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187 - POWILEWICZ (André-Jean). A set of 10 in-12 volumes from his …
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POWILEWICZ (André-Jean). A set of 10 in-12 volumes from his personal library, the bindings of which he decorated himself, and most of which are embellished with original illustrations. A doctor of medicine, author and illustrator, A.-J. Powilewicz illustrated a book by his colleague Dr Charles Foix in 1923, *Une trilogie: Adonis – Silène – La tragédie de Dionysos*, published in Paris by Jonquières. He is also the author of a collection of short stories, *Gloire triste*, followed by an *Essai sur l’ennui*, illustrated with his own drawings and published by the same publisher in 1929. - BARRÈS (M.) *Leurs figures*. Paris, Émile-Paul, [c. 1917]. Ivory parchment, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold lettering, date handwritten at the foot, gilt headband. The covers and spine have been decorated (with Indian ink, gouache and watercolour) with revolutionary motifs on the upper cover and spine, and with a map of the Isthmus of Panama on the lower cover. Signed by A.-J. Powilewicz on the page preceding the half-title. - CLAUDEL (P.). *Le père humilié*. Paris, NRF, 1920. Azure Bradel-style cloth, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold, date at the foot, gilt headband; cover and spine intact. The front and back covers and the spine have been decorated in white and gold gouache with Roman ecclesiastical motifs. First edition. Print run of 1,373 copies: one of the 800 reserved for the Friends of the First Edition, out of the 1,040 printed on Lafuma pure-fibre vellum from Voiron (no. 252). Decorated binding and a copy enriched with original illustrations, including a frontispiece, a title page, four insert pages and the design for the binding decoration on three leaves. - SIMÉON. FRANCE (A.). Le Livre de mon ami. Paris, Crès, 1921. Illustrated edition featuring 80 woodcuts by F. Siméon. White Bradel-style vellum, smooth spine, handwritten title, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. The covers and spine have been decorated in gouache with a scattering of small flowers within a broad criss-cross pattern of blue lines. Copy no. 845 on Rives paper. It contains the original design for this binding (2 folios illustrated in coloured pencil). The endpapers are illustrated; Powilewicz’s signature in pencil. - GIRAUDOUX (J.). Suzanne et le Pacifique. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1921. Azure Bradel-style cloth, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold, date at the foot, gilt head, covers preserved, covers decorated with white gouache motifs. First edition. Decorated binding and copy enriched with original illustrations: a frontispiece and a title page, a ‘completion of illustrations’ leaf featuring a silhouette of an island, the binding design (3 leaves, one of which shows the proposed spine design that was not realised), the inner covers and endpapers adorned with flowers. - GOBINEAU. Les Pléiades. Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1921. Navy blue Bradel-style cloth, plain spine, author’s name and title in gold, date at the foot, gilt head, cover and spine. The front and back covers and the spine have been decorated in gouache to imitate a starry sky. Second volume in the ‘La Bonne Compagnie’ collection. Printed in a run of 1,205 copies: one of the 1,000 on Lafuma vellum from Voiron (no. 892). Enriched with original illustrations: a frontispiece, an additional title page, and a leaf marking the end of the illustrations; Powilewicz’s signature in pencil. - GOBINEAU. L’abbaye des Typhaines. Paris, NRF, 1922. Green Bradel-style cloth binding, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold lettering, date at the foot, gilt headband; covers and spine preserved, front and back covers decorated. First edition. Copy on pure-thread vellum, no. 42. Enriched with original illustrations: a frontispiece, a title page, 4 insert pages, a ‘illustration complete’ leaf, 2 draft binding leaves. - GOBINEAU. *La fleur d’or*. Paris, Grasset, 1923. Azure Bradel-style cloth, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold, date at the foot, gilt head, covers and spine preserved. The corners of the covers and the spine are adorned with floral motifs. A numbered copy, enriched with original illustrations: a frontispiece, 4 separate portrait plates, a page marking the end of the illustrations, and a page showing the proposed bookbinding design. - GOBINEAU. *Le prisonnier chanceux, ou Les aventures de Jean de La Tour-Miracle*. Paris: Grasset, 1924. Green Bradel-style cloth, author’s name and title in gold lettering, gilt headband; cover and spine preserved; the front and back covers and spine have been decorated with gouache and pastel motifs, featuring a coat of arms with a turret in the centre of the front cover. A numbered copy, enriched with original illustrations: a frontispiece, 4 separate portraits, a folio of completed illustrations, and 3 folios of binding designs. Signed in pencil by Powilewicz. - HELD. LOUŸS (P.). Scenes from Lucien’s *Courtesans*. Illustrations by Jean Held. Paris, Borel, 1902. White parchment, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold, gilt headpiece, cover and spine preserved, gouache decoration on the covers and spine. - MÉTIVET. LOUŸS (P.). The Adventures of King Pausolus. P., Fasquelle, 1906. Ivory parchment, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold, gilt head, covers and spine preserved, gouache decoration on the covers and spine. Slipcase. Edition illustrated by Lucien Métivet. 10 volumes in total.
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About the sale Books from the 15th to the 21st century, most of which are illustrated. Manuscripts. Painters’ autographs. Maps and plans. Atlases. Architectural drawings. Normandy.
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