Claude Pichois Notes (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paris, Mercure de France, 1957. 14,5 x 19,5 cm, 221 pp. Spine delicate, has a 4 cm chip from its base, also a small tear. Shadow on back. Pages browned. The Book Cellar & Henschel.

Hardcover. Leather 12mo. Gallimard, Paris, France. No Date (c1956). 1873 pgs. Issued in flexible leather. DJ has light shelfwear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name and inscription present to the half-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Charles Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 August 31, 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. The Bibliothèque de la Pléiade is a French series of books which was created in 1931 by Jacques Schiffrin, an independent young editor. Schiffrin wanted to provide the public with reference editions of the complete works of classic authors in a pocket format. André Gide took an interest in Schiffrin's project and brought it into Gallimard, under which it is still published. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages.…