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Table of Contents~Delete3Alain-fournier, Le Grand Meaulnes

~Delete3Blow, John, Venus and Adonis~Delete4Brosses, Charles, Sejour à Venise. Quatre Lettres Familières du Président…

~Delete4Chagall, Marc, Journal d'un Cheval~Delete5Cocteau, Jean, Poster, Ballets Russes de Diaghilew Paris: 1939

~Delete6D'Allemagne, Henry, Le noble jeu de l'oie en France de…~Delete7Diaghilev. Ballets, The Sleeping Princess. Souvenir program

~Delete8Diaghilev. Ballets, Souvenir program for Le Coq d’or and Pétrouchka~Delete9Diaghilev. Ballets, Le Triomphe de Neptune

~Delete9Dufy, Raoul, La Belle-Enfant ou l'Amour à Quarante Ans~Delete10Duncan, Isadora, Soixante-Douze Planches par Jose Clara avec Une…

~Delete10Gide André, Le Roi Candaule, Drame in Trois Actes~Delete11Gide, Andre, Theatre Complet

~Delete11Guillevic, Eugène, Guitare~Delete12Heine, Heinrich, Der Rabbi von Bacherach

~Delete12Jacob, Max, Dos d'Arlequin~Delete13Johann Salvator, Die Assassinen

~Delete14Pascal, Blaise, Trois Opuscules~Delete15Poiret, Paul, Typed letter, signed "Paul Poiret" dated 28 April…

~Delete15Sutherland, Joan, Designs for a Prima Donna~Delete16Utrillo, Maurice, Bécon-les-Bruyères. Portrait de la France

~Delete17Valéry , Paul, La Pythie~Delete18Valéry, Paul, Lettre sur Mallarme adressee a Jean Royère

~Delete19Valéry, Paul, Degas Danse Dessin~Delete19Williams, Tennessee, Moise and the World of Reason

~Delete20Wong, Anna, Original photograph signed and inscribed after 1938

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Alain-fournier (Henri Alban Alain-fournier). Le GrandMeaulnes. Emile-Paul Frères, 1946. Edition illustréede 46 eaux-fortes de Frelaut. Copy #110 signed byFrelaut. Entire edition 225 plus a few hors commerce:175 as our numbered from #51-225; the first 50 copieshave a signed suite of the 46 etchings printed on velin deLana. Quarto. (10" x 13 1/4" x 2")

An early binding by Creuzevault in greenmorocco with lattice-work panels of tan andgold for upper cover.

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Blow, John (Marie Laurencin, designer). . Venusand Adonis. Venus and Adonis by John

Blow (English composer 1649-1708). (Paris:

L'Oiseau Lyre chez. Louise B.M. Dyer, 1939) #57 of

350. Three items consisting of musical score (95p);

(2) musical 5 parts for ensemble of instruments; (3)

Album of prints in color of costumes by Marie

Laurencin.

Quarto. 10 ½ x 12 ½". The original 1682 work by

Blow was called a masque for the entertainment of

the king, but the music follows the form on an opera

based on the French style of Lully consisting here of

an overture, a prologue and three acts. The libretto is

anonymous or the author’s name is lost. The music

comes from B.M. Add. Mss 22100

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Brosses, Charles de. . Sejour à Venise. Quatre LettresFamilières du Président de Brosses. Textes Pretextes.Paris. 1947. Copy #100 of 240. Entire edition 300: 50with one or two suites; 240 as this; Ten copies withRoman numerals hors comme. With 31 original etchings,five in color by Albert Marquet (1875-1947). Bound inmosaic dark-blue morocco, by J.P. Martin 1960.

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(Chagall, Marc) Claire Goll. Journal d'un Cheval. Paris,Manuel Bruker, 1952. Copy 111 of 150 on Rives,unsigned as issued. ( Entire edition 200: 50 on VanGelder, the first 25 with a suite, 150 as this copy).Quarto. 9 3/4" x 12" x 32.5 x 25mm. Unbound as issuedin wrappers and original brown wove boards withribbons. Fine. With wood engraved cover in colordesigned and cut by Robert Blanchet. Two originaletchings and four lithographs after Chagall.

