Willy and Colette (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Sturdy vintage copy with reglued spine, in faded pink cloth boards with silver gilt lettering. One endpaper missing. Binding firm and square.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned, spine sunned, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Publisher's cloth. Cloth slightly soiled with slight corner wear. PO name. DJ flap laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Frederick A. Blossom. Illustrations by J. O'H. Cosgrave, II. A very good plus copy in orange cloth binding with some very slight soiling and a tiny bit of fraying to the spine ends. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st UK edition. 287 Pages. The boards are a bit shelf rubbed and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, tanned pages, overall clean and complete. Tightly bound. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First American edition. Orange cloth with black lettering. Black topstain. 272 pp. Illustrations by J. O'H. Cosgrave, II. Moderate shelf and handling wear. Corners bumped and rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Light soiling to cloth, mostly at edges of boards. Spine slightly cocked. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown; another bookplate appears to have been removed; silhouette still visible. Ink stamp of previous seller--the Hobby Shop in Indianapolis, IN--stamped on title page. Dust jacket has been taped on its non-visible inside. It is in fair condition, with much edge wear, including chips, creasing, and scuffing. It is now enclosed in a protective mylar cover. …

First Edition. First U.S. edition. Illustrated by H. Mirande. About very good with touch of light soiling to spine ends, small tear in cloth at rear spine gutter, light edge wear, and bookplate on front endpaper (partially obscured by dust jacket front flap); in fair or better dust jacket with paper taped along chipped edges on verso colored in light orange then taped over (with clear tape) on outward facing edges, splits at folds, and spine tanned. Scarce in any dust jacket at all.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Small 8vo. 297 pp. Very Good. No dust jacket. Wear, toning and soiling to boards. Fading and toning to spine, chip to cloth at head of spine. Previous ownerâs name inked to front free endpaper.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Tan wraps, lettered in black, deckled text block edges. Minor binding lean, covers slightly rubbed. Text in French. 248 pp. Appears to be an Oct. 1924 ptg. (with "E. Grevin - Imprimerie de Lagny - 10-24" imprint on final page of text). Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.…

Translated from the French by Frederick A. Blossom. 272 pp. Illustrated by J. O'H. Cosgrave, II. 8vo, publisher's orange cloth in dust jacket. First American edition. Slight shelf wear; a nice copy in a jacket with a little creasing and use along the edges.

First edition. Orange cloth a near-fine copy, jacket with light edge wear, small chip at the top of the spine, affecting "THE".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Illustrated by J. O'H. Cosgrave, II. Tiny stain to the edge of a couple of pages and the delicate green binding very slightly sunned, still fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear, and very slight soiling. A lovely copy.…

Leather binding. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj as issued. 4 volume Edition ltd to 1585 copies. CLAUDINE - 4 volumes: Claudine à l'école. - Claudine s'en va. - Claudine en ménage. Claudine à Paris. text in French) Claudine at school. - Claudine leaves. - Claudine in the household. Claudine in Paris. Paris, Editions de Cluny, 1939. 4 large octavo volumes, wonderful, very solid burgundy half-morocco leather with corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt head, preserved covers and spine (uniformly faded spine). Illustrated edition with 48 color plates (hors texte / out of text) by famous book illustrator Mariette Lydis. Edition of 1585 numbered copies. One of 1300 on Voiron vellum (n° 1129). Mariette Lydis. (illustrator).…

First edition with the Lydis illustrations, of Colette's coming-of-age novel (first published in 1900-3 with debatable contribution from her then-husband, Willy). This is copy number 47 of 100 on Lafuma with plates in 2 states, after copies on Japon and Hollande, of a total edition of 1585 copies on different papers. Though not called for copies on Lafuma, this copy has four original drawings bound as frontispieces, each signed by the artist. Three of them are of Claudine herself, the fourth, a delightful cat.There was mutual admiration (and perhaps more) between Colette and Lydis, the former having written an admiring note on the artist for the programme of the 1934 Bal des petits lits blancs, which Lydis had illustrated. 4 vols, large 8vo (230 × 170 mm), pp. 239, [3]; 186, [4]; 174, [4]; 160, [4], plus 48 plates each in two states (one monochrome, one colour), plus four original drawings, signed (bound as a frontispieces to each volume) Uncut in contemporary orange half morocco by Semet & Plumelle, spines gilt, matching slipcases. A handsome copy.…

Condition: gut. Schweizerisches Privatrecht, 8 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7/2, Obligationenrecht, Besondere Vertragsverhältnisse (Schweizerisches Privatrecht (SPR)) In deutscher Sprache. pages.

First edition with the Lydis illustrations, of Colette's coming-of-age novel (first published in 1900-3 with debatable contribution from her then-husband, Willy). This is copy number 88 of 100 on pur fil Lafuma with plates in 2 states, after copies on Japon and Hollande, of a total edition of 1585 copies on different papers. There was mutual admiration (and perhaps more) between Colette and Lydis, the former having written an admiring note on the artist for the programme of the 1934 Bal des petits lits blancs, which Lydis had illustrated. 4 vols, large 8vo (230 × 170 mm), pp. 239, [3]; 186, [4]; 174, [4]; 160, [4], plus 48 plates each in two states (one monochrome, one colour). Uncut in contemporary dark blue morocco with red borders, lettered on the spines to read 'CLAUDINE' across the 4 volumes. Original matching slipcase.…