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262 - POETRY LITERATURE. Over 10 books and pamphlets:
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POETRY LITERATURE. Over 10 books and pamphlets: - OBALDIA (René de). Papa, Mama und der Esel. Innocent poems for young and old. Adapted by Ludwig Harig and Eugen Helmlé. Axel Hertenstein, Harlekin-Presse, 1978, in-4, 10ff. on vellum paper, bound ‘Chinese-style’. Paperback. - Fresh. First edition of this poem & first print run of the four compositions by Eugène Helmlé, screen-printed in colour. Printed in a run of 220 copies, all signed. - LA CROIX. Dark pages and pink pages. Excerpts from the poems of La Croix. Chaumont, Cavaniol, 1885, in-8, 4ff.-368pp. Brown morocco, ribbed spine, gilt interior lace, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved. (Contemporary binding). – Portrait of the author framed by dried flowers on the endpaper. Spine slightly faded. - LEFEVRE-PONTALIS (Germain). The Chain of Time. N.p., 1933, 8vo. No pagination. Green shagreen, ribbed spine, cover and spine preserved. (Contemporary binding). - One of 225 copies printed on white laid paper. It bears the number 3. Minor foxing; spine and edges of the covers faded to a fawn colour. - BERNIS (Cal. de). Miscellaneous Poems... With a bio-bibliographical note by Fernand Drujon. Paris, Quantin, 1882, 8vo, 2 leaves – XXXII pp. – 247 pp. – 1 leaf – 2 plates. Green half-chagrin, corners, smooth spine decorated lengthwise, gilt head, cover. (Flammarion-Vaillant). – Corners very slightly rubbed, small pinholes on the engravings. (Collection: ‘Petits poètes du XVIII° siècle’). Printed in a small run on laid paper. - GILBERT (N.-J.-L.) (1751–1780). Complete Works. Published for the first time with the author’s corrections and variants, accompanied by literary and historical notes. Paris, Dalibon, 1823, in-8, 2ff.-XVIpp.-371pp.- Portrait. Fawn half-basane, smooth spine, green title label, gilt fillets, blind-stamped fleurons, marbled edges. (Contemporary binding). – Incomplete copy, lacking the 4 plates and the facsimile mentioned by Quérard. – PAPIN (Henri). Il fut un temps… Frontispiece by Willette, etched by Charles Thévenin. Paris, Lachize, 1900, large 8vo, 73 pp. – 3 ff. – Frontispiece. Paperback, folded cover. – Stained cover. Printed in a run of only 100 copies. - ESTERNOD (Claude d’). *L’Espadon satyrique*. First critical edition, based on the original 1619 edition, with a preface, bibliography, glossary, variants and notes by Fernand Fleuret and Louis Perceau. Paris, Librairie du Bon Vieux Temps, 1922, in-8, LXVI pp.–205 pp.– A few reproductions. Paperback, decorated cover, folded. - Untrimmed. Interior very fresh, cover soiled. (French Satirical Collection). - USAIRE (Geneviève). Au Jardin de Peau d’Ane. Lyon, Barbe, 1945, large in-8, 142 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback, padded cover. - Copy from the print run on Johannot pure-thread paper, cover very slightly dusty. - GID (Raymond). *Tripes au soleil*. N.p., 13 per dozen, (c.1960), large 8vo booklet, 14 folios (recto only). Paperback. – Cover slightly soiled. - ASPEL (Paulene). *Crossings Traversées*. With translations by Leigh DeNeef, Harry Duncan, Louis A. Haselmayer, Donald Justice, and the author. Urbana, Illinois, The Stone Wall Press, 1966, large 8vo, 41 pp. – 1 folio – 2 blank folios. Publisher’s blue cloth binding. – Autographed copy from P. Aspel to Raymond Queneau: ‘… as a tribute from an admirer and kindred spirit’. Interior in very fresh condition, with minimal soiling to the binding. Printed in a run of 220 copies. - DAUDET (Alphonse). *La Comtesse Irma*. Colour illustrations and engravings by Pierre Vidal. Paris, Romagnol, 1905, in-8 booklet (18 x 26.7 cm), 3 leaves – 16 pages- 1 folio – black-and-white portrait and 10 colour vignettes. Stapled, padded cover. - Unbound copy, spine cracked. Printed in a run of 350 copies.
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