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Cocteau, Jean. [Poster], Ballets Russes deDiaghilew Paris: 1939. . [Poster], Ballets

Russes de Diaghilew Paris: 1939. Advertising

poster for the 1939 exhibition

BALLETS RUSSES DE DIAGHILEW 1909 A

1929 Musee des Art Decoratifs. Palais Du

Louvre. Pavillon de Marsan. Exposition organisee

par Serge Lifar. Mars a Juin 1939.

Lithographic poster on paper, printed in color with

lettering and full margins. Signed "Jean

Cocteau" in the stone, lower right. Sheet size: 61" x

34"; mounted on silk, rolled. Fine copy.

Our 1939 poster was restruck from the original

lithograph of 1911 to advertise this, the first major

exhibition concerning Diaghilev and the Ballets

Russes.

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D'Allemagne, Henry Rene. Le noble jeu de l'oie enFrance de 1640 a 1950. Quarante-huit tableaux etnotices. La vie quotidienne a Paris de 1820 a 1824,d'apres les lithographies de Marlet et de Carle Vernet.Paris: Grund, 1950-1951.Original edition of 700, this isno. 300

4to. (335 x 250 mm). 237pp. Original illustrated boards.With 110 illustrations in the text and 48 hors-textgravures, 9 in color.

The Game of the Goose (Das Gansespiel (german),Gioco dell'oca (italian), Jeu de l'oie (french), Juego de laOca (spanish), Ganzenbord (dutch), Gaspelet (swedish))is thought to be the prototype for many of the commercialEuropean racing board games of recent centuries. Thegame is therefore mostly played in Europe and seen asfamily entertainment

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Diaghilev. Ballets Russe. The SleepingPrincess. Souvenir [program].

Diaghilev. The Sleeping Princess. Souvenir

[program]. Alhambra Theater. (London: Diaghlev)

1921. Quarto. 9 ½” x 12". 28p, plus covers in gold

and silver, dust soiled, with original silk ties. The

deluxe program for the first performance of Sleeping

Princess/la belle au bois dormant. Ballet in five

scenes, music by P. Tchaikovsky, with prelude and

Aurora’s Variation in scene II by Igor Stravinsky.

Choreography by Marius Petipa.

With page borders red and green. Story of the ballet

and of “Tchaikovsky at the Rusian Ballet” by Leon

Bakst. Color reproduction of the characters and

their costumes and double page centerfold of the

sets for the castel [sic] in the forest. Cast list for

each of the five scenes. Ads.

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Diaghilev. Ballets Russes. Souvenir program forLe Coq d’or and Pétrouchka. . Diaghilev.

Souvenir program for Le Coq d’or and

Pétrouchka. Neuvième Saison Russe. Mai-Juin

1914 dix représentations de Ballets Russes de M.

Serge de Diaghlew. Paris: Ballets Russes, 1914.

Quarto 9 ½" x 12". Original wrappers 48p plus

inserts. FINE COPY with original silk ties. Rare

in this condition.

Includes “Agrument du Coq d’Or and Petrouchka.

General program for Mai-Juin 1914. Photo of

Karsavina in Petrouchka, Costumes in color, full

page photos of Fokina, Fokine, Karsavina, Bolm,

ads inserted for Brunhoff’s periodical Comoedia

Illustre and Valentine Gross’ Mouvements de Danse,

centerpiece of scenes from Papillons, another two

page spread in gold for Benois’ costumes for

Rossignol; sheaf of adverts at end including one for

Sizaire-Berwick auto (Sizaire-Berwick was an

Anglo-French automobile manufacturer active

between 1913 and 1927) and the Lorraine-Diétrich

(Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and

aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935)

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Diaghilev. Ballets Russes . Le Triomphe deNeptune. Diaghilev. [ Program]. For 28 Mai

Le Triomphe de Neptune, music by Berners, book

by Sitwell, decors and costume after the brothers

Cruikshank, Tofts, Honigold and Wells.

Choreography by Georges Balanchine. Cast list

includes Danilova, Lifar, Tchernicheva, Idzikovsky

and others.

Quarto. 9 ½ x 12" lightly soiled and worn at corners,

a few stains back cover. Front cover in color based

on 19th century children’s illustrations. General title

page 10 Galas des Ballets Russes. Théâtre Sarah-

Bernhardt. Xxe Saison de Serge de Diaghilew.

