Journal by Alexandre, Signed (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Inscribed By Author.

First edition SIGNED. Fine and bright brown boards in very good dustjacket with gentle use. Affectionately inscribed and fully signed by the author on the half title page and dated the year of publication 1976.

Hard cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Inscribed "To Carole Best Wishes from Alex". Signed copies rarely offered. A deep and inspiring work comprised of the author's own dreams and spiritual journeys, filled with inspiration and ideas that invariably leave the reader inspired and enriched. Bigney feels that there is an artist within every one of us, whether we express that art through visual works, music, performance or simply a greater ability to create a richer experience in the work we do every day. Signed by Author.

Blatt. Condition: Sehr gut. Albumblatt/Fragment von Alexander Niemetz mit blauem Kuli handsigniert mit eigenhändigem Zusatz "Für Botho herzlichst! 16.11.95".- /// Autogramm Autograph signiert signed signee /// Alexander Niemetz (* 28. November 1943 in Balsthal, Schweiz) ist ein Schweizer freier Publizist, der durch seine langjährige Tätigkeit als Fernsehmoderator bekannt wurde. Niemetz studierte von 1963 bis 1968 an der Freien Universität Berlin Politikwissenschaften und war danach bei verschiedenen Schweizer Zeitungen beschäftigt. Danach war er als Pressesprecher zunächst für die CDU in Hessen und dann für den späteren Bundesminister Christian Schwarz-Schilling tätig. Daran anschließend arbeitete er von 1979 bis 1984 für das ZDF, meist für das heute-journal, ab April 1982 auch als Moderator. Nach 1982 war er unter anderem Chef der Hauptredaktion Aktuelles. Zwischen 1985 und 1991 war er - häufig auch im Ausland - als Chefreporter tätig, kehrte allerdings 1991 wieder zum heute-journal zurück und blieb dort als stellvertretender Leiter bis Ende 2000. Niemetz trennte sich zwar nach Angaben des ZDF ?auf eigenen Wunsch? vom Sender,[1] zuletzt wurde aber auch von ?tiefe[n] Gräben? zwischen beiden Parteien berichtet.[2] Seit 2001 arbeitet Niemetz als freier Publizist. Er ist Autor mehrerer Fachbücher und tritt mit Vorträgen zu verschiedenen Themen auf Kongressen und Konferenzen auf. Vor der Bundestagswahl 2005 unterstützte Niemetz Angela Merkel. Der Tagesspiegel berichtete, Merkel habe mit Niemetz ein intensives Training vor dem TV-Duell mit Gerhard Schröder absolviert.[3] Privates Niemetz wohnt mit seiner Frau Cordula in Zürich und hat zwei Kinder. /// Standort Wimregal Pkis-Box28-U027 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

Condition: Gut. pp. 362-365. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of the ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author to W. Haase. - Author's name handwritten on cover, otherwise clean. - From the text: Professor Hanfmanns Jerome Lectures (Tenth Series) are an admirable pendant to Axel Boethius earlier series entitled The Golden House of Nero. Both are exemplary in their breadth of knowledge and freshness of vision; their yield is manifold, always enlightening, and frequently provocative. Hanfmanns expertise as archaeologist and art historian lends authority and stature to the volume; his personal warmth and generosity of mind are omnipresent; scholarly exchanges between the master and the student collaborator are repeatedly evident. - Wikipedia: Alexander Gordon "Sandy" McKay, OC FRSC (December 24, 1924 August 31, 2007) was a Canadian academic who specialized in Vergilian studies. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Reprint, stapled, folded lengthwise.

