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ARP. Alexandre, Maxime.

L'Enfant de la Terre.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1965. Tall 8vo. Illustrated with three monochrome 'dessins' by Jean Arp (there is an additional 'dessin' for the wrapper). Original publisher's printed wrappers with 'dessin' by Arp to upper wrapper.

From the edition limited to 50 copies, signed by PAB.
[Livres Realisé par P. A. Benoit 114].

£450
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ref: 34249

BONNARD. Mellerio, André.

BONNARD. Mellerio, André.

La Lithographie Originale en Couleurs.

Paris. Publication de l'Estampe et l'Affiche. 1898. Small 4to. pp. (iv), 47. Original publisher's printed wrappers.

Edition limited to 1,000 copies, with this one of the first 200 numbered copies on papier Hollande ... (more)

£2,000
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ref: 30719

BRASILIER. Leroux, Gaston.

Le mystere de la chambre jaune.

Paris. Andre Sauret. 1969. 8vo. pp. 305. With 9 original colour lithographs by Brasilier. Publisher's leather, silk endpapers, slipcase.

£180
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ref: 38571

BROUET. Doumergue, Gaston (intro).

Frederic Mistral. Memoires et recits.

Paris. Frederic Gregoire. 1937. 4to. pp. 223. With 43 original etchings by Auguste Brouet, including 15 hors-texte plates. Loose as issued in publisher's wrappers. With chemise and slipcase.

Limited to 220 copies.

£350
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ref: 20497

CHAHINE. Colette.

Mitsou. Vingt-six eaux-fortes et pointes-seches de Edgar Chahine.

Paris. La Societe Nouvelle des Editions d'Art Devambez. 1930. 4to. pp. 125, (iv). With 26 original etchings by Chahine, many full-page. Original wrappers, with vellum chemise and slipcase.

Edition limited to 226 copies, with this one of 10 copies printed entirely on japon nacre a la ... (more)

£4,500
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ref: 30584

CHAHINE. Huysmans, J-K.

À vau-l'eau.

Paris. Georges Courville. 1933. 4to. pp. 119. With 19 original drypoint etchings by Edgar Chahine, including portrait frontispiece and eight hors-texte. Loose as issued in wrappers.

Edition limited to 215 copies, with this copy unnumbered, printed on japon imperial with an extra suite of the etchings printed with remarques.

£1,600
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ref: 27536

CLAVE. Rabelais, Francois.

CLAVE. Rabelais, Francois.

Gargantua. Lithographies de Clavé.

Paris. Les Bibliophiles de Provence. 1955. Folio. Text and 59 original colour lithographs by Clavé. Loose as issued in publisher's printed wrappers, decorative board chemise and matching slipcase.

From the edition limited to 245 copies, with this copy printed for Monsieur Maurice Savon ... (more)

£4,000
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ref: 35129

COCTEAU.

COCTEAU.

Enigme. Poème de Jean Cocteau.

Paris. Les Editions des Reverbères. [1939, Huit Mars]. 8vo. Engraved half-title, portrait ... (more)

From the edition limited to 137 copies on hand-made paper, with this one of unnumbered several hors commerce examples.

£1,200
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ref: 37583

DECARIS. Ronsard, Pierre de.

Discours des Miseres de ce Temps.

Paris. Le Fuseau Charge de Laine. 1930. 4to. pp. 199. With 21 original full-page engravings by ... (more)

Edition limited to 359 copies, with this one of 50 examples on Japon imperial. This copy includes two original pencil drawings by Decaris.

£2,000
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ref: 25394

DECARIS. Ronsard.

Discours des Misères de ce Temps.

n.d. 4to. 17 etchings. Loose as issued.

Edition limited to 100 copies.

£400
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ref: 17498

DELAUNAY, Robert.

Les Tours Eiffel de Robert Delaunay.

Paris / Bruxelles. Jacques Damase Gallery. 1974. Tall 4to. [2 blank leaves of blue paper, three ... (more)

From the edition limited to 1,500 copies, with this one of 150 édition de tête copies on papier ... (more)

£1,000
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ref: 40575

DELAUNAY. Cendrars, Blaise.

DELAUNAY. Cendrars, Blaise.

La prose du Transsiberien, et de La petite Jehanne de France. Couleurs simultanees de Mme. Delaunay-Terk.

Paris. Editions des Hommes Nouveaux. 1913. 4 sheets, 500 x 35 cm. each. Printed recto only, 2 ... (more)

Although the justification announces 150 copies only some 60 were printed and according to the ... (more)

£47,500
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ref: 33048

DELVAUX. Robbe-Gillet, Alain.

Construction d'un Temple en Ruine à la Déesse Vanadé.

Paris. Le Bateau Lavoir. 1975. Folio. Illustrated with frontispiece and 10 etchings and drypoints. Original publisher's printed wrappers, boxed.

From the edition limited to 187 copies signed by the artist and author, with this number 1 of 30 with an extra suite printed on 'vélin d'Auvergne pur chiffon à la main du Moulin Richard de Bas' with each plate signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.

£15,500
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ref: 27667

DENIS.

L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduction anonyme du XVII siecle honoree d'un bref de notre Saint-Pere le Pape Pie IX.

Paris. Vollard. 1903. 4to. pp. xiii, 456.
Profusely illustrated with woodcuts by Maurice Denis. Loose as issued in original wrappers, with chemise and slipcase.

Edition limited to 400 copies, with this one of 90 copies printed on chine.

£1,200
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ref: 30721

DENIS.

DENIS.

Le Livre de Tobie. Traduit sur la Vulgate par Le Maistre de Sacy, avec une préface de l Abbé Jean-Pierre Altermann. Illustrations de Maurice Denis.

Paris. Dupin. 1929. Folio. pp. (8) + 52+ (8). With numerous colour wood engravings by Denis, engraved by Jacques Beltrand. Loose as issued in portfolio.

Edition limited to 200 copies, with this one of 25 copies with an additional suite of the plates ... (more)

£1,000
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ref: 23373



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