1927. Programs schedules for 17 Mai through 9

Juin 1927 are included. Nice photos of Olg Spessiva,

Leonide Massine, Lydia Sokolova, as well as

Danilova, Balanchine, ads.

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(Dufy, Raoul, 1877-1953). Montfort, Eugene. . LaBelle-Enfant ou l'Amour à Quarante Ans.. Paris:Ambroise Vollard, 1930 . #163 of 340 copies with 110original etchings by Raoul Dufy, 94 of which are 1/2 orfull page plates, 41 hors-texte, loose in pictorial wrapperfolde

Garvey notes in The Artist & The Book" #93 "Insearch of accuracy of detail for La Belle-Enfant,one of the most celebrated of Dufy's illustratedbooks, he made preliminary studies inMarseilles, the locale of the novel.”

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Duncan, Isadora. Soixante-Douze Planches par JoseClara avec Une Presentation de Georges-A. Denis.Paris: Reider, 1928. Limited ed. of 474 copies, of whichthis in no. 466. Folio. 72 Loose plates, as issued in folderwith 10pp. of text. Soixante-Douze Planches is abeautiful collection of 72 collotypereproductions of Clara's drawings, gouaches,and pen sketches of Isadora.

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Gide André. [Le Roi Candaule, Drame in Trois Actes].Paris. L’Ermitage revue littéraire (1899). Presentationcopy of the pre-original first edition of his play Le roiCandaule with an autograph inscription at the beginningof Acte I: “Cette avant-premiére ...est retrouvée fortheuresement....” signed Andre Gide. Small 4to. Bluecloth lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers.

A pre-original edition and pre-performancefirst edition, with added material

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Gide, Andre. Theatre Complet. Neuchatel: Ides etCalendes, 1947. First edition of his collected plays. Eightvolumes, (9" x 6.5") 4to. Original wrappers. Fine copies.Illustrated with original lithographs in colors by MauriceBrianchon. Plays printed include: Saul, Philoctete, LeProcess, Robert ou l'interet General, Hamlet, plus twelveothers.

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Guillevic, Eugène. . Guitare. Gravures sur bois deGérard Blanchet. Paris: Les Bibliophiles de France(1982). #5 of 160 for Paul Beigelman, signed by authorand artist.

Eight original color woodcuts, of which two are doublepage Unbound, as issued. Wrappers, sleeve and slipcase10 1/4" x 13 3/4", An elegant book.

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Heine, Heinrich. (1799-1856). . Der Rabbi vonBacherach . mit Originallithographien von MaxLiebermann. Berlin: Im Prophlaen Verlag, 1923. #279 of400 with signed frontispiece and limitation page byLiebermann and 17 full or partial page lithographs inblack. (The first 100 were printed on Japan Vellum).This unfinished story pictures life in themedieval Jewish community in Germany withdetailed description of worship, customs, andpecking orders, as well as, dress, manners.

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Jacob, Max (b. Paris 1876- d. Drancy concentration camp

1944). . Dos d'Arlequin. 8vo. Orig. wrappers,

glassine. Slight fraying to glassine & spine ends.

Paris: Aux Editions du Sagittaire [Simon Kra/

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler ], 1921. Original edition

Hors commerce copy initialed by Jacob.

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Johann Salvator (1852–1911?). Archduke and Prince

of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia and

Tuscany. Die Assassinen. Die Assassinen: Ballet

in drei acten, in scene gesetszt von Carl Telle, Musik

von D. J. Forster.

Wien: Wallishausser, 1883. 12mo. Original green

wrappers (chipped). Libretto for ballet in three acts

set in Jerusalem in 1197, probably taken from the

legend of the Sultan Saladin* in his military

campaign against the Assassins and their leader,

Hassan Scheich el Djebel (“the old man of the

mountain”).

Act II of the ballet has an early and fascinating use

of electric lighting. At the premiere, Milli Stubel

appeared on stage illuminated from head to foot by

Edison’s new light bulbs.

The author is Johann Salvator (1852–1911?), a

member of the Tuscan branch of the House of

Habsburg-Lorraine. He was Archduke and Prince of

Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia and

Tuscany. After renouncing those titles, he was

known as Johann (John) Orth. He disappeared

while sailing with his wife Milli in July 1890 and is

believed to have died when his ship

encountered a storm near Cape Horn. He was

declared dead in absentia in 1911.

