VERCEL (Roger) - Sous le pied de l'Archange - Paris ; Moulin de Pen-Mur, sans da…

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VERCEL (Roger) - Sous le pied de l'Archange - Paris ; Moulin de Pen-Mur, sans date [1947] - 1 volume In-4° paperback in filled cover, and publisher's slipcase in marbled havana boards - 64 illustrations around Mont Saint-Michel in and out of text, wood-engraved in 2 tones by Mathurin Méheut - Very good numbered copy on vélin des Vosges (n°648 of 400, total print run: 1000).

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VERCEL (Roger) - Sous le pied de l'Archange - Paris ; Moulin

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VOLTAIRE: Micromégas. Preface by Roger Vercel. Watercolors by CHARLEMAGNE. L'Estampe Moderne, Paris, 1945. One volume. 19 x 24 cm. Paperback, in filled illustrated cover, with slipcase. Limited edition of 525 copies. This is one of 14 copies on white Arches (N°7) with an original by the artist [reproduced on page 25]. Minor wear to slipcase, otherwise a good copy.

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ROGER (XX) Earthenware spinning top vase with green stylized decoration. Signed Roger France under the base. Diam.: 15 cm - Ht.: 8 cm - Two tiny chips on the central rim.

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FOUQUERAY (Charles) & THOMAZI (Commandant) & VERCEL (Roger). La Pêche en Mer. L'art de la pêche, bateaux et engins, le monde de la pêche, grandes pêches, pêches du large, petites pêches. Paris, Éditions Celby, 1962. Gd in-4 in ff. with color illustrated cover by Ch. Fouqueray, in folder and slipcase (spotting and dampening on slipcase). First edition printed in 635 copies; n°356 of 380 on Arches vellum. Slight foxing on endpapers.

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VERCEL (Roger). Au large de l'Eden. Paris, Albin Michel, 1932. In-12 paperback, printed cover. A few small freckles, otherwise a good copy on large paper (n°XVI of the 25 first copies on vergé pur fil Vincent Montgolfier), enriched with a L.A.S. from Roger Vercel mounted on tab before the false title (Dinan, January 3, 1945, 2 pp. in-4 to a friend to whom he sends his best wishes: "[...] A series of magnificent screenplays... Success for Le Rocher de la Vierge and, as you so kindly put it, frequent chats with your friend in Brittany [...] I'm delighted that you liked 'Au large', which has remained my favorite, perhaps because it's one of the books I've written most easily"; he goes on to talk about adapting the novel into a film and planning to shoot it in Greenland). Also by the same author, same publisher: - Sous le pied de l'Archange. 1937. First edition. Copy on publisher's paper. E.A.S. from the author. - La Clandestine. 1941. First edition. Copy on publisher's paper. E.A.S. from the author to Jean Fayard.

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