Lot n° 562
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MAC ORLAN (Pierre). - Lot 562
MAC ORLAN (Pierre).
Set of 6 illustrated editions of texts by Pierre Mac Orlan :
- À bord de l'Étoile Matutine. Paris : Les Éditions Georges Crès et Cie, [1920]. - In-8, 243 x 185 : (5 ff. first 2 blanks), III pp, (1 f.), 92 pp, (2 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Half orange morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt and silver motifs and a gilt anchor in the centre of a white morocco oval, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (L. R. Houades).
First edition of this piracy novel, illustrated with a colour frontispiece and 34 black compositions, wood-engraved by Jean-Gabriel DARAGNÈS, of which 11 are full-page.
One of the 1100 copies on pure vellum of Papeteries Lafuma (n° 221), enriched with this letter from the author:
To Mr. Romey // this adventure written on a fife tune // to the ordinance of the old navy, with // the woodcuts of Daragnès as a figurehead // with all my heart // P. Mc OrlanBeautiful
copy. Rubbing of use to the covers and to the back.
- Aux lumières de Paris. Paris : Éditions G. Crès et Cie, 1925. - In-8, 202 x 150 : frontispiece, (4 ff. first blank), 208 pp. 6 plates, printed cover. Paperback, filled cover.
First edition illustrated with 7 colour compositions out of text by PASCIN. One of 1085 copies on white vellum pur chiffon de Rives (n° 809), enriched with a L.A.S. from the author, one page in-8, dated August 7, 1925, in which Pascin is mentioned, as well as a caricature of Mac Orlan drawn and signed in ink by Siss.
- Le Chant de l'équipage. Paris : Les Arts et le livre, [1926]. - In-8, 239 x 190 : frontispiece, (3 ff.), 201 pp., (3 ff.), 22 plates, printed cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (G. Mativet).
Edition printed at 321 copies on Rives vellum, plus a few copies of collaborators, illustrated with 22 original etchings by André DIGNIMONT, including one on the frontispiece, one on the title and 20 hors texte. To this is added the reproduction of a fanciful map on both sides of two leaves not included in the pagination.
One of the 300 copies published without continuation, very well preserved.
- Les Vrai mémoires de Fanny Hill. Paris : M.-P. Trémois, 1929. - In-12, 183 x 137 : 129 pp, (4 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Red morocco, boards decorated with a horizontal cold fillet at the top and bottom, and a mosaic heart in black morocco in the centre, smooth spine decorated as on the boards, gilt and cold fillets inside, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Ad. Lavaux)
First edition at 1000 copies, illustrated with 19 compositions by the author, including one in colour on the cover and 18 in black (12 full-page and 6 in the text).
Precious copy, one of the few on Montval paper, not numbered but specially printed for the author.
Very nice binding by Lavaux.
Provenance: Pierre Mac Orlan, with his bookplate.
- Contes de la Pipe en Terre. Illustrations by the author. Paris: L'Édition moderne, Librairie Ambert, [1930s]. - In-8, 220 x 158 : 124 pp, (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Bradel half red cloth with corners, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (Ad. Lavaux).
New edition of this collection of short and amusing stories, illustrated with numerous comic illustrations in black by the author. The cover is illustrated with a colour composition by Gus Bofa.
Nice sending from the author to Jacques Crépineau on the false title :
To Jacques Crépineau // this introduction to the literary // life in friendly // memory of St Cyr / Morin // and of // Pierre Mac Orlan // 1967Good
copy bound by Lavaux
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Restorations on the back cover.
- Sous la lumière froide. Paris : Émile-Paul frères, [1945]. - In-8, 224 x 141 : 226 pp, (3 ff. last 2 blank), 3 plates, illustrated cover. Light blue half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated with bold black fillets, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Kama Rok).
Edition of 1125 copies, illustrated with 3 beautiful etchings outside the text by Jean-Gabriel DARAGNÈS.
One of the 1050 copies on Ruysscher paper (n° 148), enriched with an original etching on the frontispiece, 8 colour compositions by Pierre Mac Orlan from the 1926 edition, and a L.A.S. from Pierre Mac Orlan, 1 page in-8, dated January 20, 1947, certainly addressed to Jean Galtier-Boissière.
Small stains to the binding.
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