French writer the (33 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Zustand: Very Good. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 255 pp. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing across the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 16s. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. RUSSIAN & SOVIET HISTORY. …

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original royal navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xii] 290 printed pages of text with 6 full-page monochrome illustrations. A little foxing to the fore edges. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear to the bottom of the spine, rubs to corners and spine ends, not price clipped 18/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).…

One page, 12mo. Very good on lightly aged paper. Giving details of a proposed lecture. He was to have been in Salford, Manchester, but the dates have been changed. Can only offer two dates. ' the two years' has been a huge success & a most interesting journey by which we have all benefited. I remember the Bolton audience with great pleasure. Kindly name the subject you choose. My fee: ten guineas as before.' Accompanied by magazine cutting of photographic portrait captioned 'M. PAUL BLOUET ("MAX O'RELL"), NEW EDITOR OF THE PARIS "FIGARO.".…

Zustand: Bon. Merci, votre achat aide à financer des programmes de lutte contre l'illettrisme.

223 untrimmed and partly unopend pages. - Publisher's titled softcover with gentle ornament at frontpanel; 8vo.(ca. 19 x 12 cm). ~~~ FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; EXEMPLAIRE 'S.P.'(Service de Presse), INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ''Pour Claude Bourdet / en respectueux hommage / . . .'' at foretitle-page. - Cover slightly used; A VERY GOOD COPY.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¾''. Her writing career stretched from 1941 to 1979 and during this time she brought many of the events of her childhood and career to public attention. She enjoyed a long relationship with publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons, and most of her works, particularly her early ones, were a commercial success. Contains colour frontispiece, 217 pp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the spine tips, not price clipped, 18s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. PORTUGAL & PORTUGUESE.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original plum covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains portrait frontispiece drawing by Irène Lagut, 127 pp. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small repaired tears to the spine ends and bottom front cover, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0720601746 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

Zustand: Very Good. Publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 6½'' x 4¼''. Contains 192 pp French text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [Surrealism].

Zustand: Good. First edition thus in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 219 pp. Tanning to the text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Uniform matching hard back binding in contemporary aqua green cloth covers, faded gilt title and author lettering to the spines. 12mo 6'' x 4''. Contents: volume II 431; volume III 387; volume IV 346. Volume I is missing, armorial bookplate inside each front end paper belonging to George Blackshaw, rubbing to the covers, hinges still sound, text block with light foxing to the end leaves. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History). …

Zustand: Very Good. First English language edition being first published in Germany in 1961 as 'Die Drei Räuber'. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet paper covered boards, black title and author lettering to the spine with three black hooded robbers to the foot of the front panel, primrose end papers. 4to 11½'' x 8½''. Contains unpaginated printed pages of text with colour illustrations on blue paper throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubs to the spine ends, edges and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780714848778 CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE. …

Albumblatt (1 S. 4°) in Tinte mit Ort und Datum eigenhändig signiert CARL SAERCHINGER aus New York. 19.I.1935.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three French Early Eighteenth Century Novels, Probably Each Is A Roman-A-Clef. Bound In One Volume. Speckled Calf, Polished, Elaborately Gilt Spine, Gilt Edges, Marbled Endpapers. Light Wear, No Marks Or Stains.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition with these illustrations hard back binding in publisher's original venetian red buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt theatre drapes and Japanese fan to the front cover, top edge gilt, grey and white silhouette matador illustrated end sheets. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Mérimée is best known for this novella Carmen, which became the basis of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. Contains [ix], 203 printed pages of text with with 16 intricate full-page colour plates with lettered paper guards, and 74 large monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine dulled, off-setting to the verso end papers and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour photographic matt paper covered boards, grey end papers. 4to. 11½'' x 11¼''. Published in 2005. Retrospective Exhibition Monograph. Contains 352 pp French text with amazing monochrome and colour photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Heavy volume weighing 3 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHOTOGRAPHY.…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, folio. Text clear and entire, on worn and grubby paper, with chipping to edges and slight loss to one corner, with one closed tear repaired with archival tape. Embossed tax stamps at head. Good firm signature at bottom right 'David Dundas.', beside small seal in red wax, with crumbling impression. At bottom left: 'Signed Sealed and Delivered (being first duly stampt) in the Presence of us / John Landon / M King'. Downwards in left-hand margin: 'Entered in the Office for Auditing the Public Accounts the 9th of February 1797 / Thos Gibbes'. Begins: 'Know all Men by these Presents that I David Dundas Esqr. Major General of His Majestys Forces and Colonel of the Twenty Second Regiment of Foot, for and in Consideration of Clothing furnished and delivered by Alexander Adair Esqr. of Pall Mall to and for the Use of the said Regiment [.]'. The document concerns 'the Offreckonings or Clothing Money of Twenty Serjeants, Twenty Corporals, Eight Drummers, Two Hundred Privates, Ten Contingent Men and Eight Warrant Men'.…

