Saine Uc (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Limited edition, 50/250. Tight binding, age-toned wraps with red and black lettering to front, "All copies are printed on heavy Montial Gris Rose hand-moulded paper.", unopened, unmarked pages. In mylar sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 8vo. Paperback. Stiff tan wrappers with flaps printed in red & black. 16pp. 1st of this edition. 1/250 numbered copies. Unopened. Near fine. An exceptional copy.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Limited Edition #79 of 250. A MEDIEVAL PROVENÇAL ROMANCE FROM EXPATRIATE PARIS. A finely printed, limited-edition presentation of medieval Provençal romance, translated by Homer Rignaut and published in Paris by Edward W. Titus under his distinctive Sign of the Black Manikin imprint. 'The Legend of Ermengarde' draws upon the troubadour tradition of southern France, exploring the ideals of courtly love, chivalric devotion, and romantic longing. Attributed to the obscure Uc Saine, whose historical identity remains uncertain, the work reflects the renewed fascination with medieval European literature and its revival through the fine-press movement of interwar Paris. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: HAND-MOULDED PAPER AND LIMITED-EDITION PRINTING. +++ Original stiff paper wrappers folded over light card stock, with titles printed in red and black. Printed on heavy Montval Gris Rose hand-moulded paper. +++ 5.25 by 8 inches; [iv], vi, 16, [2] pages. +++ One of 250 numbered copies, with an additional 20 lettered copies. This example numbered 79. +++ The restrained typography, substantial handmade paper, and limited production reflect the bibliophilic printing practices associated with Paris private presses of the 1920s. CONDITION: A WELL-PRESERVED, LARGELY UNOPENED COPY. Near Fine. Minimal shelf handling, with light, even age-toning to the wrappers. Text clean and well preserved. All but one leaf remain unopened. An attractive, well-preserved example retaining its original folded wrappers, with all but one leaf unopened. LITERARY SIGNIFICANCE: EDWARD W. TITUS AND THE PARIS PRIVATE-PRESS MOVEMENT. Edward W. Titus was an American expatriate publisher and bookseller whose Sign of the Black Manikin imprint participated in the literary and bibliophilic culture of Paris between the world wars. His publishing activities connected modernist literary experimentation with the craftsmanship and limited editions favored by private-press collectors. MEDIEVAL ROMANCE & MODERNIST PARIS. Although Titus is particularly associated with expatriate literary circles, 'The Legend of Ermengarde' illustrates another aspect of his publishing interests: the revival of earlier European literary traditions through carefully produced editions. The book is consequently of interest not only as a work of medievalist literature but also as an example of the wider range of publications produced by the Paris expatriate presses. THE TROUBADOUR REVIVAL AND A POSSIBLE LITERARY MYSTIFICATION. Drawing upon the medieval Occitan tradition of courtly love and chivalric devotion, 'The Legend of Ermengarde' reflects the revival of medieval literature in interwar Paris. Although presented as a translation of a Provençal work attributed to the obscure Uc Saine, bibliographical scholarship suggests that 'Homer Rignaut' was a pseudonym and that the poem may be a modern imitation rather than an authentic medieval text. This uncertainty adds a dimension of literary experimentation to an already distinctive Paris private-press publication. GENRES: Private Press Books; Fine Press; Medievalist Literature; Poetry; Literary Translations; Expatriate Paris Publications; Limited Editions; Bibliophilic Printing. SUBJECTS: Edward W. Titus; Sign of the Black Manikin; Homer Rignaut; Uc Saine; Provençal Literature; Occitan Poetry; Troubadours; Medievalism; Literary Pseudonyms; Paris Expatriate Publishing; Interwar Book Arts; Handmade Paper; Limited Editions.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition of this translation. Translated from the Provencal by Homer Rignault. Flexible parchment wrappers. Pages unopened, tiny tears at the spine ends, very good or better. One of 250 numbered copies. Nicely printed on "heavy Montial Gris Rose hand-moulded paper.".…

First edition. 8vo. [vi], 16 pp. No. 47 of 250 copies. Printed wraps, very good copy. (84900). Translated from the Provençal by Homer Rignault.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Limited Numbered Edition. Original Fine Limited Edition of 250 copies No: 163 on handmade paper. Published by Edward W. Titus at the sign of the Black Manikin, Paris, 1929 English language. Printed on Uncut handmade paper The mysery and the line of King David passing to Ermengarde is intriguing. Tale of Saint Enimia. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 16 pp, #75/250 Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy order.

Octavo. [6], vi, 16, [4] pp. Printed in red and black on handmade paper. Original tan wrappers, folded over French style, front cover printed in black and red. A little light foxing. Otherwise a fine copy, uncut and mostly unopened. One of 250 copies.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A first edition of this poem attributed to a mysterious twelfth or thirteenth century French troubadour. A first edition, one of a limited printing of 250 copies, this is no. 51A poem telling the tale of a young woman who prays to escape from an arranged marriage. In answer, her wish is granted in an unusual way; she is given leprosy.Translator Homer Rignault's preface explains that the only manuscript of this work accredits authorship to Uc Saine, a French troubadour who is assumed to be of the twelfth or thirteenth century based upon his vocabulary and style. He also refers to 'a burlesque on the life of Sainte Enimie composed by Bertram de Marseille', which he describes as published later and possibly derived from Uc Saine. However the authorship of the work remains uncertain, and it is speculated that Rignault may have written it himself. In the publisher's original stiff paper wraps, with original dust wrapper. Wraps are clean. Some shelf wear to head and tail of dust wrapper back strip. Small closed tear to head of back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean, and uncut to the top edge. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Limited Edition. One of 250 numbered copies intended for subscribers, of which this is no.134, softcover. Octavo (21cm); tan paper wrappers; fore- and lower-edge untrimmed; 16pp; illus. Some pages of text unopened. Spine-tanned, with crown lightly nudged, and trace foxing to covers and interior; Very Good. Homer's translation of Saine's single manuscript, which may have been created as late as the fourteenth century. [84595]. …

8vo, pp. 16. Original plain stiff paper wrappers, housed in a dustwrapper printed in red and black to front panel. Top edge cut, others uncut. Small bookplate to verso of ffep. Unopened. Light wear to top edge of (outsize) wrappers, spine and rear panel a little browned, otherwise a near fine, unopened copy. First edition, COPY L OF 20 LETTERED COPIES, OF A TOTAL EDITION OF 250 COPIES. THIS COPY SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR BUT NOT THE PUBLISHER (AS CALLED FOR). An unopened copy, with the typo to front panel ('RIGNAULT' for 'RIGNAUT') corrected by hand, with a line through the rogue 'L'. This typo is repeated on the title page (uncorrected here), but the name is printed correctly at the end of the translator's preface. …