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Published by Paris: Christie's, 2011., 2011
Seller: Scientia Books, ABAA ILAB, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
78 pp. Original stiff wrappers. Very Good. First Edition. Part 4 only of this multi-part auction.
Published by Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1989
ISBN 10: 2873050225ISBN 13: 9782873050221
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Plain white stiff paper wraps, in dark blue stiff paper dust wrapper. Catalogue to accompany 7 October - 9 December 1989 exhibition. 94 pp., illus. w/ 21 full page color plates of decorative bindings + catalogue at rear of 116 bindings, all with color thumbnails. Sade, Ernst, Kafka, Michaux, Cendrars, Char, Breslauer, St.-John Perse, etc. Dust wrapper shows very slightly rubbed edges, else as issued. Text in French. Very scarce. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Published by K editeur, (1949) Acheve d'imprimer sur les presses de l'Imprimerie R. R. Reunis 6 bis, Cite d'Angouleme, Paris-11e pour le compte de K editeur le 15 Avril 1949. Number 44 of 200; signed by de Gonet., 1949
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [Colophon]: De cet ouvrage compose d'apres la maquette de Pierre Faucheux, il a ete tire 175 exemplaires sur papier verge pur chiffon Navarre, dont 150 exemplaires numerotes de 1 a 150 [this copy is one of the 150] et 25 exemplaires marques H. C. reserves aux collaborateurs. Exemplaire no 103. Authors include: Louis Billard, Auguste Boncors, Jean-Paul Brisset, Gaston Chaissac, Ferdinand Cheval, Leon Corcuff, Harry Dickson, Achille Fournier, Charles Gounod, J. Izalier, Alphonse Marcailhou, Louis Perrot, Henri Rousseau, Helene Smit, Gabriel Toutin, Robert Vandelanotte Damoure Zika. Size of binding: 6 ½ in. x 8 ¼ in. original photo-illustrated paper card wrappers (cover), processed as a one-piece fold-out, after the first front end-paper; 170+ pp. + colophon. Illustrated with 8 black & white photographic reproductions of Brassai photographs. In a "revorim prototype" binding by Jean De Gonet, with his signed, & partly printed label at lower left of front paste down: [signed] J. de Gonet no 44/200. Spine features fine grained, gray leather with title stamped horizontally in small black letters in central area, two "open" bands cut out of the leather, to expose the structure of thick, black sewing thread & red cloth sewing backing, or bands, these bands tie into the pressed "revorim" covers which are of a matte black plastic-like material, heavily & deeply blind-stamped with parallel, geometric bands of circles, squares, larger or smaller, diced square backgrounds, raised surfaces or areas, & various deep blind or red stamping, reading: De Gonet Revorim Prototype. Artefacts De Gonet; black end-papers. In fine condition. Only 175 copies of this book were printed; the de Gonet "revorim prototype" binding edition was 200, these were done on several titles. A rare & desirable item. (French text).