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Front wrapper: LES MŒURS DU SIECLE - № 1 | Les | six étages | par | GERARD BAUER | illustré de vingt gravures à l’eau-forte | par VERTÈS | {publisher’s device, “PARIS | 17, avenue de Friedland”} | ÉDITIONS DE L’ÉTOILE || Title-page: essais pour servir a1 l’histoire contemporaine | de la galanterie et du plaisir | I | Les six étages | par | GERARD BAUER | illustré de vingt gravures à l’eau-forte | par VERTÈS | | {publisher’s device, “ÉDITIONS DE L’ÉTOILE | 17, avenue de Friedland”} | PARIS […] MCMXXV || Pagination: front wrapper with lettering, [1-8] incl. 1st bank leaf, h.t. / limitation, t.p. / blank, dedication to Abel Hermant / blank, 9-169 [170] [6] incl. table, colophon, and last blank leaf, 17 etchings by Vertès within pagination; advert. of the other books of the series to the back wrapper. Edition: 15 copies on Japon Impérial (№ 1-15), 35 on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen (№ 16-50), 400 on Vélin de Rives BFK (№ 51-450) and 3 on blue paper not for sale. This copy is № 369. Printed on November 10, 1925 by L. Petitbarat in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône (text) and by Vernant in Paris (etchings). Edition directed by Roger Allard. Binding: 19 x 12.5 cm, French flapped pink wrappers, lettered to front, back, and spine. Contributors: Gérard Bauër (French, 1888 – 1967) – author. Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist. Abel Hermant (French, 1862 – 1950) – dedicatee. Roger Allard (French, 1885 – 1961) – editor. L. Petitbarat (Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône) – printer. Éditions de l’Étoile (Paris) – publisher. Other names: Marcel Vertès, Marcel Vertes, Marcell Vértes -
Title page: Title page: MODERN | FILM | SCRIPTS | THE THIRD MAN | a film by | Graham Greene | and Carol Reed | Lorrimer, London. Pagination: [1-4] 5-134 [2] blank; pasted into the last page: The film The Third Man is owned and distributed by British | Lion Films Ltd. Binding: publisher’s pictorial wrappers with the film still and lettering in white to front, and in black to back, and spine. Size: 20.2 x 14 cm. The Third Man is a 1949 British film directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. Carol Reed (British, 1906 – 1976) – film director. Lorrimer Publishing Limited (London) – publisher. Villiers Publications, Ltd. (London) – printer. -
Title page: MODERN | FILM | SCRIPTS | THE THIRD MAN | a film by | Graham Greene | and Carol Reed | Simon and Schuster, New York. Pagination: [1-4] 5-134 [2] blank. Binding: publisher’s pictorial wrappers with the film still and lettering in blue and black to front, back, and spine. Size: 20.2 x 14 cm. The Third Man is a 1949 British film directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. Carol Reed (British, 1906 – 1976) – film director. Simon & Schuster (NY) – publisher. Villiers Publications, Ltd. (London) – printer. -
Title-page: GRAHAM GREENE | — | A Burnt Out Case | {publisher's device} | HEINEMANN | LONDON MELBURNE TORONTO || Black buckram with silver lettering to spine, green pictorial dust jacket, unclipped (16s | NET), [2] h.t. / books by GG, [2] t.p. / copyright, [2] quotations / blank, [2] dedication to Doctor Michel Lechat; [1, 2] d.t.p. Part I / blank, 3-256. Total 264 pages. Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd. Printer: Windmill Press Ltd., Kingswood, Surrey. Copyright: © Graham Greene 1960, 1961. Wrapper design: Lacey Everett. Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) William Henry Heinemann (Jewish-British, 1863 – 1920) Michel Lechat (Belgian, 1927 – 2014) -
