Search Results: Titles starting with L from Antic Hay Books

1915. RICHEPIN, Jean. LA CHANSON DES GUEUX. Paris: Bibliotheque Charpentier, 1915. Small 8vo., brown quarter-morocco leather spine & marbled boards; gilt-tooled spine with five raised bands; marbled endpapers; 313 pages. New Edition. French poetry. Very Good (little wear edges; contents clean & tight with an inscription to a student, presenting this book as a prize in 1934). $50.00.

1949. CONTENAU, Dr. G. LA CIVILISATION PHENICIENNE. With 68 Sketches & 16 Plates. Paris: Payot, 1949. 8vo., pictorial paper wraps in original glassine cover; 319 pages. New, Revised Edition. Very Good (tight, contents clean & tight). $25.00.

NY: SquareOne Publishers;, 2013. First Edition, first printing. Quarto, pictorial wraps; 210 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).

1926. POLLIO, Joseph. With Raoul Veze; [Editors]. LA DERNIERE AMIE DE JACQUES CASANOVA: CECILE DE ROGGENDORFF. Pages Casanoviennes Series. Paris: Librairie De La Societe Casanoviennne, 1926. Small 8vo., printed wraps, still with original glassine wrap-around cover. First Edition, limited to 1.050 numbered copies, of which this is #170. Very Good (nice; contents clean & tight; some pages uncut). $50.00.

1914. RUOTOLO, Onorio. SCHURE, Edouard. LA DRUIDESSE: PRECEDEE D'UNE ETUDE SUR LE REVEIL DE L'AME CELTIQUE. Paris: Librairie Academique, 1914. 12mo., red cloth, with gilt on spine. First Edition. Signed presentaion from Schure on the half-title page. Also inscribed by Italian sculptor Onorio Ruotolo on the same page. Very Good. $175.00.

[No place: Self-puvlsihed?, 1953. First Edition. Signed presentation from Furukaki on a rear page with one of his printed illustrations: "To Mrs. Schneider, March 8th, 1954. Tetsuro Furukaki." Tetsuro Furukaki was a Japanese poet and a francophile, who served as Japanese Ambassador to France. He was also the editor of the newspaper Asahi Shinbun and general manager of the NHK - Japan's broadcasting and television network. His wife Masuko Kikuta was a musician. I believe this to be his earliest work, published around 1952-1953?. The only other titles I can find written by Furukaki are Rosa Rosae (1958); My Heart Paris (1961); and Paris-Tokyo, All My Land (1964). A rare title. Small 8vo., printed wraps. With Illustrations By The Author. Text In English And Japanese.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).

Paris: Editions de Fallois/Editions de Rocher, 2000. First Edition. 8vo., printed wraps;142 pages. With original wrap=around band.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight but few tiny pencil marks in text).

1953. D'ESTAING, Edmond Giscard. LA FRANCE ET L'UNIFICATION ECONOMIQUE DE EUROPE. Paris: Librairie De Medicis, [1953]. Small 8vo., printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from D'Estaing on the half-title-page, to Warren Lee Pierson. Very Good. $85.00.

1943. COHEN, Gustave. LA GRANDE CLARTE DU MOYEN-AGE. [THE GREAT CLARITY OF THE MIDDLE AGES]. NY: Editions De La Maison Francaise, [1943]. 12mo., printed wraps; 225 pages. First Edition. Cohen was a Medievalist professor at the Sorbonne until the Vichy Government forced him to resign in 1940, after which he emigrated to the United States. In 1942 he helped found the New York Ecole Libre Des Hautes Etudes with Henri Focillon and Jacques Maritain. Signed presentation from Cohen on the half-title page, to Carol Crotty & dated August 14, 1943. The inside the front cover & front endpaper are covered with more than a dozen ink signatures. One is American poet Marianne Moore: "Marianne Moore is ever grateful to Miss Carol Crotty" with "Mary Warner Moore" (her mother's name) written in Marianne's hand beneath. Other signatures appear to be American composer Vittorio Rieti, Williams College professor James Bissett Pratt, and American journalist Herbert Solow. The publisher,… Read More

1967. SEGUEV, Samuel. LA GUERRE DE SIX JOURS: OPERATION DRAP ROUGE. Paris: Calmann-Levy, [1967]. 8vo., pictorial wraps; 309 pages. First Edition. Text in French. Illustrated. A history of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt. Signed presentation from Seguev on the half-title page: To Ambassador Hart, in memory of a very pleasant acquaintance. S. Seguev. 10/6/70." Ambassador Parker T. Hart was the U.S. Ambassador to North Yemen, Kuwait, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. This book was purchased from the estate of his widow. Very Good (minor wear; contents clean & tight). $125.00.

1947. SEROUYA, Henri. LA KABBALE SES ORIGINES SA PSYCHOLOGIE MYSTIQUE, SA METAPHYSIQUE. Paris: Bernard Grasset, [1947]. Thick, tall 8vo; 533 pages. First Edition, tenth printing. A new study on various fundamental aspects of Kabbalah and gives specific ideas about this secret tradition of the Hebrews. Recognized as a thorough analysis of the fundamental work of Kabbalah and Gnosticism Hebrew. Very Good (minor wear & browning); contents clean & tight, many pages still unopened- so never been read!) $50.00.

