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(Lot) – Set of 14 works on Alexandre DUMAS.
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93
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(Lot) – Set of 14 works on Alexandre DUMAS.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
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(Lot) – Set of 14 works on Alexandre DUMAS.
- Eugène de MIRECOURT. *Fabrique de romans*. Maison Alexandre Dumas et compagnie. Paris, available from all bookshops, 1845.
In-8, paperback, 64 pp., a few pinholes. A full-scale attack on Dumas, no doubt motivated by resentment: Mirecourt is said to have asked Dumas in vain to take part in this ‘factory’!!
- Charles CHINCHOLLE. *Alexandre Dumas aujourd’hui*. Third edition. Paris, Jouaust, 1869.
8vo, orange half-percaline, title label in chocolate-coloured morocco, covers preserved, spine worn, corners rounded, some foxing.
52 pp., 2 photographs pasted in by Pierre Petit.
The author was Alexandre Dumas’s last secretary. Reference to the 3rd edition on the title page. The first edition, published in instalments from 1867 onwards, listed 10 photographs by Pierre Petit on the title page. The BnF holds only the first instalment of this first edition. Vicaire mentions only this 3rd edition and states that six instalments were published.
- Eugène de MIRECOURT. Les Contemporains. Portraits and Silhouettes of the 19th Century. Dumas the Elder. Third edition. Paris, Librairie des Contemporains, 1869.
In-12, paperback.
64 pp., portrait on the frontispiece.
- Gabriel FERRY. The Last Years of Alexandre Dumas. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1883.
In-12, half grey percaline, covers preserved.
[4 ff.], 347 pp.
- *La Comédie-Française à Alexandre Dumas*. 4 November 1883. Paris, Ollendorff, 1883.
In-8 booklet, stapled, untrimmed, with damage to the spine.
14 pp., [1 f.]. First edition. 1/25 copies numbered on Holland paper (no. 13). This verse address by Jean Aicard was delivered at the Comédie-Française by Mr Delaunay on the day of the unveiling of the statue of Alexandre Dumas in Place Malesherbes, on 4 November 1883.
- The Monument to Alexandre Dumas. Work by Gustave Doré. Speeches delivered before the monument on the day of its unveiling. Poems recited on the same day at various theatres or distributed to those present. With a preface by Mr Alexandre Dumas the Younger. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1884.
In-8, green half-percaline, title label in red morocco, covers preserved. Spines of the covers faded, foxing.
[2 ff.], X, 90 pp., [1 f.], engraving of the monument by E. Abot, portrait of Gustave Doré engraved by L. Massard.
- Charles GLINEL. Alexandre Dumas and his work. Biographical and bibliographical notes. Reims, Michaud, 1884.
In-8, blue morocco half-bound with corner pieces, gilt fillets on the covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, dedicatory inscription.
518 pp., [1 f.], XXVI, [2 ff.], frontispiece portrait. First edition. Print run of 325 numbered copies, 1/300 on vellum (no. 104). Dedicated to Mr Barry, a veterinary surgeon in Villers-Cotterêts.
- H. BLAZE DE BURY. My Studies and Memories. Alexandre Dumas. His Life, His Times, His Work. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1885.
In-12, green half-percaline, foxing.
[2 ff.], III, 344 pp.
- Eugène COURMEAUX. Alexandre Dumas. Châlons, Le Roy, 1886.
In-8 booklet, paperback, small pinholes and minor tears to the cover, bookplate.
45 pp. Bookplate of the Château des Rozais.
- Philibert AUDEBRAND. Alexandre Dumas at the Maison d’Or. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1888.
In-12, red half-percale. Foxing and stains.
[2 ff.], 361 pp.
- [André MAUREL]. The Three Dumas. Paris, À la Librairie illustrée, 1896.
In-12, faded blue half-percaline. Scattered foxing. Dedication.
VII, 292 pp., illustrations as inserts.
Bound at the top. 1 letter, 3 pp., in-12.
- Hippolyte PARIGOT. Le Drame d’Alexandre Dumas. A dramatic, social and literary study based on new documents. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1898.
In-8, paperback.
[2 ff.], 467 pp.
- Catalogue raisonné of the Works of Alexandre Dumas. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1902.
In-8 booklet, paperback.
VIII, 36 pp., [1 f.], illustrations in the text.
- Alexandre Dumas in Pictures. Paris, Librairie Nilsson, Per Lamm Succ., n.d.
In-4, blue percaline, title in gold on the front cover, covers preserved (hole in the centre of the front cover)
36 pp., illustrations in the text.
Numerous documents and caricatures reproduced.
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