Condition: Acceptable. in-12, broché, 208 pp. Couverture piquée et un peu froissée. En l'état. Exemplaire du service de presse avec un envoi de l'auteur à Franc-Nohain.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Editions Club, as pictured; no 1617 of 2000 signed (by illustrator) copies; w/ orig. slipcase in fine cond; volume also fine; unmarked; no bent/torn/damaged pp.; rarely opened.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Nice copy except for one scratch on front cover. Signed by editor Kowrach. NO marks or names inside. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author (signature only) on the title page. Clean text - NO writing, NO highlighting to text. Very good. Just a touch of wear to cover. VG- overall. Oversized. Clean text -- NO writing, NO highlighting to text.ÂPLEASE NOTE: Domestic US media (standard) US orders ONLY. NO international orders.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. NEW HARDBACK. SIGNED by DAVID NIALL WILSON & BRETT ALEXANDER SAVORY [NO Inscription]. LIMITED Ed. #149/220. Has small pig's head Doodle by Savory's Signature. PLUS Very Limited In a Pig's Eye, Johnson's Journal produced by Davis Niall Wilson privately. This copy SIGNED by DAVIS NIALL WILSON. LIMITED Ed. # 42 of [as stated by Wilson] "A very few copies produced at my whim." Bottom staple has caused a small bit of damage at staple points on cover. Binding is 100% SOLID. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY! [REDUCED Charges for Standard International Delivery]. Signed by Author(s).

(2, 2) 570 pages, with exhaustive Index at the end of Part 2. - Bibliophile gently gilt red half-morocco binding over 4 raised bands with marbled panels and gilt title at spine, all edges marbled in blue and black; 8vo.(ca. 21 x 15 x 4 cm; ca. 1 kg.). *** [FRÜHLINGSVERKAUF-Endspurt, noch bis Montag den 25.05.2026 / Ultimate SPRING-SALE, only until Monday May 25th 2026: um über 30% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30%; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 46,50] --- FIRST EDITIONS, LEATHERBOUND ORIGINALS; THE VERY FIRST VOLUMES OF THE NEWLY FOUNDED PERIODICAL. - Inner frontpanel with large embossed and crowned exlibris 'Wilhelm Herzog [Duke] zu Braunschweig'. - Contains in Part 1: 'Prospectur', 'Introduction'; ARTICLES: I. 'Adresse à ses Concitoyens'(Roederer); II. 'Report of the Third Annual Meeting ot the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland', 'Manuscript Correspondance. . .', 'Le Polonnais', 'Kronika Emigracyi Polskiey'; III. 'First Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, . . .', 'Appendix . . .', 'The Municipal Corporation Reformer No. 1 . . .'; IV. 'England, France, Russia and Turkey', 'The Sultan Mahmoud and Mehmet Ali Pasha', 'England, Ireland and America', 'Russia and Turkey, or Observations ont the Commercial and Political Relations of England with both'; V. 'Reports of the British Association, Vols. 1 and 2'; VI. Lord Brougham's Speech on presenting the London Petition against the Taxes on Knowledge in the House of Lords'; VII. Lord Henley's Plan of Church Reform', 'Letter to Lord Henry . . .'(Stephenson), 'What will the Bishops do?'; VIII. 'The Printing Machine'; IX. 'Treaty between His Majesty, the King of Great Britain, the Queen Regent of Spain, the King of the French and the Duke of Portugal, signed at London, April 22nd 1834', 'Additional Article . . .'; X. Address of Sir Robert Peel to the Electors of Tamworth'; XI. 'Postscript'. / and in Part 2: I. 'The Designs of Russia'(Evans); II. 'Education of the Aristocracy - Public Schools'; III. Memoir on the Political State and Prospects of Germany, confidentially communicated to several of the German Governments by Russia, 1834'; IV. A Report of the Proceedings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science'; V. 'General Treaty of Vienna', Additional Treaty relating to the Cracow . . .'; VI. Greece and the Levant, or Diary of a Summer Excursion'(Burgess), 'Steam Voyage down the Danube'; VII. 'The Fudges in England'(Brown), 'Thoughts on the Ladies of the Aristoracy'(Tomkins); VIII. 'Travels in Bokhara'(Burnes); IX. Louis Philippe, les Doctrinaires et la France; Lois sur la Presse'; X. Minutes of Evidence taken in support of the Allegations of the several Petitions against the Bill intituled >An Act to provide for the Regulations of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales< . . .', 'Speech of Henry Lord Brougham in Defence of the absent Commissioners on the English Municipal Corporation Reform Bill. . .'; XI. Postscript to Article No. 3 on the Prussian Commercial League'. --- Top of spine with small inventory-sticker, corners minimally rubbed; a beautiful copy. - Also in stock from the same aristocratic library: Vol. II, containg Part 3, January-April 1836 (with excerpts of 'Tocqueville: Democracy in America', translated by Henry Reeve Esq.) and 4, [May-June 1836]. . .

