(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. Set of 7 volumes. -...
(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. Set of 7 volumes.
- *Péchés de jeunesse*. Paris, Fellens and Dufour, 1847.
In-8, fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated with fleurons and four gilded fillets, mottled edges, dedicatory inscription.
[3 ff.], 403 pp.
First edition.
- Unpublished work. *Césarine*. Paris, Cadot, 1848.
In-8, blue morocco half-leather, ribbed spine decorated with gilt florets, gilt head, half-title and title page burnished.
[1 f.], 277 pp., [1 f. advertisement].
First edition.
Vicaire III, 455.
- The Clémenceau Affair – The Defendant’s Statement –. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1866.
In-8, red half-chagrin, ribbed spine decorated with double blind-stamped squares, bookplate, caps, corners, and ribs slightly rubbed.
[2 ff.], 353 pp.
Vicaire III, 458.
- A Letter on Current Affairs. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1871.
In-18, paperback, untrimmed.
[2 ff.], 31 pp., 36 pp. (catalog)
First edition. Upon his return from Versailles in June 1871, where he had gone “to see for himself.”
Vicaire III, 473.
- Faust. Preface to the new translation by M. Bacharach. Paris, Imprimerie de J. Clayre, 1873.
In-8, bonze half-maroquin with corners, gold fillets on the covers, spine with four raised bands gilded and adorned with a gold fleur-de-lis, original covers preserved, gilt head, dedicatory inscription (Binding by Ch. Meunier).
[2 ff.], XXIX pp., frontispiece portrait by Lalauze.
Separate offprint on Dutch paper of Dumas Fils’s preface to this translation, published by Michel Lévy in 1873.
Vicaire III, 476 (who cites it based on information provided to him but did not see the book himself).
- Report on the Prix de Vertu. Read at the annual public session of the Académie Française on August 2, 1877. Paris, Firmin-Didot Press, 1877.
Quarto, tan half-percale, stain on the front cover, title label worn along its length, scattered foxing, dedicatory inscription.
31 pp. (title page detached).
- *A Case of Rupture*. Page-by-page illustrations by Eugène Courboin. Paris, Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1892.
Quarto, paperback, padded cover, folio of embossed gold-leaf paper; two ribbons missing.
[2 ff.], 98 pp., [1 f.], illustrations in the text by Eugène Courboin. Printed in a run of 1,050 numbered copies, 1/1,000 on vellum.
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(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. Set of 7 volumes.
- *Péchés de jeunesse*. Paris, Fellens and Dufour, 1847.
In-8, fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated with fleurons and four gilded fillets, mottled edges, dedicatory inscription.
[3 ff.], 403 pp.
First edition.
- Unpublished work. *Césarine*. Paris, Cadot, 1848.
In-8, blue morocco half-leather, ribbed spine decorated with gilt florets, gilt head, half-title and title page burnished.
[1 f.], 277 pp., [1 f. advertisement].
First edition.
Vicaire III, 455.
- The Clémenceau Affair – The Defendant’s Statement –. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1866.
In-8, red half-chagrin, ribbed spine decorated with double blind-stamped squares, bookplate, caps, corners, and ribs slightly rubbed.
[2 ff.], 353 pp.
Vicaire III, 458.
- A Letter on Current Affairs. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1871.
In-18, paperback, untrimmed.
[2 ff.], 31 pp., 36 pp. (catalog)
First edition. Upon his return from Versailles in June 1871, where he had gone “to see for himself.”
Vicaire III, 473.
- Faust. Preface to the new translation by M. Bacharach. Paris, Imprimerie de J. Clayre, 1873.
In-8, bonze half-maroquin with corners, gold fillets on the covers, spine with four raised bands gilded and adorned with a gold fleur-de-lis, original covers preserved, gilt head, dedicatory inscription (Binding by Ch. Meunier).
[2 ff.], XXIX pp., frontispiece portrait by Lalauze.
Separate offprint on Dutch paper of Dumas Fils’s preface to this translation, published by Michel Lévy in 1873.
Vicaire III, 476 (who cites it based on information provided to him but did not see the book himself).
- Report on the Prix de Vertu. Read at the annual public session of the Académie Française on August 2, 1877. Paris, Firmin-Didot Press, 1877.
Quarto, tan half-percale, stain on the front cover, title label worn along its length, scattered foxing, dedicatory inscription.
31 pp. (title page detached).
- *A Case of Rupture*. Page-by-page illustrations by Eugène Courboin. Paris, Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1892.
Quarto, paperback, padded cover, folio of embossed gold-leaf paper; two ribbons missing.
[2 ff.], 98 pp., [1 f.], illustrations in the text by Eugène Courboin. Printed in a run of 1,050 numbered copies, 1/1,000 on vellum.
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