Sylvain sauvage illustrator (6 Ergebnisse)

Leather Bound. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

First Edition. First edition thus. Number 1279 of 1,500 numbered copies. Lavishly illustrated by Sauvage, who died before the book was published and therefore issued unsigned. Translated from the French by R. Bruce Boswell; introduction by Rene de Messieres. Fine in very good or better slipcase.

ONE OF ONLY THIRTY COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, WITH THREE STATES OF THE ETCHINGS. A charming little erotic livre artist, erotic verse illustrated with FIVE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY SYLVAIN SAUVAGE. From a total edition of 360 numbered copies, this is copy number 2, ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER WITH THE ETCHINGS IN THREE STATES: the first state with remarque, the second state with remarque, and the final state. Squarish 8vo. Oriignal illustrated wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, A PRISTINE COPY WITH NO DEFECTS. Sylvain Sauvage (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Limited Edition. Good set in half blue morocco with gilt titles on spine and raised bands. Signed by Sauvage in Volume 8 on colophon. Numbered 173/275 copies printed on Hollande. Books have scuffing and edge-wear. Three volumes have chipping at top edge of spine. Book plate on first pastedown of every volume. Name scribbled out on first endpaper of each volume. All 50 plates present. We would be happy to send photos upon request. Signed by Author(s).…

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. 4to, viii, 190 pp. Green linen, gilt lettering and dark green decoration. § Limited to 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator, Sylvain Sauvage. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn, introduced by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Printed at the Marchbanks Press in New York. Signed.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Anatole France's first novel. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with water-color illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator Sylvain Sauvage on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 641. In near fine condition with sunning to the spine. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn. Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Acadà mie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament". The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881) is a quietly ironic novel that explores the tension between intellectual life and moral action through the character of an elderly scholar whose greatest transgression is an act of compassion. France uses Bonnardâs gentle humor and introspective voice to critique the rigidity of legal and social institutions, highlighting instead the value of empathy, conscience, and human connection. Though titled with deliberate irony, the âcrimeâ committed is not a legal offense but a subversion of formal authority in favor of personal ethics. …