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Poids: 110gr, Edition originale tiré à 2200 exemplaires sur papiervélin bouffant non numéroté, dédicacé par l'auteur, petites tâches sur les dernières pages, sinon très bon état. Dédicacé par l'auteur.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO20162492: 1928. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 208 pages - 1 tampon sur la page faux-titre - ENVOI DE L'AUTEUR. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge. 1963. 238 pages. First edition, first printing with 1963 as the last date on the title page, with no later printings noted AND 1963 on the title page. Signed presentation copy by the editor, Stanley Nider Katz, on the FFEP. Book is fine. Bright, tight and clean. The original DJ with $4.25 price intact on flap. DJ shows two tiny edge chips; minimal minor soiling. This title chronicles the case against the Newspaper publisher, charged with seditious libel, by the Governor of New York. Alexander Hamilton argued for the defense and won, as 'truth' he argued, is the defense. The case has since become the symbol for freedom of the press. NF/VG+. Signed by Author(s).

couverture souple. [ Galerie Lefor-Openo Editions Voix Richard Meier] | [Paris & Montigny-Lès-Metz] 1991 | 10 x 14 cm | broché | Edition originale sur papier courant. Ouvrage illustré de reproductions d'oeuvres d'Alexandre Bonnier. Une correction manuscrite d'Alexandre Bonnier sur le premier plat de couverture. Envoi autographe signé d'Alexandre Bonnier à Huguette et Marc Le Bot agrémenté d'un dessin original, sur un feuillet volant et plié, représentant un visage. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition on current paper. Illustrated book reproductions of works by Alexandre Bonnier. Signed autograph of Alexandre Bonnier to Huguette and Marcf Le Bot embellished with an original drawing, on a flyer and folded, representing a face. *.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Lettre autographe signee a Monsieur Merlin, 1839 Theologien, philosophe, journaliste, critique litteraire et historien suisse Lettre autographe signee d'Alexandre Vinet, adressee a Monsieur Merlin, datee du 9 Mars 1839 a Lausanne. Redigee a l'encre brune sur un double feuillet de papier velin. Cette lettre de deux pages offre un apercu fascinant de ses reseaux intellectuels et de sa finesse de caractere. Vinet discute d'un "plan de journal" et mentionne la publication a Paris du journal L'Esperance sous la direction de Napoleon Roussel. Il decline avec elegance une "commission" concernant l'ouvrage de son correspondant, tout en delivrant un jugement balance : "Je dirai bien qu'il sera utile aux gens du monde, mais non qu'il sera nuisible aux chretiens." Il introduit le porteur de la lettre (non nomme, mais decrit comme un talentueux mathematicien et poete), soulignant l'importance des echanges entre savants et hommes de lettres de l'epoque. Il fait egalement mention du "ministre Chavannes", figure de l'Eglise vaudoise. Dimensions : 18,6 x 23,7 cm Etat : Traces d'onglets au dos, sinon bel etat de conservation. Voir photos pour plus de details. Nombre de pages : 2 pages Alexandre Vinet Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet, ne le 17 juin 1797 a Lausanne et mort le 4 mai 1847 a Clarens, est un theologien, philosophe, journaliste, critique litteraire et historien suisse. Wikipedia. Signed by author or artist.

