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Oeuvres Poetiques de Guillaume Apollinaire.
by Apollinaire, Guillaume
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Andre Sauret, 1965. Deluxe illustrated Sauret edition of the works of Guillaume Apollinaire. Quartos, 5 volumes, bound in full black pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with colored engravings. Limited edition, one of 95 sets produced, this is number 88. Each volume housed in the original custom marbled slipcase. In near fine condition. French poet, novelist, and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century, as well as a forefather of Surrealism. In addition to coining term "cubism" he authored one of the earliest Surrealist literary works, the play The Breasts of Tiresias (1917), which became the basis for the 1947 opera Les mamelles de Tiresias.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94694
- Title
- Oeuvres Poetiques de Guillaume Apollinaire.
- Author
- Apollinaire, Guillaume
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Andre Sauret
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Oeuvres Poetiques de Apollinaire, Oeuvres Poetiques de Apollinaire Finely Bound
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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