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Lot 117
Sale 2083 - For the Love of Barnes: The Collection of Dr. Richard J. Wattenmaker
Sep 22, 2024
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[Art] Hugo, Jean. Group of 15 Illustrated Works
1. Radiguet, Raymond
Le Joues en feu
Paris: Francois Bernouard, (1920). First and limited edition, #10/89 (from a total edition of 101). 8vo. Illustrated with four engravings by Hugo. Quarter red cloth over marbled paper-covered boards.
2. Cocteau, Jean
Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel
Paris: Editions de La Nouvelle...,1924. First edition. 12mo. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece by Hugo. Stiff printed blue wrappers, original glassine.
3. Morand, Paul
Les Amis Nouveaux
Paris: Sans Pareil,1924. First edition. 12mo. Frontispiece and multiple in-text illustrations by Hugo. Stiff printed blue wrappers, original glassine.
4. les feuilles libres...No. 39
(Paris: Librarie Stock, 1925). 8vo. With illustrations by Hugo. Printed stiff wrappers.
5. Maurois, Andre
Climats
Paris: A la Societe d'edition "Le Livre", 1929. First and limited edition, #259/335 numbered copies. 4to. Illustrated with 24 illustrations by Hugo. Stiff printed wrappers, original glassine; Publisher's tan paper-covered slip case and chemise.
6. Bibesco, Princesse
Le Perroquet Vert
Paris: Editions Jeanne Walter, (1929). First and limited edition, #87/330 numbered copies. 4to. With 21 color illustrations by Hugo. Stiff tan paper wrappers, original glassine.
7. Etablissements Nicolas Maison Fondee en 1822
No place: Liste Des Grands Vins Fins, 1933. First edition. 8vo. Spiral-bound catalog with illustrations by Hugo. Stiff silver wrappers.
8. Stevenson, Robert Louis
An Inland Voyage
Stamford: The Overbrook Press, 1938. First and limited edition, one of 150 copies. 4to. Title-page and 23 in-text illustrations by Hugo. Quarter calf over blue cloth-covered boards, mounted calf label stamped in gilt; top edge gilt; Publisher's leather-entry cloth slip case.
9. Eluard, Paul
En Avril 1944: Paris Respirait Encore!
Paris: Editions de la Galerie Charpentier, (1945). First and limited edition, #446/991 numbered copies (from a total edition of 1,021). 4to. Printed paper folder.
10. L'imitation de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ
Paris: Aux Editions Arts et Metiers Graphiques, (1946). First edition. 8vo. With 44 in-text illustrations by Hugo. Stiff printed wrappers.
11. Jacob, Max
Le Cornet a des
Paris: NRF, 1948. First and limited edition, #368/395 numbered copies (from a total edition of 422). 4to. With 113 in-text illustrations by Hugo. Printed yellow stiff wrappers, original glassine, publisher's yellow cloth slip case and chemise.
12. Peguy, Charles
Le Mystere de la Charite de Jeanne d'Arc
(Paris: Librarie Gallimard, 1951). First edition. 12mo. Illustrated with 12 gouaches by Hugo. White cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt, with mounted color vignette.
13. Voyage a Moscou et Leningrad
Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art, (1953). First edition. Oblong 32mo. Accordion style fold-out book with illustrations by Hugo. Brown cloth covered boards, stamped in red.
14. Shakespeare's Cotswolds
London & Bradford: Published for W.H. Smith & Son by Lund Humphries, (1964). First and only edition. Oblong 16mo. Accordion style fold-out book with 13 illustrations by Hugo. White cloth-covered boards, stamped in blue.
15. Sceve, Maurice
Saulsaye...
Paris: Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, 1971. First and limited edition, #20/180 numbered copies, signed by Hugo on the colophon. 4to. Illustrated with frontispiece and 24 in-text illustrations. Publisher's paper folder and green cloth slip case and chemise; original packaging.
The Collection of Richard J. and Eva Wattenmaker, Pennsylvania
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