145 - [LITERATURE - 19th–20th Centuries].

[LITERATURE - 19th–20th Centuries]. Description: Substantial collection. Catalog entry: -CUSTINE, Astolphe, Marquis de. The World as It Is. Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1835. 2 in-8 volumes, [4]-360 pp. and [4]-438 p., with wide margins. Glossy fawn half-calf with period corners; ribbed spine decorated with gilt scrolls and fillets, blind-stamped fillets, gilt title and volume number, gilt and brown fillets and scrolls; marbled endpapers and edges (some foxing, missing material at the top of the spines, slight wear, trace of a label at the top of the front cover of Volume 1, small missing section in the lower margin of pp. 167–8 in Volume 1). The only edition of Custine’s masterpiece, which sparked controversy upon its publication. A dark and realistic novel, also known as “The World as It Is.” Provenance: Library of the Duke of Uzès at the Château de Bonnelles (Yvelines), with an engraved ex libris and a cold-stamped seal on the half-title page. -BERGERAT, Émile. Théâtre en vers, 1884–1887. Paris, Charpentier, 1891. In-18, (2) leaves (title folio and title page), 383 pp. Bradel half-percale binding in gray, slightly later; author’s name and title gilt on the spine; 1 gilt fleur-de-lis. Copy enriched with 2 P.A.S. by the author. Attached is a later handwritten loose card (worn), by an unidentified writer, referring to a book by Bergerat. Provenance: Émile Rochard (1850–1918), playwright and novelist (autograph letter signed by the author). Corners worn, edges and caps rubbed, upper hinge split. -CLAUDEL, Paul. Joan of Arc at the Stake. Paris, Gallimard, 1936. In-8, publisher’s paperback. - 5 works by Alfred DELVAU. Paris, Faure et Dentu, (ca. 1861)–1866. In-12, late 19th-century half-percaline Bradel binding with varied hues, gilded fleurons and dates, including 3 volumes with color-printed oriental-patterned half-covers and endpapers. - 2 works by Francis JAMMES. Love, the Muses, and the Hunt. Paris, Plon, 1922. In-12, publisher’s paperback; Bells for Two Weddings. Paris, Mercure de France, 1923. In-12, publisher’s paperback. - LAMARTINE. Geneviève, histoire d’une servante. Paris, Imprimerie de Wittersheim, 1850. Square 12mo. Contemporary fawn half-basane leather. - MARDRUS, J. C. The Queen of Sheba. Paris, Charpentier, 1918. In-8, contemporary green sheepskin. - PRÉVERT. Paroles. Paris, Gallimard, 1949. Blue half-chagrin with corner pieces (spine rubbed). - SAINT-ALBIN, E. de, trans. The Legend of El Cid, including the Poem of El Cid, the chronicles, and the ballads. Paris, 1866. 2 volumes in one sturdy in-12 volume, VII-334 pp., (1) f. (table of contents); (2) f. (title plate, title page), 294 pp., (table of contents), orange morocco, ribbed spine, 2 title labels, place and dates in green, compartments decorated with gilt metalwork and gilt fillets, triple gilt fillet on the covers, double gilt fillet on the edges and caps, interior lace, gilt edges on marbled paper [E. Pouget] (small spots on the covers, discoloration on the title page, preface bound out of order). -CHAHINE. MIRBEAU, Octave. In the Antechamber. (A One-Minute Story). Paris, Romagnol, Librairie de la Collection des Dix (Coll. des Goncourt), 1905. In-8 soleil, 7 ff.–30 pp.–13 ff. Paperback, illustrated cover. Illustrated with 12 compositions drawn and engraved in black using the drypoint technique by the Armenian painter Edgar Chahine (1874–1947), including a portrait of the author on the frontispiece and a separate plate. Cover illustration woodcut by Gaspe after Malteste. Limited edition of 350 numbered copies; this one is unmarked on vellum paper with a catalog of the engravings.