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Pascal, Blaise. Trois Opuscules. Paris, Éditions d'ArtJou et Bosviel, 1932. Copy # 4 of 25 copies onChine pur mûrier imprinted with the name of M.Louis Barthou.(entire edition 240: 25 on chine. Theedition de tête of 25 copies on Japon as this; 25 furtheron Japon Imperial; 150 on arches; 15 HC). 8vo. Fullmaroon morocco, tastefully line in gilt, smooth back withtitle in gilt. By Marot-Rodde. With prospectus at end.Bookplate of Louis Barthou. Matching morocco tippedopen slipcase. Fine copy.

The essays by Pascal with decorations by Louis Jou and anew typeface set by atelier du Vieux Colombier.

Provenance: Jean Louis Barthou was a Frenchpolitician of the Third Republic who served asPrime Minister of France for eight months in1913. Born: August 25, 1862, Oloron-Sainte-Marie,France Assassinated: October 9, 1934 during his duties asForeign Minister.

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Poiret, Paul. Typed letter, signed "Paul Poiret" dated28 April 1914. 1 page, folio (8 3/4 x 11"). Eleven lines.Written on Poiret's Ave D'Antin 26 address with woodcutlogo by Georges Lepape prominently in upper left handcorner.

The letter is written to M. Beaulieu, director of theComoedie des Champs Elysses urging him to consider aPoiret protege for an advantageous part in an upcomingplay.

Paul Poiret (20 April 1879, Paris, France - 30 April 1944,Paris) a Parisian couturier whose influence was s greaterthan any other designer of pre-WWI Paris. Poiret dressedIda Rubinstein, Isadora Duncan, Eleanore Duse andSarah Bernhardt, as well as, many members of Europeannobility.

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Sutherland, Joan. Designs for a Prima Donna. NewSouth Wales, Australia: Craftsman Press, 1985. Limitededition of 500 copies signed by Sutherland and herhusband, Richard Bonynge. Large folio (12.5 x 15.5").197pp. Fully illustrated with 63 tipped-in color plates.Original cloth, decorative folding cloth box. Mint copy.This work reproduces 63 of the original designs in fullcolor of the costumes Sutherland wore in her mostfamous roles, including Alcina, Norma, Lakme, andLucia di Lammermoor. The designers representedinclude Oliver Messel, Franco Zeffirelli, Jose Varona,and many others. The work also retells Sutherland’sanecdotes of her travels around the world and of herfamous performances.

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(Utrillo, Maurice). Bove Emmanuel (20 April 1898 - 19July 1945). Bécon-les-Bruyères. Portrait de la France.Paris: Emile-Paul Frères, 1927. #14 of 50 copies onJapon and with frontis in two states: Japon and Holland.Entire edition: 1650: 50 on Japan imperial with frontis istwo states (as ours). 100 of van Galder; 1500 on Lafuma.Printed by R. Coulouma.

One of only 50 copies

8vo. Blue morocco inlaid with center panels of light-blue polished calf, ruled in gilt. Blue and gold patternedendpapesr. Open leather-tipped slipcase.

One of a series “Portraits of France” publishised byEmile-Paul Freres

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Valéry , Paul. La Pythie . Valéry , Paul. La

Pythie in Les Écrits Nouveaux, Vol II, Février,

1919, #14. Paris: Émile-Paul 1919. Pages 5-16 of

124p. 8vo. Contemporary marbled board, cloth

spine, morocco label, 124p original wrappers bound

in. La Pythie first appears here. Other writings

appear by André Suarés, Jean Giradoux, P.-J.

Toulet, etc.

La Pythie is a poem by Valéry that shows “a dark

picture with one narrow margin of luminosity.”

Written in 1918 in a dangerous period of the war in

which Paris was being shelled, the poem is taken

from legends relating to the oracular temple of

Apollo at Delphi, earlier named Pytho. Also the

poem is named for the prophetess Pythia. The bulk

of the poem is taken up with her lamentations at her

servitude. (Chisolm (pp21-28).

Bound in is an als (1937) written by the bookseller

George Blaizot to the collector Andre Schuck

about the different manuscripts of Valéry poem.