1. Le Nouveau Spectateur, 1 vol. in-8 de (4)-532-388-(2) pp. (1) f., veau fauve marbré, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). 2. Journal des Théâtres, 4 vol. in-8 de (2)-7-(1)-384-(2) pp. ; (2)-402 pp. ; (2)-407-(3) pp. ; (2)-304 pp., demi-basane blonde, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin blond, dos lisse orné (relié vers 1810).3. Le Censeur dramatique, 4 vol. in-8, de 8-584 pp. ; 576 pp. ; 576 pp. ; 256 pp., cachets anciens, basane havane, dos à nerfs orné de fers à l'oiseau, pièces de titre en maroquin havane et de tomaison en maroquin vert, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Cette collection exceptionnelle, publiée sous trois titres successifs entre 1776 et 1798, représente le « premier journal de théâtre proprement dit » (selon Hatin), dédié exclusivement à la critique dramatique. Elle est enrichie de deux lettres autographes de son dernier directeur, Grimod de La Reynière, dont l'une est adressée à l'acteur le plus prestigieux de son époque, Talma.En 1776, Jean-Pierre Le Fuel de Méricourt (1748-1778) rachète Le Nouveau Spectateur à son fondateur, Le Prévost d'Exmes, qui avait lancé le journal en 1770. Le Fuel prend la direction de la publication et, à partir du 1er avril de la même année, publie le premier numéro rédigé entièrement par ses soins. Le titre du journal change ensuite pour devenir Journal des Théâtres ou le Nouveau Spectateur à la cinquième livraison. Selon Bachaumont, ce qui distingue ce journal est la « grande hardiesse à s?expliquer sur le compte des histrions », ce qui provoque de vives protestations parmi les comédiens, entraînant finalement la suppression de la publication après le n°14, suite à une plainte. Jean Le Vacher de Charnois (1749-1792) prend la relève et relance une nouvelle série du Journal des Théâtres en avril 1777, mais cède rapidement la place, en septembre de la même année, à Grimod de La Reynière, alors âgé de 19 ans. Grimod, aidé d'un groupe d'amis, poursuit la publication et déclare en 1777, par le biais d?un « Avertissement des nouveaux auteurs », que ce journal est désormais dirigé par « une Société de Gens de Lettres », sans dévoiler davantage de détails sur les identités des rédacteurs. Parmi les collaborateurs occasionnels figuraient La Harpe, Leroy de Ligny, et de La Tour.Le Fuel, dont le journal est pris en main par Le Vacher de Charnois après son éviction, fait appel à ses lecteurs pour protester contre cette décision dans une lettre datée du 10 novembre 1776. Toutefois, il doit céder à la pression. Le Vacher, soutenu financièrement par son beau-père Préville, obtient le contrôle du journal après un accord avec Le Prévost d'Exmes. Cependant, les éloges fréquents de Préville et de sa famille dans les pages du journal déplaisent à certains, en particulier à Molé, acteur dont Le Vacher critique régulièrement les performances. Finalement, Grimod de La Reynière prend les rênes de la publication en 1777, après la démission de Le Vacher de Charnois, et continue la série avec rigueur et un engagement indéfectible envers le bon goût et la critique théâtrale.Vingt ans plus tard, en 1797, Grimod annonce la création du Censeur dramatique, un nouveau journal inspiré du Journal des théâtres. Ce dernier répond aux bouleversements dans le monde théâtral à la suite de la Révolution française, alors qu'un nouveau public, moins concerné par la culture, domine la scène. Grimod entreprend alors de "ramener la saine portion du public au goût du bon, au discernement du beau". Il ambitionne, par des critiques sévères mais courtoises, d'éclairer les comédiens sur les subtilités de leur art et de promouvoir les principes éternels de la création dramatique.Le Censeur dramatique, publié entre 1797 et 1798, est un document précieux sur l'organisation des théâtres, les comédiens, les auteurs, ainsi que sur l'interprétation des classiques, dans un contexte où la société des Comédiens français, dissoute par les autorités révolutionnaires, n'était pas encore réorganisée. Les tomes II et IV du Censeur dramatique contiennent deux lettres autographes de Grimod de La Reynière : l'une adressée à Monsieur Santerre, notaire à Magny, concernant les abonnements du journal, et l'autre à l'acteur François-Joseph Talma, en réponse à une querelle entre eux, dont les détails sont publiés dans les derniers numéros du Censeur dramatique.Grimod, dans la lettre à Talma datée du 4 juillet 1798, exprime ses regrets quant à l'impact négatif de ses critiques et affirme que, s'il en avait le pouvoir, il ferait tout pour que cette lettre n'ait jamais été publiée : « J'apprends à l'instant Monsieur avec un sensible regret que vous avez été profondément affecté de quelques passages de ma réponse imprimée dans le n°31 du Censeur dramatique. Ce nouveau était fait et imprimé ? Je donnerai tout au monde en ce moment pour que cette lettre n'ait pas paru. (?) Grimod ». Ces échanges révèlent la complexité des relations entre les critiques et les artistes de l'époque, ainsi que l'importance du Censeur dramatique comme moyen d'influencer le théâtre de la Révolution.Reliées à la suite du tome IV, 8 pièces de Grimod de La Reynière en édition originale (sauf mention contraire), suivies de 4 feuillets manuscrits (pièces et table) :1. Réflexions philosophiques sur le plaisir par Un célibataire. Troisième édition. Lausanne et Paris , Chez l'auteur, Vve Duchesne etc., 1784. In-8 de 136 pp. Note manuscrite à l'encre du temps sur le titre.2. Peu de chose. Neuchatel, Paris, Belin, Desenne, Petit, 1788. In-8 de 64 pp. Envoi autographe signé Grimod de la Reynière sur le faux-titre.3. Moins que rien, suite de Peu de chose. Ouvrage d'un genre assez neuf, & plus moral qu'on ne pense. Lausanne et se trouve à Paris, Belin, Bailly, Desenne, 1793. In-8 de 72 pp.4. Lettre d'un voyageur à son ami, ou Réflexions philosophiques sur la ville de Marseille. Seconde édition, revue et corrigée. Genève, Paris, Belin, 1792. In-8 de 16 pp.5. Copie d'une lettre de M. Grimo.

