Resultados de búsqueda: Scholarly Books from Cole & Contreras

New York: Basic Books, 1970. First edition. Small 4to, publisher's cloth. Fine in near fine dj.

Tours and Paris: Bousrez and Champion, 1884. First and only edition of this very scarce scholarly monograph. Illustrated with one plate and 15 text figures. A LARGE-PAPER COPY finely printed on thick, soft laid paper. Bound in recent half calf and cloth. Small 4to. Partially-visible inkstamp on title-page, else fine.

Paris: Henri Menu, 1876. First and only edition of this journal, an important historical document. 54 pp. Edition limited to 125 copies, of which this is ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER. This copy belonged to scholar Arthur du Chene: his signature is on a preliminary blank and a bookseller's receipt made out to him and dated "20 fevrier 1877" is laid in. Large 8vo. Original wraps. A bit of light foxing, else a fine copy.

Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 1973. Scarce monograph on early stories in the Romance languages. 8vo, original wraps. Near fine.

Tananarive (Antananarivo): Imprimerie Officielle, 1939. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of the first serious scholarly study of the geography, history, ethnography, and demography of the Comoros. The author was the adjunct administrator of the French Colonial Administration. 108 pp. 4to. Bound in patterned cloth, surely from Madagascar or the Comoros. Original wraps bound in. Internally clean. Rare.

Paris: Imprimerie E. Puyfourcat, 1939. An extremely rare and early account of the Ushabti of King Tut. 32 leaves, printed rectos only, with reproduction of author's manuscript text and drawings. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE BLUISH WOVE PAPER. Frontispiece portrait of author by Max Jacob. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Large 4to, loose as issued in original metallic golden wraps. Minimal wear to wraps, else fine and bright.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard, 1978. From the "Harvard Studies in the Romance Languages" series. 8vo, original cloth. Fine.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard, 1923. On the 19th-century French comedy of manners. From the "Harvard Studies in the Romance Languages" series. 8vo, original cloth. Near fine.

Buenos Aires: Gure, 1972. First edition of this scarce collection of articles written by Anderson Imbert in newspapers from 1927 to 1940. A great association copy, signed and inscribed by the author to Harvard scholar Harry Levin. Small 4to, original wraps. Very light wear to wraps, internally fine.

Madrid: Istmo, 1986. Texts and documents relating to the major Spanish poetic generation of this century. 8vo, original wraps. Very good.

Paris: Gallimard, 1928. One of 376 large-paper copies of this biography. Very good+ in original wraps and glassine. Small octavo.

Paris: Librairie Marpon et Flammarion, 1892. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of the first study of gestures, a groundbreaking and libertine work which constitutes a landmark in the history of social anthropology. Hacks (who often used the pseudonym "Docteur Bataille") examines the gestures of children and adults, ancients and moderns, rich and poor, educated and ignorant--he even presents a rather erotic play which consists of entirely gestures (except for one spoken word). Illustrated throughout with fine wood-engravings after Henri Lanos. ONE OF ONLY 30 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPAN PAPER. 4to. Attractively bound in cloth. Original illustrated wraps bound in. A PERFECT COPY, WITH NO DEFECTS. Caillet II, 4919. Very rare, especially in this state.

Paris: Editions des Presses Fran aises, 1926. Original wraps. Spine splitting, otherwise very good. Small octavo.

Aix-en-Provence: F. Guitton-Talamel, 1881. First and only edition of an important mid-17th-century manuscript relating to the Fronde in Provence (beginning 1648-50). Copious, extensive notes. VIII, 283 pp. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut and unopened. Near fine. Rare.

Aix-en-Provence: F. Guitton-Talamel, 1881. First and only edition of an important mid-17th-century manuscript relating to the Fronde in Provence (beginning 1648-1650). Copious, extensive notes. VIII, 283 pp. A LARGE-PAPER COPY PRINTED ON BRIGHT PEACH-COLORED FINE WOVE PAPER. Very few books were printed on colored paper in France towards the end of the 19th century, especially by provincial presses. 4to. Attractively bound in recent quarter calf and marbled boards, original wraps bound in. Fine and bright. An excellent copy of a rare book.

Paris: Artheme Fayard, 1924. First edition. Numbered copy on pure linen paper. With an etched portrait of Barres by Renefer and woodcut initials by Guy Dollian. Uncut in original wraps. Wraps soiled and spine a little cocked, internally fine. Octavo.

Arras: Typographie de Sede, 1876. A rare monograph. Describes the contents of the church treasury, using manuscript sources. 42 pp plus one lithographed plate (reproducing the seals of the church). 4to. Original wraps. Upper corner (about 2 x 4 cm) of unprinted rear cover missing. Still, very good, and very rare.

Paris: Cahiers de la Quinzaine, 1906. FIRST EDITION of this groundbreaking study of the Congo under French and Belgian domination. 2 leaves; 95 pp. Like Roger Casement, Mille and Challaye denounce the treatment of the natives in the French (Brazzaville) and Belgian (Leopoldville, later Kinshasha) Congos. ONE OF ONLY THIRTEEN (13) LARGE-PAPER COPIES PRINTED ON FINE HANDMADE WHATMAN WOVE PAPER. (The regular edition was printed on cheap paper.) This is copy number 4, printed for George Bellew (?--Name partially effaced, but certainly visible under ultraviolet light). 8vo. Original wraps. A bit of dust to extreme margins, else UNCUT, UNOPENED, FINE AND BRIGHT. One of the great early documents on human rights violations in Africa, and extremely rare in this state.

Paris: Hachette, 1968. Philosophical musings on the role of illusions in feelings, science, and art. Tall 12mo in publisher's boards, near fine. Printed on thick, white wove paper.

Paris: Champion, 1925. A standard monograph on medieval French lyric poetry. XXXII, 540, [4] pp. Small 4to, buckram. Fine.