Following Blaizot’s letter is a manuscript of

Valéry’s poem (1p, 8 stanzas) copied out by

Blaizot from an unlocated manuscript. The copy

bears variants of the stanzas published in Les

Écrits Nouveau. (The poem as published in Les

Écrits Nouveau has 22 stanzas). The copy is then

annotated by Blaizot in pencil to reflect the

annotations that Valéry made in the stanzas.

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Valéry, Paul. Lettre sur Mallarme adressee a JeanRoyère. Paris, Librairie Gallimard,Editions de laNouvelle Rvue Francaise, 1928. 1 of 30 copies, thisfor Albert Henraux, printed on Van Gelder and withcovers of Ingres Gray paper. Inscribed by Valery on thefront flyleaf.

Total edition 205 copies: 30 specially printed on VanGelder as this destined for particular subscriber withtheir names printed on the justification page. 175 regularcopies. Previously published in 1927 for the Amis deLucien Kra reportedly in 15 copies.

Slim quarto. Contemporary binding of half morocco &marbled boards initialled A.S.H. at the bottom of thespine. Spine slightly worn and faded. Original graywrappers bound in.

Jean Royère (b.1871, d 1956) poet and critic was adisciple of Mallarme, He founded of an important post-Symbolist periodical La Phalange (1906). Royèrepublished several collections of poetry, as well ascollected essays and critic studies.

Inscribed by Valéry to the French patriot AlbertSancholle Henraux (1881 or 1891 –1953) who was an artpatron and active member of the French resistanceduring Nazi occupation. Henraux was reportedly giventravel passes along with information gathered bymembers of the resistance to pass on to guerilla fighters.“He risked his career, maybe even his life” (Edsel).

Ref: Edsel Robert M. The Monuments Men: AlliedHeroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt inHistory. 2009.

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Valéry, Paul. . Degas Danse Dessin. . Valéry, Paul.

Degas Danse Dessin. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1936.Edition of 325 copies, this is #75. 10" x 13 ½”.Original wrappers, protective sleeve backed in vellumand lettered Paul Valery Degas. With 26 aquatint-etchings in color, tone or black engraved on copper byMaurice Potin, after original pastel or chalk drawings byDegas. Plus 25 photogravures in text printed in sepiaafter Degas by Aimé Jourde, plus two page Tables desHors-texte with small wood engravings cut by GeorgesAuberts as a pictorial index to the etchings. Protected ina fine half morocco case by Asprey of half-tan morocco,12" X 15", with rounded spine and raised bands,decorated and lettered in gilt. Cloth sides Suede lining.Fine inside and out.

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Williams, Tennessee. Moise and the World of Reason.Williams, Tennessee. Moise and the World of Reason.New York: New Directions, 1975. First edition, One ofthe limited edition of 350 copies (this #18) , signed byWilliams. 8vo. Original dark blue morocco. Fine copy.

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---Another edition. Moise and the World of Reason.New York: Simon & Schuster. 1975. The first tradeedition. Signed on the flyleaf by Williams. 8vo. Clothand Dust Jacket.

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Wong, Anna May. Original photograph signed andinscribed (after 1938). Wong, Anna May (B. SanFrancisco 1905- D. San Francisco -1980). ChineseAmerican Movie Star. Original photograph signed andinscribed. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4". Slightly trimmed at margins)

Anna May Wong, starring as Lan Ving in"Dangerous to Know." (1938) . Wong wears ablack and white dinner gown with a large leaf motif.Edith Head, who designed the dress, adheres to a m

olded silhouette, long sleeves and high neckline.

During the 1930s, American studios were looking forfresh European talent. Ironically, Wong caught their eye,and she was offered a contract with Paramount Studios in1930. Enticed by the promise of lead roles and topbilling, she returned to the United States. The prestigeand training she had gained during her years in Europeled to a starring role on Broadway in On the Spot adrama that ran for 1.67 performances and which shewould later film as Dangerous to Know

Provenance: Mary M. Spaulding (stamp on reverse).Spaulding Nee María Melero, was a Cuban writerassigned to Hollywood where she prepared a weeklyfeature “Cronicas de Cinelandia.” Spaulding obtainedlengthy interviews with movie stars...She also securedpersonalized photographs which subsequently appearedin “Carteles.” [her newspaper] (Pérez, p.290)

Pérez,Louis A. On Becoming Cuban: Identity,Nationality, and Culture

2008.

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