Dessins [first edition, with original drawing bound in] de Cocteau, Jean - 1923

Routledge & Kegan Paul,, [1950]. Roy. 4to., Second Edition, with 130 pages of plates; original printed wrappers, uncut, a near fine copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Paris: Librarie Stock. Very Good+. 1924. Second Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends have some wear, contents very nice; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages .

Paris: LIBRARIE STOCK, 1924. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Good. Inscribed by Cocteau and dated 1923 by him to influential art critic Louis Vauxcelles on the cover. Title page dated 1924. Presentable copy with a repaired spine that had suffered some loss and was laid back down with covers reattached. Some tape residue from inexpert previous tape repair upper and lower corners of covers where they meet spine. With original glassine that has browned, with spine perished. Louis Vauxcelles (1870 - 1943) is credited with coining the terms Fauvism (1905) and Cubism (1908). Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost artists of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements and an influential figure in early 20th century art. This copy represents an important association between two French art figures, one the most influential critic of his generation and the other - apart from Picasso, to whom Cocteau… Leer más

Paris: Librairie Stock, Delamain, Boutelleau Et Cie., 1923., 1923. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., 272, [2 leaves]incl. blank. with half-title. 129 full-page illus. contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., others untrimmed, original printed wrs. bound in (repaired tear to upper edge of 1 leaf). First Edition, one of 400 numbered copies on Lafuma wove paper, of an edition of 575 [+ 50 'hors commerce'], signed by Cocteau. Including portraits of Erik Satie, Georges Auric, Francis Poulenc, Raymond Radiguet, Pablo Picasso, &c. A whole section is devoted to the Ballet Russe, with drawings of Diaghilev, Nijinsky, a backstage scene following 'Spectre De La Rose', and Igor Stravinsky conducting 'Sacre du Printemps'.. Signed by Author(s). F.

Paris: Stock, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Quarter cloth and decorated papercovered boards with printed paper title label on front board. Modernist bookplate of Alex de Hass on rear pastedown, moderate edgewear on the boards, near fine. A collection of Cocteau's pen and ink drawings, mostly portraits, which was dedicated to Picasso. In October of 1946 Cocteau visited Amsterdam to attend the Dutch premiere of his famous film *La Belle et la Bête.* During this visit he was hosted by the Dutch songwriter and performer Alex de Haas. This volume has two large original drawings by Cocteau, one on the front fly, the other on the half-title, each dedicated by Cocteau to de Haas. Additionally affixed to the front pastedown is an original gelatin silver photograph (9.25" x 6.5") of Cocteau speaking at a press conference in Amsterdam, as well as a later color portrait of Cocteau from a magazine affixed on the copyright page. Additionally, on the recto of the rear fly-leaf is an… Leer más

Paris: Librairie Stock, 1924. First edition. In very good conditon.. First edition. 272 p. Inscribed to André Breton. Mon cher Breton // Je n'écris plus. C'est donc // un lecteur malheureux qui // tient à vous dire combien votre // livre l'a enchanté, emporté // loin de son mal. // Croyez à ma // profonde // reconnaissance // Jean Cocteau // 1924. From the collection of Pierre Berge.