Francois Villon Leonie Adams Algernon (4 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. #642/1500, signed by the artist, Howard Simon, who drew and cut the duotone woodblock illustrations. The slipcase has old tape remnants around the chipped spine label, edge chipping and darkening. The burnt orange buckram cloth boards are near fine with the slightest rubbing, interior fine condition. Francois Villon (1431-1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. All orders packed with care, dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Large Octavo; VG-; light brown spine with gilt text to paper label; brown slipcase with slight sun faded exterior; paper label to slipcase rear edge; intact slipcase; cloth exterior clean; tight binding; no jacket; textblock exterior head edge gilt; lightly toned deckled fore and tail edges; faint offsetting from illustrations, otherwise interior clean; illustrated with wood block cuts by Howard Simon; pp 103. 1365506. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Howard Simon (illustrator). 1st Edition. Limited edition of 1500; this is copy 1499. Beautiful woodcuts by Simon accompany almost each piece; Simon's signature. Text block edges rough-cut side and bottom, gold top. Light wear on boards' edges and corners, top and bottom of spine; faint mark on front board (see image). Very faint sticker shadow on back paste-down. Interior pages tight and clean. No jacket or slipcase. 103 pages, 7 3/4" x 11 1/2". Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Simon, Howard (illustrator). First edition thus. Quarto (11-3/4" x 8"). (8), 103, (1)pp. Brown linen with leather spine label. T.e.g. Housed in a brown cardboard slipcase with cloth top & bottom edges and a paper spine label. Illustrated with 26 monochrome woodcuts by Howard Simon, plus 2 additional woodcuts not called for. One is a laid-in gray toned woodcut (5" x 3-1/2") on tissue paper, limited to 1/30 and signed in pencil by Howard Simon. The second woodcut, also laid-in, is on a folded sheet of special paper. that accompanies "Ballad to His Mistress" and differs from the image that is bound into the book. This edition of "The Lyrics of Francois Villon" is limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #380), signed on the limitation leaf by Howard Simon. Spine of book is somewhat darkened and the bottom surface of the slipcase has a 1-1/2" tear to the cloth and is missing a small chip. #43 of The Limited Editions Club Bibliography.