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19 - MODERN ILLUSTRE. 10 paperback volumes:
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MODERN ILLUSTRE. 10 paperback volumes: - ARNAC (Marcel). The Farce of the Desert Island. A novel of love, humour and adventure. Paris, Nouvelle Société d’Edition, (c. 1930), in-8, 167 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback, colour cover design. Ex libris. - One of 150 copies printed on Marais vellum, the only large-format paper used. First edition. 75 vignettes by the author. - CHAMPSAUR (Félicien). Pierrot and His Conscience. Paris, Dentu, (1896), 8vo, 6 unnumbered leaves – IV pp. – 136 pp. – 3 leaves – 2 leaves of catalogue. Paperback. - A few very faint foxing spots; fragile binding. First edition. Charming vignettes and full-page illustrations by Gorguet, printed in 2 or 3 colours, sometimes enhanced with gold. Portrait. - DEBRAYE (Henry). [DREVET]. Si Stendhal revenait. Etchings and drawings by Joanny Drevet. Grenoble, Didier & Richard, (1934), 8vo, 139 pp. – 1 folio – 31 plates. Paperback, padded cover. - A few scattered small pinholes. A work of fiction centred on Stendhal and his life in Grenoble. 16 etchings as inserts, 20 drawings reproduced by heliogravure, either as inserts or as headpieces. Printed in a run of 1,350 copies. (Carteret V, p. 61). - GINISTY (Paul). La seconde nuit. A comic novel. Preface by Armand Silvestre and 66 illustrations by Henriot. Brussels, Brancart, 1884, in-8, 161 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback. – Volume in good condition. First edition printed in a run of 515 copies. Illustrations in the text. - LEFEVRE (Frédéric). [PERRAULT-HARRY]. *Monsieur Maubenoit, the Philatelist*. Novel. Illustrations by F. Perrault-Harry. Paris, Ariane, 1945, square 8vo, 97 pp. – 10 plates. Paperback, cloth-bound cover. - Fresh, uncut copy. (Horizons littéraires collection). First edition & first printing. The quest for a stamp. The 10 insert illustrations and 4 headband illustrations are coloured using a process that produces a striking gouache-like effect. Printed in a run of 3,300 copies. - MAGNIER (Maurice). *L’épousée*. With eleven illustrations in the text by A. Guillaumot fils. Paris, Lemonnyer, 1884, square 8vo booklet, 15 unnumbered folios. Stapled. – One of the 50 ‘Japon’ editions, with a suite. Cover soiled. Illustrated with 10 head-and-footer compositions. (Vicaire V, 448). - MONTFRILEUX (Jérôme Doucet, known as...). *Le Livre des Masques*. One hundred drawings by J. Fontanez. Paris, Le Livre de l’Estampe, (1903), 8vo, 2 leaves–202 pp.–1 leaf. Paperback, decorated cover. - Pinholes on the back cover, margins slightly yellowed. First edition & first printing. Text printed in red. J. Fontanez’s illustrations are arranged in large frames surrounding the text, or as small vignettes. - MOUSSET (Paul). *Maïmona*. Colour woodcuts by Georges Tautel. Paris, Nouvelle France, 1944, 8vo, 260 pp. – 2 folios. Paperback, folded cover. - In good condition. (‘Main d’Or’ collection). Full-page woodcuts, printed in colour. - NOLHAC (Pierre de). Autour de la reine. Illustrated by Drésa & Bérengier. Paris, Lapina, 1926, small in-8, 159 pp. – 2 ff. – facsimile, frontispiece, 8 inserts, vignettes. Paperback, beige cover with embossing. – Good condition. (Les Panathénées Collection). A beautifully produced edition, illustrated with an etching as a frontispiece, 8 charming watercolour compositions, and vignettes in headbands or footers. Text set in red and black. - SAMAIN (Albert). In the Infanta’s Garden. Original colour illustrations by Antoine Calbet. Paris, Rombaldi, 1941, in-8, 3ff.–231pp.– 5 plates. Paperback, folded cover. 5 colour etchings by Calbet.
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