Search Results: Literature in French from Crane's Bill Books

Monaco: Editions du Rocher, 1957. Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 253 pp. Yves Bonnefoy, Andre du Bouchet, Jacques Dupin, Jean Grosjean, Pierre Oster, et al. In French. Spine lightly sunned, creased, and worn at head and heel; wrappers and page edges sunned, two closed tears at fore-edge of first leaf, jagged tears at upper edges of last few leaves, pages a bit tanned throughout. Unopened.

Paris: Gallimard, 1971. 1st Edition . Self-Wraps. Near Fine/Very Good. 231 pp. Page edges a bit tanned, otherwise Fine. Light handling, edgewear, and one tiny nick to jacket. Size: 8vo

s.l.. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). n.d. (ca. 1950). Edition limited to 250 copies "strictement reserves aux souscripteurs"; this copy unnumbered. 93 pp. A reprint of Louys's "Manuel de civilite pour les petites filles" (1926). Spine slightly cocked and bumped at heel with resulting 1" tear; wrappers sunned, lightly dustsoiled, edgeworn, bumped at corners; binding a bit tender, page edges tanned, foxing to first several leaves. Size: 16mo

Plon, 1996. Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 189 pp. Wrappers have shelfwear, some wear at edges, and mild curl to corners. In French.

Paris: A l'Art Catholique, 1921. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. Wide 8v, 47 pp. Poems. No. 849 of 1100 numbered copies. Edges of wrappers and page edges sunned, wrappers bumped at edges and corners, page corners bumped, book plate inside front cover. In clear glassine protective jacket as issued, which is chipped, bumped, missing small pieces at edges; the rear flap is affixed inside back cover.

Monte-Carlo: Regain, 1954. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Poetes de notre temps" No. 65. 93 pp. Signed by the author's widow, Renee Martinet, under the inscription "Pour - - - l'Amerique." Wrappers sunned, with a few spots; overhanging wrapper edges bumped, chipped, torn; binding just a bit tender, pages age-toned throughout. In French. Size: 12mo

Paris: Gallimard, 1964. 1st Edition . Self-Wrappers. Good. 8vo. Nouvelle Edition. 299 pp. Spine creased and scuffed; wrappers edgeworn and foxed, heavily in places; wrapper and page corners bumped, page edges foxed. First printing of this edition, after the limited first edition of 1919. In French.

Arthaud, 1957. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Pages unnumbered. Tipped-in b&w photographic portraits, each accompanied by its subject's own self-portrait drawing. In French. Among the subjects are Jean-Louis Barrault, Georges Braque, Leslie Caron, Blaise Cendrars, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Colette, Serge Lifar, Marcel Marceau, Andre Maurois, Yves Montand, Pablo Picasso, Jacqes Prevert, Jean Renoir, Francoise Sagan, Jean-Paul Sartre, Georges Simenon, Maurice Utrillo and Boris Vian. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, covers sunned at edges and lightly foxed, page edges and margins tanned, binding just a bit tender, corners of front free endpaper and first leaf clipped, slight wave to upper page margins. Size: Small 4to

Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1987. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 188 pp. Tight and internally clean and unmarked, with wrappers worn and creased, scuffing to front cover, light foxing to page edges, wrapper corners and first and last few page corners lightly bumped. Size: 8vo

Paris, 1950, 1950. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Pp. 1540-1728. First appearance of Klossowski's first novel (and second book). Also contributions by Louis Dalmas, Daniel Guerin, Lionel Viollet, Etiemble, Robert Merle, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, et al. Edited by Jean-Paul Sartre. Wrappers worn and chipped with a few minor stains; pages uniformly browned but unmarked, with many unopened. Size: 8vo

Paris: Monum/Editions du patrimoine, 2005. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 239 pp., illustrated throughout from b&w photographs. In French. Spine slightly cocked, otherwise Fine. Jacket worn, bumped and creased at edges, with tiny chips at upper edge. Size: Wide 8vo

Porrentruy: Portes de France, 1945. First Edition. . Wrappers. Very Good/Very Good. Printed by Paul Attinger, Neuchatel. Edition of 3000 copies. 228 pp. Handsome design, printed on cream paper with running title and page numbers in red. Spine slightly cocked, wrappers bumped at overhanging edges and corners, page edges tanned, top edge a bit dusty. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's neat chop stamp. In French-fold jacket, also bumped at corners, otherwise well-preserved inside glassine protective jacket, which is dustsoiled, handled and edgeworn, with a few small chips and tears. Size: 12mo

Paris: Gallimard, 1967. 1st Edition . Self-Wrappers. Good. 8vo. 192 pp. With an introductory note by Alain Jouffroy. Spine creased, chipped at heel; wrappers sunned, lightly dustsoiled, bumped at edges and corners, with front upper corner creased; mild foxing to page edges and margins. First printing of this edition. In French.

Paris: Julliard, 1989. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Reprint. 157 pp. Spine gently creased, wrappers a bit handled and edgeworn, corners lightly bumped. Size: Small 8vo

Santa Cruz, CA: Moving Parts Press, 1992. Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to. 149 pp., b&w plates. Wrapper and page corners lightly bumped. Lacks dust jacket.

Paris: Editions Plon, Collection G.P., 1970. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 35 pp., color and b/w illustrations. Exerpts from de Gaulle's Christmas 1941 radio address to the children of occupied France. Previous owner name on front pastedown, small faint finger mark on halftitle page, otherwise clean and unmarked, with binding a bit tender at center of text block. Jacket edgeworn with a number of small chips and tears, rear fold torn and tape-repaired. Size: 4to

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. n.d. (1869). Handsome decorated dark blue leather and marbled paper over boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 143 pp. Spine rubbed at crown and hubs with joints barely starting at heel, boards rubbed with some loss at edges and corners, pages tanned throughout. Size: 8vo

Paris: Gallimard, 1969. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Le Manteau d'Arlequin. 200 pp. Wrappers a bit sunned, rubbed and edgeworn; very minor soiling to page edges. Size: 16mo

Paris: Le Milieu du Jour, 1994. Wrappers. Fine. 8vo. Inscribed by the author and signed "Herve." 61 pp. Collection "Le Puits et le domaine." In French. Poetry.

Paris: Editions Fasquelle, 1968. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Small 8vo, 269 pp. In French. Two previous owner names on front free endpaper, one marked out, otherwise Fine. In clear plastic jacket (as issued) with 2" closed tear to front upper edge and a couple of shorter tears, a bit of sticker residue on back.