Bernard Lamotte Illustrator (10 results)

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slip case. First ed. thus; tr. of "L'Affaire Cranquebille" from French to English by Jacques LeClerq; large print; 69 p., clean and unmarked; binding firm; unfaded sepia marbled boards well protected by unfaded brown slip case that itself has a bump on upper margin of front panel and slight rubbing of corners. Spine somewhat sunned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's floral cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Spine sunned. Small tear to tail of spine. Pages unmarked. The Heritage Press operated from 1937-1982 and was created by George Macy. Heritage reprinted the lovely volumes of the Limited Editions Club. Heritage was established to give these works a wider audience by making them more affordable and widely available. Every book was selected by Heritage's editors as a classic in its field, chosen from the world's best-known and most enduring literature. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. LIMITED EDITION. 4vo. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, one of 1,500 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator on limitation paper in rear of book. Prefatory letter from the author. Blue sprayed edges. Decorated slipcase. Slight edgewear to otherwise good boards. Sun fading to spine. Heavy scuffing, peeling, and edgewear to scratched and soiled slipcase missing spine. Lacking glassine DJ. VG in a good slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, one of 1500 copies, SIGNED by the illustrator. T.e.g. Bumping to fore-corners. Some soiling and shelfwear to slipcase. VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator.

Signed by the illustrator Bernard Lamotte, #1424 of 1500 copies. No slipcase. Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Small scratch marks to edge gilt. Clean, unmarked pages. For more than 30 years, the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound, profusely gilt classic leather bindings. "In Swann's Way, the great arc of In Search of Lost Time begins with the narrator's efforts to recapture and understand his past, efforts set in motion by the taste of a madeleine soaked in tea. The narrator's thoughts about his own life lead him ineluctably to the past of Charles Swann, a family friend the narrator knew as a child. By remembering and imaginatively inhabiting Swann's love affair with the coquette Odette, the narrator gains insight into his life and the nature of love itself." - Penguin Books.

Hardback. Quarto edition translated by Scott-Moncrieff, with approx. 30 atmospheric color illustrations bu Bernard Lamotte of key characters and places - Marcel, Swann, Chrlus, Gilberte, Belbec, Combray.Original full cloth binding copying the wall cloth on Proust's bedroom walls when he was writing Swann's Way. Book in very good condition. Cover - some darkening on spine cover. Slipcase in fair condition - has some wear at edges.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In original slip case.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Anatole France's satirical novel. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator Bernard Lamotte on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 777. In fine condition. Translated from the French, with an introduction, by Jacques LeClercq. Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Acadà mie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament". Crainquebille (1901) is a concise yet powerful social critique that exposes the indifference and injustice of modern legal and social institutions. The story follows Jà rà me Crainquebille, an aging Parisian street vendor who is wrongfully arrested for insulting a police officerâ"a charge rooted in misunderstanding and class prejudice. Through understated irony and clear, economical prose, France illustrates how the legal system, rather than protecting the vulnerable, often exacerbates their suffering.