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8 - LITERATURE, 8 works; 9 bound volumes:
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LITERATURE, 8 works; 9 bound volumes: ARNOUX (Alexandre). Cinema. Lithographs by André Foy. Paris, Crès, 1929, in-12, 117 pp. – 3 ff.- 9 inserts. Orange Jansenist morocco, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. (Contemporary binding). - Slight foxing on the endpapers. (Maîtres et jeunes d’aujourd’hui collection). Printed in a run of 530 copies. BOURGET (Paul). *L’Emigré*. Paris, Plon-Nourrit, (circa 1920), in-12, 4ff. – 404 pages – 2ff. Contemporary brown half-shagreen binding, ribbed spine, decorated panels, cover preserved. – The bookbinder has mounted the interior poster for this novel at the end of the volume, 35.5 x 26.5 cm, printed on fine yellow paper. Well bound, paper slightly and evenly yellowed. HAMILTON (Antoine). Memoirs of the Life of the Count of Grammont... Published from the original texts with an introduction by René de Planhol. Paris, A la cité des Livres, 1926, substantial volume, small 8vo (13 x 18.3 cm), 2ff.-VIpp.-1f.- 358 pages- 1f. Bound in bottle-green half-maroquin, corners, spine with 5 raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised Spine discoloured to a fawn shade, otherwise in excellent condition. HUXLEY (Aldous). Counterpoint. Translated by Jules Castier. Preface by André Maurois. Paris, Plon, 1930, 2 volumes in-12, 3ff.-Vpp.-328pp. - 2ff.-306pp.-1f. Contemporary brown half-maroquin bindings, corners, ribbed spine, gilt heads, covers and spine preserved. - Copy from the first print run. Paper very slightly yellowed; simple but high-quality bindings, unsigned. (‘Feux croisés, âmes et terres étrangères’ collection). First French edition (Point counter point). MANUEL (Eugène). *Pages intimes*. Poems... Third edition. Paris, Lévy, 1867, in-12, 4ff.-244pp. Bound in contemporary red half-shagreen, with corner pieces, ribbed spine and gilt head. - Autograph dedication by the author to Mademoiselle Favart. Light foxing on the first and last leaves. Edition published one year after the original. RENE MAIZEROY (Baron Toussaint, known as...). ‘Chérissime’. An unpublished novel illustrated with numerous photographs. Paris, Per Lamm, (1901), square 12mo, 267 pp. – 2 folios. Aubergine half-basane, ribbed spine, red and green title labels. (Contemporary binding). – A fresh copy, attractively bound. (Excelsior Collection). First edition. Photographs as vignettes and full-page plates. SEDAINE (Michel-Jean). *Le philosophe sans le savoir*. A comedy in five acts, published for the first time from the Comédie-Française manuscript, with a preface by Georges d’Heylli. Paris, Jouaust, 1880, 12mo, 2 leaves–XXIII pp.–102 pp.–1 leaf. Bradel binding in cherry-coloured half-maroquin with corner pieces, untrimmed, cover. (Contemporary binding). – One of 30 copies on Whatman paper, following 30 on China paper. (Les petits chefs-d’œuvre collection). VAUDOYER (Jean-Louis). Esquisses Havanaises. Frontispiece by Mariano Andréu. Paris, Emile-Paul, 1930, in-8, 3ff.-86pp.-3ff., frontispiece. Contemporary half-cherry morocco binding, ribbed spine, gilt head, cover preserved. – Lucien Blaise bookplate. Copy from the first print run, well bound, in very fresh condition. (Collection ‘Ceinture du Monde’).
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