Paris: Imprimerie G. Couderc, 1952. First Edition. Original Edition of this miracle play inspired by Flaubert's tale "The Legend Of Saint Julien l'Hosptalier. The play was first presented by Jan Doat and his company at the Deveche Gallery in Paris on May 25, 1949. Signed presentation from Garric on the front endpaper, to theatrical agent Ninon Tallon Karlweis. She introduced Eugene Ionesco's play "Rhinoceros" to American audiences in 1961 and had considerable influence in the new avant-garde theater. Small 8vo., printed white wraps. 93 pages. With Karlweis' name label on the front cover. D'Apres Le Conte De Falubert. Very Good (little soil & wear covers; contents clean & tight).

Buenos Aires: Instituto De Cooperacion Universitaria, 1940. First Edition. Signed presentation from Franco on the half-tile page to a well-known Argentine writer, publicist, historian and poet; "Manuel Lizondo Borda, cordial envoi, Alberto Franco" With Franco's Buenos Aires address also written at the base of the presentation. A nice association copy!. 8vo., printed white wraps. Very Good (some soiling to wraps; contents clean & tight).

1960. BLANCHET, Andre. LA LITTERATURE ET LE SPIRITUEL: LA NUIT DE FEU. Pascal, Montherlant, Julien Green, Racine, Marie Noel, J. Cayrol, Kafka, Milosz. [Paris]: Aubier, [1960]. Original wraps (still present) bound in black fine-morocco leather spine & patterned boards, patterned endpapers; 286 pages. First Edition. Volume two of a three-volume series. Autograph Letter Signed from Blanchet tipped to a blank rear page, on Etudes stationery, dated 1956. Near fine (contents clean & tight). $75.00.

Master Phototypeur G. Duval: [Paris, 1946. Signed, Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies, of which this is copy #351. Facsimile of a handwritten edition of two copies (A & B) created at by a French officer in 1940 held in Oflag XXI-B, a German Prisoner-of-War camp at Szubin, Poland. Illustrated by the author with scenes from the POW camp. Large quarto portfolio, heavy white printed wraps; 56 pages. Text In French. Illustrated by the Author.. Very Good (little soil covers; wear with one-inch chip to spine and some cracking; contents clean & tight).

Paris: Editions Bourrelier Et Colin, 1967. Fifth Corrected Edition. A book of poetry. Signed presentation from Careme on the half-title page (in green ink), to Deborah Steinthal: "en souvenir de sa premiere visitea la maison blanche [In remembrance of her first visit to the white house], Maurice Careme, 1970." Also, with a second presentation by Favril (unable to determine who this is): "Pour Deborah Steinthal, Te lenchbrasse sur les deux joues [Kiss on both cheeks], Favril." Also, with a with a 5.5 by 7.25-inch black & white photograph of Careme, inscribed "Pour Deborah, Maurice Careme." Also with publisher's printed text correction tipped to page 39. Maurice Carême [1899-1978] was a Belgian francophone poet, best known for his simple writing style and children's poetry. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Carême began publishing in the mid1920's with the collection of verses The Mansion (1926). Originally a teacher, he has devoted himself… Read More

Paris: Chez Pierre Seghers Editeur, 1946. Limited Edition of 150 numbered copies, of which this is #52. Signed presentation from Frenaud on the half-title page: "Pour Paulette et Hector Descomps cette tentative d'une figure mythique de l'homme dans la modernite. leur a mi, Andre." Also with a final six-page typed draft of the book, with a signed presentation: "A Paulette & Hector Deschamps. Andre," on typewriter quality paper and dated August 1944 to Sept. 1945 on the past page, one year before the book was actually published. Paulette and Hector Descomps were French medical doctors, Resistance fighters, and pioneers of the Medical Resistance and the Medical Committee of the Resistance. Frenaud served in the French Resistance movement and it was his bleak experiences during World War II, including two years as a prisoner of war, that inspired him to turn to writing poetry. His verses are characterized by their sense of futility, pessimism, and stoicism. A nice association copy!. Quarto: printed white… Read More

[Paris]: Librairie Plon, 1957. First French Edition. An analysis of the Communist System (1957), from which provides helpful insights into the explosion of discontent in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland under Soviet control. Djilas (1911-1995), a Yugoslav author and political commentator, became a communist after finishing his studies in 1933. With the personal bookplate of Oscar Blum-Gentilomo on the front endpaper. Blum-Gentilomo was director of the Vienese Credit-Ansalt and is described as "the scion of a Vienese banking dynasty.. Small 8vo., printed wraps; 272 pages. Text Francais de Andre Prudhommeaux. Very Good (little wear & tanning covers; few small indentations; contents clean & tight).

1896. LHUILLIER, Victor. LA PAROISSE ET L'EGLISE ST-ETIENNE DE BEAUVAIS. Illustrated. Beauvais: Lamiable, 1896. 4to., printed wraps. First Edition. A study on the parish and cathedral in Beauvais, France. Scarce!! Good (binding cracked with signatures loose, chip to rear cover). $25.00.

1948. GOSSELLIN, P. J.-B. LA PRIERE DU CHRIST DANS LE COEUR DU CHRETIEN ELEVATIONS SUR LE PATER, L'AVE, LE GLORIA. With An Appendix On The Rosary. Toulose: Apostolat De La Priere, [1948]. 12mo., black fine-grained, quarter-morocco leather spine & black cloth over boards; 338 pages. Second Edition. Very Good (contents clean & tight but for ink call marks on the title page & two blank labels on the front pastedown). $45.00.