2 volumes. RARE FIRST EDITION IN PRESENTATION BINDING. A UNIQUE COPY. A family presentation copy, inscribed to George E. Mercer from I. Tod-Mercer and dated [18]96. 8vo, in a beautiful Zaehnsdorf signed binding dated 1896, thus no doubt custom made for the presentation to George E. Mercer. The binding is of full crushed scarlet morocco richly adorned in fine late-Victorian style. The boards feature a wide frame of gilt vines, flowers and thistles which is further ruled in gilt then further surrounded by minutely detailed gilt rolling, the upper boards also lettered "Mercer's Waterloo" in fine gilt stamping, the smooth rounded spines with gilt lettering with a gilt oval surrounded by more gilt vines and flowers which then grow both up and below to fully frame the spine panel, board edges gilt ruled, wide turn-ins gilt tooled in the same motif as the covers, silk endpapers with powder blue moire pattern and further gilt tooling complete this beautiful presentation, a.e.g. xii, 369; viii, 347 pp. An extraordinary set, the condition remains outstanding. The text-block is essentially pristine, the fine bindings show only the most minimal evidence of age. Truly and outstanding and unique copy. A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN ANY STATE AND THIS AN EXTRAORDINARY COPY. Mercer's 'Journal' is an important source for historians of the Waterloo campaign, as well as a detailed description of the landscape and people of Belgium and France in the early 19th century. It is one of the few accounts of the period written by an artillery officer. Mercer's journals were kept throughout the campaign of 1815 but were not published until 1870, after his death. The work was compiled and written in its finished form some 30 years earlier, from the original notes Mercer wrote contemporaneously, with additions and verifications from correspondence and other sources. It covers the period from April 1815 to January 1816. Although he eventually rose to the rank of general, his fame is as commander of the British G Troop Royal Horse Artillery in the thick of the fighting at the Battle of Waterloo. It is also notable for its lengthy descriptions of the countryside and its people. In spite of his position with the British Army, the work is usually found in 20th Century editions in French. Its historical value in the English-speaking nations was largely overlooked till its rediscovery with a Praeger edition in 1970.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB (from which the scandalous Broadley is unaccountably absent). 2pp, 12mo. On bifolium of grey paper. Tears to the second leaf (not affecting signature) have been unobtrusively repaired with archival tape, and its blank reverse carries a thin remnant of the mount. One postage fold. Addressed to 'My Dear Broadley' and signed 'Ernest Hart'. Having talked over Broadley's 'brilliant sketch' (no doubt written for Edmund Yates's newspaper The World, of which he was de facto editor) with his wife, they have agreed to ask him to 'modify the impression that our society is exclusively medical or [?] by adding to the sentence wh. speaks of Clarke Wells Lister &c. meeting at W[impole] St. the leading provincial medicos', after words such as "these latter make the acquaintance perhaps of Tenniel . Du Maurier & Sambourne or of Leckie, Seeley & Ray Lankester," whom I grasp as representing the amusing & the serious sides of art & literature'. He concludes: 'As a matter of fact we rarely ever have more than 1/3. doctors, or of any one set at a dinner.' Broadley was a renowned autograph collector as well as " barrister, author, company promoter and social figure. He is best known for being the defence lawyer for Ahmed 'Urabi after the failure of the 'Urabi Revolt." [Wikipedia].

