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BLOY (Léon). Life of Mélanie, shepherdess of La Salette, written by herself in 1900. Her childhood (1831-1846). Paris, Mercure de France, 1922. In-8, black half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine cons. (Modern binding). First edition, opening with an introduction by Léon Bloy, and a portrait-frontispiece. Edition of 24 numbered copies, one of 21 on hollande. Also included: - BLOY (Léon). Celle qui pleure (Notre-Dame de La Salette). Paris, Mercure de France, 1908. In-8, black half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, covers and spine (modern binding). - NADI (Jules) L'Affranchi. Valence, Ch. Chatagneret, s.d. (1902). In-4, red half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, covers and spine (modern binding). Rare first edition of this social novel. The cover is addressed to Romans, Bibliothèque d'études et de propagande sociale de l'œuvre socialiste. Envoi a. s. from the author "au bon camarade Mouthon". In fine, 4 modern typescripts, collector's notes. Expert : Ségolène Beauchamp

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BLOY (Léon). Life of Mélanie, shepherdess of La Salette, written by herself in 1900. Her childhood (1831-1846). Paris, Mercure de France, 1922. In-8, black half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine cons. (Modern binding). First edition, opening with an introduction by Léon Bloy, and a portrait-frontispiece. Edition of 24 numbered copies, one of 21 on hollande. Also included: - BLOY (Léon). Celle qui pleure (Notre-Dame de La Salette). Paris, Mercure de France, 1908. In-8, black half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, covers and spine (modern binding). - NADI (Jules) L'Affranchi. Valence, Ch. Chatagneret, s.d. (1902). In-4, red half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, covers and spine (modern binding). Rare first edition of this social novel. The cover is addressed to Romans, Bibliothèque d'études et de propagande sociale de l'œuvre socialiste. Envoi a. s. from the author "au bon camarade Mouthon". In fine, 4 modern typescripts, collector's notes. Expert : Ségolène Beauchamp

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BLOY (Léon). The Resurrection of Villiers de L'Isle-Adam. Paris: Librairie E. Lecampion, A. Blaizot, 1906. - Booklet in-8, 243 x 159: frontispiece, (4 ff.), 32 pp. printed cover. Percaline brique à la Bradel, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved (period binding). First edition of this pamphlet, intended to solicit contributions for the erection of a monument by sculptor Frédéric Brou to the memory of Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam. "La Résurrection is a glowing, eulogistic article about Villiers, but at the same time, Bloy persists in recording everything he hated about Villiers' ideas (fifteen years after his death!). In our opinion, the most heartfelt words in the text are those he dedicates to Villiers' feminine ideal. Both men had had an affair with a common woman and a very similar way of life: they were able to recreate the illusion of a being gifted with extraordinary intelligence and unheard-of beauty (a woman who would be God, or the Holy Spirit for Bloy). The passages Bloy quotes from Villiers' works clearly show that the creator of La Femme pauvre understood Villiers' dreams and obsessions" (Marta Giné Janer, Bloy et Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, in: Léon Bloy au tournant du siècle, 1992, p. 40). The edition is illustrated on the frontispiece with a heliogravure of the model of the monument sculpted by Frédéric Brou (1862-1926) (a nude beauty tearing off the planks of Villiers' coffin). A precious copy, one of the very few printed on laid paper, whose edition is not mentioned in the justification. This is the copy offered to critic and writer René Martineau (1866-1948), bearing this autograph dispatch from Bloy, signed by the author and Frédéric Brou: to René Martineau // l'Initiateur // Léon Bloy // Frédéric Brou Martineau was a close friend of Léon Bloy. In 1901, he published a book entitled Un vivant et deux morts devoted to Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Ernest Hello and Léon Bloy. According to Natacha Galpénine: "It was thanks to this publication, which included a portrait of Villiers on his deathbed, that Léon Bloy was able to see the face of his friend from which Huysmans had dismissed him in August 1889, shortly before his meeting with Jeanne" (Natacha Galpénine, Jeanne et Léon Bloy. Une écriture à quatre mains, 2017). Enriched with two corrections (pp. 20 and 24) and an addition (title) by the author, as well as two original vintage silver photographs, one 212 x 132 mm, of the monument at an angle different from that shown in the frontispiece photo, and the other a very fine portrait of the sculptor (158 x 113 mm). Spine faded and covers discolored in places. Provenance: René Martineau, with bookplate. - Bibliothèque J.C.D., Norman amateur, with bookplate (Artcurial sale, May 23, 2005, no. 179).

