A Season In Hell The Illuminations/ Une Saison en Enfer by Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891 - 1974

Paris: Mercure de France, 1999     Selected poems and letters; a common modern pocket edition. Borer's preface is entitled "Rimbaud à perte de vue", pages 7-[11].  (Series: Le petit Mercure.)   ||| Collation: 160 x 101 mm: 63 leaves, paginated [1-6] 7-120 [121-126]. Pages [1-2] and [123-126] are blank as issued.  Illustration: Three illustrations (facsimiles).  Binding: Color-pictorial wrappers after Ernest Pignon-Ernest (qv), priced 24 FF. Conditon: Very good. .

Paris, 1951     ¶ The earliest postage-stamp -- and still the only French stamp -- devoted to Arthur Rimbaud; displaying a powerful portrait of the poet after Fantin-Latour (1872) with a storm-tossed boat and two great waterspouts in the background; designed by Paul Pierre Lemagny (1905-1977), engraved by G. A. Barlangue, and first issued at Charleville, 27 October 1951. Petitfils remarks that this stamp was "un grand succès", and that eighteen thousand were sold immediately.   ||| CORNER BLOCK OF FOUR engraved postage-stamps (each 26 x 40 mm) denominated 15 F, printed in green ink on wove paper unmarked, full margins top and right, dimensions 78 x 123 mm overall.  Condition: MINT, the gum somewhat browned as usual.  References: BN/Briet (1954) 1148; Petitfils (1984) 111 (pages 77-78); qqv. Yvert 910; Scott 668.  < "Scott 668" = _Scott standard postage stamp catalogue_ 2004, v2 (sv… Read More

Djibouti (Djibouti), 1991     ¶ A STRIKING MINIATURE PORTRAIT based on Isabelle Rimbaud's drawing of her brother in East African costume 1891, with a caravan and a map (Aden and the horn of Africa) in the background; printed in Switzerland by Courvoisier and issued at Djibouti 23 December 1991.   ||| Postage-stamp 30 x 42 mm, denominated 150 F, lettered in French and Arabic, signed Courvoisier lower right, lithographed in colors, perforated as issued.  Condition: Mint, never hinged.  References: Yvert et Tellier (2002) no. 687.   ||| For further details please contact Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, as below.  =  Pour plus de détails, veuillez contacter Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, comme ci-dessous. .

Djibouti (Djibouti), 1992     ¶ A STRIKING MINIATURE PORTRAIT based on Carjat's second photograph 1871/2, with a storm-tossed ship and a sea-serpent in the background; printed in Switzerland by Courvoisier and issued at Djibouti 5 February 1992.   ||| Postage-stamp 30 x 42 mm, denominated 90 F, lettered in French and Arabic, signed "Courvoisier" lower right, lithographed in colors, perforated as issued.  Condition: Mint, never hinged.  References: Yvert et Tellier (2002) no. 689.   ||| For further details please contact Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, as below.  =  Pour plus de détails, veuillez contacter Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, comme ci-dessous. .

Nabu Press, 2011-09-22. Paperback. Good.

chez Jean de Bonnot à Paris,1976, in 8 (21 x 14 cm), 268 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir, en bandeaux ou en hors-texte de l'époque de l'auteur. Reliure éditeur en basane noir, plats ornés de fers à froid à décor de petits motifs géométriques, dos à décor doré, titre doré, tranche de tête dorée. +++++++ Belle édition illustrée d'après illustrations du XIXè siècle et comprenant les oeuvres suivantes : Vers, Les déserts de l'amour, Les illuminations, Poèmes en prose, Une saison en enfer - Très bon état.

Hassell Street Press. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York : Harper & Row, 1976. First Edition in this form. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Harper Colophon Books ; CN 490. Physical description: xx, 309p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Rimbaud, Arthur (1854-1891 ) --Translations into English.

Charleville: Les Amis de Rimbaud, 1964     ¶ Only edition; including papers on "Le nouvel autographe des Effarés", "Une source d'inspiration des 'Chansons' de Rimbaud?" and "Le manuscrit des Mains de Jeanne-Marie".   ||| Collation: In 8 (230 x 157 mm): Eight leaves, paginated [1] 2-14 [15-16].  Binding: Printed wrappers.  Condition: Fine, unopened.  Reference: ISSN 1141-7218.  Provenance: (1) Pierre Petitfils (1908-2002), the editor; presented to l' (2) Auberge Verte (Rémi Duhart), of Paris; (3) Frédéric Porta, of Clichy; sold 2005.  ||| For further details please contact Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, as below.  Pour plus de détails, veuillez contacter Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, comme ci-dessous.  .

London, Secker & Warburg; Chatto & Windus, 1959., 1959. Fair. 300 p. illus. 22 cm ; LC: PQ2387.R5; Dewey: 841.8 ; OCLC: 1371501 ; water-stained green cloth in worn dustjacket ; Contents: Cuif and Rimbaud -- Schoolboy -- Izambard -- Runaway -- Loose end -- The seer -- Verlaine -- Rimbe and Verlomphe -- Exile and return -- Annus mirabilis -- End of a poet -- Winged feet -- Trader -- Gunrunner -- Fame and fortune -- Homecoming ;