Paris / Nancy, Berger-Levrault, 1905. Un vol. au forma tin-8 (223 x 147 mm) de 114 pp., broché. Edition originale. Tirage unique à 300 exemplaires seulement. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 290 du tirage sur vélin (justifié à la plume au colophon). L'ouvrage s'agrémente d'un envoi autographe signé d'Alexandre de Roche du Teilloy au faux-titre : ''hommage affectueux / à mon cher confrère / M. [patronyme gratté] / secrétaire de l'Académie de Stanislas / [signature]''. Frontispice en phototypie figurant Georges Bangofsky, ''soldat franc, sincère, loyal qui, sans forfanterie, mais aussi sans modestie affectée, retrace tout ce qu'il a vu, ce qu'il a fait dans les rangs obscurs de l'armée française, d'où il n'a pas su ou pu sortir''. ''Récit des Campagnes de 1805-1807, 1809 et 1812. Bangofsky n'y décrit que ce qu'il a vu. Son récit est excellent''. (in Tulard). Tulard, Bibliographie critique des mémoires sur le Consulat et l'Empire, 37. Petit manque angulaire affectant les plats ainsi que le premier feuillet. Dos renforcé à l'adhésif. Quelques feuillets très légèrement effrangés et rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste, belle condition. Rare.

Paris, F. Juven éditeur, 122 rue Réaumur, 1894 - 1912, issues of 12 pages, 31 x 23 cm, 921 consecutive issues ( first 18 years complete). First series bound in 12 vols uniform brown half morocco, boards covered with marbled paper, Gilt title on spines, marbled endpapers. Bindings in very good shape. The binding is signed with a rubber stamp on the inside of vol. 1 - ''G. Engel - Spa '' (Belgium). The second series is bound in uniform red half leather. The interior is fine but the bindings show some sign of wear. All issues ( 921) complete with the covers and the the out-of-text plates. Issue 1 dates from 10 november 1894 -> Issue 430 ( 31st january 1903) ; new series - issue 1 (7th february 1903 -> Issue 491 (29 june 1912) All In very good condition, notwithstanding the usual tiny tears at some pages, the frayed margins of the out-of-text plates. On the whole a very fine run of this leading French satirical weekly. Exceptionally long run of this famous Parisian humorous and satirical weekly. The first and the last page contains allways a full-page coloured illustration. In the first years Toulouse-Lautrec was a regular contributor with 11 full page drawings in the first three years. Among the other illustrators we find all the famous draughtsmen of the French Belle Epoque; e.g. Valloton, Forain, Willette, Josset, Paul, Steinlen, Cappiello, Villon, Iribe, Chéret, C. Morin, Kupka, Gus Bofa.After this second series which ended at the beginning of the First World War (issue nr. 600 was the last) another two series were published : during WWI 215 issues were published under the title '' Le Rire Rouge''. It resumed after the war and even continued until 1971 !! (Issues after the WWI are very difficult to find. It seems that the interest to collect ''Le Rire'' and have them bound in yearly volumes seems to have vanished in those days.