This item is from the autograph album of the author George Meredith's daughter Marie Eveleen (Mariette; 1871-1933), wife of Henry Parkman Sturgis (1847-1929), American-born banker and Liberal politician. It does not however appear to be addressed to Meredith, but rather to the author William Sharp ('Fiona Macleod'). See the several references to Bourget in the first volume of W. F. Halloran's edition of Sharp's letters. 1p, 16mo. Laid down on part of gilt-edged leaf from Mrs Sturgis's album. In good condition, folded once for postage. Nine neatly-written lines, with Bourget's distinctive signature. Begins: 'Mille remerciements, cher poète, pour le morceau du Time, et l'excellente traduction que vous avez faite du Soir d'été.' His 'beaux vers' have made Bourget love his own. He concludes with new year greetings: 'Puis que c'est l'habitude Française, je profite de ce premier janvier pour vous souhaiter ainsi qu'a Mrs Sharp, une heureuse année - et me dire une fois de plus votre ami bien devoué / Paul Bourget / 13 Janv. 86'. See Image.…

Zustand: Very Good. First English translated edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, M. Mackenzie in gilt to the front cover. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. The first edition was printed in 1903 in French, this second edition was published in 1907, the third in 1912, and the current fourth edition in 1921. Contains photographic frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard, 880 printed pages of text. From Mairi Mackenzie with lovely illustrated family bookplate looking out over Loch Ewe from Inverewe House to the front free end paper, text across the top of the bookplate 'Some in the Sun and Some in the Shade' referring to plants grown at Inverewe, below her printed name 'Mairi Mackenzie'. Slight age tanning to the text block edges and down the spine, rubbing to the corners, spine ends rolled over and in Very Good square and tight condition. By the time Mairi was born, Osgood Mackenzie was 17 years into his lifelong project. Her parent's marriage broke down while she was still young, and she seems to have spent part of her time with her mother. However, it seems that while still a child she became enthused with her father's vision and worked alongside him to help turn it into reality. In 1907 at the age of 28, Mairi married Robert Hanbury. When Osgood Mackenzie died in 1922, the work of completing Inverewe Garden was carried forward by Mairi. Robert Hanbury died in 1933, and in 1935 Mairi married Ronald Sawyer, a landowner and farmer. Together they rebuilt Inverewe House, which had stood ruined since a serious fire in 1914, and under their stewardship, her father's dreams of Inverewe Garden developed into reality. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOOD [Cuisine Française].…

Zustand: Very Good. Contemporary full tree calf, calf reback, flat spine and label as original, red morocco and gilt title label, gilt cross lines. Rare English translated copy of the 1800 reprint of de Saint Pierre's journey to the island of what is now known as Mauritius. This edition is not recorded by Mendelssohn, but is noticed by Theal. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre 1737-1814, after spending four years in Russia as an engineer, obtained a commission as engineer for the Isle of France. He remained there for three years, and then returned to Paris to devote himself to literature. In addition to his 'Voyage to the Isle of France' he wrote the famous 'Paul and Virginia' a work hailed as a chef d'oeuvre by the French critics and which was translated into most European languages including English. He was intimate with Rousseau, and enjoyed the patronage of Louis XVI, Joseph Bonaparte, and Napoleon. He was regarded as one of the best prose writers of France. 8½'' x 5½''. 8vo. pp xxiv, 334, colophon, [+ ii advertisements]. Age toning to the edges of the end papers and in Very Good sound and stable condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAURITIUS (Mascarenhas).…

Zustand: Fine. Third revised edition hard back binding in publisher's original white card wrap covers (soft back) with colour photographic to the centre, French flaps. 8vo. 8½'' x 8½''. Contains 80 pp with splendid colour photograph to every right-hand leaf, French text opposite. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHOTOGRAPHY. …

Visting card format (84 x 63 mm). 11 lines. To an unnamed friend, thanking him for his sympathy and exlpaining a choice that he had made, apparently not to stand for election in an unspecified literary society: "Merci, mon cher ami, de vos compliments et de votre sympathie. Oui, mon choix a été un choix de tradition ; mais j'avais été déçu - c'est vrai - de l'hostilité de certains écrivains lors de ma défense de leurs intérêts. Pourquoi leur demander leurs suffrages du cas où je les méritais - je n'en avais plus le goût, ni le désir. Mon parfait souvenir". - Gérard Bauër was the son of the journalist, writer, and Communard Gérard Bauër and the grandson of Alexandre Dumas père. In 1959, he won the literary prize of the city of Paris for his "Rendez-vous avec Paris". - Well preserved.…

