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Urania, (Buenos Aires)., 1951. First edition thus: translated into Spanish by Basilio Uribe. Octavo. 55 pages unsewn within card wrappers, as issued. Dual Italian-Spanish text. Six fine etchings, including one vignette, by Raoul Veroni. The frontispiece is signed by him in pencil.Out of a total edition of 82 numbered copies, this is one of 55 on Ingres Fabriano.Fine.

Vincent Freal, Paris., (1931). First edition. Quarto. 8-page gathering of text by Girard and Table des Planches with sixty loose plates mostly comprising black and white photographic views of the art deco architecture on display at the Exposition's sites at Liège and Anvers. Held in folder of cloth-backed boards with art deco design printed in red and black, cloth ribbon ties.Small patch of abrasion to bottom corner of front board, otherwise fine. Very scarce.

Giambatista Albrizzi, Venezia., 1747. Second Venice edition. Small octavo. pp [44], 213, [30]. Engraved frontispiece and twelve engraved plates. Period quarter vellum, parchment boards, leather title label.Some foxing to endpapers. Title label chipped. Very good indeed.

Tresse & Stock, Paris., 1891. First edition. 12mo. pp [iv], 441. Period binding by Paul Affolter of three-quarter dark green crushed morocco with raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in.Pretty bookplate on front pastedown. Near fine.

Les Editions du Chene, Paris., 1943. First edition. Quarto. 53 pages, almost half of which are devoted to colour illustrations by Lucha Truel. Colour pictorial boards sewn into a card backstrip, seemingly without free endpapers. A seven-year-old circulating permanently in the Metro imagines life above ground at various of its stations. Surrealist elements. French text.Madeleine Truel worked as a forger for the French Resistance. She was captured, tortured and killed by the Nazis.Inscription on first blank. A bit of rubbing to covers. Very good.

Editions Nagel, Paris., 1946. Reprint (49e mille). Octavo. 141 pages. Wrappers.Ownership signature on front cover. Very good.

Chez Pillet Ainé, Paris., 1820-21. First edition. Small octavo. Three volumes. pp [iv], 354; [iv], 344; [iv], 344. Wood-engraved frontispieces, vignettes, folding plate comprising a map and London scenes. Period binding of full tree calf, red leather title-labels, green volume-labels. Marbled endpapers. First a soldier, then a dramatist and librettist best known for his libretto of Rossini's Guillaume Tell, Étienne also write journalism. One of the spines is lightly water-stained. Corners a little rubbed. Very good set.

Société du Mercure de France, Paris., 1902. Early printing of November 1902. The first printing was in May of the same year in a run of only 300 copies as the author had no great hopes for commercial success. Octavo. 259 pages. Period binding of half green morocco with raised bands, marbled boards.Covers rubbed at the joints, bands and edges. Spine faded. Very good. Early printings are scarce.

La Bibliothèque Française, Paris., 1948. First edition. Octavo. 311 pages. Wrappers. Possibly the author's most famous work. Two page introduction by her.Presentation copy from the author to Georges Sadoul and his wife, inscribed on the half-title page: ''A Rutha, à Georges pour leur parler au moins de loin! Elsa''.Spine cocked. Covers a bit darkened at the edges. Nick to head of spine. Tail of spine starting to split. Very good.

Les Cent-Une, Société de Femmes Bibliophiles, Paris., 1967. First edition thus. Quarto. 131 pages. 10 original colour eaux-fortes lithographs by Bogratchew. Printed on Vélin d'Arches paper, loose sheets in a printed folder.One of 101 numbered copies (this copy being designated for Mrs John Bruce) signed by the artist and the president and vice-president of the Society.Fine in near fine folding chemise and near-fine patterned paper slipcase both of which are just a little bruised at top edge.

Gallimard, Paris., 1953. First edition. Service de Press copy (''S.P.'' printed at foot of title-page). Octavo. 272 pages. Wrappers. Twenty short stories. French text. Presentation copy from the author to Jean-Paul Sartre, inscribed on the first blank: '' Pour M. J.P. Sartre ces quelques contes - Marcel Bisiaux''. He had also given Sartre an inscribed of his first book, Les pas contés (1949). Cheap paper tanned as always. Fine.