First and sole edition of this scarce shipwreck narrative, inscribed by the author "with the kind regards of the author" on the title page, the name of the recipient cut away. Accompanying this copy is a tipped-in autograph letter signed from the author and dated May 1859, presenting the book to the unknown recipient. The Blenden Hall was a 450 ton cargo ship chartered by the British East India Company to make frequent voyages between the UK and India. Under the command of Captain Alexander Greig, who was accompanied by his son, the author, the Blenden Hall sailed for Bombay on 6 May 1821, carrying 84 passengers and crew; on 22 July a fog descended and she struck a reef off the ominously named Inaccessible Island in the South Atlantic. All but two crew members made it ashore safely, the survivors spending almost three months on the island, subsisting largely on wild celery, seal meat, and penguin, the blood of which was used by the author as ink for his journal. Two parties were despatched to Tristan da Cunha, the nearest inhabited island, to raise the alarm. The first disappeared without a trace; the second, led by the carpenter, successfully made landfall on 3 November. The governor of Tristan da Cunha, the former Royal Artillery corporal William Glass, immediately organized a rescue party, and reached Inaccessible Island on 10 November 1821, relieving the stricken islanders over the following weeks. After staying on the island with Glass for a further two months, the majority of the crew were picked up by the merchant brig Nerina bound for the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived in Cape Town on 21 January 1822. A report of the shipwreck was published in the Asiatic Journal in 1822 by Lieutenant John Pepper of the East India Company, who was a passenger on the Blenden Hall, however the present account is the first complete narrative of the shipwreck. The book is fairly well-represented institutionally but uncommon in commerce, having appeared only once at auction in the last 60 years. Huntress 350c. Octavo. Engraved frontispiece by G. Snyder. Original brown cloth, sometime skilfully rebacked with the original spine laid-down, titles to spine in gilt, covers panelled in blind with decorative cornerpieces, new endpapers. Library shelf ticket to front pastedown. Slight lean to spine, extremities a little worn, binding firm, a few small blemishes to covers, a little foxing and offsetting to preliminaries, occasional spotting to text but generally clean, last few pages unevenly trimmed; a very good copy.

Paris, F. Juven éditeur, 122 rue Réaumur, 1894 - 1905, issues of 12 pages, 31 x 23 cm, 582 consecutive issues ( first 11 years complete). Bound in 12 vols. Uniform brown half morocco, boards covered with marbled paper, Gilt title on spines, marbled endpapers. Bindings in very good shape. The binding is signed with a rubber stamp on the inside of vol. 1 - ''G. Engel - Spa '' (Belgium). Complete with the covers and the the out-of-text plates. Issue 1 dates from 10 november 1894 -> Issue 430 ( 31st january 1903) ; new series - issue 1 (7th february 1903 -> Issue 152 (30 december 1905). In very good condition, notwithstanding the usual tiny tears at some pages, the frayed margins of the out-of-text plates. On the whole a supurb copy. Long run of this famous Parisian humorous and satirical weekly. The first and the last page contains allways a full-page coloured illustration. In the first years Toulouse-Lautrec was a regular contributor with 11 full page drawings in the first three years. Among the other illustrators we find all the famous draughtsmen of the French Belle Epoque; e.g. Valloton, Forain, Willette, Josset, Paul, Steinlen, Cappiello, Villon, Iribe, Chéret, C. Morin, Kupka, Gus Bofa.A fine nicely bound set.