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

BLOY (Léon). Celle qui pleure (Notre Dame de la Salette). Paris: Société du Mercure de France, 1908. - In-8, 217 x 141: frontispiece, (4 ff.), 253 pp, (3 ff.), printed cover. Blue Bradel-style cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, untrimmed, cover retained (period binding). First edition, dedicated to Pierre Termier, of this deeply Catholic work devoted to the miracle at La Salette in Isère, where two young shepherds named Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud claimed to have witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary on September 19, 1846. "It was only in 1906, under the influence of Pierre Termier, that Bloy resumed the project of writing a book on the miracle of La Salette. After another pilgrimage to "la Sainte Montagne", he set to work, completing his work in September 1907. Termier paid the printing costs, but the Catholic publishers declined, so the book was published by the Mercure de France" (catalog of the Léon Bloy exhibition, Bibliothèque nationale, 1968, no. 59). The edition is illustrated on the frontispiece with a heliogravure of the statue of Celle qui pleure. ONE OF THE 3 FIRST COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPON, this being the author's personal copy, numbered 2. It also includes this autograph note on one of the endpapers: mon exemplaire // Léon Bloy. Modestly bound for the author, he had it enriched with a color photograph of a view of the village of La Salette, and placed between pages 161-162 carnations picked on the mountain of La Salette, of which only one flower remains today. He also made four corrections, on pages 3, 7, 71 and 73. This is the copy that was presented at the Bibliothèque nationale during the exhibition devoted to Léon Bloy in March 1968, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his death. It appears in the catalog under number 59. The copy was subsequently enriched by an autograph card signed by Madeleine Souberbielle-Bloy, the author's youngest daughter, dated Paris, July 16, 1969. She offers this book to a friend: "It is not I who offers you this book, but Léon Bloy himself. Please accept it as a tribute to our great and affectionate gratitude. My father had this copy bound and added the color photograph that is now in it. The carnations on page 161 were picked on the mountain of La Salette." This friend is René Lacroix-à-L'Henri, whose bookplate is affixed to the front flyleaf. He was the author of several articles on Léon Bloy, including a book entitled Léon Bloy un écrivain pour l'an 2000, published in 1977. Spine slightly browned, slight wear to covers and corners. Provenance: Léon Bloy. - Madeleine Souberbielle-Bloy. - M. and Mme Lacroix-à-L'Henri, with bookplate.

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

[BLOY (Léon)] - BOLLERY (Joseph). Cahiers Léon Bloy La Rochelle: [Joseph Bollery], 1924-1939. - 90 issues in 8 volumes in-8, 221 x 137. Red half-maroquin, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, covers preserved (P. L. Martin). Complete collection of the first series of Cahiers Léon Bloy, edited by Joseph Bollery, comprising 90 issues published in 76 fascicules from September 1924 to September 1939. A precious copy, ONE OF 4 ON LAFUMA REGISTER VELIN, justified by the publisher as follows: "Il a été tiré, de chaque numéro des Cahiers Léon Bloy: Quatre exemplaires sur vélin registre Lafuma." This one bears the number 2 and includes this handsome autograph letter from Bollery to Jehan Kappès-Grangé: à mon ami, Jehan Kappès-Grangé, // qui a bien voulu me demander // l'histoire des Cahiers Léon Bloy. // I beg his pardon for having done so // at such length, but this story is // that of my whole life, which, from the moment I was // born, was directed, without my knowledge // and even against my will, towards // the vocation of historian of the // "Ungrateful Beggar", // In memory of our common // expeditions in search of Cain's // "disjecta membra" // Marchenoir, // remember Vernègues, // Aix-en-Provence, Paris, Cubjac, // Taillepetit, to name but // our most prestigious stops... // La Rochelle, June 1957 // Joseph Bollery As promised in his dedication, Bollery has written on 4 flyleaves not the history of the Cahiers, but a veritable autobiography recounting the events since his childhood that led him to admire Léon Bloy and devote a publication to him. Signed and dated July 1957, here is an extract from the beginning of the publishing adventure: "I had collected enough subscriptions to cover the magazine's first year. The first issue of Cahiers Léon Bloy appeared on September 25, 1924, with a print run of 250 copies - more than enough, I thought. It quickly sold out, however, and I was obliged to arrange for a new composition and a second print run to satisfy new subscribers. The Cahiers Léon Bloy lived up to - and exceeded - my manifesto's rash promises. They appeared regularly every two months, except for a few double and triple issues that sometimes extended the periodicity to 4 or 6 months. Founder, director, editor-in-chief, editorial secretary, proofreader, office boy and errand boy, I assumed all the functions single-handedly." A beautifully bound copy by Pierre-Lucien Martin, enriched with the subscription bulletin announcing the publication of the Cahiers, as well as the supplements often printed on colored paper. It is also complete with all red covers. A very well preserved copy. Provenance: Jehan Kappès-Grangé, with consignment from the publisher.

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