Lot of 20th century literature. - Lot 99

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Lot of 20th century literature. - Lot 99
Lot of 20th century literature. 1/ - Achim d'Arnim. - Contes bizarres. Paris, Arcanes, Collection "Voyants", 1953. In-8, paperback with color illustrated cover by W. Paalen, illustrated dust jacket printed on crystal paper. Introduction by André Breton, preface and translation by T. Gautier - 236 pp, [2 ff.] - Edition of 2,000 copies on Bellegarde vellum (no. 1930). 2/- Blake, William. - Les Dits de l'enfer. Paris, Les Presses Littéraires de France, 1949. In-8 paperback in printed cover - Cover edges a little browned - [16 pp.]. Edition of 100 copies, this one of 75 on alfa du Marais (n° XXXI). 3/ - Bonnefoy, Yves. - Du mouvement et de l'immobilité de Douve. Paris, Mercure de France, 1958. In-8 square paperback, titled in blue - small tear without loss at lower spine - 94 pp. (last n. ch.), [1 f.] - Bookstore banner "Prix de la nouvelle vague". Autograph signed letter from the author. 4/ - Cocteau, Jean. - La Crucifixion. - Paris, P. Morihen, 1946. In-4, paperback in red, letterpressed folding cover - edges of leaves slightly browned as in most copies - [2 ff.], 25 pp., [1 f.]. Edition of 1,525 copies, this one of 1,500 after 25 Chine (no. 484). Attached are 3 prints of Cocteau's drawings (c. 1953) in 23.8 x 19 cm format and 2 color maps published by François Wahl (ref. 111 and 112). 5/ - Cocteau, Jean. - Opium. Journal d'une désintoxication. Paris, Librairie Stock, Delamain Boutelleau, 1930. In-8 paperback, old rose cover - some scattered foxing, 2 reproductions of Cocteau's portrait pasted to the faux-titre (profile medal and caricature drawing) - 264 pp., [1 f.]. Complete with 43 full-page drawings, including 3 h-t. Current print run in the year of the original edition. 6/ - Cocteau, Jean. - Gondole des morts. Milan, Vanni Scheiwiller, 1959. Format 12.2 x 9 cm, paperback, black paperback cover, color illustrated dust jacket - Dust jacket torn with paper loss - 60 pp. including 17 color drawings, 3 facsimiles of the 2 poems "Gondole des morts" and "Le Cavalier de bronze", objects of this booklet. Contains an in-fine chronology of the writer up to 1958, a bibliography in French and an Italian bibliography. Edition of 2,000 copies, this one no. 474. 7/ - Forneret, Xavier. - Sans titre - Encore un an de sans titre, par un hommenoir, blanc de visage - Broussailles de la pensée - Vapeurs ni vers ni prose - Rien, quelque chose - Et la lune donnait et la rosée tombait... Paris, Arcanes, 1952. Preceded by a text by A. Breton. Introduction and bibliography by Willy-Paul Romain. In-8 paperback in black soft cover printed in red - [2 ff.], 247 pp., [1 f.]. Running titles, lettering, decorative elements in red. Edition of 1,020 copies, this one of 979 on Condat chestnut (no. 913). 8/ - Kàlidàsa - Lalou, Marcelle [translator]. - Meghadouta (The messenger cloud). Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1921. In-8, in-12 format, paperback in letterpress orange cover - 69 pp., [1 f.]. Edition of 500 copies, this one of 485 on vergé à la forme (no. 140). First edition. Fine condition. 9/ - Pichette, Henri. - Les Épiphanies. Paris, K éditeur, 1948. In-8, paperback, in red cover - 138 pp. (the last n. ch.), [2 ff.] - Work based on Pierre Faucheux's layout. Edition of 215 numbered copies, this one of 200 on Marais Crèvecoeur, (unjustified). First edition. 10/ - [Collectif] - Almanach de Cocagne pour l'An 1920. Dedicated to true gourmands and Francs Buveurs. Paris, Éditions de la Sirène, 1919. In-12, paperback in blue soft cover, illustrated - one quire slightly disbound - 223 pp, [7pp.] - Collective publication dedicated by Bertrand Guégan to the spirits of Grimod de la Reynière. Recipes and texts, mostly unpublished, by Guillaume Apollinaire "l'Ami Méritante", Balzac "du café", Baudelaire "L'eau", "Les idées de la Fanfarlo sur la cuisine", Cocteau "Petite lettre à la dérive", Max Jacob "La Collation", Pierre Mac Orlan, Lucien Descaves, Raoul Ponchon, etc. Numerous woodcuts and ornaments by Raoul Dufy, J.-E. Laboureur, A. Dunoyer de Segonzac, Luc-Albert Moreau, André Lhote, Othon Friesz...
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