Title-page: A SORT OF LIFE | — | Graham Greene | — | {publisher’s device} | THE BODLEY HEAD | LONDON SYDNEY | TORONTO || Green publisher’s cloth with silver lettering to spine, aubergine dust jacket, lettered on front and spine, designed by Michael Harvey, unclipped (£1.80 NET | IN U.K. ONLY), [1-8] 9-215 [216] + 2 blank leaves. © Graham Greene 1971. Printed by: William Clowes & Sons Ltd. (Beccles). Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991). -
Title-page: GRAHAM GREENE | DOCTOR FISCHER | OF GENEVA | or | THE BOMB | PARTY | {publisher’s device} | THE BODLEY HEAD | LONDON SYDNEY | TORONTO || Green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to spine, cream dust jacket, lettered on front, back and spine, unclipped (£4.50 NET | IN U.K. ONLY), [1-8] 9-139 [140] + 2 blank leaves. Printed by Clowes Ltd. (Beccles). © Graham Greene 1980. Dust jacket design by Michael Harvey. Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991). -
Title-page: Graham Greene | Monsignor Quixote | {citation from Shakespeare, 3 lines} | {publisher’s device} | THE BODLEY HEAD | LONDON SYDNEY || Green publisher’s cloth with silver lettering to spine, purple glossy dust jacket, lettered on front, back and spine, designed by Michael Harvey, unclipped (£9.95 NET | IN U.K. ONLY), [1-10] 11-220 [221 text /2 blank] + 1 blank leaf. © Graham Greene 1982. Printed by: William Clowes Ltd. (Beccles) Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991). -
Front cover: UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY | (NOT FOR SALE) | {rule} | OUR MAN IN HAVANA | Graham Greene | {rule} || Half-title: Our Man in Havana ||; stamp on top: LAURENCE POLLINGER LTD. | 18 MADDOX STREET, LONDON, W.1. Title page: {double rule} | Our Man in Havana | AN ENTERTAINMENT | GRAHAM GREENE | {Heinemann’s device} | HEINEMANN | LONDON MELBOURNE TORONTO || Title verso: William Heinemann Ltd | LONDON MELBOURNE TORONTO | CAPE TOWN AUCKLAND | THE HAGUE | First published 1958 | © by Graham Greene 1958 | All rights reserved | Printed in Great Britain | at The Windmill Press | Kingswood, Surrey || Pagination: [6] [1, 2] 3-273 [274]. Binding: 19.5 x 13 cm, cream wrappers with black lettering to front and spine; Cover is verso of the cover for Anne Piper’s Green for Love, a book published by Fletcher & Son in 1954. Edition: Advance copy / Uncorrected proof. Contributors: Henry Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. William Henry Heinemann (British-Jewish, 1863 – 1920); William Heinemann Limited – publisher. Laurence Pollinger Ltd. (London) – literary agent. -
Title page: GRAHAM GREENE | {double rule} | Our Man in Havana | AN ENTERTAINMENT | {publisher’s device: windmill among the hills, letters W and H} | HEINEMANN | LONDON MELBOURNE TORONTO || Title verso: William Heinemann Ltd | LONDON MELBOURNE TORONTO | CAPE TOWN AUCKLAND | THE HAGUE | First published 1958 | © by William Heinemann Limited 1958 | All rights reserved | Printed in Great Britain | at The Windmill Press | Kingswood, Surrey || Pagination: [6] [1, 2] 3-273 [274]. Binding: 20.2 x 13.5 cm, publisher’s blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine (top): OUR | MAN | IN | HAVANA | {double rule} | GRAHAM GREENE | (bottom): HEINEMANN ||; blind-stamped publisher’s device to back cover in the lower-right corner without lettering; pp. 1-122 and 253-274 darker, than the middle pages; original dust jacket designed by Donald Green, unclipped, 15s NET in the lower-right corner of the front flap, advertisement of The quiet American on the back. Edition: 1st edition, 1st printing. Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. Donald Green (British, 1919 – 1983) – DJ artist. William Henry Heinemann (British-Jewish, 1863 – 1920); William Heinemann Limited – publisher. The Windmill Press (Kingswood, Surrey) – printer. -