First thus edition in publisher's original decorated French card wrap covers [soft back] over stiff card covers. 8vo. 7¼'' x 5''. First edition of this new translation by Austryn Wainhouse, masquerading as 'Pieralessandro Casavini.' One of the earliest Olympia imprints. 'Printed in France / Price: 1.750 Francs' at the bottom of the rear cover, printed May 1953 (first printing). Contains 330 printed pages of English text. Soiling to the covers, old tape shadow marks to the spine ends, ink name inside. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History). …

First thus edition in publisher's original decorated French Card wrap covers [soft back] over stiff card covers. 8vo. 7¼'' x 5''. First edition of this new translation by Austryn Wainhouse, masquerading as 'Pieralessandro Casavini.' One of the earliest Olympia imprints. First issue without price to bottom rear panel (Only printed in France) and the tail of the 'R' in 'Bedroom' extend below the text on the title page. Contains 216 printed pages of English text. Soiling to the covers, old tape shadow marks to the spine ends, ink name inside. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).…

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. (See his entry in the Oxford DNB.) 2pp, 4to. Signed 'Michel Kovatchévitch'. On aged and worn paper. Folded twice for postage, with closed tears at edges of vertical fold, and nicks and creasing along one edge. He is working on a biography of Frederick Aldridge, 'tragédien noir de langue anglaise (1807-1867)', and asks for help in establishing the date of his debut, 'dans le rôle d'Othello, au Royalty Theatre'. He gives a long extract from an English work, before stating that he has consulted a number of English newspapers of the period, 'sans trouver trace de cette représentation d'Othello par Mr. Keene, nom que portait le tragédien noir à cette époque'. He gives some of the information he possesses, including details of Garrick portraits of Aldridge. He ends with a final question: when did Sunday performances start in the English. …

1p., 8vo. On aged and worn paper. Addressed to 'Mademoiselle', but from the papers of The item is from the papers of the second wife of the geologist Alexander Henry Green (1832-1896), previously Miss Wilhelmina Maria Armstrong of Clifton, herself a scientist. He apologises for the late reply, which is to be attributed 'aux distractions du "Christmas" et du Tour de l'An'. His 'Traité de Chimie Biologique' has not been translated into English and it would please him to see such a translation made, with the agreement of his editor M. Manon'.…

E.VISITENKARTE de l Academie Francaise mit 10 eigenhändigen Zeilen und voller Unterschrift signiert (dito : E.Brief (1 S. kl. 8° Doppelblatt) mit Ort, Wochentag, Unterschrift signiert Paris, Dimanche - an Cher Mosieur et ami (vtl. 25.4.1871, an den Journalist und Schriftsteller LEON BERNARD DEROSNE (1839-1910) vom PARIS-JOURNAL in Saint Germain, Paris) , dem er im Brief vergessen habe mitzuteilen, daß er an Spuller (= EUGENE SPULLER, 1835-96, frz. Außenminister 1889/90) geschrieben habe etc., erwähnt den französischen Innenminister und Handelsminister. Euro 245,-).…

8vo. 1 p. In French. From Villemain's time as minister of public instruction, apologizing to the unnamed recipient for not having been able to receive him and proposing another meeting: "J'ai bien regretté, Monsieur, le mécompte qui m'a privé de l'honneur de vous recevoir. Je désirerais qu'il vous fût possible de m'en dédommager. Si mercredi proch. vous êtes libre, je saisissais avec empressement cette occasion, et je vous attendrai au ministère [.]". - With collector's mark in ink. Minimally stained.…

8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium. With autograph address. To Aglaé de Bouconville, widow of the playwright Jean-Louis Laya (1761-1833), concerning the rental of her house in the countryside for the summer: "Vous excuserez le retard de ma réponse par mille soins que j'ai eus. Mon petit enfant qui nous inquiétait beaucoup va mieux Dieu merci ; et j'ai l'espérance de pouvoir au commencement de Juin établir ma petite famille à la campagne. Je serais charmé que ce fût chez vous Madame, puisque Vous n'avez pas terminé l'affaire à laquelle vous songiez. Mais, il y a nécessité pour moi de ne point passer un certain prix [.]". - Dated according to a recipient's or old collector's note. - With tears from breaking the seal and minor tears to the margins. Somewhat creased.…

8vo. 1 1/2 p. Letter to René Laporte, who supported Breton financially. The poet asks him to advance his January payment as the start of the year is always "difficult," and asks if Laporte has received his article on "Le Rouge et le Noir." Breton also declares that his life "continues to be so unbalanced." In fine condition.…