[Text in French]. Pp. [ii](tipped-in Editor's note)+162(last blank), 4 maps; plain paper wrappers, spine titled by hand, edges a trifle rubbed; glassine wrapper, front panel titled by hand, edges browned, chipped and split; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, outer leaves and edges browned;..... More
Trente-sept lithographies de Berthold Mahn. [Text in French]. Pp. [viii]+304+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, plus 10 plates, title page vignette, 14 text illustrations, 10 pictorial headpieces and a tailpiece, the title and several small decorative initials printed in red; bound in half orange calf, with gilt lettered and decorated red calf..... More
[Text in French & English]. Pp. xliv+646, select bibliography, indices; med. 8vo; blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2004. First edition. *'Includes work by Francophone poets, by writers better known for accomplishments..... More
A portrait of Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Pp. [xii]+402(last blank), 16 plates, notes, bibliography, chronology; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dark grey papered boards, upper board lettered in black, the top fore-corner faintly bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel lightly..... More
Pp. 190; cr. 8vo; orange cloth, spine blocked in blue and lettered in silver & gilt; top edges blue; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split,; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset; Readers Union, London, 1948. Book Club edition. *Author's first novel..... More
A biography. Volume One (1768-93). The Longed-for Tempests. Pp. [x]+322(last blank), 8 plates, endpaper maps, notes, select bibliography, references, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle split; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Chatto & Windus, London, 1977. First edition. *Biography of the French romantic writer and statesman. More
Translated from the French by Margaret Crosland and David Le Vay and with an Introduction by Margaret Crosland. Pp. 156(last blank), frontispiece portrait; boards slightly sprung, the fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the front panel slightly creased near bottom edge; bookseller's sticker at foot..... More
An autobiography in fact and fiction. Translated and edited by Dan Hostadter. Drawings by Emma Chichester Clark. Pp. viii+140, coloured frontispiece plus 5 plates; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver; top edges navy; within cream card slipcase;The Folio Society, London, 1986. Folio 581. More
Pp. xvi+230+2(publisher's note)+8(advertisements), patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top edges brown; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and slightly foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a little bleeding of the cloth colour to bottom edges on reverse; a little light..... More
Translated by J. M. Cohen. Lithographs by M. Lin-Desportes. Pp. 118, black & white frontispiece, plus 6 plates printed in two colours; pictorial tan cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black, the boards faintly soiled; top edges yellow; lacking the slipcase; armorial bookplate (Richard George De Burgh Griffith) on..... More
Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. Pp. [vi]+118(last blank); minor flaws to cloth across both boards and spine; dust wrapper; some of the pages faintly browned; Collins, London, 1988. First U.K. edition. More
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The translation by Lafcadio Hearn. With an Introduction by A. S. W. Rosenbach and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Pp. viii+190+[2](blank, colophon), printed in red & black, coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, title page vignette, and pictorial headpieces; med. 4to; dull green linen, lettered in gilt and decorated in darker green, fore-corners..... More
The translation by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, with an Introduction by Desmond MacCarthy and illustrations by Pierre Watrin. Pp. xvi+282, text illustrations, some full page, title page decoration printed in blue; super roy. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, spine quite faded; speckled edges; within blue/grey card slipcase, edges..... More
Translated from the French by Edward Marsh. Pp. viii+250; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the lower board faintly mottled; top edges navy; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; edges of leaves foxed; Cresset Press, London, 1948. The Cresset Library. *Autobiographical novel, first..... More
Illustre de cent cinquante dessins en couleurs de Joseph Hemard. [Text in French]. In two volumes. Pp. [iv]+iv+354(last blank)+[2](table, verso blank)+[iv]+360+[4](table and colophon, last blank), pochoir title page vignette, text illustrations and pictorial head & tailpieces both volumes, the title pages printed in red & black; bound by Riviere in..... More
With the preface by the author, an introduction for the modern reader by Jacques Barzun and hand-colored illustrations by Andre Dugo. Pp. xlvi+300+[2](colophon, verso blank), 10 plates and 9 text illustrations hand-coloured in the studio of Charlize Brakely, the half-title and title pages printed in blue & black; impl. 8vo;..... More
A Study of His Novels and Plays. Pp. [vi]+262, productions of Genet's plays bibliography, notes and references; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; top edges green; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1968. First..... More
Edited by David Littlejohn. Pp. [ii]+xvi+978+[8], notes and bibliography; thick med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in red & black; top edges red, others uncut; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges slightly rubbed and split, both flaps lightly creased; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1971. First..... More
Translated from the French by Dorothy Bussy. Pp. xii+140; printed paper wrappers, edges a trifle worn, the upper wrapper dated in ink April /53; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Cassell, London, 1952. Proof copy of standard edition. Connolly, 100 Key Books. *Originally published in France in 1902 as L'Immortaliste. More
Translated from the French, with an Introduction and Notes, by Justin O'Brien. In four volumes. Volume I: 1889-1913. Pp. xx+380+xx(indices, last blank); Volume II: 1914-1927. Pp. [vi]+462+xx(indices); Volume III: 1928-1939. Pp. [vi]+450+xx(indices); Volume IV: 1939-1949. Pp. xii+342(last blank)+xiv(indices), errata slip tipped in after Contents page, appendices; each volume with a...... More
Translated from the French and with an Introduction and Notes by Wade Baskin. Pp. 136, frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; orange papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, slight bruises to head of spine and top fore-corner of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, the laminate..... More
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Translated from the French by Dorothy Bussy. Pp. vi+202(last blank); printed paper wrappers, edges and backstrip a trifle faded and creased; a couple of spots of foxing; Cassell, London, 1953. Proof copy of standard edition. *With the publishers' With Compliments card loosely inserted. Originally published in France in 1929 (L'Ecole..... More
Pp. 192, frontispiece portrait, bibliography, index; cr. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in white, tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board, top fore-corner of lower board bumped; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with 2 tape repairs to top edge on reverse; book label of David..... More
Translated from the French by Ian Monk. Pp. [vi]+328(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Harvill Press, London, 2000. First U.K. edition. *The author's first novel, originally published in France in 1994. More