Title page: GRAHAM GREENE | {double rule} | Our Man | in Havana | AN ENTERTAINMENT | {citation: “And the sad man is cock of all his jests.” | — GEORGE HERBERT } | 1958 | THE VIKING PRESS • NEW YORK || Title verso: (top) COPYRIGHT © BY WILLIAM HEINEMANN LIMITED | PUBLISHED IN 1958 BY THE VIKING PRESS, INC. | 625 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 22, N. Y. | (bottom) {publisher’s device} | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUE CARD NUMBER: 58.11735 | PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY | AMERICAN BOOK – STRATFORD PRESS || Pagination: [6] [1, 2] 3-273 [274]. Binding: 21 x 14 cm, publisher’s pink cloth, black lettering to spine: {double rule} | GRAHAM GREENE | Our | Man | in | Havana | VIKING | {double rule} ||; black vignette to front cover in the lower-right corner; original pictorial dust jacket designed by Bill English, unclipped, $3.50 in the upper-right corner of the front flap, advertisement “Also by Graham Greene” on the back flap. Edition: 1st American edition. Contributors: Henry Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. Bill English (British, b. 1931) – artist. The Viking Press, NY (1925 – 1975) – publisher. American Book-Stratford Press, Inc. – printer. -
DJ: Graham Greene | THE COMEDIANS || Title page: THE COMEDIANS | Graham Greene | {four lines citation from Thomas Hardy} | {publisher’s device} | THE BODLEY HEAD| LONDON || Edition: 1st edition, 1st printing. Binding: bound in green cloth, 20.5 x 13.5 cm, with gilt lettering to spine, in green pictorial dust jacket with white lettering, price clipped; gift autograph to fep: “To. | Richard | From: gig | Xmas 1964.” (sic., the book was published in 1966!) Pagination: [1-4] 5-313 [314 blank] [6] blanks (total 320 pages). Collation: 16mo; [A]4 B-K16 L12 (total 160 leaves). -
Hardcover volume, 19 x 13 cm, grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine, grey/cream dust jacket lettered throughout, price “10s 6d | NET” unclipped. Covers rubbed, dust jacket has a purple ink stain on the back bottom. Black ink inscription to recto ffl. Collation: a-o8 p10, total 122 leaves; pp.: [6] 1-237 [238]. 1st edition, 1st issue / Great Britain. Title-page: THE END OF THE | AFFAIR | by | GRAHAM GREENE | {publisher’s device} | — | WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD | MELBOURNE :: LONDON :: TORONTO || Imprint: FIRST PUBLISHED 1951 | PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN | AT THE WINDMILL PRESS | KINGSWOOD, SURREY || Dedication: To C. (Catherine Walston, nee Crompton, American, 1925 – 1978) Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) William Henry Heinemann (Jewish-British, 1863 – 1920) -
Hardcover, 20.2 x 13.6 cm, green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, in unclipped dust jacket, pp.: [1-8] 9-334 [2]. Title-page: THE HONORARY CONSUL | GRAHAM GREENE | {4 line citation} | {publisher’s device} | THE BODLEY HEAD | LONDON SYDNEY | TORONTO || © Graham Greene 1973. Printed by: William Clowes & Sons Ltd. (Beccles). Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991). -
Title-page: THE HUMAN | FACTOR | Graham Greene | {citation from Joseph Conrad, 3 lines} | {publisher’s device} | THE BODLEY HEAD | LONDON SYDNEY | TORONTO || Green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to spine, cream dust jacket, lettered on front, back and spine, designed by Michael Harvey, unclipped (£4.50 NET | IN U.K. ONLY), [1-8] 9-338 [339] [340 blank]. Previous owners' inscriptions to FFEP. Printed by William Clowes & Sons Ltd. (Beccles). © Graham Greene 1978. Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991). -
