Cocteau Jean Translated Dorothy Williams (8 results)

First edition As new and bright glossy illustrated stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Gift quality.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Jean Cocteau; (illustrator). First UK Edition. 158 pp. Digit Book R432. Light edgewear with some creasing on the lower right corner of the front cover and some minor creasing on the spine; store stamped. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Book.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (French fiction, gay, lgbtq) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Spine cracked. Slightly dampstained. (France, fiction).

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Date same on title and copyright. NOT an ex library book. 132 pages. Dust jacket has tear bottom rear of spine, rubbing on dark green background. Price is not clipped.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Jean Cocteau (illustrator). First UK Paperback Edition. First impression of the first UK paperback edition, published by Brilliance Books in November 1986. Translated from the French by Dorothy Williams. With a new introduction by Serena Thirkell. Illustrated with fifteen black and white drawings by Jean Cocteau. ***Very good in black and white illustrated card covers. The covers are nice and clean, with hardly any marks - just a feint sticker residue at the top of the front cover. A few top corners of the pages (pp. 57-80) are slightly creased. No reading creases to the spine. Internally also very good, with a previous owner's name to the top of the inside front cover. No other annotations. Pages clean. ***198mm x 128mm. 163 pages. ***'Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 - 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost artists of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements and an influential figure in early 20th century art. The National Observer suggested that, "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man." Though his body of work encompassed many different mediums, Cocteau insisted on calling himself a poet, classifying the great variety of his works - poems, novels, plays, essays, drawings, films - as "poésie", "poésie de roman", "poésie de thêatre", "poésie critique", "poésie graphique" and "poésie cinématographique"'. (Wiki) ***'"The Miscreant", his first novel, tells the tale of Jacques Forester, a parasitic dilettante who adored beauty in both men and women and strove to find happiness and joy in his adolescence. A sparkling evocation of Paris in the twenties, "The Miscreant" can still stir its readers today with its sense of style, elegance and wit. Illustrated with fifteen drawings by Jean Cocteau.' (Quote taken from the back cover) ***First impression of the first UK paperback edition (with a new introduction by Serena Thirkell) of Jean Cocteau's first novel. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Cocteau's novel about troubled youth. Illus. w. 15 drawings by Cocteau. Attractive dj. has minute chipp. to top edge + 1 tiny tear to bottom edge & some spott. & fading to back panel. Vg+/vg. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B. Shawe-Lawrence (Jacket design) (illustrator). First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition and first edition in English. Translated from the French by Dorothy Williams. Jacket design by B. Shawe-Lawrence. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine very slightly creased. Corners sharp. Binding tight with no reading lean. Fore-edge of page block slightly stained. Internally also very good with a contemporary gift inscription in fountain-pen ink at the top of the front free endpaper. Pages clean with just a few spots of sporadic foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has been neatly corner price-clipped. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips or tears, with just very slight loss at the head and tail of the spine and foldover corner tips. There is a stain on the back panel (which is plain white). Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased. ***190mm x 130mm. 132 pages. ***'Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 - 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost artists of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements and an influential figure in early 20th century art. The National Observer suggested that, "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man." Though his body of work encompassed many different mediums, Cocteau insisted on calling himself a poet, classifying the great variety of his works - poems, novels, plays, essays, drawings, films - as "poésie", "poésie de roman", "poésie de thêatre", "poésie critique", "poésie graphique" and "poésie cinématographique"'. (Wiki) ***'Jean Cocteau has for long been known as one of the most outstanding figures of contemporary literature. His films, his plays, his books, have won him international renown, but it is only lately that his stature as a modern novelist has been appreciated. In 1955 "Children of the Game" was first published in England, winning instant and wide acclaim. "The Impostor" is set in France at the outset of the 1914-1918 war, evoking the atmosphere and environment of that period through the reactions and interactions of the characters. The author has not only recreated an era, but has also provided an unforgettable story. The realism and lyricism of Jean Cocteau's style are combined to form a classic of the twentieth century.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the first UK edition and first edition in English, complete in its original dustwrapper. An uncommon title in first edition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.