The Hours Press, Chapelle-Réanville - Eure., 1929. First edition in French. Quarto. Unpaginated. Red boards printed in black. The translator's two-page introductory text is printed in red. Out of a total edition of 360 copies signed by the translator this is one of 300 numbered copies.Presentation copy from the translator, inscribed on the first blank: ''à Louis Hay - qui me met dans l'obligation de continuer au jeu du Boojum, lequel est de longtemps mort, mais, j'espère, bientôt moi aussi - amicalement Aragon.'' The recipient was a French literary theorist and one of the founders of genetic criticism. In 1976 he established the Centre d'Analyse des Manuscrits under the aegis of the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique to which Aragon bequeathed his archive, together with that of his wife Elsa Triolet.Some rubbing to spine. Very good.

Henri Delesques, Caen., 1898. First edition. Octavo. 39 pages. Wrappers. Two tissue-guarded plates, one of which is the portrait frontispiece and the other a photograph of Beau Brummell's tomb. The author recounts the final days of the dandy now penniless, and insane from syphilis. His precipitate fall from the grace was set in motion partly by a falling-out with his former close friend the Prince Regent (during which Brummell uttered the immortal phrase, ''Alvanley, who's your fat friend?'') and partly by his intemperate gambling.Covers slightly dusty with some small nicks at the edges. Very good. Scarce.

Piedmont, California., 1994. First edition. Octavo. 60 pages. Wrappers. Contributions to this poetry magazine by Thom, Gunn, Wendy Cope, Robert Wells, Donald Justice, Dick Davis et al.Loosely inserted is Bloodaxe Poem Card 3 (''Night Song of the Personal Shadow'' by Gyorgy Petri) on the back of which is a note from Clive Wilmer to Tony Tanner.Fine.

Eragny Press, London., 1900. First edition thus. 16mo. 93 pages. Frontispiece drawn and engraved by Lucian Pissarro. Borders and decorated initials drawn by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro. Linen-backed boards with title-label to front. One of 226 copies of which 200 were for sale. Text in French.Several pages have light foxing and there are a couple of heavier flecks elsewhere. Very good indeed.

Flammarion, Paris., 1900. First edition. Oblong quarto. 48 pages. Twenty songs with scores and accompanying full-page illustrations. Colour pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers. The book comes from a theatrical presentation of a French colonialist mission into the Sudan. On the front pastedown is the pictorial bookplate of Georges Sadoul, the French historian of the cinema.Head and tail of spine slightly defective. Very good in the scarce dustwrapper which is extensively chipped and torn with a scratch to the rear panel which has gone through to the rear board.

Galerie des 4 Saisons, Paris., [1960]. First edition. Single piece of card, folded in two to make four panels, the outer panels being glossy. ''Catalogue'' of an exhibition that ran from 4th to 19th November 1960. On one of the inner panels is a short twenty-six line statement in French by John Ashbery. On the other inner panel there is a somewhat longer statement in French by Michel Courtois. On the lower outer panel there is a list of the participating artists. Kermani E1: ''Although no translator is listed, JA does not think he wrote this in French. JA reviewed this show in the New York Herald Tribune, European Edition on 9 Nov. 1960...''.Outer panels slightly marked. Very good. Very scarce.

Librairie de la Tradition Nationale, Paris., 1897. First edition. Octavo. 21 pages. Sewn wrappers. 100 copies were printed. Pages unopened.Spine slightly rubbed. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Covers a bit darkened at the edges. Very good. Scarce.

René Julliard, Paris., 1963. First edition. Octavo. 346 pages. Service de Presse copy with ''S.P.'' printed on rear cover.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the half-title page: ''à Sartre en témoignage de mon entière reconnaissance - André Puig''. The author was the last secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre who was instrumental in finding the publisher for this, Puig's first novel. Sartre also wrote the preface to Puig's second book, L'Inachevé.Fine.

La Maison Salubra, [Basel]., 1959. First edition. Oblong folio. The short introductory text, which is illustrated with drawings by Le Corbusier, is presented in French, German and English. This is followed by 14 double-page wallpaper samples, interspersed with three colour photographs of rooms, and 20 plates showing colours available. At the rear is an acetate pocket containing two card viewing frames. Inside the rear cover is a series of colour swatches. Cloth-backed boards held with three metal rivets, the front cover being glossy and pictorial. The wallpaper company Salubra had issued a more modestly presented selection of Le Corbusier's designs in 1932.Three of the sample pages are slightly chipped to top edges. The rivets slightly affected by rust. Cloth at tail of spine just a little rubbed. Cloth a little spotted and marked. Corners a bit rubbed. Very good and difficult to find in complete condition.