Description: 16mo, 20.2 x 13.5 cm, bound in blue buckram with gilt lettering to spine, in dust jacket lettered to front, spine, back, and flaps, price 13s6d net uncut; front has red letters “BGS” in the bottom right (probably stands for Book Grading Service); 1st edition. Title-page: THE | QUIET AMERICAN | by | GRAHAM GREENE | {publisher’s device} |—| WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD | MELBOURNE :: LONDON :: TORONTO || T.p. verso: FIRST PUBLISHED 1955 | PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN | AT THE WINDMILL PRESS | KINGSWOOD, SURREY || Collation: [A]-H16; total 128 leaves. Pagination: [8] [2] 3-247 [248]; total 256 pages. Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) William Henry Heinemann (Jewish-British, 1863 – 1920) -
Title page: THE THIRD MAN | and | THE FALLEN IDOL | by | GRAHAM GREENE | {publisher’s device with lettering} |WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD | MELBOURNE : : LONDON : : TORONTO || Title verso: FIRST PUBLISHED 1950 | PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN | AT THE WINDMILL PRESS | KINGSWOOD, SURREY || Pagination:[6] [1, 2] 3-188 [2] blank. Binding: publisher’s black cloth, silver lettering to spine, blind-stamped publisher’s device to back cover in the lower-right corner without lettering; publisher's pictorial dust jacket with lettering (white and read on b/w photo): The | THIRD | MAN | and | THE FALLEN IDOL | The entertainments by | GRAHAM | GREENE | With forewords by the author ||, price clipped. Size: 19 x 13 cm. Edition: 1st edition, 1st printing. Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. William Henry Heinemann (British-Jewish, 1863 – 1920); William Heinemann Limited – publisher. The Windmill Press (Kingswood, Surrey) – printer. -
Title page: GRAHAM | GREENE | {vignette} | THE | THIRD MAN | NEW YORK • THE VIKING PRESS • 1950 || Title verso: COPYRIGHT 1949, 1950 BY GRAHAM GREENE | PUBLISHED BY THE VIKING PRESS IN MARCH 1950 | PUBLISHED ON THE SAME DAY IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA | BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED | A condensed version appeared | in The American Magazine, | {publisher’s device} | PRINTED IN U.S.A. BY THE COLONIAL PRESS INC. || Pagination: [1-6] 7-157 [158] [2] blank. Binding: quarter red cloth over grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket with lettering to front, back and spine, unclipped, $2.00 in the upper-right corner of the front flap. Size:19.5 x 13.5 cm. Edition: 1st American edition. Contributors: Henry Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. The Viking Press, NY (1925 – 1975) – publisher. The Colonial Press, Inc – printer. -
Softcover, 257 x 168 mm, publisher’s cream French flapped wrappers with red lettering to front in a beige double slipcase, printed on wove paper watermarked “Marais” in italic script; edges untrimmed; pp.: [8] [2] [1] 2-130 [131] [3]; collated 4to as 184, 72 leaves incl. those in the wrappers, plus 9 photomechanical stencil-coloured plates extraneous to collation and 9 b/w headpieces (in-text etchings) after anonymous artist. According to the seller and J.-P. Dutel: “In-8 of 130 pages... Illustrated with 10 full-page in colour and some headbands. Limited edition of 500 copies on vélin du Marais". Title-page (red and black): GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE | LES | ONZE MILLE VERGES | OU | LES AMOURS D'UN HOSPODAR | BRUXELLES | 1942 || Limitation: Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage réservé uniquement aux souscripteurs particuliers 500 exemplaires tous sur vélin du marais. Exemplaire n° 147. Edition: The clandestine edition on vélin de Marais paper limited to 500 copies for subscribers only; this copy is № 147. Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III № 2109. In my copy, similarly to the one of STEVE M., it is only 9 colour plates, while Dutel sites 10. Author: Guillaume Apollinaire (French, 1880 – 1918). Micro photo of a colour plate:
Micro photo of an etching:
