Search Results: Authors starting with O from Cole & Contreras

1956. A sheet of wove paper (10 x 12 cm), SIGNED by actress Merle Oberon on March 14, 1956. From the exemplary collection of maître d'hôtel Maurice Guérin, who worked from the 1930s to the 1960s at top restaurants in the South of France and aboard the S.S. Normandie. Adhesive remains on verso, else in excellent condition.

Batavia / Amsterdam: Kolff, 1939-1940 (reprint, 1966). Two volumes, complete. 3, 1016, 25 pp.; 612 pp. The massive bibliography of books published in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) from 1870 until 1937. The first volume is devoted to books printed in European languages, the second volume to books printed in indigenous languages. Printed on very good paper. Thick squarish 8vo. Publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Scarce.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1954 [Folcroft reprint, 1974]. Reprint limited to 100 copies. Hundred of items fully described. Large 4to, fine in publisher's buckram.

Paris: Emile Paul et Fils et Guillemin, 1906. The very rare catalogue of the Odero collection of French illustrated books, including some children's books, published between 1664 and the early years of the 20th century. 1,000 items thoroughly described. Author index at end. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies printed on fine Dutch handmade laid paper. Small 4to. Bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt in six compartments. Light rubbing to extemities of binding. Internally uncut, bright, and fine.

Baden-Baden and Strasbourg: Heitz, 1962. A bibliography of Hans Baldung Grien's woodcut book illustrations, copiously illustrated with excellent facsimiles, many tipped-in. Very scarce. 8vo, fine in original wraps.

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 First and only edition of this journal, an important historical document. 54 pp.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.

Lille: L. Danel, 1930. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this extremely rare catalogue raisonné of the bookplates engraved by an 18th-century family of artists: Jean-Chrysostome-Donat Merché, Jean-Chrysostome-François Merché, and Hippolyte-Gabriel-Joseph Merché. Pp. 343-52. 33 bookplates described in great detail. 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Only one copy in WorldCat (Bibliothèque Nationale).

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. An extensive bibliographical guide for research in the field of English Romantic literature. 4to. Original wraps. Slight traces of wear, else fine and bright.

Esher, Surrey: Penmiel Press, 1993. A bibliography of this English private press. Limited to 200 copies printed letterpress on fine paper. This copy signed by Burrett, the proprietor of the press. Facsimiles. Small, thin, square 8vo. Fine in original wraps.

Porto: Ernesto Chardron, 1882. A PRISTINE, FLAWLESS COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of the works of Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837-1880), a prelate who served in Funchal (Madeira) and Goa (India). 539, 4 pp. Printed on fine wove paper. Large 8vo. AS ISSUED, IN PRINTED WRAPS. ENTIRELY UNCUT AND UNOPENED, ABSOLUTELY FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. An important document concerning 19th-century India, in absolutely unparalleled condition.

Paris: Lacourière-Frélaut, 1963. A portfolio of TWELVE STUNNING ORIGINAL ETCHINGS (with aquatint and drypoint) BY ORTNER, EACH SIGNED AND JUSTIFIED BY THE ARTIST. Dedicated to poet Paul Celan. Edition limited to 120 sets, all printed on fine, thick Rives wove paper. Large square folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. Housed in the original folding cloth case (discolored). Complete sets are very rare.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1915 (reprint). Critical edition (and only edition) of this medieval French allegorical poem in honor of the Virgin Mary. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth. Near fine. Bossuat 4894.

Paris: Aux Depens d'un Amateur, 1949. A beautiful copy of Franco-Jewish artist Emile Othon-Friesz's best illustrated book, completed just before his death. Includes 40 original lithographs printed in ochre and black, 37 of which are printed hors-texte and full-page. From a total edition of 218 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 10 COPIES FINELY PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF THE LITHOGRAPHS PRINTED IN BLACK, ALSO ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Folio, loose as issued in wraps, chemise, and slipcase. Light traces wear to slipcase, else fine and bright. Rauch 193.

Paris: Marval, 1990. The definitive monograph on Arman's prints. 284 items described and illustrated in color. Published at $325. Folio, publisher's cloth, dj, and celluloid outer dj. Fine and bright.

Rennes and Paris: H. Callière and A. Lemerre, 1888. THE DEDICATION COPY of the first and only edition of this study devoted to Julien Pélage Auguste Brizeux (1803-1858), Breton romantic poet. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. This is copy number 2, with a long signed presentation inscription from the author to the dedicatee, French statesman JULES SIMON (1814-1896; prime minister of France 1876-1877), dated five days after printing was completed. *** "A Monsieur Jules Simon. Vous n'avez pas eu besoin pour réussir, de tout le clinquant typographique auxquels d'autres sont forcés d'avoir recours afin d'attirer le lecteur. C'est que, dans vos études sociales comme dans votre vie publique, vous vous êtes constamment adressé à l'esprit humain en ce qu'il a de plus noble et de plus pur. Mais les lettrés de ma génération ne sont guère au fond que des abstracteurs de quintessence, et le courant d'une civilisation décadente est là qui les… Read More

1983. THE UNIQUE BON A TIRER SET, before the edition of only 15 copies. SEVEN ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY DUTCH SCULPTOR GERARD OVEREEM, EACH SIGNED AND JUSTIFIED ("proefdruck"). These etchings are preliminary sketches for stone sculptures, as the title indicates. Complete with title-page (an additional etching) and colophon (an additional etching, signed). Printed on fine Hahnemühle-Ingres wove paper. 4to. Sewn in original wraps (with an additional etching--so ten etchings in all, of which eight are signed.) FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. UNIQUE.