Un Homme et son Péché by Grignon, Claude-Henri - 1935

With a preface by Théophile Homolle. Translated from the French by Charles Frederic Hardy. First english language edition. 132 pp.+ 40 full-page photogravure plates with printed tissue guards and 86 illustrations in the text. 39x31 cm. Éditions d'Art Fred. Boissonnas, Genève, 1920. There are printed of this work on fine hand-made paper, prepared specially for this edition, 300 copies, of which this copy is No. 15. (Additional postage due to heavy weight) --- François Frédéric Boissonnas, nicknamed Fred (1858-1946) came from a Swiss family of photographers. An enthusiastic trekker, he started out on his journey from Geneve together with his inseparable friend and travel companion, Greek scholar Daniel Baud-Bovy, rector in the Geneva school of Fine Arts. From their first journey in 1903 until 1920, carrying a baggage of stereotypes on Greece passed on by travellers of the previous centuries, they toured and took photographs everywhere, from Epirus to the Peloponnese and from Ithaca to Olympus and… Read More

viii + 482 pp. + 12 gravures h.t. 23,5x15,5 cm. Furne et Ce, Éditeurs, Paris, 1860. --- Half-leather. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Some wear on hinges, edges and corners of the covers. Marbled endpapers. Tight binding. Foxing only on pages with engravings - engravings not affected. All other pages are clean.

Illustrations de Jacques Boullaire. 126 pp., in 4to. Robert Laffont, Paris, 1945. Edition numérotée, No 772/900, sur vélin de Rives.
--- En feuillets, sous double emboîtage illustré de l'éditeur. Illustrations de Jacques Boullaire en bistre dans le texte et frontispice. Lettrines et culs-de lampe. Tirage limité à 900 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin de Rives. 1er emboîtage légèrement passé et coins émoussés. Légère éraflure sur la chemise. Très bel état du livre.

Recueil de ses compositions gravées au trait. Par Réveil. Introduction + 38 engravings. Librairie Audot, Félix Niclaus & Cie, Successeurs, Paris, 1872. --- The frontispiece is missing. Wear at spine and edgewear. Marks of water on the upper right margin on first pages and on the first 10 engravings (not affected). Foxing on introduction. Engravings bright and clean.

[A tale] Illustrated by Dugald Stermer. 69 pp. 6,9x4,7 cm. The Somesuch Press, Dallas, Texas, 1984. No. 212 of 325 numbered copies, printed from Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem Holland and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France.
--- Text in english. Leather bound, gilt lettering and decoration on front cover. All edges gilt. Numbered and signed copy. No wear. Unmarked.

A Delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country. With illustrations of steel and wood, by eminent American artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant. 2 Vols. 33x26 cm. Vol.I: 568 pp.+ 25 full-page engravings on steel h.t. Vol.II: vi+576 pp.+25 full-page engravings on steel h.t. Numerous engravings in-text. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872-1874.
--- Contemporary full leather binding with gilt letters and decoration. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very tight binding, repaired by professional bookbinder. Previous owner name written on the first two pages of each volume. Some foxing, sometimes affecting engravings. A few pages have traces of water (more photos available upon request - additional postage due to heavy weight).
--- "Picturesque America was a conspicuous presence in the popular culture of the United States in the post-Civil War years. First published as a magazine… Read More

Illustrations en couleurs par Auguste Leroux. 78 pp. 26x19 cm. Société des Amis du Livre Moderne, Paris, 1912 // Tirage à 150 exemplaires. En feuillets.
--- One of 150 copies printed. Loose leaves in an illustrated envelope, which has wear on spine and edges. Pages bright and clean. Richly illustrated (colour ills.). Text in french.

The Boy Travellers in the Far East - Part fifth. Illustrated. 473 pp.+1 colour plate h.t. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1884.
--- Pictorial cloth gilt. Some wear at corners and spine ends (see photos). Pages bright and clean. A dedication written on a blank page. Richly illustrated with engravings. Tight binding.

Traduction de Louis Fabulet & Ch. Fountaine-Walker. Illustrations de Ch. Fouqueray. Troisième édition. 279 pp. 28x23 pp. Librairie Delagrave, Paris, s.d. (c.1930)
--- Half-leather and marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Wear to the edges and corners of the covers (see photo). Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. A dedication written on first blank page. All other pages are bright and clean. B&W full-page and in the text illustrations. Text in french.

Dessins de Charles Delort, gravés par Mongin. 300 pp.+7 planches et un portrait de l'auteur d'après une photo de Nadar h.t. 20,7x13,3 cm. Collection Bibliothèque Artistique Moderne / Librairie des Bibliophiles, Paris, 1883. Tirage limité.
--- Some edgewear. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Very light occasional foxing. Beautiful engravings.