in 1960). From the exemplary collection of maître d'hôtel Maurice Guérin, who worked from the 1930s to the 1960s at top restaurants in the South of France and aboard the S.S. Normandie. Minor adhesive remains, else in excellent condition. A UNIQUE AND FASCINATING ITEM.
Item Price
$75.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Card signed by Colette on one side and Jean-Pierre Aumont on the other (autographe / autograph)
by Colette / Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$225.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Marseille , 1948 - 1951. A sheet of wove paper (10 x 12 cm) inscribed and SIGNED on one side by actor Jean-Pierre Aumont (dated September 13, 1948), and on the other side by Colette (Marseille, August 10, 1951). Colette humorously refers to herself as "Miss Marseille 1951" and claims it is her first time signing an autograph! From the exemplary collection of maître d'hôtel Maurice Guérin, who worked from the 1930s to the 1960s at top restaurants in the South of France and aboard the S.S. Normandie. Minor adhesive remains, else in very good condition. A UNIQUE AND FASCINATING ITEM.
Item Price
$225.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Card signed by Roger Nicolas on one side and by Annie Cordy on the other. (autograph / autographe)
by Roger Nicolas / Annie Cordy
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$100.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
1952 - 1964. A sheet of wove paper (10 x 12 cm) inscribed and SIGNED (with a sketched self portrait) on one side by actor Roger Nicolas (in June, 1952), and on the other side inscribed and SIGNED by chanteuse Annie Cordy (in 1964). From the exemplary collection of maître d'hôtel Maurice Guérin, who worked from the 1930s to the 1960s at top restaurants in the South of France and aboard the S.S. Normandie. Minor traces of adhesive remains, else in excellent condition. A UNIQUE AND FASCINATING ITEM.
Item Price
$100.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Card signed by Armand Barnard (autograph / autographe)
by Armand Bernard
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
- Item Price
-
$75.00$22.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
1951. A sheet of wove paper (10 x 12 cm), SIGNED by actor Armand Bernard on March 22, 1951. From the exemplary collection of maître d'hôtel Maurice Guérin, who worked from the 1930s to the 1960s at top restaurants in the South of France and aboard the S.S. Normandie. Traces of adhesive remains on verso, else in excellent condition. A UNIQUE AND FASCINATING ITEM.
Item Price
$75.00
$22.00
shipping to USA
Didn’t find what you’re looking for?
Try adding this search to your want list. Millions of books are added to our site everyday and when we find one that matches your search, we’ll send you an email. Best of all, it’s free.
Add to Want List
Are you a frequent reader or book collector?
Join the Bibliophile's Club and save 10% on every purchase, every day — up to $20 savings per order!
Social Responsibility
Did you know that since 2004, Biblio has used its profits to build 16 public libraries in rural villages of South America?