Collection of Ten Limited Edition Copies 1920 -1945 and Bibliography
We offer a collection of ten limited edition copies of Paul Valéry titles, most of great rarity, some extraordinarily so, in overall astounding condition, together with a copy of the standard bibliography. While we have priced the titles individually in our individual listings, we will give strong preference to preserving the group intact.
The group comprises:
Album de Monsieur Teste par Paul Valéry
Avec des gravures de l'auteur
Paris: Éditions de la Galerie Charpentier, 1945.
Folio (slipcase 33.3 x 26.9 cm; pages 32.5 x 25.7 cm). No. 2 of 25 copies
printed on vélin blanc de Lana (tête d’édition),
of the entire edition of 225 numbered copies (rest of edition on vélin
teinté de Marais; some additional copies for collaborators), with
a suite of the etchings on vélin teinté in a separate portfolio.
Illustrated with 10 original etchings (two with aquatint) by Valéry.
Loose as issued in original cream-colored wraps (titles printed in black
on front covers), in the original pale rose-colored board chemise and slipcase.
Contained in a walnut red Cave paper clamshell box by Nello Nanni.
See the full description here.
Amphion. Mélodrame. Musique d’Arthur Honneger.
Paris: Rouart Lerolle & Cie, 1931.
First edition. 16mo (192 x 143 mm overall). No. 33 of 50 copies on Japon
(tête d’édition). Publisher’s original turquoise
wraps (in pristine, apparently original glassine, cleanly taped and never
removed), title printed in black on front cover, uncut and unopened.
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Colloque
Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1939.
First edition. Folio (226 x 145 mm overall). One of a “très
petit nombre d’ex.” (Karaïskakis-Chapon), reputedly eight
in all, on Lafuma wove paper. Publisher’s original cream wraps printed
in black on front cover (in apparently near pristine original glassine),
uncut.
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Discours prononcé le 10 novembre 1927 à l'occasion de
l'inauguration du monument Émile Verhaeren ("Discours sur Émile
Verhaeren")
Paris: Édouard Champion et ses Amis, 1927.
First edition. Quarto (pages 21 x 16 cm). Copy no. 1, the unique copy on
vieux japon (tête d’édition), of the entire edition of
49 numbered copies. Original wraps, “Paul Valéry” printed
in black on front cover and spine, uncut and unopened.
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Durtal
Paris: Édouard Champion et ses Amis, 1925.
First edition. Quarto (204 x 156 mm overall). No. 29 of 44 copies on Japon
impérial (after one on vieux Japon and four on Whatman, of the entire
edition of 49 copies), with Valéry’s signature in ink on the
justification. Publisher’s original cream wraps (in near pristine,
apparently original glassine), author’s name printed in black on front
cover and spine, uncut and unopened.
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Durtal ou les Points d’une Conversion
Paris: Marcel Sénac / la Jeune Parque, 1927.
First illustrated edition (same text as 1925 first edition, but without
preface). Quarto (192 x 140 mm overall). No. 23 of 25 copies on vieux Japon
(after 15 on chine, of the entire edition of 300 copies), with Valéry’s
signature stamp on the justification. Illustrated throughout with original
woodcuts by Thiollière, and with a separate suite of the woodcuts
on Japon impérial. Printed in red and black in a “black letter”
type. Publisher’s original cream wraps (in pristine, apparently original
glassine, cleanly taped and never removed), title printed in red and black
on front cover, uncut and unopened.
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FABRE, Lucien; VALÉRY, Paul
Connaissance de la Déesse. Avant-propos de Paul Valéry
Paris: Société Littéraire de France, 1920.
First edition, of both the collection of Fabre’s poems and the introduction
by Paul Valéry (to whom the book is dedicated). Octavo (19.5 x 14.3
cm). Exemplaire B of two copies (tête d’édition) on chine,
of the entire edition of 502 copies (remainder of edition on vélin).
Original wraps, title printed in black on front wrap.
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Propos sur la Poésie
Saint-Felicien-en-Vivarais: Au Pigeonnier, and Paris: Maison du Livre Français,
1930
First edition. Quarto (200 x 147 mm overall). No. 11 of 24 copies on Japon
impérial (tête d’édition, of the entire edition
of 764 copies). Decorated with two original woodcuts and title vignette
by Jean Chièze and woodcut ornaments throughout by Ph. Burnot. Publisher’s
original cream wraps printed in red and black on front cover and in black
on spine (in apparently original glassine, near pristine save for chip on
bottom of spine), author’s name printed in black on front cover and
spine, uncut and unopened.
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Propos sur l'Intelligence
Paris: A l'Enseigne de la Porte Étroite, 1926.
First edition (preceding the smaller format issue by almost four months),
large format copy. Quarto (22.2 x 16.2 cm). No. 49 of 100 large format copies
on crème Van Gelder Zonen (tête d’édition, inclusive
of 30 copies “réservés aux amis”), fully signed
by Valéry, of the entire edition of 750 numbered copies (the remaining
650 copies 16 x 11 cm on five different papers). Publisher’s original
pearled grey wraps (in pristine, apparently original glassine), title printed
in black on front cover, uncut and unopened.
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Propos sur l'Intelligence
Paris: A l'Enseigne de la Porte Étroite, 1926.
First edition, small format issue (achevé d’imprimer 13 juillet
1926). 16mo (164 x 115 mm overall). No. 12 of 20 copies on Japon (tête
d’édition of the 650 16mo copies) of the entire edition of
750 numbered copies (including a separate issue of 100 quarto copies; see
here for our copy).). Publisher’s
original pearled grey wraps (in pristine, apparently original glassine),
title printed in black on front cover, uncut and unopened.
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[TOGETHER WITH:]
KARAÏSKAKIS, Georges; CHAPON, François
Bibliographie des œuvres de Paul Valéry, publiées
de 1889 à 1965, par Georges Karaïskakis et Francois Chapon.
Préface de Lucienne Julien-Cain.
Paris: Auguste Blaizot, 1976.
Quarto. One of 1600 numbered copies in publisher's cloth.
Price: $7,000
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