Paris: Socieete Francaise D'Éditions C'Art, N.p. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Light foxing to the front board, toning to the spine, and previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown.
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Paris, Rome, and Rio de Janiero: Dispat Films, 1959. Two vintage borderless double weight still photographs (one oversize) from the classic 1959 film, directed by French auteur Marcel Camus, a joint effort financed by production companies in France, Italy, and Brazil. A key film that captured the essence of an era, a music, and a place, namely the modern Carnaval...
Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1878. First Edition. Half bound in maroon leather with gilt lettering. Very Good plus. Rubbing and soiling overall, with moderate bruising to the edges of the front and rear boards. Chipped to the heel.
N.p. N.p., circa 1960s. Typescript for an unproduced film. Synopses in English are laid into the front wrapper for "That Boy Named Jesus", "Young Jesus", and "Don Quixote Goes West." Text in English. An imagining of the infancy, youth, and adolescence of Jesus Christ. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Ismael Rodriguez. 98 leaves, with last page of.....
Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Cie, 1892. First Edition. Rebound in three quarter leather and marbled boards with gilt titles and raised bands. Good condition overall. Small portion of spine missing, moderate edgewear, and a large scratch to the top corner.
Paris: Combet & Cie, 1902. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light rubbing overall, small dampstain to the bottom of the front board, and owner bookplate on the front pastedown. A bright presentable book.
Paris: Librairie D' Education De La Jeunesse, Circa 1895. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good plus. Unbound signatures interspersed with 40 color chromolithograph illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light dampstain to the top of the title page, light toning to the leaves, and owner bookplate on front pastedown. A bright presentable book.
Paris: Boivin & Cie, [Circa 1897]. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good plus. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light rubbing to the front board, owner bookplate on the front pastedown, and leaves lightly toned. A bright presentable book.
Paris: Charavay, Martin, N.p. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light dampstain along top page edge of interior leaves, light foxing to the front board, and owner bookplate on front pastedown. A bright presentable book.....
Paris: Boussod, Valadon and Cie, circa 1889. First Edition. Half bound in red leather with gilt text to the spine. Very Good condition, with moderate overall wear, bumping to the corners of each board, and light toning.
Paris: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, Circa 1920. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (Job). Contemporary gift inscription on the front endpaper. Lightly soiled overall, owner bookplate on the front pastedown, and bump to fore-edge of front board.
Paris: Eugene Penaud et Comp, 1847. First Edition. Text in French. Very Good condition. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Tissue guard intact. Light foxing to the interior pages, minor splitting to the corners, light fraying to the crown, lightly rubbed overall.
Paris: Self-published, 1961-1962. Original French toy and home goods sales catalogue and supplements for the "Comptoir general de la bimbeloterie" company in Paris, 1961-1962. Illustrated with black-and-white vignette photographs of items for sale, each represented with a serial number, accompanied by a corresponding descriptive price catalogue. Thousands of toys, puzzles, board games, sports equipment, and miniatures are featured, including Pierres...
Chatsworth, CA: Home Vision Entertainment, circa 1977. An early English language draft script for the 1995 Norwegian film. A brief letter from the director John Cromwell to the publicity agent Paul Kohner is laid into the front wrapper. Based on the 1920-1921 trilogy of novels of the same name by the Nobel Prize winning author Sigrid Undset. Set in 14th...
![Family Nest [Csaladi Tuzfeszek] (Original promotional script for the 1977 film). Bela Tarr,...](/pictures/thumb/145506.jpg?v=1560892755)
Budapest: Balsz Bela Studio, 1977. Vintage post-production promotional script for the 1977 Hungarian film. Includes a prose narrative describing the film story, reviews, quotes, and critical essays. Text in Hungarian. Easily the most rigidly philosophical promotional script ever issued, with the narrative portion being essentially one long run-on sentence wherein Tarr describes his intentions for his first film. It would be...
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Et Cie, 1893. First Edition. Very Good plus. Bound in three quarter leather and marbled boards with gilt title and raised bands. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Contemporary owner inscription on the front endpaper. Lightly rubbed overall, bruise to the top of the rear board, and bumped on the bottom of the front board.